10-13-2025, 12:22 PM
There had always been a twinge of rivalry between the two men, even if they had some good times in regards to that. Men like them lived like that. They were similar enough that butting heads was inevitable. The comment on his age would tend to bother, but Elend was working on that. Maybe for that quip, Ozy wouldn’t be allowed to partake in his findings. Shame really - the man was beautiful and deserved to be preserved.
It wasn’t Elend’s goal to have this dance tonight, but Ozy seemed intent to play. A quip to set Elend off guard and the outright ignoring of the beautiful woman with them who was begging for his attention showed that. Elend didn’t know if Ozy knew of his past history of jealousy and envy. Well if Ozy wanted to play they could. What Ozy didn’t know was if he claimed the woman as his prize it would only be because Elend allowed it. She wasn’t Lyra and was inconsequential. He could find someone else to take home if need be. He still didn’t even care enough to know her name.
He had noticed Ozy’s moving gaze before. It was a tactic he was using here too. Give enough attention to let people know you’ve noticed them and then ignore them. It increased the intrigue and made them work for your attention, and Ozy was one who craved that.
Elend sat and stepped into the ring ”Gossip…” Elend said with a smirk forming around the word. Reputation hardly mattered. He could care less what others were saying about him. Ozy thrived on it though.
”Actually my last trip was to Oslo. And let me assure you their fuck fests are significantly better than those in the Amazon.” the woman shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She was not into orgies it would seem.
His trip to Norway has been to find information about Yggdrasil. Still he was finding little to go on. Elend really needed to find one project to focus on. Perhaps his next should seek out the Brotherhood’s library. They had quite the collection. Maybe he could figure out which thread to pull there.
Elend met Ozy’s gaze with a smile. ”The gossip about you is that soon Manifesto might see a drop in its numbers,” the woman gasped in surprise. She hadn’t heard this. Elend gave her a brief bored glance before turning back to Ozy. Yeah he could do that too. Elend didn’t ask if it were true, nor did he expand on it. Just a compliment - small, but enough. Vain people were easy to manipulate.
It wasn’t Elend’s goal to have this dance tonight, but Ozy seemed intent to play. A quip to set Elend off guard and the outright ignoring of the beautiful woman with them who was begging for his attention showed that. Elend didn’t know if Ozy knew of his past history of jealousy and envy. Well if Ozy wanted to play they could. What Ozy didn’t know was if he claimed the woman as his prize it would only be because Elend allowed it. She wasn’t Lyra and was inconsequential. He could find someone else to take home if need be. He still didn’t even care enough to know her name.
He had noticed Ozy’s moving gaze before. It was a tactic he was using here too. Give enough attention to let people know you’ve noticed them and then ignore them. It increased the intrigue and made them work for your attention, and Ozy was one who craved that.
Elend sat and stepped into the ring ”Gossip…” Elend said with a smirk forming around the word. Reputation hardly mattered. He could care less what others were saying about him. Ozy thrived on it though.
”Actually my last trip was to Oslo. And let me assure you their fuck fests are significantly better than those in the Amazon.” the woman shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She was not into orgies it would seem.
His trip to Norway has been to find information about Yggdrasil. Still he was finding little to go on. Elend really needed to find one project to focus on. Perhaps his next should seek out the Brotherhood’s library. They had quite the collection. Maybe he could figure out which thread to pull there.
Elend met Ozy’s gaze with a smile. ”The gossip about you is that soon Manifesto might see a drop in its numbers,” the woman gasped in surprise. She hadn’t heard this. Elend gave her a brief bored glance before turning back to Ozy. Yeah he could do that too. Elend didn’t ask if it were true, nor did he expand on it. Just a compliment - small, but enough. Vain people were easy to manipulate.