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[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]

[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]

[ladiesss]

...I am a teenager.

[but she appreciates being invited to sit, so she walks around the bench to join him.]

[heresyandlace]

Normally you don't make it so obvious.

[and he waits for her to get settled in her new seat, taking his time before finally continuing his original thought.]

Don't you think that if some of your kind were to show up, it wouldn't be long before you started complaining about them?

[ladiesss]

Oh, absolutely. I would probably hate them. Most fairies are assholes.

[she'll just sit there and start braiding her hair, straightfaced as always...]

But I liked my friends from school...

[heresyandlace]

[he chuckles his way through gnawing apart one of those sharp tendons that really aren't meant to be eaten. he swallows it mostly whole.]

Well, I doubt you're going to get them back. So, you might as well enjoy being without all of the annoying ones.

[ladiesss]

Ugh, that's... Not a great silver lining, Tek.

[fidgeting with her hair is helping her keep her face straight, but Tek can tell that she's kind of feeling... mopey about this.]

[heresyandlace]

[oh, he can tell. and he's not taking it back. especially if he's going to talk seriously about anything here, he has to get in his laughs and his kicks first before he can settle.]

It doesn't make it untrue.

[he gets a good bite on the gnawed bone and clamps down hard until he hears a nice satisfying crack]

[ladiesss]

[she just... sighs and slides down the bench, a little.]

Wow, this is sad. I'm almost considering telling you that I'm glad you're here.

[heresyandlace]

[he chuckles a little while he continues to chomp on the slowly-cracking bone until it starts to split apart.]

Goodness... that is dire.

[then, he works his fingers into the splitting panel of legbone and pulls. it doesn't shatter like bird bones usually do, but cracks nicely down the length of it.

and he just quietly passes her a shard, complete with soft marrow for something more or less toothless to enjoy.]

[ladiesss]

[...ah... she reaches up and takes the bone in those delicate little hands of hers, trying not to get too excited about it. it doesn't work. she can't keep the smile off of her face.]

So, how are things with you?

[as she quietly... sucks on the bone shard.]

[heresyandlace]

[he feels very pleased with himself, and he doesn't bother trying to hide it. he's just all smug as he starts digging marrow out for himself with sharp little teeth.]

Uncomfortable, generally. [it's the easiest way to sum everything up.]

This place almost makes me miss the tower.

[ladiesss]

[she makes a surprised sound around the bone, looks up to fix him with a questioning expression.]

Really? I would have totally thought the opposite.

[heresyandlace]

[and he peeks over with a subtly surprised expression of his own.]

Oh? And why's that?

[ladiesss]

Well... There's a lot more going on here. Mystery, drama, way more people, especially at the end, there... I guess I just assumed you'd think the whole spaceship thing was way more interesting.

[she turns back to her bone, shrugging.]

But... Then again, I guess it's also cramped and isolated and... weird, too.

[heresyandlace]

Yes... Though, in this case, I'm beginning to wonder if 'interesting' isn't worth it.

[he can't really argue any of her points, and that leaves him thoughtful. and gnawing on bones always help him think.]

The tower was empty, but there was an entire city there. And I had such a nice room...

[ladiesss]

[she's quiet for a moment, thinking about that room (it was very nice)...]

Yeah. I miss my bone collection. I don't think I could really keep a bunch of boxes full of pieces of dead people on these little ships, though...

[heresyandlace]

Well, I mean you could. Don't know what your crewmates would think about it, though.

It would be a pity to have it all jettisoned out into the infinite black of space.

[ladiesss]

...Hey! I've got it!

[she turns to him suddenly, pulling her legs up onto the bench and pointing her bone shard at him.]

Let's make a deal.

[heresyandlace]

[she may not be able to speak very loudly, but she still manages to surprise him quite a bit. he leans back, blinking... before slowly drawing up a wall of suspicion.]

...A deal? ...What kind?

[ladiesss]

How about... You get me magical things to eat, and I'll magic whatever you want into comfy things for your room.

[she sounds very confident about this! seems like a great deal to her.]

[heresyandlace]

[her confidence is probably what sets off the warning bells, he manages to narrow his eyes in further skepticism, instead of look immediately interested.]

Explain.