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Type: Video
Sender ID: paridisaea(Kaveh )
To: Public
Subject: !!!
Warnings: N/A for now

[The video feed opens on an empty-ish room. While the room is empty, it does have an absolutely gorgeous view of the waters off Eltrut through the glorious bay windows.]

Isn't that lovely? It'll make a wonderful reading nook, I think.

[Kaveh will turn the camera back to himself, with a bright smile.] This place will need some work, but when I saw that view, I thought it'd be worth it. Obviously, we're still getting stuff put together, so it's not really good for guests yet, but once we have things ready and some chairs that don't wobble, it'd be nice to celebrate with a little get-together, what do you all think?

[...For reasons that shall remain Alhaitham, in the back of the shot, on one of the counters, is a...statue? of what might be an attempt at a fish? It will stare into your soul. Don't worry about it.]

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[And here is Alhaitham adjusting his very first contribution to this place that Kaveh has gotten. He'd been lucky that the statue(?) had still been on sale considering the delay that came with getting the payment for his bounty...

Anyway, he's taking a step back now to admire his handiwork. It'll probably still need some work when Kaveh gets around to actually> decorating? this place? But for now it will be here. Perhaps. Maybe.

...maybe he should shift it just a little to the left.]

...Unbelievable. You spent actual money on that?

[Of course, Kaveh intends to decorate, but it'll take time and funds and some work. For now, the basic bed and table will have to do, and Kaveh already has Plans for this place and it's rooms.]

Are you not the one who keeps telling me to appreciate the value of art?

[Hmmm. Maybe he'll nudge it a little to the right instead. Perhaps rotate it a bit? An angle might be preferred here.]

We need to have a serious conversation about your sense of aesthetics. I'm not going to say ugly art isn't art, but home decorations are meant to feel comforting.

[Why are you like this. Your grandmother was a kshahrewar legend. how is your taste like this.]

They are comforting.

[Just says it like its all perfectly normal and that perhaps Kaveh is the one who is having what people call a 'skill issue'.

Also don't bring his grandmother into this? She raised him perfectly fine thank you very much. Look at him being a perfectly well-adjusted and highly valued member of society.]

...How.

[WHY. ARE. YOU. LIKE. THIS.]

[Just lifts one shoulder in a careless shrug, and then reaches over to fiddle with the statue(?)'s position some more. Maybe just the tiniest bit more to the left now...]

Why are you the way that you are?

[He has been trying to find the answer to this question for years.] Two centimeters to the left and rotate it sixteen degrees or better yet, 180 degrees so it stops looking at me.

[Wrong answer Kaveh. For your punishment Alhaitham will turn the fish to have it look at you once more.]

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Alhaitham!

[He is going to turn that fish around himself, so help him archons!]

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[Turning it back again. You're not stopping him Kaveh!!]

[Putting his hand on Alhaitham's face to shove him away while he turns the fish!!]

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[You know what he's gonna do now Kaveh? Do you?

Yeah he's gonna put his tongue on your palm and lick it in the most amazing display of maturity.]

Eugh--what are you, five?!

[Leaving out the many times Kaveh has done the exact same thing.]

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If I'm five years old, then that makes you an infant.

[Yeah he's not letting that slide Kaveh.

Also, fish is staring at you now, enjoy.]

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Excuse you?! I am still your senior!

[HOW DARE YOU Mehrak turn the fish for him--]

Then perhaps you should do something that's actually befitting of an upperclassman. Mehrak, standby mode.

[No cheating with Mehrak, Kaveh!!]

Mehrak, override--

[Kind of scrabbling with him to reach the fish again.]

You should do something befitting the dignity of the Scribe!

Mehrak, override.

[You're not winning this so easily!! Alhaitham is now gonna take the fish and hold it up so that Kaveh can't reach it! Too bad!!]

Why should I have to be dignified over a job that currently does not exist?

Mehrak, override, do not follow Alhaitham's commands--!

[He will climb this man like a tree to get that fish if he has to don't think he won't!!]

It might be a change of pace for you to--to even bother!

[Well he'd certainly like to see you try senior because he's going to continue holding the fish out of your reach like a perfectly reasonable, logical and mature individual.]

And what good will something like that do for me? I do not see any benefit whatsoever.

[That sounds a lot like hop up and try to take the Fish right out of his hands to Kaveh.

Grown-ass men.]

How would you know? You've never tried.

[Truly the most mature men right here.]

And why would I do that when I can already see that there will be no value?

[Continues to keep holding the statue(?) out of the way with each swipe that Kaveh attempts, but that does mean he is leaning more and more backwards, until—

—he leans just a bit too much backwards, and vertigo starts to take hold, but Alhaitham reacts quickly and throws himself back forward, heedless of the fact that Kaveh is also leaning right into him. Which means that of course he is crashing right into Kaveh now, and the two of them stumble horribly only to end up smacking into the closest available wall so they thankfully don't fall onto the ground.]

Mnnph--

[Kaveh wheezes a little as his back hits the wall (and Mehrak, always helpful, grabs the statue before it collides with the wall and sets it safely out of flailing range), because in this situation what else can he do? He looks up, ready with another retort on his tongue, to berate Alhaitham for his clumsiness, but.

Oh, he's so close. He's so close, with those damnable eyes of his, and Kaveh is trapped, pinned to that wall, and he swears his heartbeat might be audible. So he freezes, tries to keep his breath steady, tries to figure out what to do with his hands, because there's nowhere to put them but on Alhaitham. His shoulders, maybe? That might be safe.]

...Poor scholarship, to decide the outcome of a hypothesis you haven't even tested. You know better than that.

[...Kaveh's not sure what he's talking about anymore, or why he had to say that in such a low tone of voice, but being louder feels...wrong.]

[There's definitely more than a few passing moments of disorientation here given how quickly everything had happened, and even then things still remain more than a little fuzzy afterwards. Thankfully Mehrak has dealt with the statue before it actually suffers any kind of damage from their childish squabble, though that will be something that only comes to mind later. For now—

—for now there is Kaveh, who's face is now suddenly inches away from his own, so close that Alhaitham can feel the rush of hot air against his own lips as the other exhales. Then there are also his eyes and the way they continue to shine brilliantly even with the shadow that Alhaitham has unintentionally cast upon him with his body. His own arms have been braced against the wall at each side of Kaveh's head in order to prevent himself from actually pressing Kaveh into it, but somehow that only seems to make him even more aware of the minute distance between their bodies, so close that just even the smallest slip would be enough to bring them together.]

I could use that time spent to test on better things.

[Its a response mostly given for the sake of it, because to stay silent would be to—he's not sure, actually. All he knows is that he has to say something that will cover the pounding that's going on his chest, the way blood is rushing between his ears, of how every inhale and exhale sounds far too loud now, the giant, mostly empty room they're in only serving to heighten every fragment of noise between them even further. Maybe that's why they're speaking so quietly now, unwilling to let their voices echo across this space.]

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action; idk is the video still playing if so enjoy

action; he remembered to turn it off...this time....for now...

action; everyone's eyes and ears are safe... for now...

action; not their eyes they already saw the fish.

action; the fish is fantastic wdym

action; alhaitham it stares into your soul

action; and?

action; why are you like this

action; can't help that he was born this way

action; [muffled lady gaga in the distance]

action; bad romance actually accurate rn

action; more like clown music lbr

action; their current anthem

action; god they're stupid

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