OFA: In the library

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Nikola is getting rusty.

But he has a good enough memory that despite the fact that it's been a good twenty years since he sat down at a piano, he's doing a fairly decent job of making his way through Au Claire de la Lune.

He doesn't play well, but he plays with great expression.

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"Is that meant to imply the rest of my morality has somehow gone missing?" Nikola asks, smirking.

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"Missing implies existence."

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Nikola smirks, amused. "I was raised with a very strong sense of morality, I'll have you know."

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"How did you lose it then?" Will raises an eyebrow. He's from the immoral US, he's supposed to go bad.

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He shrugs. "It was imparted by the church. Once I realized what sort of an institution the church was, rejecting their moral code was rather simple."

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(ooc: somehow I want, 'I reject your morality!' on shirt)

Will ponders his own morality for a moment, watching Tesla's hands and focusing on his wrists. Tesla's not a patient, he'd never allow himself to be.

"And now you're your own man."

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[ooc: HEE. That would be brilliant.]

"I suppose you could say that," Nikola says. "Growing up...we were dominated by my father's beliefs. But there comes a time in everyone's life when they realize their father is not perfect."

Nikola's realization just carried a bit stronger of a pendulum swing than most.

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"Did you kill him?" It's a fair question, but Will asks it with a smile, in case he was supposed to be joking.

"I'm pretty sure my dad was less-than-reputable," he offers, putting on a bad British accent for the end.

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"Nothing so Dostoevsky," Nikola says, chuckling a little at the accent. "He died of natural causes. Nothing even remotely suspicious about it. I had no reason to kill him."

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"I'll make sure the fan club doesn't find out it was so banal. So, killing requires reason?"

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Nikola arches an eyebrow at him. "What sort of person do you think I am, William?"

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"Someone very dangerous, yet entirely fascinating?"

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"You think I'd kill without reason. That's not dangerous, that's monstrous."

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"Forgive me," he sighs. "My imagination gets away with me. There's certainly plenty of reasons to kill the Cabal."

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"More than enough," Nikola agrees. "Even for someone without my...dubious morality."

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"I just can't stop putting my foot in my mouth around you, can I?"

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"You do seem to have quite the knack."

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"Perhaps I'm just outgunned, between you, Watson and Magnus I'm three centuries behind on life experience."

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"That shouldn't keep you from exercising tact."

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"Maybe I'm waiting to be punished and taught my place." He does love the way Tesla's eyes flash.

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And flash they do. "Careful there, William. That's a road I'm not sure you're ready for just yet."

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"Probably not," he crosses his arms over his chest. "Though, I can hope it won't take me fifty years."

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"If it does, you'd better hope there's something better than Viagra by then, or you'll have missed out entirely."

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"Maybe I'll go bionic," he shrugs. "Seems to work for Watson."

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Nikola smirks. "If you expect me to make you a suit like Watson's, I'll definitely want payment in trade."