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Olavi Heskin
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#1
Ain't it warming you, the world goin' up in flames?
Olavi was, for lack of a better word, loitering.

Not that that was hard for him to do: the large, typically glaring shark-tailed man floating just about anywhere could be interpreted as some kind of threat; it was difficult for him to appear non-suspicious. Right now though, he absolutely was being.

With Longnight stretching on into seeming eternity and he and Nerissa's usual business dried up, he was bored enough to be playing with ideas of staging some kind of big takeover of the city. Not anything he was ever actually going to do, but a sort of game he played at sometimes: thinking about how he'd do it, the windows of opportunity and the potential spoils, making the pompous-ass 'royals' swim down in the dirt while he held up his Queen, crown of glittering coral on her head...it was good to have fantasies.

Leaning against a wall by the main hub of the city, he watched people come and go from the leader's home, trying to get a picture of their schedules. If anyone looked in his direction he gave them a grin, though not an innocent one: the sharp teeth and amused glint in his eye made sure of that.
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Maru Ngata
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#2
MARU
listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
like a heartbeat that drives you mad
At the very least, Maru can confidently say his guards are not slacking. It's not long until he's found and informed of a loitering soul, one they recognize visually but not by name. In many other lands, it would be commonplace to wave a hand and order the unknown man to be escorted out of the city, leaving the ruler unbothered by such minor affairs. For better or worse, Maru is not like that. Nodding respectfully to the messenger, he stretches out his tentacles and begins to swim, murmuring greetings and inquiries as he passes by those trickling in from the outer city.

The man is not hard to find, unnaturally still and with that same vague recollection. Around Nerissa perhaps? Maru lifts a hand to brush a floating lock of inky hair away from his face, and approaches with no further pause. Hello. I don't believe I've seen you around here, I am Maru. Hand extends to grip them together if the man desires, tentacles waving lazily, the blue spots faded in display of lack of threat.
in the stillness of remembering what you had
and what you lost
Olavi Heskin
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#3
Ain't it warming you, the world goin' up in flames?
Olavi was not expecting to actually see mr High-and-Mighty himself, the 'King' of all of them: as much as it pissed him off to admit it, Maru did look elegant and in control as he glided down towards him, the tentacles moving with a grace that he'd only ever seen in Nerissa before; not that he would ever let anyone know he had compared the two.

He frowned as Maru's voice came into his mind, shaking his head as if trying to push it out: it was too intimate for someone he had just met. Olavi very rarely spoke to anyone other than Nerissa anyway, but telepathically? That was saved for those very closest to him. "Get out of my head." He growled, for the moment civil about it: he would not be for long, if it continued.

That said, he did hold out his hand. "Didn't think you'd come out to talk to the unwashed masses from your glitzy little house." Olavi snorted.
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Maru Ngata
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#4
MARU
listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
like a heartbeat that drives you mad
The frown that creases the handsome, sun-kissed face gives Maru pause internally, but not enough to retract his offered hand and calm demeanor. Though a dark brow gives a subtle incline at the words; it's rare for mer to speak aloud, as the water has a way of distorting spoken word and it is merely easier to communicate in a submerged environment through the bond. But Maru will not disrespect the man's wishes, and firmly grasps the hand in a squeeze - not quite the shake of the human folk, but the equivalent that exists beneath the ocean. "If that is what you wish." It's not as if it's a slight of some sort. Though what follows certainly is, and inspires a wry grin on Maru's handsome face. Olavi is certainly not the first to express dissent, not when Maru is the first male ruler in many long years. He has learned to take such insults and insinuations with grace. "After touching you I would certainly hope you are not unwashed, though that would be quite the feat in the ocean." His wry humor is clear in the odd, humming sound that constitutes a chuckle underwater. "And what keeps you from my supposedly glitzy house? All are welcome in my doorway."
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Olavi Heskin
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#5
Ain't it warming you, the world goin' up in flames?
Olavi returned the greeting, though his eyes were hard as he looked at Maru, making sure there wouldn't be another attempt to break into his mind. It was hard to explain, just why he didn't care for it, but anyone's voice other than Nerissa's in his head felt wrong, violating.

Admittedly, he did feel quite frustrated when Maru smiled at his words. Olavi had never really been one for weaponized jibes or intense conversation and when it came to arguing with Maru's dignified intellect, he knew he was going to be outmatched. His tail swishing faster on the ocean floor, sand beat up in a little cloud underneath him. "...All are welcome, huh? So I could come in, sleep in your bed, eat your shit and touch everything and that'd just be fine?" Honestly, as much as that sounded stupid, it would be quite good for a heist.
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Maru Ngata
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#6
MARU
listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
like a heartbeat that drives you mad
The continued reservation - as kind as the word choice may be in Maru's diplomatic way - is overlooked. The man is entitled to his wariness, even if this may be their first time meeting face to face. Maru knows Nerissa much better, and in the privacy of his own dark amusement can admit that at this point, he quite prefers her. She may be more manipulative, but at least she is not so uncouth. A shame, as the man is quite attractive.

The silt that is disturbed prickles at his skin, but does not rise so far as to force him to shield his eyes or drift further away. Olavi's agitation feels like yet another slight to Maru, who flounders a little for once, unsure what it is he has done to so aggravate the man. "If I were to welcome you in my bed, I would be much more straightforward." A dark eyebrow rises, a playful smirk appearing on his lips. "But yes, you would be welcome to my food. My birth should not hold me higher than my people, regardless of what the nagging elders may think. Why, were you hungry?" Again his voice lilts slightly teasing, more than willing to invite the man deeper inside the city, to offer what foods he may immediately find if only to prove himself (and perhaps irritate the man further, as it's becoming slightly amusing to do so now that he is doing it intentionally).
in the stillness of remembering what you had
and what you lost
Olavi Heskin
Bodyguard

Age: 41 | Height: 6'0" | Race: Mermaid | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Torchline
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#7
Ain't it warming you, the world goin' up in flames?
Olavi's livelihood depended on his ability to be 'uncouth', especially when contrasted with Nerissa, and it was inevitable that that had eventually come to taint his behaviour outside of his protection work too. He was unused to genuinely talking to anyone other than Nerissa now, unable to interact with the world with vulnerability or softness.

"Ha. Won't be taking you up on that one. Ever." He was pretty selective about who he slept with anyway, but Olavi's interests began and ended with women; that aside he doubted he could ever get over the idea he was sleeping with a hoighty-toighty King (the actual hoighty-toighty-ness didn't matter, it was about the principle).

All that said, Maru did say himself that his birth did not entitle him to anything better and that did soften Olavi's thoughts towards him a little: maybe this guy wasn't as snobby as he had imagined. Not that he'd let up that easily, though. "...Maybe. I'd like to see what it is you posh fuckers eat, anyway. I'm gonna call your bluff, mate: take me inside, then." He crossed his arms, laying down the challenge.
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