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hadriel_logs2016-02-14 03:14 pm
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Who: boss & kaz
What: big boss takes on a Very Important mission.
Where: kaz's......bedroom
When: feb 13th
Warnings: general warning for two soldiers who have an unhealthy relationship
When most people keep an eye on their friends, it might be a casual phone call to check up on them or a visit to their home once in a while. What it isn't is literal surveillance. Unfortunately, for John, it was honestly the only way he knew how to keep tabs on people, including people he might label as 'friend'. While his and Miller's relationship was still rough around the edges, despite their agreement to work together, John still felt a responsibility to watch after his former second.
Not that the man couldn't look after himself just fine, but they had spent four years working together. Two parts of a whole, practically living out of each other's pockets for at least a year. It was almost like going against instinct when John forced himself to give Kaz some space.
So Big Boss does what he knows best: he follows the man, always in the background but never seen. He watches, he listens, he pays attention to the small details. Miller is the only person in Hadriel who doesn't have a makeshift file of information back at John's place; the old soldier commits everything to memory.
In the end, what he knows is this: Kaz's schedule (give or take a few deviations), the names and faces of everyone living around him, the layout of the spire, how he compensates for his weaknesses. John feels like he knows everything he can. Everything except the mystery of Miller's eyes. Since the first time his former second had arrived, Boss knew there had been something off about them. Of course, Kaz's obsessive trait of keeping his glasses on had prevented him from investigating further. There's really only one option for satisfying his curiosity.
Early one day, before the man in question usually wakes, Big Boss sneaks into Miller's bedroom. Maybe in normal society a grown man sneaking into someone's room while they're asleep was considered creepy, but this was Big Boss (which made it less creepy and more par for the course). John had spent most of his life breaking and entering into places he didn't belong, for the purpose of obtaining sensitive information he probably shouldn't know. Now, all he has to do is be patient and wait for the man to wake.
What: big boss takes on a Very Important mission.
Where: kaz's......bedroom
When: feb 13th
Warnings: general warning for two soldiers who have an unhealthy relationship
When most people keep an eye on their friends, it might be a casual phone call to check up on them or a visit to their home once in a while. What it isn't is literal surveillance. Unfortunately, for John, it was honestly the only way he knew how to keep tabs on people, including people he might label as 'friend'. While his and Miller's relationship was still rough around the edges, despite their agreement to work together, John still felt a responsibility to watch after his former second.
Not that the man couldn't look after himself just fine, but they had spent four years working together. Two parts of a whole, practically living out of each other's pockets for at least a year. It was almost like going against instinct when John forced himself to give Kaz some space.
So Big Boss does what he knows best: he follows the man, always in the background but never seen. He watches, he listens, he pays attention to the small details. Miller is the only person in Hadriel who doesn't have a makeshift file of information back at John's place; the old soldier commits everything to memory.
In the end, what he knows is this: Kaz's schedule (give or take a few deviations), the names and faces of everyone living around him, the layout of the spire, how he compensates for his weaknesses. John feels like he knows everything he can. Everything except the mystery of Miller's eyes. Since the first time his former second had arrived, Boss knew there had been something off about them. Of course, Kaz's obsessive trait of keeping his glasses on had prevented him from investigating further. There's really only one option for satisfying his curiosity.
Early one day, before the man in question usually wakes, Big Boss sneaks into Miller's bedroom. Maybe in normal society a grown man sneaking into someone's room while they're asleep was considered creepy, but this was Big Boss (which made it less creepy and more par for the course). John had spent most of his life breaking and entering into places he didn't belong, for the purpose of obtaining sensitive information he probably shouldn't know. Now, all he has to do is be patient and wait for the man to wake.
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His mouth twists to one side as he considers whether or not it's worth it to try and wriggle his way out of answering the question, but they're supposed to be partners again, right? That means it's important for Big Boss to know where his capabilities end.
"After about twenty yards, it starts to get vague," he eventually says, though he tilts his head up toward Big Boss at a rebellious angle. "It didn't stop me from leading an army alongside Venom, so don't think that you need to worry about me."
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Twenty yards was alright, as far as simply getting around. With no monsters in the inner city, Kaz's life was no more in danger than it was if he were simply trying to traverse stairs. But this place was unpredictable, their only deterrence against the creatures in the caves storming the city was the whims of one god. Anything could happen.
"Ahab isn't here, either. With your amputations and your bad eyesight on top of it, I think you can see why I'd be wary." He couldn't follow Kaz every day, though he had tailed the man quite often. "I'd treat any soldier in your situation the same."
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What Miller isn't prepared for is to hear any mention of Venom, and his head drops down for a moment as a wave of something like nostalgia runs through him. When they'd been working together, Kaz had always felt this undercurrent of anger that he couldn't direct anywhere in particular, with Venom the biggest victor out of all of them.
Now, though, he finds himself missing the man. He really hadn't been much like Big Boss, in the end, for all of their pretending.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" Kaz demands, though his tone is eerily quiet. It's difficult not to feel defeated in this situation, where he doesn't have the resources to be anything more than dead weight.