[IC] Day 67, Afternoon

[thexfactor]

[ sometimes, future megalomaniacs like to have dates. ]

Comments

[grandstanding]

[kissing him back, but his thoughts continue.]

I thought as much.

[thexfactor]

I'm becoming predictable then.

[grandstanding]

Familiar.

[thexfactor]

Do you like that?

[grandstanding]

I like that I know you now, when I didn't before.

[thexfactor]

[ there's a strong sense of warmth at that ]

[grandstanding]

[and he's pleased to feel it. he breaks the kiss, brushing some of Charles' hair back.]

[thexfactor]

[ leans into that ]

[grandstanding]

Should we head back?

[thexfactor]

I -- Yes. Why not. To Ometotchtli?

[grandstanding]

Sure.

[thexfactor]

. . .

[ okay then ]

[grandstanding]

Unless you'd rather stay here a while longer.

[thexfactor]

No, let's go.

[grandstanding]

[packs up the container before standing]

[thexfactor]

[ getting up as well, dusting his clothes ]

[grandstanding]

[casts another look at the waterfall before they start heading back]

[thexfactor]

All right?

[grandstanding]

Yes, fine.

[he is]

[thexfactor]

[ timeskip to Charles' room where he turns the shard over in his hands ]

[grandstanding]

[Erik sits next to him, but doesn't speak.]

[thexfactor]

No time like the present.

[ he puts it in ]

[grandstanding]

Wait a minute--

[except it's too late, that shard is in]

[thexfactor]

. . . I . . .

[grandstanding]

Charles?