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Your mouth opens and I hear nothing but the wind.
[He smirks, but doesn't give Genji the satisfaction of laughter.]
There are Prismals with fox ears, I think I can get by looking like this. [Whatever was coming after that grin wasn't going to be something he wants to hear and he's right.]
Very funny, Genji. I do not need walking. [He rolls his eyes and looks toward the door.] And why do you bring him into this? [Low blow, Genji.]
[He smirks, but doesn't give Genji the satisfaction of laughter.]
There are Prismals with fox ears, I think I can get by looking like this. [Whatever was coming after that grin wasn't going to be something he wants to hear and he's right.]
Very funny, Genji. I do not need walking. [He rolls his eyes and looks toward the door.] And why do you bring him into this? [Low blow, Genji.]
And when you speak it is nothing but hot air and thunder.
[ wrow so mean guys. genji concedes in his head that hanzo can probably pass as a native prismal this way - it may even garner him some disguising attention. ]
Just don't bite anyone.
[ at the question, genji grins. ]
Because, dear brother, you get so upset when I do so.
[ wrow so mean guys. genji concedes in his head that hanzo can probably pass as a native prismal this way - it may even garner him some disguising attention. ]
Just don't bite anyone.
[ at the question, genji grins. ]
Because, dear brother, you get so upset when I do so.
"Sounds about right," Engineer murmurs, watching the other man. Great minds think alike and all. Dell himself was pretty similar, an expressive man even behind thick goggles.
"Which would make this place one big testin' ground, with money and bloodsports on the side. Pretty decent scheme."
"Which would make this place one big testin' ground, with money and bloodsports on the side. Pretty decent scheme."
"Get a bunch of people eager to fight together, then face them against your dosed-up favorite. Some of the other combatants could have been given doses too."
Genji has a faint frown on his face as something occurs to him.
"Were any of the moon blessed you've spoken to offered any of the drug?"
Genji has a faint frown on his face as something occurs to him.
"Were any of the moon blessed you've spoken to offered any of the drug?"
[All Hanzo can do is frown at his brother, turning his face away the way he would when they were children and he didn't particularly like something Genji had to say.]
Why am I not allowed to have any fun?
[He starts to joke but the thing about Zohvin flusters him enough that he's not even sure how to respond without sounding defensive because he's very defensive.]
If I find out who exactly you keep eyes on, I will return every bit of what you are doing. Be prepared for that, brother.
Why am I not allowed to have any fun?
[He starts to joke but the thing about Zohvin flusters him enough that he's not even sure how to respond without sounding defensive because he's very defensive.]
If I find out who exactly you keep eyes on, I will return every bit of what you are doing. Be prepared for that, brother.
You and Angela?
[His eyes are wide now, but he tries to regain composure immediately. That was...well. It makes sense but he's surprised. He's never seen his brother fall for that type before. Not that he's had much experience with that sort of thing since they'd become estranged.]
She is a lovely woman. I...am not sure I have anything negative to say about it.
[His eyes are wide now, but he tries to regain composure immediately. That was...well. It makes sense but he's surprised. He's never seen his brother fall for that type before. Not that he's had much experience with that sort of thing since they'd become estranged.]
She is a lovely woman. I...am not sure I have anything negative to say about it.
A simple vegetable stirfry.
[Because he is soft and bunny!Genji deserve all the carrots and veggies his little cybogbunny heart desires.]
And rice.
[He pauses as if he'd completely forgotten to ask.]
I can add noodles to this instead of the rice if you prefer that?
[Because he is soft and bunny!Genji deserve all the carrots and veggies his little cybogbunny heart desires.]
And rice.
[He pauses as if he'd completely forgotten to ask.]
I can add noodles to this instead of the rice if you prefer that?
Alas, such a thing is not meant to be here.
[ he smiles, giving a small shrug, though there is genuine regret in his eyes. this place makes it hard for two people to stay exclusive. he has jealousy enough for angela when they are not partners; it wouldn't do well here. ]
You could always question her taste in men!
