[Locked Video to Dirge]

[mercury_gaze]

[She has Woo call Dirge...and keep it private. Lea is probably going to be upset at her for this...]

Dirge?  Will you come see me?  I'm in the place with the trees that are inside.

[The arboretum in The Hub...]

Comments

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She'll shove the stone through the loop of thick, braided vines.]

Hold it up to your wrist?

[If he'll do so she'll pull herself up onto the back of his hand. He'll need to hold the two ends close so she can shove the stone back through the loop and clasp it around his wrist.]

Oh good! It fits! I was hoping I made it big enough to fit. [She looks very pleased with this.]

Re: [action]

[dirge]

[He does as instructed, watching her loop the stone through one end, and holding it up with a grin once it's done.]

It does! This is genius. I love it.... [Dirge never sounds so sincere as when he's admiring one of his possessions. His engine rumbles loudly, sounding like a nasty purr from an enormous cat.]

Can you make more?

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She snickers, sliding easily back off of his hand.]

Yes. I'd have to find more stuff to make them with, though.

[You gonna help her find the materials, Dirge?]

Re: [action]

[dirge]

Really? I can help you with that! What kinds do you need?

[He's not the type to say thank you, but hopefully its obvious what this means to him.]

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She grins.] I used vines, some metal vines, and a pretty stone.

Re: [action]

[dirge]

That's easy to get. [He keeps admiring the gift, optics glued to the stone on his wrist.]

I can't believe it was so easy to get this... You just...just gave it to me!

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

Well, that's what a gift is silly; it's something you give to someone to make them happy.

[And clearly her giving him a gift made him happy.]

Re: [action]

[dirge]

I would never do that. [The reasoning is just impossible to him. Give something away to someone else?]

....Why did you? [Dirge is fairly sure he won't understand, but he wants to ask anyhow.]

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She gives him a little smile.]

Because I wanted to make you happy. I wanted you to feel special.

[Did it work?]

Re: [action]

[dirge]

You did? [He was right, he doesn't understand but... something strange pulls at his shard. Some emotion he is not able to identify. His optics flick to the bracelet again, claws flexing slowly.]

....I feel something. Not just happiness. I don't know.

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She'll pat any part of him she can reach.] That's okay, emotions are complicated. [Said in such a sage manner.]

Do those feelings make you want to smile?

Re: [action]

[dirge]

Y......es? [Dirge's smiles are a little terrifying though- they involve a huge mouth full of teeth.]

I also want to put you in a box. That I can open and look at anytime I want.

[He mimes opening a little box with his talons and peering inside.]

I've felt this before. I think.

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[That smile makes her heart pound a bit. But she tries to hide her discomfort and waggles a finger at him.] Now Dirge, that's not a nice thing to do to someone who's just given you a gift.

Re: [action]

[dirge]

It's not? [He looks visibly frustrated, chewing his lip as he tries to navigate this better.]

I...didn't mean it in a bad way? I feel that way because I'm... The gift, it just made me feel-

[He smacks at his own helm in frustration.]

I want to do that because that's what I do with things I'm fond of! [There- that's about as clear as he can be about it.]

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She relaxes again and actually looks a bit sad for him.]

You really don’t know how to treat people you like, do you?

Re: [action]

[dirge]

No, I guess not. I mean.... I know how I want to treat them. But they don't usually want to be treated that way.

Re: [action]

[mercury_gaze]

[She gives him a little smile, stepping up to pat his leg.]

Don't worry. I'll teach you how people like to be treated.