[Open Moons Mingle Log]

[serpentis]

Who: Anyone and Everyone!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Abeo, Accendo, Adsum
When: 2/3-2/7

[WELCOME TO THE MOONS ENJOY YOUR STAY DON'T GET ARRESTED.]

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[treasureling]

[ He wishes he was. He gives a little shake of his head. ]

I'm trying to make a little money. So I can do this more.

[ladiesss]

Oh, I gotcha.

[she will... quietly scoot down into a seat perpendicular to him. mostly so she can look at it closer. it at least helps her be heard better.]

I'd offer to help, but I might have just... blew all my money in a bookstore, so.

[treasureling]

[ A shake of his head - which might have been a little swift. He half-smiles. ]

I don't usually take gifts from women. Even young women.

[ladiesss]

Oh, okay.

[she... sits there for a few seconds before she starts to think... that was kind of a weird answer.]

...Can I ask why?

[treasureling]

Because I support myself.

[ladiesss]

Oh, okay. [repeating herself. sounds fine. maybe she just thought it was phrased weirdly. checks out to her.] Then, uh, by all means. Keep making cool stuff.

[treasureling]

I mean - most men don't, in my world. Gifts are to show how much better off she is.

[ladiesss]

...How much better the women are from the men? [is she following this right?]

[treasureling]

Better off. She is earning money; he isn't.

[ladiesss]

Ooooh, then this is you declaring your independence because you're a self-sufficient person.

[treasureling]

...well, it sounds kind of silly when you say it like that.

[ladiesss]

[...aw, that makes her smile.]

Nah, it's cool. I kinda get it.

[treasureling]

[ It brings out an answering smile in him. ]

It means a lot to me, to support myself. Not to rely on my clan.

[ladiesss]

Oh, that's good, though. I get it. It's good to be able to do stuff yourself.

[treasureling]

And not to have anyone say that you owe them.

[ladiesss]

[she thinks for a moment. leaning forward, slumping a little on the table.]

... Hey, are there fairies where you're from? Not... Asking for any reason.

[treasureling]

No. I think there might be some on the southern continent, but it might just be stories.

[ladiesss]

Oh... They're usually just stories.

[they are in her world, too! at least... to mortals... in the autumn world...]

That just reminds me of the stories of fairies always making you owe them things, and it usually turns out terrible. The heroes have to trick the fairies out of their own contracts and stuff.

[treasureling]

[ He fixes his eyes on her, with a little frown. ]

Are they always stories?

[ladiesss]

[she... looks around, subtly. she doubts that anyone is listening in on them, but it never hurts to check. she shrugs.]

I said "usually", didn't I?

[treasureling]

Then has that happened to you?

[ladiesss]

Not... To me, really. I don't make bad deals with people.

[she's a little nervous to be talking about it out loud with someone, but he seems... very calm about it? and they're already in space so like, what's the weirdest thing that could happen?]

But it happened to a friend. Promised up his firstborn son, or something like that. I said he should have promised up his eye color, but he didn't listen to me...

[treasureling]

Only a man who wasn't yet a father would promise a child so easily.

[ No knowing father could give up a child like that, could they? ]

[ladiesss]

He was so not a father yet. He was like, "when am I ever gonna have a kid?" And then it was time shenanigans and... I don't know. It was weird.

[she waves her hand like that wasn't all that weird, though.]

[treasureling]

He didn't plan to have children? [ This seems strange, to Malak. For a man. ]