VIDEO via Tannusen's communicator, ACTION optional for Nova

[feckinboomstick]

[It starts off as just voice. Looks like Tannusen switched this on in a bag, and the reason for this bit of sneaky behavior is slowly becoming clear-]

Voice activated lift my skinny white arse, been yellin' at this useless souped up piece of horse shite for five goddamn minutes now-

It isn't funny, Tannusen!

Quit your feckin' gigglin' an' help me!

[No dice, the tiger just keeps trying not to break something with laughter as the annoyed Irishman digs himself deeper into his foul mood.]

ELEVEN.

ELEVEN YE RUSTED PIECE OF AMERICAN DOG SHITE, ELEVEN!

.... ELEVEN!

[Now the camera is out, mostly because the man in question has his back turned, trying to scale up along the sides of the elevator using the hand rails]

AYE THEN, LISTEN TO ME WHAT WHEN I TALK TO YE!

[Cooley, a smooth, female, automated voice answers, ever tranquil.]

Please state your floor slowly and calmly

[This doesn't seem to help his anger management at all.]

CALM? CALM, I'LL SHOW YE CALM! STICK IT UP YER ARSE YE FECKIN' AUTOMATIC COW!

ELEVEN!

ELEVEN!

TAKE US TO ELEVEN GODDAMNIT WHAT BEFORE I BLAST A HOLE IN YOUR TIN SIDIN'! YE THINK I'M JOKIN' WITH YE?!

TANNUSEN, STOP STANDIN' THERE AN' QUIT LAUGHIN'-

[The priest whirls his head around to look at the tiger, catching sight of the communicator]

... TURN THAT BEDAMNED BLASTED THING OFF, YE FECKIN' PILLOCK!

Comments

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen can barely stay upright with that fresh wave of laughter, continuing the game of keep-away.

And here's the elevator chiming in again-- ]

You have not selected a floor number.

[feckinboomstick]

[AAAAA]

UUUUUP YOURS YE COW!

[Properly emphasized with a hurled charm that he didn't activate because as angry as he is, breaking public property is bad.

And expensive]

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen's laughter was making him so unsteady on his feet that having Cassian hanging off of him like an enraged monkey was really going to have only one effect, after a few moments of it.

Aaaand down they went! ]

[feckinboomstick]

[SCREAM

He clambers for the communicator as he drags Tannusen down to his level, trying to pry his fingers off of it or shut it off or whatever comes first]

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen ends up collapsing all the way onto the floor, dragging Cass down with him with his weight. The maniac laughter continues right up until the video cuts off with a final, struggling shot of the ceiling of the elevator.

Okay, and it continues after, it's just not being broadcast now. ]

Oh, is this the sort of thing I need to do to get you on top?

[ Tannu, no.

Well... maybe yes.

But no. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[INTERNAL SCREAMING]

This is a public lift, keep your bedroom talk in the bedroom!

[Or Velvet Lust where it's expected to be heard]

[black_black_heart]

[ The laugh's turned delighted, now that no one else can hear it. ]

Come on, you've known me for a little while now. When have I ever kept bedroom talk to the bedroom?

[ <3 ]

[feckinboomstick]

YE BETTER START LEARNIN' OR YER GONNA SLEEP IN THE BACKYARD.

WITH THE FROGS.

[black_black_heart]

Your eyes can be so cruel~!

[ That's right, have a Labyrinth quote. He sounds... more than halfway to singing it, too. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[WHEEEZE]

Nae, don't ye start!

[Don't make him feel an emotion in this elevator damnit]

[black_black_heart]

How you turn my world, you precious thing!

[ Okay, now that's him actually singing. For the first time around Cassian.

He has a weakness for Bowie, okay? Most Faeries do, he's found. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[YES HE KNOWS WHO BOWIE IS. It's not like he was in Europe for most of his entire LIFE.

SO YES HE HAS SEEN LABYRINTH AND ALSO FUCK YOU]

QUIT IT!

[There's a smile trying to break through that stubborn scowl, anyone can see it, you loser.]

[black_black_heart]

[ Ohhh, he can see that smile trying to get through! ]

You starve and near exhaust me. Everything I've done, I've done for you!

[ Aaand he reaches up to boop Cassian on the nose with a fingertip at that. ]

I move the stars for no one!

[ Except you, Cass. Except you. ]

[feckinboomstick]

SHUTUP-

[His face is jammed in his hands, still yelling, the motion is to hide that infectious smile trying to appear.]

NOT IN THE LIFT!

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen's grinning, himself, now. ]

You've run so long, you've run so far...

[ And here he is trying to pry Cassian's hands off his face. ]

Your eyes can be so cruel~! Just as I can be so cruel! Oh, I do believe in you, yes I do!

[feckinboomstick]

[FFFF

Tannusen pries his hands free, it's not that hard, and to continue this sham?

Cassian buries his face in Tannusen's neck instead, wheezing]

Ye monster.

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen cards his fingers into Cassian's hair, of course. ]

Live without your sunlight; love without your heartbeat...! I, I can't live... within... you...

[ At least it's a quick song? If... a bit on the nose, considering. ]

Gimme a kiss or I'll start a sappier one next.

[ BLACKMAIL. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[WHEEZING into Tannusen's neck]

Only if ye open the damn lift doors.

[black_black_heart]

[ Grinning intensifies. ]

Deal.

[feckinboomstick]

[Jerk. Cassian leans down to press a warm, but quick peck on his cheek because fuck you, being an asshole HAS NO REWARDS.]

[black_black_heart]

Ah-ah. Somewhere you haven't kissed me before.

[ He lets that comment hang for a second in all its potentially-lewd glory, then taps himself on his own lips with a wink. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[Damn straight you're clarifying that, dickwad.

The glare doesn't let up until Tannusen taps his lips]

I'm gonna make ye a dog house an' ye can sleep in that.

[But he does lean back down and press another kiss to his lips, actually letting that one linger a moment]

[black_black_heart]

[ It may not be anything fancy, but Tannusen appreciates the lingering all the same, and he looks a little... lost, when Cass does inevitably pull away again.

Look, he's never claimed to not be a total sap, under all the jokes. ]

[feckinboomstick]

[... A beat]

... Ye need another to restart your brain then?

[black_black_heart]

[ Tannusen smiles, one of those lopsided crooked ones that lacks all the usual polish. ]

...I wouldn't mind.