Jayce still doesn't know entirely what happened that first Horizon, but he truly wasn't worried about it. Viktor would never do anything bad, all he could do was hope he wasn't actually as boring as he joked he would be. The last thing Jayce Talis ever wants to be is boring. He was enthusiastic about actually getting to experience it this time, and it does not disappoint.
He opens his eyes and they're in the lab, and Jayce can't help it, he laughs incredulously. "Wow." It truly feels like they are there, the only obvious change being that his workstation isn't filled out the way it was before. But it's still there. Jayce walks over to it and puts his fingers on his desk, smiling. It's surreal and he turns to face Viktor, and that's when the real surprise hits him. It shows on his face, obviously, because Jayce is not enough of a politician to hide his feelings.
Viktor looks like he did when they first met. His face is full, it has color in it, those sharp cheekbones are there but now hollowed in, and the crutch that Jayce designed for him is gone. He is overwhelmed for a moment, feeling like he's staring at the past, at a time when they were both just happy. Jayce wishes like anything he could touch him and pretend it was years ago, but he shakes it off, turning back toward his workstation.
He remembers Viktor telling him he could modify things to his memory, and he needs to focus on something that isn't staring at Viktor with his heart in his eyes. So he focuses and waves a hand (not necessary, but it feels like it is) and everything that was last on his desk fills in exactly as before, all his trinkets or half-modified projects, his papers and notebook. "Okay I love it."
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He opens his eyes and they're in the lab, and Jayce can't help it, he laughs incredulously. "Wow." It truly feels like they are there, the only obvious change being that his workstation isn't filled out the way it was before. But it's still there. Jayce walks over to it and puts his fingers on his desk, smiling. It's surreal and he turns to face Viktor, and that's when the real surprise hits him. It shows on his face, obviously, because Jayce is not enough of a politician to hide his feelings.
Viktor looks like he did when they first met. His face is full, it has color in it, those sharp cheekbones are there but now hollowed in, and the crutch that Jayce designed for him is gone. He is overwhelmed for a moment, feeling like he's staring at the past, at a time when they were both just happy. Jayce wishes like anything he could touch him and pretend it was years ago, but he shakes it off, turning back toward his workstation.
He remembers Viktor telling him he could modify things to his memory, and he needs to focus on something that isn't staring at Viktor with his heart in his eyes. So he focuses and waves a hand (not necessary, but it feels like it is) and everything that was last on his desk fills in exactly as before, all his trinkets or half-modified projects, his papers and notebook. "Okay I love it."