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(The video feed opens up to Dirk squatting on the shoreline next to the Salt Lake. Behind him, the lake is shimmering with a brilliant pink light beneath the moonlight. Dirk's so still and pale that he looks like a statue. At least he does until he shifts back onto his heels. He's thoroughly drenched, only wearing a pair of sweatpants, some of his hair already frozen into peaks. By some miracle (or sheer force of will) he's not shivering.
Probably because he's beyond cold at this point. He's totally vibing with the bite.)
As a pro tip, taking a dip in the Salt Lake is good for the mind.
(...This was not an intentional discovery, but you would never know by how calmly he's speaking. His teeth aren't even chattering. He stands up. He places his hands on his hips. Dirk stares up at the moon, exhaling slowly, his breath forming a bit of fog in the air.)
Ironically, this helps with lockjoint too. (He raises his hands and turns them over as proof that he wasn't suffering from lockjoint due to the conditions. Granted, if he kept standing around in the cold like a jackass and the saltwater dried off...Hm. He curls his hands into fists.)
Just thought this would be an appreciated service announcement. I'm gonna go hit up Achelliac. See ya'll on the flip side.
Probably because he's beyond cold at this point. He's totally vibing with the bite.)
As a pro tip, taking a dip in the Salt Lake is good for the mind.
(...This was not an intentional discovery, but you would never know by how calmly he's speaking. His teeth aren't even chattering. He stands up. He places his hands on his hips. Dirk stares up at the moon, exhaling slowly, his breath forming a bit of fog in the air.)
Ironically, this helps with lockjoint too. (He raises his hands and turns them over as proof that he wasn't suffering from lockjoint due to the conditions. Granted, if he kept standing around in the cold like a jackass and the saltwater dried off...Hm. He curls his hands into fists.)
Just thought this would be an appreciated service announcement. I'm gonna go hit up Achelliac. See ya'll on the flip side.
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I'd add a footnote: make sure you or some friends light a bonfire or plant a brazier somewhere on the shore. It's still deep in winter.
[A sidewise glance into the device and a small sigh through his nostrils.]
Do put on a shirt, my dear. If you hadn't clearly meant this as a PSA, I'd have thought you'd been punked by your Omen, as several of us have this week.
[Video]
If people can't figure out that footnote for themselves, I think that it might be weeding out the weak at that point.
(Yeah, he's...probably actually not the best person to be out here giving advice to people.
He smirks. Listen. At this point, he feels religiously obligated to fuck with this guy a bit. It was just fun. Even more fun with the idea of getting to see his reactions.)
Why? Am I distracting you from your work? I don't mind you looking.
(My dear!)
I don't get punked.
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[A dangerous smirk crosses the other's lean face.]
One way to eliminate the needlessly foolhardy, or the ones who don't think before they leap, as it were.
[The driest of dry laughs in his throat, then he sits back from the microscope, folding his forearms on the edge of the worktop and casually pushing his sleeves up slightly. Someone looks like they haven't missed an arm day in their life, though there's still a grace to him.]
No distraction here, as you aren't my type. I was thinking, rather, I'd prefer not to have yet another frostbite come through my examination room at the Lumenarium. [A slight lift of his head, suggesting an eyeroll.]
It appears you're one of the lucky ones. I take it your Omen is better behaved than mine, who decided to broadcast what I thought was a private confession to Doorway, when they appeared in the street before my door.
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(Something they could actually agree on.
Dirk wondered if there would ever be a day where he didn't lowkey obsess over the human male form. Was there anything better than a guy's arms?)
I can fix that. (It's a natural response, but he thinks about K. He thinks about their conversation and he reels it in.) But you're not worth it.
(There. That's better. It's not like he was bothered by not being the guy's type.)
I'm already heading home. You a blood minister then? I ain't even surprised. (He floats through the air, his Omen swooping along next to him to keep the video going.)
Maybe you should learn a bit more about yourself then. Our Omens are an extension of our souls. Seems like you need to gain a bit more control.
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[The smirk might turn slightly pleased. Nice to spot someone who appreciates Darwinian natural selection, even if it's someone who irritates him.]
Mentioning the Lumenarium is probably the main give-away. I'm partly in research and partly in clinical work, though I'm leaning a bit more toward the former, since it's where I specialized, in my world of origin.
Mine's often appeared as a flipped version of me: where I'm stoical and solitary, they're cheery and gregarious. There's aspects in me that I could control better, notably my temper. [A small, thoughtful pause.] I'm afraid you know that too well. [We admit, this all the apologizing he's going to do for That Outburst last month. He's too proud to do more.]
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(A flipped version. Okay, actually, Dirk could see that. His omen felt...calmer than he had ever felt in his life. Dirk raises his brows in mild surprise that Wesker was even admitting to having a bad temper with Dirk.)
Luckily for you, I don't really give a shit. (He's so warm and cozy, this one.)
Not like I'm the local sweetheart or anything.
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There is that. It's partly from a lifetime of being a science prodigy, partly from becoming what I am. They don't exactly give you lessons in how to be a trans-human, since no human seems to be able to define what that would look like.
[The tiniest dry cough of a chuckle.]
Ahh. Thus I may not have been the only one snarling at you more than they should have? Not that I plan to compare notes with them. You're a gadfly to me, but I have no intentions of swatting you. [There may be an unspoken current of 'Not in the immediate future, anyway'.]