Some Sun

[tastes_of_honey]

::Schu is in a green Speedo and sunglasses lying on a towel on one of his Nexus living room couches. Don't worry, he has sunscreen on.::

::Hey, the Nexus has more sunshine than London.::


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[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Pills aren't as much fun. Less stylish too.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

Morpheus leans over the couch, smirking. The slit-pupiled eyes, cool stare, and dangerous feel all help give him the air of a great predatory cat.

"Are you accusing me of a lack of style, Schuldig?"

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::Schu smirks back, tom to tom. Being nearly naked doesn't make him less dangerous.::

You have style, just not in sunbathing. Sorry, Morpheus.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

Which Morpheus is well aware of. That's part of what makes him worth the time.

"I make up for it in other ways," is the murmured response as Morpheus straightens back up.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I'm sure. You're certainly picturesque.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"One of my more mundane but useful qualities."

Morpheus walks around to lean against the back of Schu's couch. "I've been amusing myself quite profitably since we last spoke."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. That sounds promising. Do tell. I love to hear dish about Eszett suffering.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"Mmm... Thanks to a little gentle encouragement in the proper dreams, several covert rivalries have become overt rivalries. There's even been a fatality already."

He's only a LITTLE smug. Okay, a lot smug.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

It's always a fun thing to watch people do your work for you. And chaos and mayhem are always entertaining. Good for you.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"And none of the ones I tampered with even know they're playing right into my hands," Morpheus practically purrs. "Thanks to the wonderfully cut-throat nature of Eszett politics, anyone who detects my tampering will just consider any trouble the victims get into to be just punishment for carelessness."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Everybody scheming against everyone else, everyone cutthroat, everyone too paranoid to report what happened to them or compare notes. It's thinking like that that helped us bring the whole organization down. It was very useful.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"It really is. Of course, a large amount of this is just amusing myself. The grudges I'm settling right now are minor ones. There's one I intend to settle quite directly, which means it will have to wait until just barely before the ritual."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Of course. You don't want anyone to get too suspicious.

Ach, it pains me that we were so busy in Japan that I didn't get a chance to settle any scores before we brought the elders down.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"No, not at all. That would spoil it and I might have to waste time I could be spending more profitably avoiding reprisals."

Faint smirk. "If you'd like to drop in on my version and do horrible things to some alternates, you're welcome to."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I've actually done that in some realities. It's fun but not as satisfying as taking out the actual people from my own.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

Morpheus nods, understanding.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I like my killings to have that personal touch, show I cared.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

There's that smirk again. "I'm sure the recipients of your attentions are grateful that you go that extra mile for them."

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I'm sure of it. In this cold and mass-produced world, I bring back that handcrafted feel. I give death meaning. ::smirk::

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

Morpheus snorts. "You're a humanitarian, really."

The sarcasm is his tone is slightly at odds with the ripple of amusement in his mind.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I am. I don't know where I get my reputation from. ::smile:: I'm such a humanitarian that it even does me good to hear about you spreading that personalized touch in your own reality. I want to help people I don't even know on to their final reward.

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure it doesn't hurt your enthusiasm that they happen to be Eszett."

Have an eyeroll. Schu is a telepath, he'll know Morpheus doesn't actually mean anything by it.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

::He does!::

That just means I have a better idea of what their final reward should be. Truly, I don't discriminate. I'm homicidal toward most of humanity. ::smile of utter innocence, really::

[traumkonig.livejournal.com]

"An equal-opportunity murderer. I'm sure you would be an inspiration if people knew."

He's being a sarcastic asshole because he likes you! The sad part is that's the truth.

[tastes-of-honey.livejournal.com]

I am what people should aspire to. It's a shame that my philanthropy must remain secret. ::Schu's feeling very affectionate toward Morpheus at the moment.::