Formulas and Rituals (Jakyb)

[Echo]

Echo had left the comfort of his home to Baile Na Deithe. It wasn't often that the science god left Nameless, and when he did it usually meant something monumental had happened; the clockwork was unusually nervous, the twitching of his hands more apparent. This behavior wasn't like him--normally he was far more composed. "Jakyb..." he muttered if only to himself in his more human form, trying to find his other half while in a mood of near desperation.

[Jakyb]

Jakyb was wandering the streets of the gods city. Admiring, well to be honest, the magic used to create such a wonder. A small snile played on his lips until he heard Echo's voice. In an instant he was beside his mechanical half. Hands held out towards him. "I'm here. I'm here. What's happened?"

[Echo]

As soon as Jakyb appeared before him, Echo collapsed onto his knees, resting his hands on his husband's legs. He didn't dare to look up at the elf."She changed me. I was prototyping...then she...and...I feel Jakyb. I FEEL". Science's mind was entirely frazzled, readily apparent by the fact that he couldn't even muster a complete explanation in a sentence. Hands trembling slid down Jakyb's legs and took a generous hold of the other god's robes.

[Jakyb]

"Interesting..." He lifts his hat and scratches his head. He sets his hat in the middle of the air, like it was on a hat-rack. "Okay, I know what you're experiencing... It's kind of like a WOOSH! and a BAM! and a.." He begins to mimic explosion sounds. "... and a..." He punches his open palm. "... and a KABLOOOOOOEY! and a WHAM! and a POW! and a..." He imitates a woman's scream. "... and a WHOOHOO! and a..." He begins making machine gun noises. "... and a 'oh no we're all gonna die' and a MWAHAHAHHAHAHA and a EEEEEEEE and a uuuuuugggggghhhhhh and a grrr and an argh! and a..." He mimics another explosion but it's different than the others. All the while he's making noises, he is waving his hands around and mimicking events he is describing in pantomime. He looks to Echo with a smile. "Does that help explain how to cope with the emotions you are now feeling?" He says completely serious.

[Echo]

There were plenty of predetermined actions Echo had in his mind...but somehow what Jakyb ended up saying wasn't one of them. The already nervous mind of the machine god paused for a long time after the elf's theatrics had concluded; brown hair that was normally short rapidly divided giving way to flowing locks that spanned the length Echo's back. The clockwork's form altered as well into a far more feminine shape as well. Even the voice pitch became higher, the change noticeable the science god spoke,"Jakyb...".

A laugh began in her chest and the more she tried to talk, the more the laughter was taking over. Genuine happiness was spreading into her every circuit and for a good duration she had to remember to 'breathe'. Though that bout of laughter shifted into a desperate cry as she lifted herself back onto her feet and stopped the shedding of tears long enough to plant a kiss onto his lips (half on the mask he wore and the rest on his actual face). Her fingers whirled around in his hair whilst she did this, remaining there to see his reaction. "I don't understand the gesture, but it is what biologicals do when happy...". She looked at any minute like she would break down again with emotions.

[Jakyb]

Jakyb also had multiple preordained outcomes in his chaotically ordered mind, and this... was not one of those. He smiled softly, as he once had a lover before coming to this realm and still remembered how to work things. He removed his mask, letting his vibrant green eye shine and glow with the magic behind it. His golden eye's pupil in the shape of a keyhole. His lips were soft, tender. He wraps his arms around 'her' waist to hold her closer to him, and there was a surprising strength in his frail looking frame. His voice softened, deepened slightly. "It is what organics do when happy." He returns the kiss to her lips, softly. His hair was like silk, like white satin, or a silver waterfall.

[Echo]

'She' smiled and her cheeks would have blushed had she been able to after her husband removed his mask to plant a kiss on her lips. There were so many sensations going on that Echo was trying to process and categorize it; however, as soon as the clockwork was able to label the feeling it left in a silent wind as the other senses kicked out any logic there was to be had. Delicate hands wandered down his frame to feel the difference in his clothing versus his skin. "Teach me", she said, much in the same manner as when Jakyb first split his spark to create the Science that stood before him. "Everything you know. I want to...", her hand trailed halfway down his chest and looked him straight in the eyes,"learn you". The look on the god's face was determined.

