Skulduggery's paranoia has gotten markedly worse since the pirate meeting, unfortunately, driven by the ominously-casual reference the captain had made. He's checked the gauntlets in his drawer every day since getting them and nothing has changed. They're still dead, lifeless things, and while the scratching headache is still there in the back of his head, it's nothing like it used to be.
That's what he's doing right now, actually. Just standing there, staring down at the drawer with an unreadable expression on his face. (Get it...) The paranoia lurches up inside as he hears the doorhandle click, and he kicks the drawer shut just before Lucius can enter and see --
"Holy God," Skulduggery chokes out, literally not expecting the goddamn bug man that's currently attached to Lucius' side like a leech. Like a... mosquito?? He can't tell and tilting his head only really makes it worse, not better --
"Uh." Staring at Lucius, then at the... ...next to him. And he thought Stede and Blackbeard was above his paygrade... Hell, this is out of even Donegan Bane's paygrade. "Sorry. Lucius. You're... alright?"
That can be read as both: is this a consensual situation I don't have to worry about? and also DOES HE KNOW YOU'RE A BUG PERSON?, depending on who you might be.
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That's what he's doing right now, actually. Just standing there, staring down at the drawer with an unreadable expression on his face. (Get it...) The paranoia lurches up inside as he hears the doorhandle click, and he kicks the drawer shut just before Lucius can enter and see --
"Holy God," Skulduggery chokes out, literally not expecting the goddamn bug man that's currently attached to Lucius' side like a leech. Like a... mosquito?? He can't tell and tilting his head only really makes it worse, not better --
"Uh." Staring at Lucius, then at the... ...next to him. And he thought Stede and Blackbeard was above his paygrade... Hell, this is out of even Donegan Bane's paygrade. "Sorry. Lucius. You're... alright?"
That can be read as both: is this a consensual situation I don't have to worry about? and also DOES HE KNOW YOU'RE A BUG PERSON?, depending on who you might be.