#graveambition

TD:  Woops, gold in the cheeks! TD:  "I um... " Awkward cough. "... Um... Mother, you remember Cronuth. Cronuth, mother." GA:  "We have met," CC:  Cronus glanced up and ... finally turned purple.  He knew what to think about Mituna seeing these, that was fine, potentially even to be encouraged.  Porrim was confusing as shit, and he looked a bit like a deer in headlights. CC:  "M-- ..." CC:  "Uh." CC:  "Hey, K--"itten, no, she'd punch him. CC:  "...Hey."  That was safe. GA:  Amused smile at his... Cronusings, "Do you wish for some clothes, perhaps?" CC:  "...and you'vwe met M--mituna, of course, erh. I--I wvas wvorking on that, yes." GA:  Just take your shirt off and give it to him, you aint give a shit. At least you had underwear on. TD:  SPUTTERING TUNA GA:  "Oh don't be such a prude," TD:  More sputtering. CC:  "I..."  ... Cronus wasn't sure whether to accept the shirt or not.  But, really, you know, the fashion police could be lured into assiting him some..other...time.. ...why was she shirtless. CC:  His gaze was drawn with a magnetic attraction, helpless but to accept its fate. GA:  Narrows eyes at Mituna, hands on hips, "Do you find something offensive about the female form? I thought I raised you better than this," CC:  "It's beautiful." GA:  "Precisely," CC:  He still hasn't quite managed to remember to accept the shirt. TD:  "Nothing offenthive mother. It'th jutht really... Hi mom-boobth." GA:  "You've seen Kankri's chest, have you not?" CC:  Cronus couldn't really stifle the smile. TD:  "... Kankri'th flat..." Wasn't he? baffled psii CC:  There was nothing in his life that had been more beautiful than this moment right here. GA:  "And just because I am not that somehow makes it obscene?" CC:  Cronus finally shook his head vigorously, slowly reaching to accept the shirt.  ... He was very very delicate with it, trying to pull the thing on. TD:  So much sputtering and awkward stuttering. TD:  "Y-you're b-re-tif-y... j... hnnnnnn THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII " why does this happen to him? He doesn't even know what to do with a sexuality just yet, let alone how to have it criticized... GA:  "That's what I thought," huff and turn to Crocro with a smile, "It suits you," CC:  Cronus kind of gave a sheepish half-smile, still bright purple, rubbing the back of his head. CC:  A boxy robot trundled into view, a bit late. GA:  Oh no he was cute. CC:  The boxy robot made a few soft clicking noises, then extended a tray.  It had a plain black shirt and bra on it.  ... It didn't seem sure whether to offer to Cronus or the Dolorosa, and thus averaged somewhere between them. TD:  Awkward rocking on heels. GA:  You were torn between taking your bra off because fuck the system and taking the proffered shirt. CC:  Cronus sort of took the bra and looked at it as if he wasn't sure what to do next. GA:  Best of both worlds! Take the bra off so you can show Cronus how to do it CC:  This was the best day of Cronus's life. CC:  The robot beeped annoyance! GA:  Raspberry at the robot and clothe yourself once he's got it. TD:  Incredibly. Awkward. He just left his room to get food and less upset! Now he's distressed and seen more of his mother than he ever really wanted to. CC:  He had to shrug part of the way out of the shirt to try and do the thing, but managed to figure it out pretty quickly.  Now, both of them were fully clothed /and/ underweared!  ...and Cronus was still wearing her shirt. CC:  ...and still bright purple. CC:  "...right!  Uh." GA:  Pap the purple face. "You are simply adorable when you blush," CC:  "--I," CC:  He made a little distressed noise, where he didn't quite turn the air into words before letting it out. GA:  "Are you always this eloquent?" CC:  "... And more." GA:  "Colour me impressed," smiiiile, "Where am I?" CC:  He shook his head firmly again, rising and ..stashing that computer.  He dusted off his pants a bit but paused, distracted by slightly different muscle and fat deposits. CC:  "Er." CC:  "..I...  Oh.  You just arrivwed, didn't you?" GA:  "Indeed," CC:  Cronus' mouth opened and closed a few times, fins slowly wiggling forward and back. CC:  ...He was probably noticeably closer to her height, and the grey streak in his hair was mysteriously purple.  He also had a marginally younger-looking jaw structure.  ... And chest sacs. GA:  ...Mirror him with your own ears. CC:  The blush that had been starting to fade came up strong again. GA:  You were pleased about the change in height, but thought it best not to comment until you actually knew what was going on. You were considerably more. Painted, than the last time he saw you. Smile at him. Wigglewiggle. CC:  ...cronus facepalmed. TD:  "We're in the heroeth prithe cathtle... The wrigglerth made it." GA:  "Heroes...? Where is Kankri?" CC:  "..wve, er.  WVe wvon.  ... He just ran off that wvay."  Vague gesture down a hall. GA:  "So he is here?" CC:  "...WVe all are." CC:  ".. Mostly." GA:  "Mostly?" TD:  "We're chort a few people, thank fuck. Meenah hathn't chown up." He shudders visibly, trying not to look like he's looking around to confirm this information is up to date. GA:  "She has been killed before. It is not impossible to think it happen a second time," i n n o c e n t smile. CC:  Cronus glanced away, rubbing his jaw.  And crossing an arm awkwardly over then under the newfound chesticular additions. TD:  Quiet distressed whining. "Kurloth ith here... thort of..." GA:  "That is a bad thing?" CC:  "...Iiiit's complicated, wvho's hungry?" CC:  Subtlety.  Grace.  Cronus Ampora. GA:  You'll ask Kankri. You can Mother guilt him. "I for one am famished," TD:  "... I was coming to get food..." CC:  "Food's great.  This wvay."  ...he found himself offering them both an arm, first Porrim, then Mituna. CC:  If accepted, he would firmly lead the way, as if they could leave awkward subjects behind them physically. GA:  Take his arm with an affectionate squeeze, taking  second to adjust your skirt so it swooshed while you walked. Because that shit was cool. TD:  Mituna takes the arm, flushed gold, feeling so very awkward right now. CC:  Cronus was purple too!  Porrim was left as the only normally-complexioned troll amongst them.  Unless she was glowing, in which case they were just all out of luck today.  But hey, that might not be a thing for a while yet.  Who knows. CC:  Off they go!  Bravely to the dining hall. CC:  "It's good to see you,"  Polite conversation, yes. GA:  It was light out here, you had no reason to be glowing. Also you were a babe, you glowed no matter what dangit v:< "It has been a while. It's rather nice to be out of the bubbles again," CC:  "So I'vwe heard." TD:  "For thome of uth..." Awkward uncomfortable shuffling GA:  "Life is a beautiful thing, don't be ungrateful," CC:  "..I'm...glad people are alivwe.." ML:  There is a little preacher, wrapped up in a white suncloak eating a salad topped with .. cubes of meat and goat cheese and vinegar. GA:  !! ML:  actually this thing has enough things on it it might not be a salad anymore GA:  Come up behind him and hug! "Hello dear," CC:  Cronus lets Dolly go!  This leaves him with only Mituna's arm.  ...which gets a very small squeeze.  He tries to lead to the salad bar area.  There's probably a refridgerator in the room by now, for storing cold goods.  And, say, beverages. TD:  He lets himself be lead, why not. ML:  Well /that/ noise was entirely undignified and startled - he laughs and turns in her arms, to wrap his around her middle. " Mother!" GA:  Laugh! Hug him with a trill! "I have missed you, sweetheart," ML:  Happy chirp! "I have missed you as well, I am sorry that we ah." he blushed. "well you see I found Muelin.." CC:  "..wvhat are you in the mood for?"  Relatively soft question, to the titular psionic. GA:  ...............Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirk, "Did you now?" ML:  He blushed worse. ML:  Find matesprit, fall basically out of contact for several Perigees. TD:  "che only jutht arrived" Mituna informs over his shoulder, and he turns back to Cronus, shrugging. "I wath jutht going to grab the firtht tranthportable thing..." CC:  "Doesn't need to be transportable if you stay a wvhile." GA:  "I'm glad you had fun, dear. Is she here yet?" ML:  He coughs into a hand and nods. TD:  "... Thtill working on a thing for Kankri though..." ML:  The mutant in question looks up at his name. TD:  "... I haven't figured it out yet and i got futhhy with Kurloth and dithtracted from it for a while..." ML:  "By which he means he and Kurloz have practically set the servers on fire." TD:  "... That only happenth when more than two people are involved in a fight." TD:  "... Unlethh that'th litteral which meanth i have to apologithe to thomeone." TD:  "... I hate when that happenth." ML:  Kankri is now laughing. CC:  Cronus snorts softly, letting go to run his hand through his hair.  ... He still is wearing Porrim's shirt. CC:  "...If you're sure, man."  Slight fin flick. TD:  "I made a promithe, and I really chould keep it. That doethn't mean you're not welcome to drop by at thome point. ML:  "I only meant the vitrol, Mituna." soft smile for brother, once laughter is under control. TD:  "... He'th an athh who only thinkth about the higher cathte and theeth my kind ath batterieth and little elthe. Of courthe i'm going to be pithhed at him." CC:  "I wvill, man.  I probably ought to uh.  ..stay..here, for a second though." CC:  Cronus did his level best to ignore major topics of caste and oppression, and focus on his own romantic problems.  He succeeded with flying colors. ML:  "Oh? Should I be concerned for his new moirail?" Frown toward Mituna worriedly. CC:  Cronus decided to start loading up a plate.  ...while people talked about that. TD:  "... new? He'th been a cave robber for a while now." ML:  "It has only been a few perigees, that is fairly new" CC:  Cronus' fins purple a little at the words 'cave robber'. TD:  "From what I've theen, the boy can handle himthelf. It'th MY clathh he hath no rethpect for." GA:  You have no idea what's going on, you're just going to sit here and play with your baby's hair. ML:  He is going to lean into Momma's touch, and frown to himself. "..I am not entirely certain, Mituna, but I shant keep you from your graceful escape." TD:  "You pronounthed grathelethh wrong." He grabs a few things from the fridge, floating them ina  psionic net around him, grabbing other things. it's clear he intends to hide outt for a while. ML:  ):B Watch him worriedly. TD:  ABSCOND. CC:  "...Catch you soon, Tunes." GA:  ... "He needs to get laid," hairfiddle hairfiddle ML:  "Very badly." sigh. ML:  "I mean.. um." blush. ML:  ".. I.. . bother." GA:  Grin ML:  "You did that on purpose" GA:  "I've no idea what you mean," CC:  Cronus keeps watching the door Mituna left by, adding his own quiet agreement distractedly.  "..nn...hnn." ML:  "..Why ever haven't you relieved him of his over abudence of sexual tension yet, Cronus?" CC:  "... Shit's complicated, man, you knowv wvhy." ML:  "..Afraid that he'll become attached then you'll remember something unfortunate?" eyebrows raise. CC:  Cronus softly clears his throat.  "--So, Porrim..." GA:  "Hm?" CC:  ...He stays facing the salad bar. CC:  "..It, em.  ... I.." CC:  "...There's something I probably need to mention..." GA:  "Yes?" ML:  ...Eat salad. CC:  "...Do you remember Beforus?" GA:  "I do," CC:  "...Strange, huh?  ..all that, heh.. ...wveird.. ..past life..shit..." ML:  "Do you want help?" ML:  munch munch GA:  Stare at him. Narrow eyes. You could see right through this little shit, "Something went wrong, didn't it," CC:  "...ehn.. ...yes."  Shoulders and fins droop in unison, and the seadweller just ...rests his hands on the edge of the salad bar. GA:  "What happened?" CC:  He tries to convince himself not to tense, and that it will be fine. ML:  Signless pushes his food away and stands up, Mother gets a cheek kiss but - he was going to Cronus to set a hand on his back. CC:  He jumped slightly, then forced himself to relax, glancing away from Kankri and rubbing at his cheek.  "...A ..fewv memory gaps." ML:  "..Cronus.." CC:  "I'm--  I'm getting to it, alright?" GA:  "How can I help?" CC:  ...not a question he'd been expecting, and it makes the seadweller blink. CC:  "....Not being upset wvould be pretty great." ML:  "Mituna was .. distraught, he still is." Kankri explains to her. GA:  "Do I seem upset?" you were concerned, but still, "You will regain them, I know you will," CC:  His shoulders started to relax. CC:  "..I am.  ...but it's most of Alternia." GA:  "It's not the prettiest thing to remember in anybody's case. Personally I'd consider it a small blessing to have a temporary reprieve from it," CC:  ...he flushed slightly, and heaved out a small sigh. ML:  ".. There are things all of us would forget if we could, Cronus." CC:  Perhaps it shouldn't have been a surprise that Porrim took things more gracefully than Kankri and Mituna had.  ...It also wasn't as bad, anymore, as it had been.  his fins flicked a bit. CC:  "...Don't blame you." CC:  He risked a sheepish look back at her, rubbing at his cheek again. ML:  Kankri tried to gently steer him to turn around and look at her. GA:  ...Stand and stride towards him, pulling him into a hug and stroking his hair, "You're going to be just fine, chief," kisskiss the forehead. Or cheek. Whatever you can reach. CC:  ...and suddenly he was purple again and everything was fine.  This hug, he returned tightly, for just an instant, before remembering himself and starting to cautiously ease up. CC:  "...I knowv I wvill, hey?  ....Sorry." ML:  Kankri was really really happy to have his mother back, he watched them with a soft smile. ML:  ..Someone else to help him hold up a drowning sea dweller. GA:  "Don't apologise," pull Kankri into the hug. ML:  Oop, hug them both. This was nice. CC:  Op, more people in the hug, that was fine. GA:  Yes, hug your new Fathe- BAD THOUGHTS GO AWAY, PULL AWAY FROM THE HUG WITH A BLUSH. ML:  ...Blink at mother ??? GA:  "Food sounds splendid," :) CC:  Suddenly Cronus was concerned and confused. CC:  "--Er, I." CC:  "..."  He mutely offers the plate he'd been working on constructing. ML:  Kankri looked just as confused at least. GA:  "Nonsense, I am perfectly capable of making my own," wander off to do that. ML:  "Mother..?" CC:  "..Um." GA:  "Yes, dear?" CC:  Blinkblink. ML:  "..What ever are you doing?" GA:  "Pottery," CC:  Cronus just glanced around, as if maybe looking at the room would explain what the hell she was up to. CC:  In the end he just ..gave up, snorted, and rubbed at his eyes and scars industriously for a second.  Then, off to the meat bar. CC:  "As long as I didn't do it." ML:  "I am somewhat concerned." GA:  "You are both overreacting, I am fine," CC:  > Cronus and Porrim : Do very similar tasks on opposite sides of the room not facing eachother. GA:  > Majestic. CC:  > Incredibly. ML:  >Eat salad alone at table and be confused. CC:  "--Howv's the pottery?" GA:  "Crisp and delicious," sweep back over to the table and sit next to Kankri, blush gone. CC:  "Hmmmn."  Firm, vaguely concerned affirmative noise. CC:  Cronus concernedly and intently acquires some barbeque.  It takes his full attention. ML:  "I am simply happy that Cronus has agreed to hold to our prior arrangements." murmur. CC:  What could "pottery" possibly mean. GA:  It was the first thing that came to mind. ML:  "..Mother I believe you are twitterpated." eat salad. CC:  "Hmmmnnn."  One more piece.  Arrange it carefully with the others. GA:  NarroW EYES. Resist opportunity to use the word twatterpated. Settle for a nudge. "You're not too old for a grounding, boy," CC:  ...Adjust it slightly.  ...yes.  Yes, it looks better there. CC:  ..No, back where it was before. CC:  Intent eyes. CC:  ... Cronus gives up, letting out a deep sigh, and just picks up his plate and heads to the table with the other two.  He settles down across from the pair, and lightly folds his arms between himself and his plate.  ...hesitates, glances down at chest, leans back a bit, looks back at them once that's fixed. CC:  He gives a small nod and declares, "I am confused." ML:  "I am fairly certain I actually am." He smiles at her.. and then outright laughs at Cronus's declaration. GA:  "Hello Confused, a pleasure to meet you," CC:  "Of course it is, I'm great.  WVill I evwer not be confused?" ML:  "she does this, Cronus." ML:  "No" CC:  "Damn." GA:  "Unlikely," CC:  Cronus rubs at the scars again. ML:  "..She likes you, so she is saying very random things to cover it." GA:  "What did I tell you about lying," ML:  "That I should become better at it" GA:  "Precisely," ML:  "I'm afraid I remain quite sadly truthful" GA:  Shakes head sorrowfully. CC:  Cronus rubs at his cheek, watching them with slowly raising eyebrows. ML:  "I am a constant dissapointment, you see how it is." appeal to Cronus. CC:  Cronus just ..leans his chin on one palm, resting his elbow on the table.  Still wearing her shirt, and sort of idly burshing ati t to keep any of the trailing bits from getting caught beneath his elbow. CC:  "..and wvhat if I liked her too?"  He watches her, bizarrely fascinated. GA:  Every so gracefully choke on lettuce. CC:  ...he acquired a slow little smile. ML:  "Oh gracious me what a terribly interesting concept, why you might even hold hands or go on dates." CC:  ~Someone responded positively to a flirty thing that he said on purpose~ CC:  ..or well.. ..It /could/ be positive.  The smile turned back into a more thoughtful expression, still watching her. CC:  "..Oh my." GA:  You have no idea what to do you have no idea what to do when actual real romance with feelings and things you have up actual real romance with feelings and things when you found Kankri what do you do, you fuckin sit there blushing is what you do, "Oh dear," CC:  ...Cronus seemed very gently delighted. CC:  Slowly, a very coolblooded hand started to rise, then to very carefully reach across the table -- every movement cautious, a little hesitant, as if he wasn't completely sure what he was doing or if she would still be there when he got there.  ..If she was, his fingers would settle over hers, and give a very gentle, careful squeeze. CC:  ..he didn't look.  He was more interested in watching her eyes. ML:  Kankri held his breath, watching the both of them. GA:  Your heart fluttered, a small smile tugging at your mouth and fangs pressing into your bottom lip. Turn your hand around and squeeze his hand back, eyes glinting happily. "I'm. Rather fond of you," CC:  There was something magical in that.  "...mutual, m.."  ...the word died on his lips again.  'My lady'?  No, that sounded dumb. CC:  ...he just squeezed her hand again, and tried to smile. ML:  It was like watching one of the human cinemas. GA:  "Milord," the smile came easily, wow he was kinda great wasn't he, he was more than a bit of alright, he was a lot of alright, no you did not just giggle Porrim Maryam does not giggle over holding hands you are into shit he wouldn't believe this is no th  i  n  g ML:  "..gracious me, one day you might even kiss." soft spoken preacher boy. CC:  Cronus Ampora, the troll that slept primarily with strangers, colored slightly in the cheeks and in fins that fanned and wiggled.  There was only so much courage in him, and he wasn't sure if he could manage risking more, so soon.  He just gave the most sheepish little grin.  "...one day.." GA:  "I do hope so," pull his hand up and brush a small kiss against his knuckles. ML:  Kurloz Makara came blundering through the room, stomping, trailing cleaning bots and carrying carcases. More than one, some of them badly torn up, an actual cloud of bad humour around him, although it did not extend too far, the chuckle voodoo master slammed on through into the kitchen without stopping to great- muttering under his breath the entire time. GA:  JumP, take your hand back and this sure is an interesting salad. CC:  Cronus had just the faintest dusting of a smile, of hope, of even more purple -- and then jumped, at the sudden interruption that was an angry Makara. CC:  He flustered as well, fingers curling and retracting part of the way, glancing back at the trail. ML:  Kankri actually flinched, and stared at the kitchen door warily. GA:  Wait. That was a clown. Cronus didn't like clowns. "Cronus, care to assist me in finding a room?" CC:  Cronus actually didn't seem unduly alarmed, although he was visibly concerned, and still looking at the kitchen door.  "..I... ..certainly..." ML:  "Peace mother." softly.  The ruse was obvious with the uneaten food. GA: Wary glance, "Are you sure?" ML: Signless looked between the two of them and deliberately put food into his mouth and attempted to be nonchalant .. while he could hear the dull thuds coming through the walls where Harlequin was working. CC: ".. I could go or stay, really."  He was concerned because Dolly was concerned, fins carefully at half mast. GA: Small smile, "Very well, dear," back to the pottery then. ML: The Signless pats his friend and quadrant on the shoulder. ML: "He does not remember why he should be afraid."Cronus had mentioned the memory gaps but.. GA: Blink. The clown likely wouldn't try anything in here, you would let it be for now. Even if you didn't actually know what had gone down yourself, Cronus was still firmly under Maryam Protection. CC: Cronus ..grunted softly, settling some.  "..I'vwe been /told/, I just don't.." CC: Cronus grumbled softly and focused on food for a second. ML: "They have even had a liaison." amused Signless. "It seems well enough." GA: "Very well then," ...still little glances at the banging. CC: ..and Cronus was coloring a little again.  If his mouth was full of salad he couldn't be expected to talk. ML: Soft non commental noise. "..He and Mituna are fighting." GA: Tsk, "That boy has a chip on his shoulder the size of your grandlusus," CC: Tasty food.  <_<; ML: "Kurloz?" GA: "Mituna. I have yet to meet the Ancestral resurrection of Kurloz," ML: "Mother! .. he has been hurt a great deal." frown, waggle fork. GA: "We all have, Kankri," CC: (muttered) "..She's still right.." ML: Glance at Cronus. He rubbed quietly at one of his own wrists and shook his head. CC: Cronus shrugged! CC: "..anywvay, I--"  He glanced up and across again.  "--it's ...vwery nice to see you." GA: "I havwe missed you," was that a little shit smirk into your salad, that was a little shit smirk into your salad. ML: "..You are both terribly adorable, I hope you do know that." CC: ..Cronus turned purple, then spent a second lightly brushing at the sleeve of the shirt he was borrowing. GA: Griiiiiiiins CC: Oh no. ML: Chin in hand, watching the flirting. GA: ......W i n k s. CC: Mouth opens and closes a few times, then he decides to brush at the other sleeve -- oh, oh oh no. CC: Bright purple.  Very faint choking noise. GA: ;D ML: "..Mother I think he is going to stop breathing" GA: Chuckle and nibble at your salad, "I do think that colour quite fetching on him," CC: He brought his hands up to cover his mouth, pressing his fingers atop his nose and trying to regather his composure. ML: "Have you seen this, the yet?"  Signless draws his necklace forward so the very Ampora ring on the chain is visable over top of his cloak. CC: Cronus, for his part, has a bright red teardrop shaped necklace; and another that appears to be a glass orb full of white smoke.  They were probably visible while he was shirtless.  The orb one is large enough that it is still visible; the other is under the shirt. GA: Lean forward and ooooh, "Beautiful," ...what quadrant were they in? Questioning glance at Kankri. ML: Innocent eyes and pleasent smile. CC: Cronus let his eyes close, and just tried to regain composure.  ..fins were wiggling a bit, but he at least had the smile covered with his hands.  Oh man, feelings. GA: Little bluSH THAT WAS CUTE. ML: Making his mother geuss was a fun game, he smiles, watching Cronus. He reaches over slowly and lightly tugs the hand away from his mouth. "You do know that you are allowed to smile, dont you?" CC: His mouth tried to straighten into a firm line and he bit his lip with the effort.  Fins back, embarassed wiggle! GA: Hmm. Pale or ashen. IB ML: Kankri just grinned, an easy grin. "Smile for us, Cronus." GA: .......................... GA: ......................................................... GA: Lean over and kiss him on the cheek. CC: Cronus' eyebrows shot up suddenly, and ... his brain blew a fuse.  There's a shred of a smile there, but ..No, no, deer in headlights time. ML: "..Oh dear." Kankri looked at the glazed panicky eyes and got a piece of paper and used it to fan the other troll. GA: Oh dear. CC: Blinkblinkblinking.  Resume breathing.  Blink more, glance down, bring up a hand to ever so gently cover the kissed cheek.  ...He's purple.  His neck is purple.  Even the parts nowhere near the gills.  "I," CC: ...cronus is still not magnificently prepared for affection from certain sources. GA: "Do you need a lozenge?" ML: "...cold water I think." he judges his quadrant mate. CC: "I'm,"  Kiss?  Kiss.  Kiss. CC: ...Kiss. CC: He was still stuck. GA: "I believe I broke him," ML: He gives his mother the paper to fan Cronus with and rises, himself to get the water, holding up a finger. GA: Take up fanning duties with a concerned frown. CC: "I'm," fine.  He was sure he was fine, the word just wouldn't come out.  She kissed him?  She liked him /and/ kissed him.  Both at the same time--?   No, that part was still hard to grasp.  Almost there. ML: Signless was back and he had a glass of water- he didn't give it to Cronus to drink.. a hand cupped gently against his throat, and a towel was propped against his side.. cold clean water trickled  against gills. CC: A startled expression, a slight twitch, and a strange neck-gulp; and some of the water was gone and Cronus was blinking at the Signless.  "--Kan--?"  When had /he/ gotten there? CC: ...There's a brief strange gurgling noise as water routes unusually between the air and water parts of his respiratory system.  A couple of swallows gets it coming out his rib gills though.  Oh hey, when'd that towel get there? GA: Just. Blink. CC: "--wvhat?" GA: Moirails? ML: "..It seemed like you needed it." He offered him the glass. CC: ...Cronus blinked at Kankri slowly, then blushed and accepted the glass.  ..he could put that down on the table.  then a hand went to sort of hold the towel against his ribs himself, so he could wave Kankri away. CC: "I'm--fine,"  He managed the whole sentence! CC: "I, um."  ...He'd just frozen up when a girl kissed him.  /shit/, that was the least cool possible response.  His skin darkened again, and he ducked his chin, glancing sheepishly at Dolly.  "I..."   Was there anything his slightly limited vocabulary could say to try and suavely roll with and/or cover this up? CC: "../You're/ fine."   Yes.  He hoped. GA: "Very smooth, darling," CC: He gave her his best sincere look, then resumed looking flustered and kind of glanced down to attend to the part of his ribs that was leaking water. CC: Awkward throat-clear. ML: Kankri looked amused, settling into his seat again. ML: ".. I personally think having some of the polish off is charming." chinhand. CC: "...ugh, god." ML: "Drink some of the water. Cronus." CC: "I'm not--You're not my lusus.  Kankri. thank you.  But," CC: Cronus /sighed/, and brought up one hand to rub at the damp side of his neck, blinking again. ML: "Better." he judged. CC: Cronus cleared his throat again, then rubbed at a purple cheek glancing at Dolly.  "...havwe I mentioned you are a beautiful lady?" GA: Well now it was your turn to go bright green. IB< GA: Was this his revenge? ML: "I believe she might sometimes forget, you should tell her about it" amused son. GA: "Don't be foolish, I need no such thing," fuss with the salaD. CC: ...tiny little grin, still purple-faced. ML: "Are you saying you wouldn't like to hear it, mother?" CC: Cronus glanced down for a moment then back at her, carefully moving the now-damp towel so he could use a dry section on his ribs.  ...He didn't want to get the shirt wet. GA: "Go to your room," inspect the shit out of that salad. Eat slower so you still have something to look at. CC: ...he carefully set the towel down on his lap, then tried to reach to steal her hand just long enough to kiss the back of it.  Hopefully she wouldn't stab him in the throat with a fork. GA: Quite the contrary really, drop that fork with an unceremonious clatter and an undignified squeak. That most certainly did not happen she will fight you. CC: ..tiny, happy little smile. GA: Trace a tiny little heart on his hand. Also did not happen. Who could say it had happened?? CC: ...more purple, tiny grin.  He'd meant to suggest a ceasefire for the day, but somehow he couldn't anymore. CC: "..you..really deservwe to be told." ML: Kankri was rather disobediantly still at the table and watching them with a smile. GA: "I- why- thank you?" it was true of course but what DO CC: ...gentle hand-squeeze.  "...truce for the day, till wve can figure out wvhat the hell?" -- unfinished --

> In the months that followed, CC did not intentionally wear the sweater in public ever. > ...In public. > Ever. > It was however a lovely, slightly uncomfortably lumpy pillow on those slightly inebriated evenings. > When he arrived on the prize world, he was wearing it and remarkably reluctant to remove it, despite no longer remembering exactly where it had come from.

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> --Unless. ..

