mingle post? mingle post. MINGLE POST!!

[carreau]

Who: you
Broadcast: if you want
Action: also if you want
When: right. goddamn. now.

[ It's a mingle post. IN SPACE.

Just comment and tag around. ]

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[heresyandlace]

[he's still running a crazy fever as his body works overtime to burn off the last of the nanomachines and build its reserves back up to where they should be, but he's feeling much better.

and he's also starving because of said energy burn. also the whole puking up things that he kind of needed thing.

so Tek can be found out under the (fake) sunshine, chowing down on a shank of ostrich. he'd tried to find a nice peaceful corner to hide in, but the yards are so much smaller now. he'll have to work with what he's got. which leaves him visible to passersby as he gnaws on meat that seems a little bit too rare, with teeth that are a little bit too sharp. working very hard not to get any of it on his good clothes.]

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[carreau]

[ BEST PAL OMG HI ]

That looks pretty good~ How is it?

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[heresyandlace]

[oh... yay, it's this guy.

he looks up and forces a smile, though he doesn't put forth any effort at all to make it seem genuine.]

It's wonderful. Haven't had my teeth in real food in ages, so it really hits the spot.

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[carreau]

[ Completely chill right now, doesn't even care or maybe he can't tell that the expression is a false one. ]

Ahaha, I should try it too! They don't look like they'd taste good, but once you take all the feathers off, it must be better!

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[heresyandlace]

Well... right now it's alright.

I don't know if I'd trust them to cook it anymore than this, however. I can't give my recommendation in that case.

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[carreau]

Hmm...that's probably fine too~

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[heresyandlace]

[he squints at him a little, but keeps up the thin smile]

...Are you this cheerful about everything?

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[carreau]

Pretty much! I have my upbringing to thank for that~

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[heresyandlace]

Oh? And how's that?

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[carreau]

Since my parents neglected me and then got rid of me, I guess I've just done whatever I feel like~ So I don't have a lot of worries.

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[heresyandlace]

[--oh! well that isn't the answer he'd been expecting. it catches him so off guard that he can't help... but laugh??]

...Really?

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[carreau]

Yes~ It isn't a bad way to live, after all~

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[heresyandlace]

I... suppose not. But, most people turn out the opposite way, you know.

[ladiesss]

Why am I not surprised?

[hey buddy. one familiar teenager is walking up behind him, and since she's in a good mood, will lean over the back of the bench to see him. she seems to still be avoiding the whole "car shop repairman" look and is still in a t-shirt and jeans.]

What's it taste like?

[heresyandlace]

[he almost hurries when someone speaks up behind him, but... ah, it's just her. so, he takes his time and finishes crunching up a piece of cartilage and gristle, before he finally tilts his head and answers.]

Mm... something like beef, I'd say.

[taking a moment to wipe the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief]

...Better than they look, anyway.

[ladiesss]

[she doesn't mind the wait so much. she can watch his pointy little teeth.]

Oh, really? Shit, I guess I'll go buy some. I totally thought they'd be all dry and gross.

[heresyandlace]

Well, so did I.

[he gestures at her with the gnawed-bare shank of bone] I still don't think I trust the results of anything cooked more than this is. ...Especially the jerky.

[ladiesss]

Yeah... But the jerky's going to last, like, forever. You can eat it three months from now up in space when all anyone else has is meat-flavored protein stuff.

[she eyes that bone...]

[heresyandlace]

Or I can fill the refrigerator with meat, and I'll be the only one able to eat it in three months.

[and she can dream on. this one is his.]

[ladiesss]

Wait, wouldn't other people just go into your fridge and eat your--oh, because it rots. I get it. [she smacks her palm into her forehead.] Duh.

[which makes her slump forward in (minor) embarrassment...] I feel really out of practice...

[heresyandlace]

[like a good friend, he laughs at her a little]

Of what? Thinking?

[ladiesss]

Kind of. [she absorbs the insult.] Thinking like a creepy magical thing.

[slumps forward further... she's pretty much just draped over the back of the bench at this point.]

I haven't been around other Kithain in ages.

[heresyandlace]

[aw... well, whether he actually means it or not, he at least sounds vaguely sympathetic. it's there in his slightly softer tone somewhere.]

There isn't any novelty left in being the only one?

[ladiesss]

[a big... sigh.]

You know, Tek... I've spent so much of my life being "the only one" that I think I'm really starting to get kind of sick of it.

[heresyandlace]

[that gets a good little chuckle out of him]

...You sound like such a teenager.

[--said the biggest hypocrite in the world. and he moves over a little and pats the space on the bench next to him]