shiny new world

[mrsparkle]

Sadde's running.

Not for any particular reason, just because it's faster. He's been meaning to go to one of the capitals for a bit and now, he supposes, is as good a time as any.

And eventually he's not running anymore, because he's close enough to civilisation that someone might spot him. Not that he wouldn't be able to notice them by scent before they saw him, but still. And as he makes his way to the Norway capital at this more leisurely pace, he notices the tiny, shiny key. He walks towards it and picks it up and immediately notices just how magic it is. He can tell by the way the key feels like things, and different things depending on where it is.

He verifies that what the key feels like is consistent in absolute location by waving it around a bit and seeing that the same place always feels the same. "Huh," he murmurs to himself.

He straightens up and thinks. The first obvious thing to try is seeing whether it opens any doors - a universal skeleton key sounds like the kind of thing a magical key could be - but the second obvious thing can be tested right there and then. He pushes the key into thin air with some purpose, as if he wanted to unlock an invisible door, and then turns it, et voilà, the faintest of door-shaped outlines appears before him.

He locks the door, and it disappears. Unlocks it again, and there it is. So he pulls it open and sees-

Comments

[from_scratch]

"Okay, so you don't know. What facts do you think you can derive from the fact that the magic picked me out?"

[mrsparkle]

"...that you're likely to be thoughtful, smart, good, probably quite ambitious, probably tolerant of weird things like switching genders, confident, er, I never really stopped to think about what my soulmate would look like given that I'd just instantly know. There are a few more specific things, like I'd expect my soulmate to be the kind of person who'd take kindly to my talking a lot and disclosing a lot of information and who'd want to be informed of the soulmate thing soon probably."

[from_scratch]

"...Okay, and you were confident enough of all this that you didn't really have a plan for, I don't know, 'evil soulmate' contingencies or anything? Even though apparently you are from a world where upstanding people routinely become serial killers."

[mrsparkle]

"Yeah, pretty much. I mean, I'm pretty certain I wouldn't mate on a non-vegetarian - that's how we call vampires who subsist on animal blood, vegetarians. And just like I could go away if you asked me to, I," imperceptible vampire pause, "think I'd go away if I knew my mate wasn't vegetarian and didn't want to change. And actually when I turned I had been planning on overthrowing the previous evil shadow government but then stuff happened and someone else did first and now being a serial murderer is a crime."

[from_scratch]

"Okay..."

Pause.

"But the question I was actually asking about the 'worse states' thing is, is it worse if I kiss you and then decide that kissing is going to stop versus if I never do."

[mrsparkle]

"Yeah I got that, and I definitely prefer it if you kiss me and then decide to stop, 'cause in that case I can still relive the memory forever."

Imaginary heartbeat: 400bpm.

[from_scratch]

Cam nods, and regards Sadde thoughtfully.

[mrsparkle]

Aaaaaaaaah!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Sadde regards Cam thoughtfully, too.

[from_scratch]

And then Cam leans over and kisses him.

[mrsparkle]

And Sadde uses biokinesis to drain some of his strength away and is also squishy and there are fireworks and bells and whatever other metaphors and Sadde very carefully starts tentatively wrapping his arms around Cam if that's okay?

[from_scratch]

That's fine.

Oh look. Cam has wings. They too can go around persons.

[mrsparkle]

...Sadde had never envisioned that as a possible part of kissing his soulmate.

He's okay with it.

And he finishes wrapping his arms around Cam and there is kissing and Sadde continues being careful not to break Cam until he's modified his muscles enough that he feels he won't actually (fail to) break Cam if he stops holding back.

[from_scratch]

Mmmmkiss.

[mrsparkle]

Kiiiiissss! So much kiss! Sadde might make noises.

In fact, Sadde might growl a little.

[from_scratch]

"Uh," says Cam, "is that, like, turned-on growling, or predatory growling?"

[mrsparkle]

"Turned-on. Definitely turned-on. I preemptively deactivated my own senses of smell and taste."

[from_scratch]

"Okay then, just checking." Kiss.

[mrsparkle]

More kissing, more random noises of pleasure and turned-on-ness and growling, and Sadde's hands might start exploring the exposed expanses of Cam's back.

[from_scratch]

Cam's back: exists. ...Has flight muscles.

[mrsparkle]

...Sadde really appreciates those flight muscles. And sure, vampire memory means he only needs one pass at them all to memorise the entire topology, but who cares, there'll be several passes, and a whole lot of kissing.

[from_scratch]

Cam can't really growl but he can make sounds! Appreciative sounds. He is mostly going with the wing-plastering model of embrace but his hands have a little room under the canopy of navy blue to wander around, mostly in the chest area.

[mrsparkle]

Sadde has the kind of body you'd expect from a somewhat narcissistic vampire with biokinesis.

[from_scratch]

How interesting.

[mrsparkle]

Eventually he's going to have to ask Cam what conclusions he's reached, exactly. For the time being, however, his mind is too full of kissing.

...

"One question," he manages to pull away to ask.

[from_scratch]

"Hm?"