Get into the van, kiddo.

[captaincatblock]

[Peace is a funny thing. It's been teased and denied for so long that now that it's happening, it's almost weird. He'd missed most of the drama with the princess and her traitorous Terran Knight -- not that he's fully convinced of it, but if it gains them this peace, then he won't question it -- but he had been returned to his kin as Earth's first peace offering.]

[Kuroo hadn't been too happy about that, hadn't even had the time to say good bye to Tsukki after being whisked away by a couple of generals and then thrown into political chaos. But he had endured it, because he knew that eventually, the princess would get to the small issue of Kuroo's kataphrakt and how he intends to spend his time on Earth. He could be a diplomat, he'd offered, or teach his fellow Versians about Terrans, since he's learned a lot. Anything, he had added meaningfully, if he allowed him to keep his landing castle close to Earth if not entirely on its soil.]

[He'd gotten some leeway in the end, after weeks of endless talks, so here he is now striding into the hanger where they kept his mech, in full Count regalia. Oddly enough, he only has Terran escorts with him, and they back away well enough when he reaches his destination.

Tsukki? Oiii, I'm looking for your mechanic, Tsukishima Kei. [first he calls out, and then just outright asks someone to find Tsukki for him]

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[hellacene]

[he's doing some last-minute adjustments to the kats when he receives word that the count had apparently come back and wanted to meet him. when he had left, he didn't even say goodbye to him properly, so tsukki is feeling a bit slighted at his arrival. he understands the frenetic pace of peace where it was finally offered; his reasons for being angry at kuroo for leaving is more personal than anything else.

he decides the count can wait for him as he changes his clothes to something less greasy. his boots are heavy when they walk down to the hangar where he is, noticing the full regalia for one. it's been a while since he's seen kuroo in those clothes. they did not, unfortunately, make him look any less attractive.]

Oh? You look like you're aching to go back into your cell, Count. Is this nostalgia?

[okay, so he might be angry. but just a little.]