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Started July 17, 2018 by Deleted user

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"Kind of hard to have introductions when I was bleeding on the river bank," he joked, smiling faintly as he took Erikos' hand. "Daus." He added, shifting a tad nervously under the other's blue gaze.

“That’s a nice name, Daus,” Erikos said, grinning as he tried the name on his lips. “Definitely a godly one. Wish I had gotten a name like that,” he said with a chuckle

Daus laughed at Erikos' comment, his cheeks heating up a tad as he listened to the other say his name. For some reason, he liked it more when Erikos said it. "Well, your name's just as nice. It's definitely made for a blue-eyed guy who lives next to a river," he added, a joking tone in his voice as his smile brightened faintly.

“A blue-eyed sailor who finds gods by his mother’s river,” Erikos chuckled, his smile only widening as he watched Daus’ face light up. He was glad his dark skin easily hid the faint blush starting to rise to his cheeks

"Exactly," Daus answered, a small laugh escaping him as he looked down towards Erikos, finding it nice that he was taller than the other boy for once. "You have a nice smile, you know?" He added before he knew the words left his mouth, cursing his habit of speaking before he actually thought through what he was going to say.

Erikos looked stunned for a moment, a now noticeable blush spreading across his dark cheeks. He quickly recovered though, a lopsided smile spreading across his face. “Thanks..? You’ve got nice horns.”

"You sure? One of them is chipped," Daus answered, glancing up towards his chipped, left horn as if he had just noticed it now. He glanced down towards Erikos, studying them for a few moments. Were they…blushing? "Though, I can blame the other gods for that," he added, intent on not letting the pause of silence hang between them.

“Well, I think it makes you look cool. Adds to your whole…charm,” Erikos said, gesturing to the other with a wide smile

"Charm," Daus repeated, chuckling lightly as he looked towards Erikos, returning their wide smile with his own grin. It seemed to brighten his features a bit since he tended to not smile most of the time. "The Daus I know and love lacks charm and charisma," he added, a joking tone evident in his voice as he decided to sit down next to Erikos.

Erikos shuffled over a bit so Daus could sit next to him, a small laugh escaping him. “And I’m the son of a sea slug,” he said sarcastically as he looked at Daus. He felt something faintly warm spread in his chest at the sight of Daus’ smile, through he wasn’t quite sure what it meant

"Huh, a sea slug?" Daus asked, raising a brow in question as he looked towards Erikos, his smile brightening for some odd reason. For some reason, Erikos seemed like the only person who had made him smile or laugh in a while.

“It’s a phrase,” Erikos said with a laugh. “It means you’re wrong in a sense,” he explained, tucking a stray lock of curly black hair behind his ear as he spoke

Daus nodded in understanding as he watched Erikos tuck the strand of hair behind his ear, suddenly feeling his cheeks heat up for some reason. He glanced away, knowing that the pink tint was probably visible against his lighter skin and the freckles across his nose. Stop. Blushing.

Erikos looked down at his hands, biting the inside of his cheek as he made a conscious effort not to blush more. Suddenly, an idea came to mind. “Oh, would you like to see the star map?” he asked excitedly

"Star map?" Daus asked, a small smile crossing his lips as he laughed softly at Erikos' sudden excitement. It was adorable, not that he would admit it outloud.

“Yep! It’s in the lookout, so let’s hope Vien has the rooms cleaned out,” Erikos said, a wide grin spreading across his face as he got up. He walked to the rope ladder before beginning to clamber up it happily

Daus got up after Erikos, walking towards the ladder as he began to climb up slowly, one arm wrapped around his side. Wounds couldn't kill him, though, in his mortal form, he could feel the usual pain of a cut. After a few moments, he made it to the top, pushing himself up into the lookout.

The lookout seemed like more of a small room at first, with the walls made mostly of large windows. The pink smoke had mostly cleared, with only the smell lingering here and there. There was a large shelf off to the side, potions and pots and things all tucked away neatly. There was an odd small door off to the side, which lead to Vien’s room in the loft. There was another ladder, though this one was attached to the wall and led even higher up. Erikos began climbing it as well, still grinning as he did so

"Someone seems excited," Daus teased as he looked around the lookout, his eyes lingering on the potions that were sitting on the shelves towards the side. Those must have been Vien's judging by the conversation the two had earlier. He laughed a bit, climbing up the rope ladder behind Erikos.

“Leave me alone,” Erikos huffed, stopping for a moment to stick his tongue out at Daus before reaching the top of the ladder. He crawled into a small square room, the area barely having enough space for two people. It had a thin roof, and there were no windows in the open walls. A sort of rickety suspension bridge was strung from one of the walls, which Erikos began to walk along

Daus pulled himself up after Erikos, glancing around the room before he followed behind the other. The area was tight, but his smaller physique enabled him to move around quite easily. Well, that's one thing that was good about being lean, he thought, smiling a bit to himself as he watched Erikos make it across the bridge before stepping on himself.

Erikos hummed happily as he walked, the bridge swaying ever so slightly as they walked. The bridge appeared to go all the way to a tall building right where the ocean met the river. Erikos finally reached the building’s balcony, taking a moment to grab a rusted key from around his neck and unlock the door. He walked inside, grinning as he turned around. “Welcome to the lookout,” he said with a grin

Daus walked after Erikos, smiling faintly at the sound of the other man humming once again. He followed close behind, glancing down towards the river and the ocean curiously since he hadn't seen much water in a while, other than the one down in the underworld. "It's really nice," Daus answered, returning Erikos' grin, though he was almost sure it wasn't as bright as the other's. Where Erikos got that kind of excitement, he would never know…but it was nice to be around.

“Yep! It was gonna be a lighthouse, but the people building it ended up never giving my dad the money to make it. So now we use it as a lookout,” Erikos said with a grin. He walked to one of the trapdoors off to the side, wading his way through old exploration equipment before descending a ladder to the lower floors

Daus nodded as he walked after Erikos, pausing to look at the old pieces of equipment, sifting through a few as he studied them. After a few moments, he set a metal piece that he was looking at and followed behind Erikos, climbing down one of the ladders.