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[empyrean_mirror]

Type: Video
Sender ID: paradisea (Kaveh)
To: Public
Subject: !!!
Warnings: ridiculous spousal bragging

[The camera feed opens up to stunning view of an island. The cameraperson is standing near a grotto into which a relatively short waterfall feeds, creating a glittering mist over the pond. It pans, in a hand too excited to hold it entirely steady, over the lush greenery, showing a gently rolling hill that flattens out into a plain. Mehrak can be seen zipping about, scanning the area and placing markers about the island, though what they'll become is anyone's guess.]

Look at this.

[Kaveh's voice is shaking with pure unadulterated glee and maybe a little bit of tears, but he turns the camera until he finds his target--Alhaitham, a distance away, who seems to be communicating something to Mehrak.]

This ridiculous man bought me an island.

[Has your spouse bought you a whole-ass island? no? then kaveh's got the superior husband.]

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[Alhaitham, who has just finished relaying his instructions to Mehrak, turns over to Kaveh and snorts when he sees his husband frolic about with his shellphone. It's really not too hard to figure out what he's doing there.

He'd open his mouth to ask a teasing question, but Kaveh is rather far away right now to be heard easily, so he'll just stand here and let his amusement do all the talking once Kaveh actually comes over.]

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[What's that? Get your husband to run at you full speed to tackle you into the grass with sheer glee? CAN DO.]</small?

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[It's kind of impossible to ignore the way Kaveh is barrelling right at him, and so all Alhaitham can do is to spread out his arms to catch his husband when he crashes in, the force of it combined with Kaveh's weight more than enough to have Alhaitham tumbling down onto the grass. Of course, seeing as how Kaveh is the cause of this, its only natural that he drags Kaveh down with him.]

You're going to wear yourself out even before we can truly celebrate. [He huffs out, teasing, but there's no hiding the warmth that gleams in his eyes and the pride glowing on his face. Obviously he's going to take some pride in seeing how much joy he's given Kaveh with this gift. His husband's happiness has always been his own, too.]

[empyrean_mirror]

Do you doubt my stamina, after all this time?

[Kaveh laughs, not even pretending to be irritated, radiant and happy. An island...an island to design a home on freely...something tailor made to the two of them. And this place is beautiful. he already has ideas for how to use that grotto and waterfall.]

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[Alhaitham doesn't respond immediately, instead stretching it out first with a thoughtful hum for a bit before moving on to speak.]

I suppose that depends if I'm allowed to take those words as permission.

[The fondness in his own expression is very much there, but there's a certain gleam in his eye that suggests of something More.]

[empyrean_mirror]

What, right here?

[Kaveh considers this with a gleam in his own eyes, deeply contemplating.]

Let me finish surveying first before you throw my back out, Haitham.

[That...sounds like a promise, doesn't it.]

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[telepathicignorance]

Congrats.

(Maybe now they'll both go spend all their time on the stupid private island, now.)

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[empyrean_mirror]

thank youuuu

[It's unlikely, Sidestep, Kaveh's not giving up that cafe.]

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[tilfrosset]

A whole island? That's quite the spousal gift.

[Is she jealous? No. She hasn't even had her wedding yet!]

Do you have any plans for it yet or am I asking that too soon?

[empyrean_mirror]

Jill, I have too many ideas.

[He laughs, downright giggles. He is practically sparkling with joy.]

I want to utilize that waterfall, I think, but I want to see how the light falls with the sunrise and sunsets...the island itself is beautiful, I should work with that beauty, not in contradiction to it.

[tilfrosset]

You know, you might want to take your time with this. The island isn't going anywhere.

[She's pretty sure Alhaitham didn't buy the place so Kaveh can stay up all night and day decorating it.]

[empyrean_mirror]

Oh, don't mistake my excitement for doing a rushed job. It's just...

[Kaveh pauses, searching for the words to explain.] Inspiration like this...it feels a little like I'm aflame. I can't help myself.

[tilfrosset]

[Oh, now she's jealous. No, more like a little envious. What does it feel like to have that passion of inspiration? She can't say she's ever had that moment; she's still trying to find her thing in this world after years of being told what to do and when to do it. That thing is seemingly more difficult to come by than she expected.]

Has it been a long time since you've felt this way?

[empyrean_mirror]

Yes and no. There are things that inspire me in the day to day--sunlight on the water, a bolt of lighting, even the shape of a fallen leaf. But that's not nearly so strong as this.

I don't think I've felt this powerfully about something since the Palace of Alcazarzaray...if I'm honest, I was starting to worry that I wouldn't again.

[Kaveh's fire and passion are not a thing most can strive for. maybe they shouldn't, given what it's cost him. But a feeling like this...he wouldn't trade it for anything.]

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[afflatusexarch]

The question, my friend, is what do you intend to do with an island?

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[empyrean_mirror]

Build a house on it, naturally.

[LOVE NEST TIME LOVE NEST TIME.]

I'll have to see if the work crews I normally go to will have the time...my magic can only expedite the process so much.

[afflatusexarch]

A second one?

[ Or are you giving up that first lovely home that you've had? G'raha simply wishes to know! ]

[empyrean_mirror]

Well, I didn't get to design our current home...I simply bought it and did some small renovations, you know.

I want to turn that one into something that people can take refuge in, but I haven't quite figured out what yet. Alhaitham would tell me to not get so far ahead of myself before we've even broken ground, though.

[He does sigh a bit.] There will be much more room to grow plants here, too. Maybe I'll see if I can get some adhigama tree saplings through the rifts...

[afflatusexarch]

Ah. Now I am beginning to see the full picture. It's not enough to own a home, but you wish to truly make it everything you ever dreamed it could be.

You truly are a good person, Kaveh. I fail to see why you doubt this.

[empyrean_mirror]

[Kaveh splutters and turns bright red, turning his face slightly away from the camera.]

I'm an architect, G'Raha. It is--isn't it natural, to build monuments to my affection?

[Kaveh's love language is Buildings and that's why Alhaitham has three libraries.]

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[octoblot]

[damn, need to get us a man rich enough to buy us an island--i mean]

Ridiculous is right, just how much money did that even cost to buy?

[azul, always here to ask the important questions...]

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[empyrean_mirror]

He won't tell me!

[Kaveh puffs air into his cheeks.]

But he can't hide it from me forever.

[octoblot]

Surely it should be easy to find out, there has to be a paper trail of some kind, after all. Like a deed to the island that mentions what the cost was, or... normally I would assume a bank statement but I suppose that might not be a thing here.

[empyrean_mirror]

I don't think pirates have standardized banking, no.

[Huffing.] It'd be the RAY offices for sure! But all he says is to not concern myself with the price of a gift. Which--technically that's...true, and it's not like he really spends much money anyway, so I guess after a year he's probably got enough. But still!

[octoblot]

[At that, Azul frowns heavily.]

Even if it is a gift, a whole island is still a rather costly thing to buy.