[ he smiles, giving a small shrug, though there is genuine regret in his eyes. this place makes it hard for two people to stay exclusive. he has jealousy enough for angela when they are not partners; it wouldn't do well here. ]
You could always question her taste in men!
[ normally the shimada house is a very meat oriented household. but it'd only taken one meal for them to discover that whatever had made him like this had also made his stomach intolerable to handling meat.
a regret, for his normal choice of protein. but the vegetable stir fry smells delicious, and so genji is happy, as his ears perk up again. ]
Rice sounds wonderful. I would hardly turn down a stir fry from your hands.
[ of the two of them, hanzo has the better hand for cooking. ]
a regret, for his normal choice of protein. but the vegetable stir fry smells delicious, and so genji is happy, as his ears perk up again. ]
Rice sounds wonderful. I would hardly turn down a stir fry from your hands.
[ of the two of them, hanzo has the better hand for cooking. ]
[Hanzo opens his mouth to say something, then closes it again. It doesn't seem like his place to point out that it might be a little strange that he feels this way about the doctor who made him whole again. Perhaps it was gratitude and nothing more?]
I have so many questions that I do not want the answers to..
I have so many questions that I do not want the answers to..
The drinks weren't interesting to him while he had the mission on his mind. He would partake only to keep up appearances. He was not one to hide his expression, there was no need as it rarely changed, but further confirmation of what they were briefed on did not bode well.
"It is as we were told, then." Said to himself, mostly. "And they seek to utilize such artificial strength for this... tournament." his voice is even, still close to a whisper. In his words was a hint of disgust, but not surprise.
"It is as we were told, then." Said to himself, mostly. "And they seek to utilize such artificial strength for this... tournament." his voice is even, still close to a whisper. In his words was a hint of disgust, but not surprise.
[Even the smallest of Genji's motions feel dangerously personal, as if they were moving against one another rather than simply next to him, and it is liable to set his imagination racing all over again if he is not careful- but as he trains his attention onto Genji's face once more it becomes clear that reality will provide more than enough intellectual stimulation.
The warm, dark glow of his eyes is, as always, arresting. It takes the electric shock of Genji's touch to bring him back, and only then does he truly process what he's been told.]
You had... considered... [He sounds-- well, he sounds precisely the way he feels, as if Genji had abruptly begun to speak in a code in which he is only halfway fluent.] Are you quite certain?
[It could be Genji's heat. It could be the moons, or his own heady pheromones, too potent for even an enhanced respiratory system to truly filter out. His body need not listen to sense, already onlining with soft, needy little pulses, but his will must.]
Please do not tease me.
The warm, dark glow of his eyes is, as always, arresting. It takes the electric shock of Genji's touch to bring him back, and only then does he truly process what he's been told.]
You had... considered... [He sounds-- well, he sounds precisely the way he feels, as if Genji had abruptly begun to speak in a code in which he is only halfway fluent.] Are you quite certain?
[It could be Genji's heat. It could be the moons, or his own heady pheromones, too potent for even an enhanced respiratory system to truly filter out. His body need not listen to sense, already onlining with soft, needy little pulses, but his will must.]
Please do not tease me.
[ genji leans into his own minx-like nature, letting his hand shift to rest on his master's thigh, leaning closer to lean his forehead against the bright lights of zenyatta's. ]
I have. Even before we were here, I had wondered, but it seemed more important to keep things chaste. I know things are different here.
[ he asks genji to not tease him, and genji chuckles softly, raising his other hand to rest over the warm metal of his chest. ]
I know I have been free with my affections but I would not tease you if I did not truly mean to offer, Zenyatta.
I have. Even before we were here, I had wondered, but it seemed more important to keep things chaste. I know things are different here.
[ he asks genji to not tease him, and genji chuckles softly, raising his other hand to rest over the warm metal of his chest. ]
I know I have been free with my affections but I would not tease you if I did not truly mean to offer, Zenyatta.
