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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"Well, there was a rather interesting night with Lord Alfred Douglas once," Nikola says, grinning.

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"That alters my opinion of him a little," Will smiles back. "Though, I can't say I'm surprised."

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"He tried to get Oscar to join us, but Oscar was always a little on the jealous side."

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"I'd be jealous of you," Will says without thinking. He seems to do that a lot around Tesla. He even blushes a bit. "I mean, I can empathize with Oscar."

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Nikola smirks. He really does like getting that blush to rise in Will's cheeks. "Of me, or of Bosie?"

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Biting his lip doesn't stop him from talking. "I've never seen Bosie close enough to know."

He suspects he wouldn't feel the same current between himself and Bosie, though it could just be Tesla's powers. Will's not sure what he'd do if it wasn't."

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Nikola laughs, and his fingers trail lightly over the keys in response. "If you're not careful, William, you'll give me the entirely wrong impression."

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"Right," Will stuffs his hands into his pockets. "Thought you were difficult to impress."

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"Impressing me is another matter all together. You've got a ways to go on that one yet."

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He's oddly comforted by that. Feeling insignificant is nice, in a way. Maybe he just wants to be pushed around.

"Maybe I've just been going about this the wrong way."

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Nikola gives him a wry smile. "You're welcome to try another way, of course."

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He sits down next to him on the piano bench, hands still in his pockets. "What keeps you from feeding on people?" Will wonders. "The mess of cleaning up or some remnants of morality?"

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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."