TD: II'm not a coward, II just know what wa2 2aIId between mother and II and II wII2h two know what wa2 2aIId two you. CC: She said a great many vwery indistinct things; but among them wvas the suggestion that I treat you wvell and keep indiscretions awvay from her direct vwiewv. TD: IIndIIscretIIon2? CC: She did not specify indiscretions. TD: II wa2 made two a2k her IIf 2he wa2 alrIIght wIIth the po22IIbIIlIIty of u2 courtIIng black and apparently ye2?????????? CC: I believwe that she intends to cease hassling me quite so astringently, ovwer wvhich I havwe relativwely fewv complaints. TD: II don't know how II feel about that. CC: I'm not certain either. CC: But you are still an asshole. TD: Ehehe 2o are you. CC: There wve are then. CC: I still say you'vwe got a crush on the murderous robot. TD: II'm 2tIIll going two call bull2hIIt on you becau2e what II feel II2n't romantIIc. Maybe TD: II thIInk TD: Human2 have a word for IIt... TD: "BromantIIc" CC: That is a nonsense wvord. TD: II'm pretty 2ure IIt mean2 a 'frIIend-cru2h' or 2omethIIng. CC: Pff. TD: "A bromance is a close non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of affectional or homosocial intimacy." CC: That doesn't specify non-pale anywvhere. TD: IIt'2 a human term. Why would II get IIntwo a moIIraIIlIIegence wIIth a 2pecIIe2 that probably doe2n't under2tand pale 2entIIment2 anyway? CC: Ah, you don't need to be invwolvwed to havwe a crush. TD: II don't thIInk II have a pale cru2h on her. CC: Fine, fine.  If you're sure. CC: I'll still be amused a wvhile yet ovwer your fascination wvith her. TD: You 2hould play a game called 'Portal' and IIt'2 2equel. TD: You mIIght 2ee why II'm fa2cIInated. TD: IIf you don't play then look up 2ome LP'2. CC: LP'2? TD: 'Lets play'2. TD: Game walk through2 vIIa onlIIne vIIdeo. TD:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M250bLfaXTY CC: I'm not much for games. CC: WVell.  Unless there's people in them. CC: That's a different sort of game though. TD: ThII2 one'2 lIIke a movIIe almo2t. CC: I'll consider it, then. TD: The character you play a2 doe2n't 2peak. CC: Oh? TD: Yeah. Not a word. CC: I can see wvhy you'd appreciate me in the role. TD: Actually II wa2 thIInkIIng about baIItIIng a 2pecIIfIIc per2on IIntwo that partIIcular role... CC: tff. TD: Tff? CC: Should I evwen as wvho? TD: II don't thIInk you'd lIIke IIt much. CC: Then "Tff." it is. TD: 2he'2 not the kIInd you IIntroduce two your allIIe2. TD: DefIInIItely not. CC: mm. TD: You're talkatIIve twonIIght. CC: It is a distracting evwening. TD: What'2 2o dII2tractIIng? CC: Clowvns.  WVhat else? TD: You attract a va2t number of them. CC: apparently so. CC: He's starting to shift to other tactics to harass me. TD: II keep tellIIng you he lIIke2 you. CC: ugh. CC: I could wvell do wvith less contestation ovwer my affections. TD: You're popular. II 2uppo2e II'll have two fIIght hIIm two the 2econd death. CC: That wvould imply that he had any chance of success. CC: I'vwe seriously considered trying to kill him.  Havwen't bothered yet. TD: C2. He'2 con2IIderably bIIgger than you AND a p2ychIIc. CC: WVell it certainly wvouldn't be a charge in mindlessly affair, I'vwe made that mistake once. TD: II'd belIIeve IIt. CC: Ugh, god. TD: What now? CC: My tactics need not concern you. TD: Pff CC: ah, pff. CC: If needs be, I wvill figure something out. TD: Ah ye2, the mIIghty PFF. TD: IIn whIIch II call bull2hIIt and plot two borrow a THIING from a PER2ON. CC: You're not seriously still considering his offer about the skull. TD: II am. CC: I cannot describe howv much you do not wvant to vwolunteer for time spent wvith him. TD: II can de2crIIbe EA2IILY how much your opIInIIon ha2 on what II do wIIth my tIIme. CC: If your suspicions about his interests are correct, removwing you from the situation wvould only convwenience him. TD: II don't dIIe ea2y. CC: Mituna Captor, it is just a skull.  This is not fine. TD: Oh 2nap. PullIIng out the actual name. TD: II'll be fIIne. There'2 almo2t nothIIng he can do two me that ha2n't already been done. CC: That does not make it FINE, and the fucking skull is of no vwalue! TD: AlrIIght. II'll take your concern IIntwo con2IIderatIIon. TD: II am not goIIng two promII2e II won't take hIIm up on the trade though. CC: If you do, the odds of me charging in there like a moron wvith a vwery large rifle increase significantly. TD: Aw, you're protectIIve. CC: You're an idiot. TD: II'm a fully grown dead guy who want2 two 2tart lIIvIIng hII2 lIIfe. TD: IIf IIt make2 me an IIdIIot oh well. CC: There is not a single troll in all of existence wvho wvill think this is a good idea, outside of the grand highblood himself. TD: II'm not a2kIIng for permII22IIon. CC: I'm not telling you to, I'm telling you your ideas are stupid and you should feel bad for havwing them. TD: Fuck you II have great IIdea2. CC: The skull is a figment of his imagination! CC: You could program one! TD: II could 2lIIp a 2tabIIlIIzIIng program IIntwo hII2 bubble, two. CC: hhhhhh. CC: I can carry something that runs one of those on me can't I? TD: II thIInk 2o. II can work on that for you. Not two hard. TD: They're actually kIInd of fun two tIInker wIIth. TD: II managed two rever2e the gravIIty mechanII2m2 IIn my bubble for a day or 2o. II changed everythIIng 2o two get anywhere you have two walk on the wall2, two, but that got obnoxIIou2 fa2t. TD: IInverted all of the color2, which, by the way, II2 my wor2t IIdea ever. TD: II made food and ate all of IIt. TD: By my2elf. TD: IIt wa2 glorIIou2. TD: The food wa2n't great but IIt wa2 food. CC: The idea of you wvith these powvers is rather horrifying. TD: Eheheh. TD: Come here when II'm done doIIng the re2ty thIIng and II'll put 2ome neat 2tuff IIntwo a handheld computer for you. TD: GoodmornIIng C2. CC: fine, alright. CC: Morning. CC: You're still stupid. TD: you need two 2top talkIIng two the mIIrror. CC: Ha, ha. -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 03:13 --

just said? CC: Madame, may wve speak plainly? GA: I Have Been Dear, You Just Have A Tendency To Bafflement. CC: As it occurs primarily wvith you, I wvill blame wvho I wvish. GA: And You Will Be Wrong. (: CC: Afraid not. GA: The Child Is Inquiring As To My Feelings Towards You. CC: I suggested he do so, considering I cannot figure you out myself. GA: Oh My, How Devious. CC: I havwe little interest in allowving my nethers to stir a cauldron of trouble amongst you and your kin, wvhatevwer the short term rewvards. CC: I wvould vwery much prefer it if you twvo could resolvwe wvhether or not there wvas some conflict on your owvn. GA: Allow Me A Few Seconds To Applaud Your Awe-Inspiring Metaphors. GA: Ahhhh. GA: So Majestic. CC: Of course. GA: Applauds. CC: Take the time you need, so long as wve do evwentually return to the point. GA: The Point Being Your Nethers? CC: The dispensation thereof, really. CC: And, you knowv, more cognitivwe affairs. CC: But yes, I believwe that's a summary. GA: I Wasn't Aware There Was Much Distinction Between Your Cognitivwe Affairs And Your Genitals. CC: There's a bit of a gradient. GA: All This Effort To Drive Us Back To A Topic I Don't Even Remember. CC: If you wvish some say in something, it is wvise to speak evwentually. GA: It Does Rather Depend On The Topic. CC: I suppose that it does. CC: On at least one occasion I havwe absconded rather than risk showving your son the wvays of the wvorld, on the belief that it may distress you if I had.  WVas I wvrong to do so? GA: It Depends On Which Ways Of The World. While I Do Wish For Him To Be Able To Experience More Than He Got To In Life I'd Much Rather He Didn't Wind Up Addicted To Sopor. CC: I don't generally store that in my pants. CC: I think he'd be fine. GA: Ah. Consent Is No Issue, I Have No Issue. CC: Nor any personal stake? GA: In My Son Or In You? CC: Madame, you are lovwely and I enjoy your company wvhen you are not drivwing me to abstraction wvith this nonsense. CC: Please just tell me wvhat is and is not appropriate, because this situation is a boundless forest wvhich I am unable to navwigate. GA: What A Pity, I Quite Enjoy Driving You To Abstraction. GA: Treat Him Well. Or. As Well As You Can In A Kismesissitude. That Is All I Ask. GA: And Nothing In Front Of Me. CC: WVould such a turn of evwents change anything? GA: I Suppose I'd Have To Derail The Abstraction Train. GA: ...Divert. CC: As I am deluged by unwvelcome argument in addition to the fairer kind, I am uncertain wvhat to make of that. GA: You Couldn't Possibly Expect Me To Give Up Teasing You Completely, My Dear. CC: I think that wvhat is left of existance wvould explode spontaneously if you tried. GA: But Of Course. (:B CC: ...my pardon, dear lady, but wvhile your company is a cool shadowv in a harsh light, I think that I may need to kill someone. GA: Pardon? CC: On tumblr, there is a highblood wvho delights in attempting to ensnare me in highblood games.  He has used a bystander as a playing piece and I do not knowv precisely wvhat he has done. GA: ...Do Be Careful, Dear. -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling graveAmbition [GA] --

