This is dumb, but I was looking around Piramida for any stray chests. I went back to the cockpit of the cannon just to be sure anything spawned there, and while looking at the static screen, I thought:
Nikita and Flins inside it, discussing what to do with it as its main purpose has been fulfilled. They turn on the screen, and the spin and push of dials to buttons fill a small gap in their conversation. A slow panoramic of their surroundings appears, and the first idea pops; maybe this can be used as an observation device. It has all that one might need to keep an eye on upcoming objects. Or just maybe to admire the stars.
Either way, they need to bring Aino to change the spin of this thing is horrendously slow, among other things, but at least, plans are being drafted.
"Have you tested all that is present in this table?" Inquires Flins, eyes focus on the tweaking hands of his leader, how he moves sure around that common sense dictates, such as the horizontal and vertical levers, but ignore all that is less deductible.
Nikita rests the right index on the surface of a button with an illustration underneath of three rings in decrement size inside the other. "I must confess to having an earlier search prior today, but I have yet to discern in full this weapon capability."
"May I be so bold as to suggest: there is no better time than the present, sir. We can be confident, no ammunition rest inside it, thus a bit of thinkering should be safe"
Flins' words combine with the silence. The Starshyna pondered for a second, then released a sigh as this index pressed the button.
"Hope has carried us far too long. Another flight can be afforded, I suppose..."
Both men suddenly became stiff and silent, and the visible older one peeled his eyes and mouth open. All that little button did was trigger the zoom function of the camera, but that is not what robbed them of their breath; the last position they have left the screen on, a random location between the edges of Piramida and Dreadshade Mire, the zoom in revealed a detail once lost to them.
There, under the shade of a tree, his darling and diligent son sits, gloves resting a couple inches away, and his beloved jacket bunched as a pillow, awaiting for your head to lay on. A fate fulfilled in earnest by the young man's own body, pushing you down with ease while his lips and yours are caught in apparent feverish kiss. Your uniform is too out of code for both lightkeepers and Nod-krai's cold climate. You have the same missing elements as Illuga, but your inner shirt lays unbutton and open for both the breeze and his son's lips, judging by the faint red dots and round marks on your neck and collarbone. Illuga pulls back from the kiss, and heaving breaths are exchanged before he incorporates into straddling you. His mouth moves, speaking, his hand trails from your cheek to the middle of your chest in a teasing caress, then pulls it back to rest at the hem of his sweater.
Just as the first silver of scarred but strong skin appears on the screen, Nikita becomes aware of his friend beside him. His head spun at an unhealthy speed, his expression the same since the moment the zoom in activated. Flins eyes gave nothing away, unblinking and carrying the same focus one does to a prey. Though his mouth lays hidden by the collar of his cloak, Nikita can hear the smile on the words he speaks:
"The moment for ancient evil to vanished could not be more perfect; the season of spring will soon replenish all that was taken."
Flins' smile stretches further after Nikita strangled breath echos, but Flins is nothing but an efficient and compassionate hunter:
"Starshyna Nikita, mayhaps this is a perfect moment to try this one button; though I am not well versed in technology, one can deduce from this symbol this allows us hearing"
In a matter of seconds, the older one lunged towards the table, not as a leader but a father protecting his son's honor - and yours by extension - from the calculating gaze of this mischievous man. The light dies, and everything settles as quiet and silent as the deep of the ocean.
The pressure of this disturbed air pressed Nikita to where he stood. His traitorous mind keeps all in a loop, and some thoughts and doubts are born. Did he ever have 'the talk' with Illuga as he grew up? He searched but came empty. And why he didn't confide to him his relationship with you? Is it because you two a recent? But that wouldn't explain... that. Nikita was young a couple of decades ago. Even his lightkeeper training and grim fate couldn't put in place the nature of youth, so he is not unfamiliar with the desires of a young man. Yet he finds it hard to believe Illuga to succumb to such needs so suddenly, so Nikita's heart aches at the implication.
'Okay. I need to reassess. For now, we shall leave and later I can have a talk with that young man... but how can I bring this up? He will fish that something is up, his early... escapade would align with the timing and nature of our conservation... Ugh, Illugaa, this is what your old man has feared for a while... Argh, it is decided then, I'll this matter to a later date'
Amidst the dark cockpit, a man and a predator stand. Flins can see in perfect detail all that is being pondered, a perfect bite before he could wait until his wanted plates disengage from the other.
The rustling of clothes falls deaf on Nikita's ears, but not so much for the chilling whisper:
"May I be so bold as to suggest; there is no better time than the present, Sir"
Hunter, predator, and lightkeeper. These three unions are at one thing: the constant of death and its stillness. He is not successful until his mark lays mawled and inert.
ANON I'M?????????? I'M SPEECHLESS????????? OH MY GOD????????????????????????????????
First off, always a big fan of making Nikita crash out over his son's love life— but ARCHONS, THIS WAS MORE THAN I THOUGHT. THE MORE I READ, THE MORE I WANTED TO BURY MY HEAD INTO MY HANDS AND DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF EARTH 😭😭😭 THE SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT IS SO DJDKDNKDNDJDJD (holds hands) NIKITA, I UNDERSTAND YOU SO WELL BUDDY,,,,,,, I UNDERSTAND YOU SO WELL NOW,,,,,
(´ー｀A;) How would Nikita even begin to approach this topic,,,,,, would he just, go up to Illuga after he returns back to Piramida and start talking him about the birds and the bees to educate him about safe sex????? Right in front of his soon-to-be daughter/son-in-law??? Surely not right???? Right??????????
And Flins— oh my god Flins. When he suggested turning on the machine to let Nikita hear the- um- words said in heated moment, I nearly EXPLODED. FLINS OOMFS COME GET YOUR MAN PLEASE??????? WHY IS HE SO GOOD AT TEASING AND MAKING THE SITUATION TURN 10 TIMES WORSE??????? SOMEONE SAVE THE LIGHTKEEPERS DDNJDNDJD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
🫡🫡🫡 Rip to Illuga's dignity, we'll miss you...
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