[And Zenyatta knows it is pure self-indulgence, to feel himself all but purring when he knows their trust should transcend shallow physical attraction, but he is, and that hand on his thigh is no great aid in the matter. He answers without thinking, voice almost distant and wondering.]
I have always thought you beautiful. Surely I must have told you...
[It is difficult to be sure. So much passes unspoken between them that perhaps he has simply taken it for granted that Genji would know.
Their brows are touching, yes, but all of a sudden it is simply not enough. Already the thick length of his tail is winding its way around Genji's waist, curling intimately against his lower belly so that the tip licks delicate strokes across the skin-mesh there. If he pulled just a little more, Zenyatta thinks, if Genji submitted to that gentle pressure, he could ease him into his lap or perhaps...]
I have always thought you beautiful. Surely I must have told you...
[It is difficult to be sure. So much passes unspoken between them that perhaps he has simply taken it for granted that Genji would know.
Their brows are touching, yes, but all of a sudden it is simply not enough. Already the thick length of his tail is winding its way around Genji's waist, curling intimately against his lower belly so that the tip licks delicate strokes across the skin-mesh there. If he pulled just a little more, Zenyatta thinks, if Genji submitted to that gentle pressure, he could ease him into his lap or perhaps...]
Jack sighs, and nods, looking more exhausted than anything. He leans back against a railing and folds his arms, clearly turning over the events of the last few days in his mind.
"Well, he did try to kill me."
He hears the warning in Genji's voice and elects to ignore it--instead speaking as neutrally as possible, just presenting the facts.
"And I'm not sure when he started planning it."
Implying, of course, that it's not going to be so easy for Jack to accept this, because Gabriel could have been having mutinous thoughts in the years leading up to the attack on HQ. Jack doesn't sound accusatory--just a little sad. He knows that former Blackwatch agents might have more insight into Gabriel's machinations towards the end than he ever did, or could hope to have, so maybe he's just hoping Genji will tell him what he knows, if anything.
"Well, he did try to kill me."
He hears the warning in Genji's voice and elects to ignore it--instead speaking as neutrally as possible, just presenting the facts.
"And I'm not sure when he started planning it."
Implying, of course, that it's not going to be so easy for Jack to accept this, because Gabriel could have been having mutinous thoughts in the years leading up to the attack on HQ. Jack doesn't sound accusatory--just a little sad. He knows that former Blackwatch agents might have more insight into Gabriel's machinations towards the end than he ever did, or could hope to have, so maybe he's just hoping Genji will tell him what he knows, if anything.
She remembers the feeling of relief just to be able to touch someone. Her first Iris cycle, she'd felt like she was about to shrivel up and freeze to death while passing out from heatstroke, overheated and desperate and needing attention, to have some other half to fit to. Then the more primal urges, of course. The need to be mated with like an animal, which only left her deeply embarrassed to have to explain to... anyone. It wasn't pleasant when it caught you off-guard and you didn't initially know what to do. Whether or not something was wrong or it was something to take in stride, or where to even begin.
The fact that he relaxes to her touch and into her arms only has her squeezing him that much closer as she draws him inside, door closed and locked behind him as she slowly separates from him, keeping hold of his hand and the other sliding back from his hair to cup his cheek.
"I'm sure it could be nearly anything, Genji. Perhaps you're simply feeling more comfortable, now, as we grow used to the people we have and the dynamics we've settled into."
There's less sense of indulging in something he "shouldn't have" or "hasn't had", now, so much as that they're simply giving into the affection and accepting that they can deserve it. It's becoming more natural.
"Or perhaps it's entirely something with the moons and not about us at all. Closer orbits, polarization if they pass too close to one another, changes in their surface chemistry or activity beneath the crust."
She shrugs, arm twining with his as she moves to walk back inside and bring him straight to her room where he can get comfortable and climb in bed with her, where it's still warmed through from her sleep.