[10:53:49] TD: Si made a good poIInt ju2t now. Tho2e clown2 would leave you alone IIf you 2topped freakIIng out at them... [10:58:48] CC: Staring at me in silence is wvorse. [10:59:03] TD: II'll keep that IIn mIInd. [10:59:48] CC: WVhen they do it, not you. [10:59:56] CC: You may admire as you like. [11:00:03] CC: But the fucking clowvns... [11:00:50] TD: ThII2 II2 me raII2IIng a brow at you. [11:06:03] CC: wvhat [11:07:14] TD: II'd fIIgure IIt el2e on my own IIf II wa2 you. [11:08:08] CC: this has been entirely too long of a morning.  speak plainly [11:09:08] TD: IIf you're two thIIck two under2tand on your own why 2hould II gIIve you the an2wer. [11:09:54] CC: Because it wvill bother you more than me if I miss it. [11:10:26] CC: 'wvhy did he not notice my wvonderful attempt at wvit' you wvill complain [11:13:01] TD: Actually II thIInk IIt wIIll bug YOU. [11:13:50] CC: do ask tomorrowv if you like [11:14:38] TD: Why would II a2k? [11:15:05] CC: if i could strangle you right nowv i wvould, if only for the blessed silence [11:16:39] TD: II hardly 2peak. [11:17:12] TD: You could have 2IIlence by havIIng mercy on me and my rIIdIIculou2 attempt2. [11:17:52] CC: normally they quite amuse me. [11:18:25] TD: II know. [11:19:02] TD: ThII2 II2 why II prefer thII2 mode of conver2atIIon. 2o much ea2IIer two get my poIInt acro22. [11:24:55] CC: it must be so hard being you [11:25:47] TD: Not really, a2 of late. [11:31:35] CC: yes, thank. [11:32:06] TD: Have you forgotten how two form normal 2entence2? [11:32:20] TD: Have the wrIIgler2 rubbed off on you 2o 2oon? [11:33:00] CC: i really don't care. [11:33:56] TD: You're a moron. [11:34:46] CC: as are you. [11:35:33] TD: Actually II'm brIIlIIant. [11:36:30] CC: are you [11:36:39] CC: wvhat avwe you evwer done wvith it [11:37:33] TD: II've run two 2hIIp2. [11:37:53] CC: i'm sure carriage horses havwe lovwely debate structure as wvell. [11:38:02] CC: philosophers really. [11:38:03] TD: Hacked every 2IIngle lIItle thIIng on them. [11:38:23] CC: thats nice. [11:38:42] TD: IIt really II2. [11:40:07] TD: You'll never know though. IIt'2 probably two complex for you. [11:40:57] CC: i really don't care about gadgetry.  you can havwe it. [11:41:38] TD: And yet, you had two have a 2hIIp core two rIIval all other2. [11:42:13] CC: a challenge.  and a tactical advwantage. [11:42:26] TD: II'm 2ure. [11:42:38] CC: if anyone else had tried to train you they wvould havwe broken you.  and a broken pilot is barely better than none at all. [11:42:42] CC: no matter wvhat they could havwe been. [11:43:59] TD: Dual2car. [11:44:09] TD: No one on the 2ea2 could have broken me. [11:44:12] TD: No one. [11:45:14] CC: hff. [11:45:21] CC: I wvas gentle, and you knowv it. [11:45:33] TD: Not you, not your lIIttle kII2me2II2 attempt, not anyone. [11:45:48] TD: You were two ea2y two throw. [11:45:53] CC: can wve not speak of mindfang? [11:46:04] TD: That wa2n't gentle, that wa2 weak. [11:48:01] CC: uggghhhh. [11:48:10] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:48 -- [11:49:45] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:49 -- [11:49:45] TD: Nope. [11:49:51] TD: II refu2e. [11:49:51] CC: no? [11:50:10] TD: You don't get two clo2e the wIIndow. [11:50:35] CC: no? [11:50:37] CC: howv unfortunate [11:50:38] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:50 -- [11:50:48] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:50 -- [11:50:48] TD: No. [11:50:55] TD: II 2aIId no. [11:51:03] CC: no? [11:51:07] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:51 -- [11:51:17] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:51 -- [11:51:17] TD: II wIIll keep openIIng IIt, Dual2car. [11:51:24] CC: oh wvill you? [11:51:27] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:51 -- [11:51:28] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:51 -- [11:51:28] TD: Ye2 [11:51:31] CC: hm [11:51:33] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:51 -- [11:51:36] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:51 -- [11:51:36] TD: Ye2 II wIIll. [11:51:40] CC: i see that [11:51:42] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:51 -- [11:51:43] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:51 -- [11:51:43] TD: You doubt my per2II2tence. [11:51:52] CC: has it been an evwen or odd number of times so far [11:51:53] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:51 -- [11:52:02] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:52 -- [11:52:02] TD: II don't know. [11:52:05] CC: hm [11:52:08] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:52 -- [11:52:16] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:52 -- [11:52:16] TD: II'm not goIIng two count. [11:52:23] CC: no? [11:52:25] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:52 -- [11:52:29] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:52 -- [11:52:29] TD: No. [11:52:33] CC: hmn. [11:52:35] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 11:52 -- [11:52:42] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 11:52 -- [11:52:42] TD: No. [11:53:06] TD: II thIInk you're enjoyIIng thII2 game. [11:54:25] CC: and wvhat makes you say that? [11:54:59] TD: Becau2e you dIIdn't clo2e IIt after II brought IIt up. [11:55:57] CC: i'm not going to completely ignore tumblr just because wve're doing this. [11:56:08] CC: and it takes more than a half second to check it [11:56:29] TD: Oh my fuck you have a problem. [11:56:41] TD: More than one but damn. [11:56:41] CC: wvhat are you on about nowv? [11:57:08] TD: CheckIIng tumblr 2o much. [11:57:26] TD: II go a couple of day2 wIIthout lookIIng at IIt. [11:57:26] CC: did you mean evwer? [11:57:39] CC: i wvas in the middle of talking on it wvhen this began [11:58:18] TD: AdmIItIIng you have a problem II2 the fIIr2t 2tep twoward overcomIIng IIt. [11:58:36] TD: Except IIn the ca2e of beIIng thrown overboard. [12:01:01] CC: i'd be curious to hear your steps for ovwercoming that particular problem actually. [12:01:10] CC: wvhat exactly am i supposed to do about it, aside from grade your laughter [12:01:40] TD: There are twelve 2tep program2. [12:02:13] CC: go on [12:03:35] TD: Why 2hould II gIIve IIt two you when you can be a bIIg boy and look IIt up your2elf. [12:03:47] TD: II'm not your 2earch engIIne. [12:03:52] CC: Heh. [12:04:01] CC: Are you sure. [12:04:29] TD: nope. [12:05:25] CC: I don't think you said wvhat you meant to say, there. [12:05:51] CC: Nor did you take a twvelvwe-step opportunity to insult me. [12:05:56] TD: For once you're rIIght. [12:06:05] TD: GIIve your2elf a gold 2tar. [12:06:10] CC: Perhaps you're off your game. [12:06:19] CC: A gold star. [12:06:20] CC: Appropriate. [12:08:37] TD: Ye2 II'm 2ure. [12:09:01] TD: II'm not your 2earch engIIne. Not your engIIne at all. [12:09:42] CC: you enjoyed the wvork. [12:10:13] TD: Only 2o far a2 II wa2 the be2t on the 2ea2 and II got two fuck wIIth you. [12:10:41] CC: wvhy wvould being the best at it matter, if you did not care? [12:10:51] TD: Have you ever known what IIt II2 two not be able two 2cratch your no2e? [12:11:59] TD: Or any other IItch? [12:12:09] CC: yes, actually. [12:12:33] TD: For perIIgee2 on end though? [12:15:34] CC: suppose not. [12:35:20] TD: IIt wa2 the mo2t annoyIIng thIIng. [12:37:45] CC: i can wvell imagine. [12:38:25] TD: Can you? [12:38:29] TD: Do you know? [12:38:40] CC: yes [12:38:55] TD: Do you really know what IIt'2 lIIke two have IItche2 IIn unfortunate place2 for perIIgee2 on end? [12:39:18] TD: IItche2 that 2eemed two move ju2t becau2e you couldn't reach them? [12:40:05] CC: my death left lasting marks that took time to adapt to. [12:40:07] CC: i am awvare. [12:40:26] TD: That'2 not the 2ame. [12:40:33] CC: i howvevwer had the fantastic ability to rub my nose against things if i became bothered. [12:40:51] TD: Oh you bIItch. [12:41:50] CC: congratulations, you havwe made me smile. [12:42:15] CC: fuck evwerything about you. [12:42:23] TD: 2o glad two have amu2ed you. [12:42:29] CC: you are wvelcome. [12:46:56] TD: II thIInk you got that backward [12:48:07] CC: no, i'm fairly certain i understood. [12:49:44] TD: II thIInk people generally thank the people that cheered them. [12:50:06] TD: And IIf you want to fuck everythIIng about me you're goIIng two have two waIIt a bIIt. [12:50:32] CC: oh, fine.  thank you for being less annoying than clowvns. [12:50:41] CC: is that wvhat you wvanted to hear [12:50:50] TD: Ye2. [12:50:57] CC: good then [13:13:49] -- tillDeath [TD] is now idle! -- [13:30:59] TD: Woop2 2omethIIng wa2 more IIntere2tIIng than you. [13:31:29] CC: hardly seems possible. [13:32:25] TD: Contrary two your belIIef IIt actually II2. [13:33:50] CC: wvhat could be so enthralling [13:35:14] TD: FIIgurIIng out how two make food IIn the bubble. [13:35:25] TD: II've been curIIou2 about coffee. [13:35:47] CC: Usually takes finding it somewvhere.  