#rithex

[axispheydra]

❦ Xallius and Rithex for awkward bro(bot)mance

This one would be weird. Is Rithex the type to initiate a relationship? Perhaps they'd just be friends for a long time, becoming closer and closer until it just naturally becomes something more. I don't know if they'd ever really realize what sort of relationship they were in before everyone else does, though.

I don't see it ever becoming physical, just mental stimulation and maybe emotional bonding as they get to know each other better. But there might also be some tension; Xallius respects Rithex's knowledge because he's lived so long, but he also hates being talked down to. I'm not sure if it would work long term.

It would definitely work as a friendship, but I imagine it might get a little rocky if they came to know each other better. Could work as a romantic relationship as well, but not for very long.

[tales-of-nexus]

☼ - Daxie to Rithex, even if they haven't met.

Daxie shifts her weight a little, awkward.  “I mean, Mechari are pretty scary in general, and he’s not different in that regard, but…”  The Aurin huffs, bowing her head slightly.  “He seems a little better than some of them, you know?  Of course, maybe that’s just… you know.  What he wants us to think…”

She pokes her fingers lightly together then, bowing her head again.  “I don’t believe in his church, but… but I kind of want to hear him sing.”

[roguerolls20]

Drunk prompt for Senyc - What is it you like so much about the draken?

Senyc was working on his second bottle of liquor and already half way through it.  Hopefully Xallius or Rithex will drag his drunken tail out of the place before his mouth gets him into too much trouble.  Mandibles twitch as he nearly fails at pouring himself another glass.  ”They’re fun!  So direct, passionate and a high sense of honor.  Look at Mikros!  It’s tidal locked!  They thrive on one of the most hostile planets able to sustain life and have this complex society.  And yes, I mean it’s tidal lock, Draken had no concept of day and night, they live constantly in the day.”  He took a long drink.  ”And there’s their intimacy, it’s not for the weak.  A Draken’s way of saying they like you is by beating your ass.  I find it cute..  Kanune, my first mate, she would aaaallllwaaaayyys try to jump me.”  There was a mechanical chuckle in there.  ”And she found the spot.  Yes, the spot.  All Mechari have one, but no two are the same…  Makes one into mechanical jello.  Though I’d advise not to go find it randomly on other Mechari, might not go well.”  He shrugs and drinks, getting a thought he tilts his head like an owl.  ”Rithexxxx..  Do you know your spot?”  

[tales-of-nexus]

Feelsy stuff - Valk writing a goodbye letter to Rithex prior his departure

Rithex:

I regret writing you only when

The low lamplight was warm, a comfort in the cool evening in the quiet of the manor.  Analysse and Marius had long since retreated to their rooms, and Lucretia lay curled on her side beneath sheets as silken soft as her curls.  Valkurius reveled in the silence of the evening, staring at the cream and gold parchment resting on the desk before him.

With a soft sigh, he shifted to toss the discarded, unfinished letter into the flames, rubbing the bridge of his bumpy nose.  When had words become so difficult?

Dearest Rithex:

It has been too long since we have spoken, and I fear it is my doing.  I have found myself too caught up in current events to come visit you as I did before.  Do not think I do not cherish you and all you have done for me; you are still in my thoughts.

I find myself in a dilemma, one I believe would best be spoken about with you.  You have ever been a voice of reason and guidance for me, even during the time I stepped away from the Church.  I require your assistance once again, for dreadful things have come, and I find myself changing in a way I never thought I would.

With affection,

Valkurius Salonius

It was a day later when she saw him, when she pressed him on how much he evaded her questioning.  It was a day later that she decided something had to be done.

When his escape was complete, when he was alone with Seleucia and surrounded by the crushing guilt and horror at the path his life had taken, Valkurius stared down at the datachron braced across his knees.

My Guide:

By now perhaps you have heard of events that occurred to my family and myself.  Some of it will be true.  I never wanted to leave, I never wanted to abandon them.  I wanted to believe.

All of that is gone now.  Remember me as I was, for I will no longer be a man worthy of your respect.

Take care of them for me, as I can no longer do so.

Please.

[MESSAGE UNSENT]

exaniteheart

[nevsspacetoons]

ϟϟϟϟ

(Three random thoughts of Mithridates and one for Rithex )

~I wonder if he has ever been on the other side of the interrogation.

~Who trained him? Hm. Probably irrelevant. Some things are just waiting in the dark places inside of us. Instinctual.

~What? No, I am not 'distracted'. I absolutely was not imagining an orgy of platinum-haired Cassians. Where is that report damn it?

~Where is that voice coming from? ...Ah, the Mechari. How remarkable and otherworldly... I will linger a little longer to listen. 

[tales-of-nexus]

I dare Asiux to kiss Rithex!

The tall, aesthetically inclined Mechari settled at the side of his forge-brother, taloned hands clasped at the small of his back.  He paused, at first not answering the questioning quirk of eye-plate and studious stare from the Vigilant.  The cool surface of pure white Exanite eyes did nothing to display where his vision lingered, and the ICI agent finally hummed a low, metallic thrum.

There had been quite a bit of kissing of late.  Ms. Mikos showed questionable attraction, and the spark of circuits still seemed to recall the pressure of silken soft lips.  Senyc was a fierce beast of a Mechari, and the forcefulness of his ‘test’ had been turned over and over in Asiux’s mind.

What, then…

"You sang well, as is to be expected, Rithex."  Finally, with the quiet hum of movement, Asiux turned his head slightly to more obviously gaze toward the broad-formed Vigilant-bot, attention raking over the smoothness of his chassis, the elegant sweep and curve of shined alloy like a crown of golden lightning.

Fitting.

Before Rithex could answer, Asiux continued with a slow upturn of one palm, clawed digits curling to smooth pads over the curved length of facial plates like a goatee.  “There is a favor I must ask of you; curiosity piques in me, and it must be sated.”  With a turn on his heel, the mechanical stalker canted his head to one side and studied the devout Mechari once again.

Rithex inclined his head toward Asiux, clicking the tips of taloned fingers together where he clasped them in the drape of his robes.

The choirbot straightened sharply as Asiux, with gentleness quite unlike him, tucked the tips of fingers along the line of steely jaw and leaned forward, bladed mandibles twitching and tucking closer to avoid tangling.  The touch of alloy mouth to smooth metal held none of the softness of Lishae’s desperate hunger, no struggle for dominance like a war-game as had been with Senyc. 

Rithex tensed, staring blankly at the other alabaster-eyed Mechari as he straightened. 

Silence reigned before Asiux, in mimicry entirely Cassian, cleared his throat and once more turned to stand at the other’s side.

"You are entirely more passionate about your singing. I am disappointed.  We shall have to experiment again when you are more prepared."

For science.

[nevsspacetoons]

I thought of Rithex while watching this guy do hymn-like polyphonic overtone singing.

[roguerolls20]

Its slow at work and I don't have my sketch pad.  >:[

I keep having this image in my head of Senyc driving up to Zexel & Rithex saying, "Get in, losers.  We're going cruising.".

Soon..........