"You know you never need to thank me; I'm just glad you came. Come on, you. Let's get comfortable and have a look."
There's a bit of mischief in the way her hands find the edges of whatever he's donned just to run down to her room; the temptation to see if he has a little fluffy tail is entirely too strong.
The fact that he relaxes to her touch and into her arms only has her squeezing him that much closer as she draws him inside, door closed and locked behind him as she slowly separates from him, keeping hold of his hand and the other sliding back from his hair to cup his cheek.
"I'm sure it could be nearly anything, Genji. Perhaps you're simply feeling more comfortable, now, as we grow used to the people we have and the dynamics we've settled into."
There's less sense of indulging in something he "shouldn't have" or "hasn't had", now, so much as that they're simply giving into the affection and accepting that they can deserve it. It's becoming more natural.
"Or perhaps it's entirely something with the moons and not about us at all. Closer orbits, polarization if they pass too close to one another, changes in their surface chemistry or activity beneath the crust."
She shrugs, arm twining with his as she moves to walk back inside and bring him straight to her room where he can get comfortable and climb in bed with her, where it's still warmed through from her sleep.
"You know you never need to thank me; I'm just glad you came. Come on, you. Let's get comfortable and have a look."
There's a bit of mischief in the way her hands find the edges of whatever he's donned just to run down to her room; the temptation to see if he has a little fluffy tail is entirely too strong.
[Hanzo doesn't mind the vegetables. Obviously he craves meat during certain times of the month, but for now he's fine looking after his brother.]
Good. It is already being cooked. [Not that he wouldn't find other uses for the rice. His appetite is healthier now that he's trying not to drink as often.
Eventually he turns off the stove and puts his arms around Genji, because he knows it'll calm him down at least a little until he can serve the food. Even when they were boys he never found himself being too physically affectionate, but..when they were boys his brother didn't have fluffy ears and a cute tail.]
Good. It is already being cooked. [Not that he wouldn't find other uses for the rice. His appetite is healthier now that he's trying not to drink as often.
Eventually he turns off the stove and puts his arms around Genji, because he knows it'll calm him down at least a little until he can serve the food. Even when they were boys he never found himself being too physically affectionate, but..when they were boys his brother didn't have fluffy ears and a cute tail.]
[ genji makes a small noise when hanzo turns around to hug him. he is stiff for half a second before he all but melts into it, laying his cheek against his brother's shoulder. his ears droop backwards a bit and he sighs heavily. ]
I do not like this.
[ he likes being affectionate with hanzo, do not get him wrong. but this need to be held or otherwise feel, for lack of a better word, stressed and upset, is not the way he wants to live a week and a half of his life every month. ]
I feel as if I am four years old again and begging to stay in your room because I am scared of the thunder.
I do not like this.
[ he likes being affectionate with hanzo, do not get him wrong. but this need to be held or otherwise feel, for lack of a better word, stressed and upset, is not the way he wants to live a week and a half of his life every month. ]
I feel as if I am four years old again and begging to stay in your room because I am scared of the thunder.
[ genji, ever the minx that he is, chuckles when zenyatta wonders if he had ever told him. ]
I know you appreciate the human form, master, but your eyes have lingered on me far longer than normal.
[ or at least, he imagines they have, and so he's confident in his deductions. genji hardly needs the urging of zenyatta's tail around his waist. once he is sure that the monk will not rebuff his affections out of some misplaced chastity, he moves forward to sit in zenyatta's lap, legs on either side of his hips as he slides his hands up, one along the metal of his shoulder to cup his 'cheek', the other over the top of that fabric that sits between the two of them. ]
I know you appreciate the human form, master, but your eyes have lingered on me far longer than normal.