havwe to get the memories from someone. [13:36:43] TD: II thIInk IIt'2 po22IIble two make IIt wIIthout the memory. [13:37:01] TD: Watch me prove IIt. [13:39:35] CC: the real test of course comes wvhen you find someone that does knowv wvhat it fucking tastes like, and they tell you you'vwe made a paint-wvoodchip slurry instead. [13:40:19] TD: II'll manage IIt. [13:41:04] CC: i doubt it sincerely. [13:42:36] TD: When II manage IIt you'll have two do everythIIng II 2ay for a week. [13:43:06] CC: and wvhy wvould i do that exactly [13:43:36] TD: Two doubt II2 two dare. [13:44:02] CC: if it's going to be a wvager, there ought to be a rewvard for if i wvin. [13:44:32] TD: II thIInk you had your reward. [13:45:39] CC: did I? [13:46:33] TD: You dIId. [13:48:36] CC: and wvhat wvas it [13:49:19] TD: ForcIIng me two 2peak. [13:51:31] CC: Heh. [13:51:51] CC: WVhy should you not use that vwoice of yours. [13:51:58] CC: You havwe one. [13:52:30] CC: I havwe no doubt you wvill misuse it at the first opportunity. [13:53:16] TD: II2 there 2uch a thIIng a2 mII22u2e when IIt come2 two hara22IIng you? [13:56:03] CC: i wvould like to think so. [13:57:28] TD: How wrong you are. [14:20:29] CC: god, there's another highblood. [14:21:13] TD: Ehehehe [14:39:04] TD: II've been IInformed IIt'2 IIndeed po22IIble. [14:39:25] CC: hn? [14:40:00] TD: ManufacturIIng coffee wIIthIIn a bubble wIIthout a memory. [14:41:02] CC: evwer so glad for you. [14:41:04] CC: howv then? [14:41:29] TD: You'll ju2t have two waIIt and 2ee. [14:44:55] CC: If it is any good, I wvill happily drink imaginary coffee at some point. [14:45:16] TD: We're dead, we're not IImagIInary. [14:45:31] CC: are wve not? [14:45:34] TD: We're 2tIIll real, you fuckIIng moron. [14:45:53] CC: you seem so sure. [14:47:10] TD: Of cour2e II'm 2ure. How could the lIIvIIng 2tIIll hear me? [14:50:51] CC: tch. [14:50:58] CC: I suppose. [14:51:09] TD: And don't they vII2IIt? [14:51:40] CC: they do. [14:52:11] TD: 2o we can't be IImagIInary. [14:53:46] CC: evwerything is certainy a bit less clear than it used to be, though. [14:54:33] TD: That'2 becau2e you're a moron. EverythIIng here II2 clear a2 a bell. [14:56:06] CC: you really do delight in calling me that, as if it's some scintilating newv gem in your arsenal of vwerbal attacks. [14:57:00] CC: The wvorld blurs if you let it.  Before, the wvorld wvould nevwer blur at all, no matter howv distracted you wvere. [14:57:09] TD: IIf you prefer II could go back to physIIcal attack2. [14:57:19] CC: There wvere no strange shifts in terrain, evweything wvas alwvays laid out the same. [14:57:48] TD: II have a theory. [14:58:28] CC: Is it that I am a moron? [14:58:34] CC: If it is, I think I get the gist. [14:58:49] TD: No, IIt'2 more about the terraIIn. [14:59:00] CC: Alright. [14:59:12] TD: II thIInk that whIIle WE are real, the area around u2 II2 not. [15:02:16] CC: so.... [15:02:20] CC: Imaginary coffee. [15:03:06] TD: Fuck no. The coffee II2 goIIng two be real. [15:04:39] CC: I see. [15:04:54] CC: And yet still produced in the imaginary area, by presumably imagination-related means. [15:18:48] TD: From what II under2tand IIt can be tran2fered two the lIIvIIng world and maIIntaIIn IIt'2 vIIabIIlIIty. [15:20:46] CC: mm. [15:30:51] TD: Don't mm at me. [15:30:59] CC: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm [15:31:22] CC: . [15:34:13] TD: How do you forget two add the perIIod? [15:34:27] CC: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm [15:34:31] CC: I could ot say. [15:41:25] TD: You can't even 2pell to. [15:42:26] CC: I'd say I'vwe been drinking, but that wvould be a lie. [15:43:16] TD: Ehehe. [15:43:37] CC: I should be drinking. [15:44:00] TD: IIf you were drIInkIIng II'd get two laugh at you that much more. [15:44:10] CC: tf. [15:44:15] CC: You assume anything much wvould change. [15:46:39] TD: 2o, II dIId 2ome checkIIng and IIt turn2 out that the2e 2urroundIIng2 are actually exten2IIon2 of our 2oul2 and memorIIe2 2o IIf your2 II2 fuzzy and 2uck2 IIt'2 all on you. [15:47:02] CC: grand. [15:47:50] CC: evwen the afterlife is sub-par. [15:48:08] TD: Eheheh. [15:48:20] TD: And 2omehow MIINE II2 better for once. [15:48:23] TD: 2weet. [15:49:13] CC: congratulations. [15:49:27] TD: Why thank you. [15:52:50] CC: alright. [15:52:52] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:52 -- [15:53:36] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:53 -- [15:53:36] TD: No. [15:53:39] CC: no? [15:53:48] TD: You don't get two clo2e the wIIndow remember? [15:55:08] CC: still? [15:55:24] TD: 2tIIll. [15:56:00] CC: wve'll see. [15:56:02] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:56 -- [15:56:08] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:56 -- [15:56:08] TD: Nope. [15:56:10] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:56 -- [15:56:13] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:56 -- [15:56:13] TD: Ab2olutely not. [15:56:15] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:56 -- [15:56:18] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:56 -- [15:56:18] TD: II refu2e. [15:56:20] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:56 -- [15:56:28] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:56 -- [15:56:28] TD: ThII2 II2 my wIIndow. [15:56:31] CC: is it? [15:56:36] TD: Ye2 [15:56:42] TD: Ye2 IIt II2 [15:56:57] CC: it wvould be a shame if anything wvere to happen to it [15:57:22] TD: Oh. [15:57:24] TD: No. [15:57:28] TD: 2omeone help. [15:57:40] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:57 -- [15:57:45] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:57 -- [15:57:45] TD: An IIdIIot II2 threatenIIng a wIIndow II can open back up. [15:57:54] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:57 -- [15:57:55] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:57 -- [15:57:55] TD: Over and over agaIIn. [15:57:57] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:57 -- [15:58:06] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:58 -- [15:58:06] TD: And agaIIn. [15:58:17] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:58 -- [15:58:19] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:58 -- [15:58:19] TD: And agaIIn. [15:58:34] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:58 -- [15:58:37] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:58 -- [15:58:37] TD: And agaIIn. [15:58:39] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 15:58 -- [15:58:42] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 15:58 -- [15:58:42] TD: And agaIIn. [15:58:50] CC: determination. [15:58:55] TD: Oh ye2. [16:01:55] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 16:01 -- [16:02:48] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 16:02 -- [16:02:48] TD: Nope. [16:02:54] CC: that one took you a bit. [16:02:54] TD: II already told you. [16:03:15] TD: II wa2 talkIIng two one of my de2cendant2. [16:03:38] CC: oh good. [16:03:40] CC: more of you. [16:03:52] TD: 2tubborn appear2 two be a traIIt thII2 one IInherIIted. [16:06:15] CC: oh? [16:07:05] TD: Ye2. [16:07:15] CC: howv so? [16:08:19] TD: He ha2 opIInIIon2 on my per2on that II cannot 2hake hIIm of. [16:08:32] TD: They're 2tartlIIngly po2IItIIve. [16:09:16] CC: i wvould mock you more if i hadn't had the same problem. [16:09:40] TD: 2omeone called you adorable for havIIng feelIIng2? [16:09:42] CC: wvhat does he say, let me dissuade you. [16:09:47] CC: wvhat? [16:10:11] TD: Ye2. Apparently havIIng feelIIng2 and being awkward about them make2 me adorable. [16:10:17] TD: II do not under2tand. [16:10:30] CC: i'd say more like hilarious. [16:11:32] TD: II don't... [16:11:38] TD: Under2tand...??????????? [16:12:48] CC: trolls laugh at confusion. [16:13:02] CC: best get used to it. [16:13:24] CC: so wvhy wvere you talking about me, then? [16:14:54] TD: My my, aren't we narcII22II2tIIc. [16:15:20] CC: and wvho else wvould it be? [16:16:42] TD: Wouldn't you lIIke two know? [16:17:08] CC: not really, because you wvere talking about me and i'm laughing. [16:17:29] CC: I much prefer that arrangement honestly. [16:18:14] TD: What, me talkIIng about you? [16:18:38] CC: more the part wvhere i get to lord it ovwer you. [16:19:59] TD: Careful, II mIIght thIInk you're IIntere2ted and 2woon. [16:20:46] CC: I think swvooning is a fairly reasonable response. [16:22:03] TD: Two you expre22IIng returned IIntere2t? Are you 2ure you're not overe2tIImatIIng? [16:22:31] CC: I'vwe seen it enough to be sure. [16:24:08] TD: Wa2 that 2tatement correct, then? [16:24:41] CC: wvhy wvould you care? [16:26:15] TD: II poIInt up two the 'TD' two 'CC's ago. [16:28:55] CC: interested enough to tell you and your mother to hash yourselvwes out.  and actually bother vwisiting you rather than telling you to fuck off dowvn a short pier. [16:29:27] TD: Mother and II have conver2ed. [16:30:00] CC: am I evwer going to find out wvhat wvas said? [16:30:09] TD: Unle22 II IImagIIned IIt. [16:30:19] TD: A moment. [16:31:49] TD: No log2 exi2t on my end. Well then. [16:32:08] CC: charming. [16:32:35] TD: ThII2 II2 me rollIIng my eye2. [16:35:13] TD: Maybe II'll ju2t open a wIIndow and waIIt for her two 2IIgn on. [16:38:21] CC: your screen must be so cluttered [16:38:27] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 16:38 -- [16:38:43] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 16:38 -- [16:38:43] TD: IIt'2 not. [16:38:46] CC: oh? [16:38:49] CC: you're sure. [16:39:06] TD: II only have fIIve wIIndow2 runnIIng. [16:39:26] TD: Four chat2 and the lII2t. [16:41:17] TD: 2IIx. II ju2t opened a mu2IIc player two experIIment wIIth alIIen mu2IIc. [16:42:51] CC: significantly more than twvo. [16:42:55] CC: WVhat sort of alien music? [16:43:07] TD: II don't know yet. [16:43:32] TD: II lIIke the IIdea of mu2IIc produced by technology though. [16:43:40] TD: II thIInk II'll 2tart there. [16:44:51] CC: Is there anything you Don't wvant machines tangled up in? [16:45:07] TD: Me. [16:46:49] CC: Touche. [16:47:14] TD: Thank you. [17:13:25] TD: II wa2 rIIght, technology produced mu2IIc II2 pretty OK. [17:13:45] TD: II want two hear a voIIce though. [17:15:36] CC: you just wvant to see if you can cheat at speaking out loud. [17:17:05] TD: II would have the 2ame trouble II thIInk. [17:18:28] TD: MakIIng noII2e ha2 never been a problem for me. IIt'2 formIIng the noII2e2 IIntwo a word. [17:23:20] CC: practice practice. [17:23:37] CC: or don't. [17:23:54] TD: II've actually been practIIcIIng. [17:24:06] TD: Thank you for your concern. [17:26:52] CC: if that once wvas the only time I actually get to hear you struggle, it wvill be a mild disappointment. [17:27:56] TD: You poor thIIng. 