dead to the power of two | OPEN

[runeing]

Who: celen's boys (aka charles and viktor), you?
Where: viktor's lab, lupin, the farm
What: viktor finally loses the battle against his illness and comes back. meanwhile, charles is learning magic (badly).
Warnings: death and dying, mentions of child abuse



PROMPTS IN COMMENTS.

▷ charles.
▷ viktor.

Comments

i.

[donger]

[ Heimerdinger has been making use of the laboratories at the STEM club facilities, and has yet to spend much time in Viktor's lab. Since they parted ways, he's given his former pupils a bit of a wide berth, even if their divisions mean little now that they are all here together in Aldrip. But, when he receives word from Jayce that Viktor has died and subsequently returned to life, well. He's not about to let that news pass by without some further investigation.

He stops by the lab on the seventh day, and continues on his way once he sees that the lights are out. But he swings back around on the eighth day, and upon seeing signs of life inside, lets himself in. ]

Ahem.

[ A small clearing of his throat is all he will do to get Viktor's attention before continuing on. ]

I'm glad to see you up and about once more, my boy.

[runeing]

[ in hindsight, perhaps he should have been expecting this. oh, he expects jayce, of course, and caitlyn and vi — two people he never had the time or possibility to get to know properly back home, but who he counts as important to him, now. but this? no, he doesn't think heimerdinger is here out of concern for him.

and honestly? after the emotional exhaustion after trying to process his death and all the feelings attached to it, the idea that he might be asked to talk about it not through how he feels but rather through logic and only logic — well. that's a nicer thought. ]

Professor Heimerdinger, [ he says in greeting, nodding his head as he works on something that seems like an intricate metal paneling. ]

I assume Jayce told you. [ there is no thank you for the, hm, well-wishing; this is the state of affairs, and it all happened the way it did, whether he wanted it to or not. ]