[ or at least, he imagines they have, and so he's confident in his deductions. genji hardly needs the urging of zenyatta's tail around his waist. once he is sure that the monk will not rebuff his affections out of some misplaced chastity, he moves forward to sit in zenyatta's lap, legs on either side of his hips as he slides his hands up, one along the metal of his shoulder to cup his 'cheek', the other over the top of that fabric that sits between the two of them. ]
[The sound Genji makes is hard to figure out. It seems conflicted, equal parts comfortable and troubled. Thankfully Genji begins to speak before Hanzo has to ask if anything's troubling him.]
I can stop, if you like.
[He hasn't minded so far. Well, maybe the first couple days it was a lot to get used to all at once, but now he remembers to feed his brother vegetables and can deal with cuddling when Genji doesn't have anyone else available to him. It's the least he can offer after he's agreed to forgive him for...well, everything.]
You do not snore as cutely as you did at four. [He's definitely not smiling to hold back laughter.]
I can stop, if you like.
[He hasn't minded so far. Well, maybe the first couple days it was a lot to get used to all at once, but now he remembers to feed his brother vegetables and can deal with cuddling when Genji doesn't have anyone else available to him. It's the least he can offer after he's agreed to forgive him for...well, everything.]
You do not snore as cutely as you did at four. [He's definitely not smiling to hold back laughter.]
No.
[ if anything genji clings harder to hanzo when he says that, tightening his hold. it is not this act he dislikes but rather the need for it. ]
If I snore at all, you can blame Angela for that one.
[ it's a light joke, one he hopes sticks the landing the way he intends. ]
I just... do not like feeling this needy.
[ hanzo can probably guess why. genji has always been someone who prides his independence. ]
[ if anything genji clings harder to hanzo when he says that, tightening his hold. it is not this act he dislikes but rather the need for it. ]
If I snore at all, you can blame Angela for that one.
[ it's a light joke, one he hopes sticks the landing the way he intends. ]
I just... do not like feeling this needy.
[ hanzo can probably guess why. genji has always been someone who prides his independence. ]
If anything, this will give Jack some insight that despite his calm exterior most days, Genji still has a lot of anger within him. He does not know how to reconcile the man that he knew Gabriel to be with the man who supposedly attacked Jack... and he doesn't know who The Reaper is, either, to break that illusion.
"Then all I can tell you is that his supposed planning must have happened after I was removed from Blackwatch activity," Genji says plainly. "The man I knew had his complaints, but nothing that ever indicated he would try to kill you."
He shrugs a little bit, opening a hand.
"So that is all I can offer you. And he gave no indication Blackwatch was shut down when I spoke to him."
"Then all I can tell you is that his supposed planning must have happened after I was removed from Blackwatch activity," Genji says plainly. "The man I knew had his complaints, but nothing that ever indicated he would try to kill you."
He shrugs a little bit, opening a hand.
"So that is all I can offer you. And he gave no indication Blackwatch was shut down when I spoke to him."
[The way Genji's hold becomes stronger as though he fears being let go is cute. He's been having the thought more frequently with his brother like this, but for his own safety he keeps it to himself.]
Hah. That is the one thing she has nothing to do with. Do not blame her for it.
[Hanzo is getting used to dishing it out the longer he spends to Genji.]
I know, but at least it is only temporary. [If he seems like he's being dismissive of Genji's struggle it may be because there's a certain amount of enjoyment he gets out of being able to be affectionate with him like this. An excuse to do things he might have wanted to do before but couldn't quite find a reason to. They did get into fights often when they were boys but there were also moments like this when all they had to comfort themselves was each other.]
Hah. That is the one thing she has nothing to do with. Do not blame her for it.
[Hanzo is getting used to dishing it out the longer he spends to Genji.]
I know, but at least it is only temporary. [If he seems like he's being dismissive of Genji's struggle it may be because there's a certain amount of enjoyment he gets out of being able to be affectionate with him like this. An excuse to do things he might have wanted to do before but couldn't quite find a reason to. They did get into fights often when they were boys but there were also moments like this when all they had to comfort themselves was each other.]
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