2o 2orry. [17:30:24] TD: II dIIdn't realIIze my dII2comfort wa2 2o IImportant two you. [17:32:00] CC: novwelty is a precious thing, wvhile it lasts. [17:32:52] TD: Then you're ju2t goIIng two have two vII2IIt more often. [17:35:06] CC: I might. [17:35:38] TD: II2 that Dual2care2e for 'II wIIll'? [17:36:27] CC: I could. [17:36:49] TD: Al2o 'II wIIll'. [17:37:16] CC: Not impossible. [17:37:32] TD: 'GoIIng two' [17:38:21] CC: also likely not today.  Although I'vwe heard you wvant to rant at me about bubbles. [17:39:22] TD: Ye2, becau2e you 'have the dumb' [17:39:50] CC: havwe... [17:39:52] CC: ...the dumb. [17:40:16] CC: Is this wvhere I get to accuse you of improper alternian? [17:40:54] TD: Why would you do that? II wa2 puttIIng IIt IIn 'idiot' for ea2y tran2latIIon. [17:42:05] TD: II hear IIdIIot2 and moron2 2peak 2IImIIlar language2. [17:43:38] CC: I wvas going to givwe you redit for vwarying your vwocabulary, but there that wvord is again. [17:43:42] CC: *credit [17:44:07] CC: Really, just because I do not havwe time for machines does not make me a fool. [17:44:28] TD: Woah. [17:44:28] TD: Hey. [17:44:33] TD: I'm not a fucking machine. [17:45:39] CC: I did not intend to directly call you one.  You do concern yourself wvith them constantly though. [17:45:41] TD: I'm more of a 'real boy' than you've ever been! [17:45:50] CC: oh hush. [17:46:00] TD: A passion is different than being one. [17:47:38] CC: and I do not share this passion, but it does not make me a fool. [17:47:39] TD: I LIKE machines. I like learning about them, I like manipulating them and programming them, I don't like being a part of them and I don't like being referred to as one. [17:47:40] CC: Or a moron. [17:48:08] CC: I nevwer called you one, you ovwersensitivwe prat. [17:48:16] TD: I misread you. I apologize. [17:48:35] TD: I think I'm allowed a little oversensitivity. [17:48:41] CC: fine [17:51:04] TD: though you would do well to note that I don't call you a moron or an idiot because of your lack of knowledge regarding machinery. [17:51:31] CC: then wvhat is it? [17:51:40] CC: countless successful sea vwentures? [17:51:48] CC: i'm really not seeing it. [17:51:49] TD: You're genuinely an idiot and a moron. [17:51:58] CC: oh, of course. [17:52:03] CC: Howv could I havwe missed it, all these sweeps? [17:52:36] CC: truly, sir, I am enlightened, and this random assertion has opened my eyes. [17:52:46] CC: WVould you care to try a statement wvith proof? [17:52:53] TD: I believe we have a pact about she who must not be named. [17:53:02] CC: sigh. [17:53:14] CC: fine.  wve'll just disagree then. [17:53:41] CC: wvas I getting anything from that pact, or wvas I just being a reasonable person? [17:53:48] TD: IInvolvIIng your2elf wIIth her prove2 my poIInt. [17:54:17] CC: mmn.  I havwe my reasons, but wve shan't discuss them. [17:54:57] TD: Your rea2on2 don't matter. you're 2tIIll a moron. [17:55:19] CC: I'm directing your attention to the question about the pact. [17:56:54] TD: You were gettIIng me not talkIIng about her for the mo2t poIInt. [18:03:53] CC: pf..   Fair enough I suppose. [18:05:19] TD: II'm not really gettIIng much out of IIt frankly. [18:06:06] CC: pf.  Discussing her bothers you enough. [18:06:49] TD: You would actually be rIIght. FaIIr enough. [18:11:09] CC: and I suppose the lack of debate is enough fair trade to equal it. [18:11:52] TD: There are 2ome thIIng2 II ju2t don't want two know. [18:12:22] CC: Same. [18:12:45] CC: WVhat all gadgets did your descendant givwe you? [18:13:08] TD: A few program2 and a bubble 2tabIIlIIzer. [18:13:25] TD: MIIne kept 2hootIIng back two the wor2t... [18:13:46] TD: BeIIng hunted, captured, Her core. [18:15:01] CC: Is the stabilizer something you just run and it keeps wvorking? [18:15:16] TD: 2o far. [18:15:36] TD: II can 2hut IIt off, two. [18:15:45] TD: LIIke II dIId when you were here. [18:15:47] CC: And it just keeps it howv it is, or do you havwe to edit things? [18:16:32] TD: IIt keep2 IIt at calm poIInt2. [18:17:28] TD: He gave me a lot of program2 he made, II a22ume whIIle he wa2 dead. [18:17:59] CC: Havwe you been poking at them much? [18:18:51] TD: Ye2. 2ome of IIt'2 what'2 been dII2tractIIng me. [18:20:27] CC: mm. [18:24:04] CC: I think wve almost started talking about bubbles. [18:24:31] TD: II thIInk we dIId. [18:25:06] TD: II need two do more research on my own but II've been told that they're a part of what make2 u2 'us' [18:25:45] CC: Are they? [18:26:09] TD: Why do you thIInk they 2hIIft when we're up2et? [18:26:27] TD: They 2how u2 our memorIIe2. [18:26:35] TD: We relIIve them here. [18:31:23] CC: I knowv wve can be the master of them. [18:31:41] CC: And that they only showv things wve'vwe seen.  Reflections.  Like wve'vwe livwing in a mirror. [18:32:05] CC: It doesn't imply much. [18:32:25] TD: ThIIng2 we've 2een and what we were feelIIng at the tIIme. [18:35:31] CC: nngh. [18:38:06] TD: And what doe2 that reactIIon mean? [18:41:57] CC: It menas my life wvas boring. [18:42:44] TD: Really doe2 2uck two be you. [18:44:07] CC: Sigh. [18:44:09] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 18:44 -- [18:44:17] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 18:44 -- [18:44:17] TD: Nope. [18:44:23] CC: No? [18:44:38] TD: You don't get two clo2e my wIIndow. [18:44:50] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 18:44 -- [18:44:56] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 18:44 -- [18:44:57] TD: Eheheh no. [18:45:15] CC: I see that. [18:45:18] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 18:45 -- [18:45:52] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 18:45 -- [18:45:52] TD: You really thIInk II'll let you clo2e thII2 wIIndow before II'm done wIIth you? [18:47:09] CC: It's interesting to annoy you wvith. [18:47:30] TD: IIt'2 cute how you thIInk II'm annoyed. [18:49:28] CC: And howv wvould you rate your response? [18:50:25] TD: ... [18:50:28] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 18:50 -- [18:50:45] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 18:50 -- [18:50:45] CC: You may imagine the smile, if you wvish. [18:51:25] TD: No [18:51:27] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 18:51 -- [18:53:30] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 18:53 -- [18:53:30] CC: Yes, good night.  Talk to you tomorrowv or wvhenevwer. [18:53:37] CC: Good luck wvith that. [18:53:42] TD: No. [18:53:50] CC: No? [18:53:56] TD: No. [18:54:03] CC: WVhich part? [18:54:46] TD: 01001110 01101111 00101110 [18:54:50] TD: No you don't get to close the window. [18:55:03] TD: Denied. [18:55:05] TD: No. [18:55:09] CC: numbers? [18:55:19] TD: 01001110 01101111 00101110 [18:56:14] TD: Binary. [18:56:19] TD: Programming code. [18:56:33] CC: I don't like numbers, they annoy me. [18:56:36] CC: Use Alternian. [18:56:52] TD: Can you even do math? [19:00:22] CC: More than enough to keep a ship stocked and do accounts, but computer codes I wvill leavwe to those wvho care. [19:00:59] TD: 2o wrIIgler math. [19:01:49] CC: More than enough for anyone wvith real concerns. [19:02:41] TD: WrIIgler [19:02:43] TD: Math. [19:03:56] CC: Fine, not like I care wvhat you call it. [19:08:45] TD: Your comment there 2ay2 you care. [19:11:01] CC: it's just numbers. [19:11:26] TD: How can you be 2o bla2e? [19:12:12] CC: Because they're just numbers. [19:12:16] CC: You wvere saying "No."