[ The tension is thick as he waits, sees the notification, and finally opens it. Nate has never been a tattoo guy and he doesn't remember having any in the Aerie, so it stands to reason that somebody slapped this crap on him without him knowing and- ]
Oh.
[ Yeah, that's familiar. He's probably had this the entire fucking time since he got here, and didn't know about it. Go figure. ]
...nnnnno, I didn't get it in the Aerie. It's- uh. [ Nate reaches back with his good arm, fingertips feeling for the edge of the design. It's just barely raised from the application. Old. Well-healed. ] I was in that other world, before I came to this one? Hadriel? It was like- I made the mistake of getting drunk with some Vikings that were trapped there, too. Ivar the Boneless did it after I passed out.
[ Nate opens his mouth, closes it again, and thinks for a long moment about whether that's something he actually wants. Laser tattoo removal and skin grafting have come a long way in the last five-hundred years, and while there are parts of him that bristle at how he got this damn thing, it's the only physical reminder that he was in another place before this one.
That he knew people there. That he lost them, too. ]
...nah, it's okay. It's, uh- [ His hand falls back into his lap. ] It's a memory I think I'd actually like to keep.
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Date: 2021-02-28 12:36 am (UTC)Did you get it in the Aerie? It's a sort of — here, let me...
（ having a camera in your brain is sometimes useful. he takes a quick shot of it and fires it off to nate's id, pretty as you please. ）
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Date: 2021-03-09 07:29 pm (UTC)Oh.
[ Yeah, that's familiar. He's probably had this the entire fucking time since he got here, and didn't know about it. Go figure. ]
...nnnnno, I didn't get it in the Aerie. It's- uh. [ Nate reaches back with his good arm, fingertips feeling for the edge of the design. It's just barely raised from the application. Old. Well-healed. ] I was in that other world, before I came to this one? Hadriel? It was like- I made the mistake of getting drunk with some Vikings that were trapped there, too. Ivar the Boneless did it after I passed out.
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Date: 2021-03-14 07:26 pm (UTC)（ nonconsensual tattoo application: everybody's favourite pastime. gene raises his eyebrows faintly, an': ）
We can remove it if you want. They got lasers an' suchnot for that sort of thing now.
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Date: 2021-03-23 02:26 am (UTC)That he knew people there. That he lost them, too. ]
...nah, it's okay. It's, uh- [ His hand falls back into his lap. ] It's a memory I think I'd actually like to keep.