[Jakyb]

Jakyb smiles softly, and runs his fingers through her hair. "Anything you wish to know, anything you wish to learn... I shall be more than happy to assist." He kissed her forehead softly. "Tell me, my little Apprentice. What do you wish to learn first" His smirk was playful, and sensual, but also very much like a mentor with a favored student. He missed teaching this particular one. Missed seeing the expressions on it's face, and the tone of excitement in the voice.

[Echo]

The machine's smile mimicked his own, Echo's mind was a jumble of emotions; the one that shone through the most was that of adoration. Her eyes curious and lost in Jakyb's scanned his face. "I want to learn love. How it affects the body...why biologicals hold to it so often, and what couples do when infatuated. I...forgot the "where" and "when" ". For a split moment her joke fell flat, in part because the clockwork god had felt with those two unanswered that something was incomplete. Her brows furrowed together before resuming their normal positioning. A few tears streaked down the woman's face because the emotions were ripping apart her mind; she trembled even when Jakyb wasn't touching her.

[Jakyb]

"You wish to learn love?" He softly runs a hand down her shoulder, around her arm and along her side, resting the gloved appendage on her hip. "Surely you know the chemical reactions. The dopamine, the adrenaline... But the sensations... A gentle touch to the skin, a soft caress of hair..." He smiles softly, looking into her eyes. "I often forget how alien those are... How... unknown." He kisses her forehead softly, with another smile.

[Echo]

Echo's reply was a short and unwavering,"Yes". The clockwork god went quiet feeling the hands of her better half wandering her frame. "The chemical reactions are known to me...", she said with a trying smile, letting her hands wander Jakyb's less curvy body in a similar fashion,"but not...the specifics of interaction". She looked back up at him her heart starting to pound in her chest. "You are beautiful", she said observing his face before getting the feeling of wanting to kiss him again.

[Jakyb]

His vibrant eyes look into her's. With a brief shake of his head, he whispers into her ear. "No. You are." He then places a kiss on her lips, and both hands on her hips, pulling her body closer to him. While he was covered in voluminous robes, his body beneath was rather lean, but not skinny. He held muscle beneath his robes, unbefitting of a man who does nothing but read all day. A strength in his hands spoke of an urgency, but also no need to rush things.

[Echo]

Echo's body naturally gave in once she was pulled towards Jakyb. He was in every way her other half. The clockwork struggled with accepting the compliment he had paid her but let the idea slide as her hips rolled against her husband's muscular frame.

"It's been...how long? And I was blind to...to all of this", her voice cracked at the sheer notion of living beauty, tears immediately finding their little path down her face. Nevertheless the woman kept returning kisses to him trying to forget the mental chaos, even after the 'debt' had been paid. Nimble fingers shook as the heat between them rose, Echo hands wanting to touch bare skin but fumbling with the sheer process of Jakyb's clothing to the point where she was visible frustrated with the material.

[Jakyb]

He chuckles softly at her frustration, and took a step back. He unclasped a hidden frog-and-knot closure, which seemed to make his robes unbound and wild as they fluttered to the ground with a thump. As he stood there in just his breeches and boots he tilts his head to one side, before softly kissing her tears away. "Sometimes being blind to something, can help us learn to appreciate it more. Gives us an advantage over those who take it for granted." His hands return to her hips, as he kisses just under her ear, then slowly along her neck.

[Echo]

In the same studious manner the clockwork god watched Jakyb's attire slide off his frame, her face tilting in the opposite direction as her lover's upon his own inspection. Mimicry was a function she reverted to with new data, but it seemed that when Magic had pressed his lips against her skin it set Echo at another standstill. Body tensed the machine tried to comprehend everything her living body was processing at once; normal sensations for living creatures were magnified when it came to Echo experiencing them. The further down her neck the kisses explored, the faster Science's heart started to beat and the more her own breath became caught in her chest. She simply smiled letting him go as far down as he wished, her own hands searching his bare skin for the sake of recording and outlining his biological form.