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Tweak says, "'twas beauty killed the beast"

Nico di Angelo (nico_di_angelo) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-02-17 17:30:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, malcolm reynolds, nico di angelo, wally west, yuuri shibuya

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[Nico doesn’t spend a lot of time looking in mirrors. That might be obvious by the way his hair is usually an unbrushed mess. He only sparingly glares at himself when he brushes his teeth in the morning. This morning is an exception. The him looking back appears heavier – his cheeks are round, the bags under his eyes are gone. His skin isn’t sickly and green tinged and leached of its color like his father’s – like it become after the Labyrinth and Tartarus and the jar. It’s a healthy olive complexion, like it had been when he was small. Everything about him looks healthy. Even his hair, curling in every direction. When the fuck did this happen?!

He’s in a bit of a daze as he wonders out of the apartment to find breakfast and go to work at the store. He might also be caught walking boxes from Sector 2 to his store in Sector 3 (over and over again). He might like some help with that, actually …Occasionally he’ll stop to gape at his reflection in windows and mirrors. Just … what?]

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	demon_king 2015-03-01 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Nico? [My what a big box you have there, sir. Yuuri reaches up to pull the bill of his baseball cap a little lower trying to hide the word he thinks is scrawled across his forehead—"Failure." All that's really there is some angry, red skin that didn't like all that unproductive scrubbing he attempted to remove it.] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-01 08:49 am UTC (link)
	[It is a big box. He's getting kind of tired of carrying them.] Yuuri. ...Nice hat? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-01 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. [Tipping it just a little more.] Uh, are you mad at me? [Because someone he lived with wrote it there, right?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-01 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	[Frown.] No. Not at all. Why? [Is something wrong? Did he do something wrong?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-01 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	So, you didn't sneak into my room and write anything on me today? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-01 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	What? No. [Squints at the hat. It's under there, right?] Someone wrote on you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-01 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. I don't know who would do it. I mean, Hikaru might have, but he's not here anymore. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-01 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it wasn't me. [Did you accuse Duo too? Because, dude.] What is it, anyway? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-04 03:05 am UTC (link)
	[Not yet. He's on the list. It's kind of a short list. We've basically covered the list now. Yuuri lifts up the hat to show off the word, "Failure" in shame. Except you'll really just see forehead.] This. [Is that box getting any lighter?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-04 04:29 am UTC (link)
	[.......] What am I supposed to be looking at? [Funny thing about boxes. They get heavier! It's some kind of horrible magic.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-04 04:34 am UTC (link)
	The failure. [Which is kind of an awkward thing to say here, but he's so surprised he's being asked.] Don't they have that word in your language? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-04 04:47 am UTC (link)
	They have that word in all the languages I know. And none of them are on your forehead. [Should he check that forehead for a fever?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-04 04:52 am UTC (link)
	Ehh? Then what's on my forehead? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-04 04:54 am UTC (link)
	Nothing. A zit? There's no writing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-07 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	You can't see that it says, "Failure?" ...I have zit? [Lifting a hand up to cover it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-07 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	It doesn't say that. It doesn't say anything. [Dude, it's not that big. Your hair hides it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-16 02:39 am UTC (link)
	But...I saw it. It wouldn't come off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-16 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	I'm telling you, there's nothing there. Maybe you dreamed it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-18 12:37 am UTC (link)
	No. I was definitely awake when I saw it. I can't stop seeing it. I mean when I'm looking at myself. I can't see it now. [He may actually roll his eyes up, but no, foreheads still don't work that way.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-18 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Well ... It's not there now. [He flings a hand at a nearby reflective surface.]</small Go see for yourself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-23 12:35 am UTC (link)
	[Yuuri steps over toward a large window pane, tilting his head and then furrowing his brow which makes the word he can totally still see scrunch up.] You were kidding. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-23 01:23 am UTC (link)
	No I'm not. [This is getting ridiculous! He marches over to point forcefully at the reflection, as if that will help. Instead, he comes up short and looks confused between Yuuri's forehead, and the reflection with a word scrawled across it.] What the fuck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-28 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	[Yuuri turns away from the mirror to look at Nico.] You see it too, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-03-29 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... But... [He looks between Yuuri and the reflection again. Did this mean his reflection was a lie too?] There's nothing on you. It's just the reflection. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2015-03-30 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Just...? Really? [He looks at Nico and back at the mirror.] Like magic? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)