1st Stitch [text]

[shoujoreject]

Who: Qing and whoever
Broadcast: Text
Action: N/A unless you want to see him texting on the Caprine I guess
When: Now

This might be a weird question, but is anyone able to make a sewing machine? Obviously, I'm willing to pay for it.

I forgot how tedious hand-sewing is when you're making clothes.

Comments

[shoujoreject]

Haha, I can understand that. I'm not sure if I'd like anyone I knew to be here, tbh. I didn't really have a lot of friends or anything anyway.

[nextlineis]

Seriously? （・∩・）？

[shoujoreject]

Is it that surprising? ( ・◇・)？

[nextlineis]

Well yeah. It's not like you're a dick or something.

[Although in all fairness, it's not like Joseph had a lot of friends for a long time either. Granted, he was a lot more abrasive than Qing was though it didn't come from being legitimately unkind so much as woefully ignorant about life beyond that of what his comfortable lifestyle afforded him for so long. But it wasn't as though Joseph couldn't charm anyone if he put his mind to it, so it seemed like something like that should come easier to Qing.]

[And then another thought occurs to Joseph abruptly, so before Qing can send another message back, he sends another.

You've been making friends here, right?

[shoujoreject]

Well, I do try not to be.

Mostly, people are just kind of weirded out by a guy dressing like a girl, especially in the States.

[Ah. That was kind of a complicated question, for him. Qing's not really used to making friends, so he can't be completely sure, but if he thinks about it...]

I guess I have been, sort of. If they don't just think of me as acquaintances.

[nextlineis]

[Okay, when you're fighting for your life against vampires who refuse to wear more than a loincloth and have a boyfriend who wears his suspenders backwards as a fashion statement and a girlfriend who... No, actually. Suzie is perfect. She dresses sensibly. The point is, whatever way Qing wants to dress doesn't really matter to Joseph so he finds it hard to understand how or why it would matter to anyone else. Still, he doesn't ask. He gets the niggling feeling that it's probably not something he should ask about because it'd be uncomfortable for Qing to explain, so he doesn't. Sometimes Joseph has a little more sense than other times.]

Oh, well. Then I'm definitely introducing you to Suzie and Caesar. Maybe my mum if you're feeling brave enough to talk to her.

[Lisa Lisa is a little intense, okay. He recognizes that.]

But Suzie and Caesar will like you and be your friends, trust me. And they're good people to have at your side.

[shoujoreject]

[Look, Normal People in a Normal Earth are dicks, ok. Not that Joseph could honestly get Qing to talk about the whole mess in public, tbh]

I'd like that. It doesn't hurt to meet more people. Who's your mum?

[LITTLE DO THEY KNOW Qing has already spoken to Lisa Lisa once before. Back when she first showed up. Amazing.]

There are a lot of good people here. It's been really nice, actually.

[nextlineis]

I think she's still going by Lisa Lisa here.

[shoujoreject]

Ah, I've met her, actually! When she first arrived. We haven't spoken much.

[nextlineis]

Wait, you met her and you aren't terrified?

[shoujoreject]

Eh? Not really... I mean, she's a little bit intimidating, but she seemed nice enough?

[To be fair, he speaks a language that a lot of people say sounds angry when they're just talking normally.]

[nextlineis]

Well. You didn't meet her as your instructor in hamon, so I guess she's probably not quite as intimidating as she could be.

Not that I was intimidated when I met her. She actually pissed me off the first time I met her.

[WHO HITS SOMEONE IN THE FACE WITH AN OAR?]

[shoujoreject]

Oh dear... I suppose I'm used to pretty severe people, too.

But you didn't know her as a child, then...?

[nextlineis]

No. It's a long story, but she had to leave me behind shortly after I was born. My father died before she left, so Granny Erina raised me.

[shoujoreject]

Sorry, that was probably kind of insensitive. It sounds like they all cared for you a lot, though. That's wonderful, isn't it?

[nextlineis]

Nah, it's fine. I'm just glad to know that she's alive.

[shoujoreject]

That's true. Family only gets more important once you think you didn't have it, huh?