? [19:12:27] CC: The keys are right there, it's so much faster. [19:12:33] CC: WVhat evwen is the point? [19:12:46] TD: IIt'2 more fun for me to change IIt up 2ometIIme2. [19:12:58] CC: fun. [19:13:05] TD: Very. [19:13:10] CC: typing out something eight times as long is fun. [19:13:26] TD: Ye2. [19:15:38] CC: No. [19:16:15] TD: Ye2. [19:16:57] TD: 01011001 01100101 00110010 00101110 [19:19:27] CC: 01100001 01100001 01100001 01101110 01100100 [19:19:34] CC: 01001110 01101111 00101110 [19:20:22] TD: 01011001 01100101 00110010 00101110 [19:21:41] CC: that's just uncreativwe. [19:22:39] TD: 01001111 01101000 00100000 01001001 01001001 00100111 01101101 00100000 00110010 01101111 01110010 01110010 01111001 00101110 00100000 01001001 01001001 00100000 01100100 01001001 01001001 01100100 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101111 01100010 01101010 01100101 01100011 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 0011 [19:22:39] TD: 0010 00100000 01110100 01110111 01101111 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01001001 01001001 01110110 01100101 00101110 [19:23:21] TD: Tm93IElJZiBJSSB3YW50ZWQgdHdvIGJlIGNyZWF0SUl2ZSBJSSdkIHVzZSBiYTJlNjQgbElJa2UgdGhJSTIu [19:23:29] CC: wvell, if wve're being uncreativwe. [19:23:33] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 19:23 -- [19:24:02] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 19:24 -- [19:24:02] TD: Now that II2n't creatIIve at all. [19:24:08] CC: quite. [19:24:10] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 19:24 -- [19:24:11] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 19:24 -- [19:24:11] TD: One trIIck hoof bea2t? [19:24:17] CC: I could say the same. [19:24:19] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 19:24 -- [19:24:24] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 19:24 -- [19:24:24] TD: Not really. [19:24:28] CC: Oh? [19:24:30] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 19:24 -- [19:24:33] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 19:24 -- [19:24:33] TD: GoIIng for 40? [19:24:54] CC: So you are keeping count. [19:25:12] TD: IIt'2 IIn2tIInct. [19:25:40] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 19:25 -- [19:26:24] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 19:26 -- [19:26:24] TD: II can al2o track dII2tance wIIthout thIInkIIng two hard, maIIntaIIn three dIIfferent external functIIon2 and watch 2ecurIIty camera2 lIIke mo2t people watch 2oap opera2. [19:26:44] CC: vwery useful, i'm sure. [19:27:08] TD: Have you forgotten II wa2 a 2hIIp? [19:27:22] CC: wvere. [19:27:22] TD: IIt'2 QUIITE u2eful. [19:27:33] CC: you'll find you're grounded, nowv. [19:28:00] TD: EHEHEHEH You thIInk II'm grounded ju2t becau2e II'm not hooked IIntwo a rIIg. [19:28:22] CC: as in you are wvithout a ship? [19:28:24] CC: yes I do. [19:28:28] CC: I'm awvare you can fly on your owvn if you like [19:28:43] CC: I'm awvare you could drag something wvith you, if there wvas something to drag. [19:28:46] CC: but it isn't the same. [19:29:00] TD: No. IIt'2 better. [19:29:19] CC: oh? [19:29:38] TD:  /II/ get two decIIde where II go. [19:29:49] TD:  /II/ get two decIIde how fa2t. [19:30:02] TD: What route two take. [19:30:05] TD: II'm free. [19:30:26] TD: IIf II want two walk, II'll walk. [19:30:37] TD: IIf II want two fly, II'll fly. [19:31:28] TD: II couldn't do thII2 when II wa2 alIIve. [19:31:40] CC: do you, much? [19:31:52] CC: Or do you spend your time nattering awvay at the computer? [19:32:09] TD: II take break2 actually. [19:32:35] TD: Thou2and2 of 2weep2 plugged intwo a computer make2 you more IInclIIned two break. [19:33:17] CC: wvhat speeds havwe you clocked? [19:35:21] TD: 2IInce II've been free of my daymare2 II've managed 700 mph, whIIch II2 ju2t 2hy of the 2ound barrIIer. [19:35:54] CC: that's got to be a sight. [19:38:15] TD: IIt'2 not nearly a2 fa2t a2 II've flown IIn the pa2t but that wa2 whIIle II wa2 a 2hIIp, not whIIle II wa2 'free'. That would have attracted attentIIon. [19:38:20] TD: II'm tryIIng two get u2ed two movIIng wIIthout a 2hIIp of 2ome kIInd agaIIn. [19:39:02] CC: do it too uncareful and you'll plaster your face on something.  i'd laugh. [19:41:36] TD: II'm alway2 careful. [19:45:45] CC: still curious about that reaction. [19:46:02] TD: What reactIIon where? [19:46:17] CC: you said it doesn't make you annoyed wvhen i close the wvindowv. [19:46:19] CC: so wvhat is it? [19:46:52] TD: IIt gIIves me an opportunIIty to bother you by openIIng IIt back up. [19:47:05] CC: hm. [19:48:07] TD: Hm? [19:48:17] CC: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. [19:48:43] TD: 01001000 01101101 01101101 01101101 00101110 [19:49:10] TD: II'm curIIou2 why you wanted two know what II clocked. [19:49:51] CC: You're hardly the only enthusiast of going fast. [19:50:27] TD: Maybe II 2hould take you flyIIng 2hIIple22 once ju2t two 2atII2fy your curIIo2IIty. [19:51:35] CC: I tend to prefer havwing a ship around. [19:51:58] TD: Yeah but there'2 2omethIIng two be 2aIId for flyIIng 2hIIple22. [19:52:09] CC: Not that I'vwe experienced. [19:52:35] TD: Well you'll have two once then won't you? [19:52:54] CC: It really doesn't sound vwery appealing. [19:53:14] CC: This is a reference to being tossed off the boat..howv many times wvas it? [19:53:25] CC: In case you missed that. [19:53:33] TD: Eheheheh. [21:37:38] TD: FIIfty-three tIIme2 the fIIr2t tIIme II thIInk? unle22 my count II2 off. II hope IIt'2 off. There'2 no way II could let IIt go uneven lIIke that. [21:44:13] CC: I wvill be sticking to the boat. [21:44:36] TD: Good luck wIIth that. [21:44:48] CC: I'vwe gotten fairly good at it. [21:45:12] TD: WIIthout a Helm2man II'm 2ure you have. [21:49:59] CC: You knowv, I think you are the single wvorst helmsman in existance? [21:50:37] TD: Al2o the be2t 2o whatever. [21:52:42] CC: Rawv output isn't important if it can't be controlled, else the sun wvould be the most effectivwe form of interior lighting. [21:53:12] CC: Much like the sun, NO ONE LIKES YOU. [21:53:30] TD: 2ee the problem wa2 no one a2ked me what i [21:53:32] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 21:53 -- [21:54:22] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 21:54 -- [21:54:35] TD: At least she fucked me. [21:54:37] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 21:54 -- [21:54:56] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 21:54 -- [21:54:56] CC: you wvere a wvriggler and then you acted psychotic. [21:55:28] TD: I watched my brother killed before my eyes. [21:55:29] CC: and if I knewv for sure your mother wvouldn't kill me, and if you actually gavwe a shit, maybe i wvould think about it. [21:55:56] TD: If someone had just ASKED me if I WANTED to be a power consol or something [21:56:12] TD: let me make just A HANDFUL of life decisions for myself [21:56:28] TD: MAYBE no one would have had a fucking PROBLEM with my helming capabilities. [21:57:06] TD: No one ever did. I just got shoved in a rig and told "this is your life now." [21:57:11] TD: What kind of life is that? [21:57:36] TD: Would you want to be a captive for someone else's pleasure for thousands of sweeps? [21:57:39] TD: Power someone's ship? [21:57:51] TD: never decide what you want to do where you get to go what you get to see? [21:57:55] TD: NEVER? [21:58:15] TD: You know what's worse? [21:58:23] TD: I only saw the sky for a handful of sweeps. [21:58:32] TD: The sky through the alternian atmosphere. [21:58:45] TD: I only breathed real air for a short while. [21:58:49] TD: Walked for myself. [21:59:02] TD: I never got to do what all of you take for FUCKING GRANTED. [21:59:24] TD: and you laugh because I don't know what to do with quadrant feelings? [21:59:55] TD: I never let myself have them because I was afraid I was going to be grabbed up and thrown back into the rig and leave some poor shit lonely and upset somewhere. [22:00:34] TD: You laugh but you don't understand. None of you will ever understand. Not Si, not Mother, not you, only other Psiioniics, other Helmsman. [22:01:03] TD: To lose the same basic freedoms everyone else has before you've even had a real taste of them, THAT'S what it was to be me. [22:01:12] CC: Do you really think that's that different from wvhat I did choose? [22:01:17] TD: And you wonder why I fought against you? [22:01:27] TD: You wonder why I threw you from your own ship? [22:02:02] TD: 'different from wvhat I did choose?' [22:02:06] TD: That's just it. [22:02:08] TD: YOU CHOSE. [22:02:16] TD: You had a choice. Your whole life. [22:02:18] CC: You asked "wvould I wvant". [22:02:58] CC: You assume the answver wvould be no. [22:03:15] CC: But it's more complicated than that. [22:03:58] TD: No. [22:04:01] TD: It's not. [22:04:15] TD: Just because I have the power doesn't mean I should be tied up and drained of it. [22:04:52] CC: If I had knowvn wvhere you wvould end up, and there wvas any wvay, I wvould havwe traded places wvith you in an instant. [22:05:11] TD: Only because you wanted Her attentions. [22:05:22] CC: And I wvould havwe used the opportunity to change a madwvoman. [22:05:42] CC: Did you evwer evwen consider trying to change her? [22:05:55] TD: From the rig. [22:05:56] CC: Or did you hang there uselessly, swveep after swveep, wvishing you could throwv her around like a ragdoll? [22:05:57] TD: Change her. [22:06:01] TD: from the rig. [22:06:04] TD: Where she was using me [22:06:07] TD: draining me [22:06:09] TD: drugging me [22:06:22] CC: One wvould think a "genius" could find a wvay. [22:06:29] CC: Givwen all of time. [22:07:14] TD: I couldn't change you. What makes you think I could change a mad woman drunk on power? [22:07:32] CC: I'm hardly the empress. [22:07:45] TD: You're hardly anything. [22:07:59] CC: Neither are you. [22:08:18] TD: I'm the most powerful Psionic to ever live. [22:08:31] TD: First starship Helmsman. [22:08:44] TD: Daymare to thousands of wriggler psionics. [22:08:47] CC: You wvere remembered, for being vwery, vwery strong. [22:08:54] CC: But I wvas forgotten, for trying to do something. [22:09:09] CC: Therein lies the difference. [22:09:54] TD: The fact remains that I couldn't do anything from the rig. [22:09:59] TD: talking to her changed nothing. [22:10:09] TD: Her moods were... [22:10:22] TD: It wasn't a good time had by any. [22:10:45] CC: Maybe it wvould havwe, if you'd knowvn wvhat to say. [22:10:56] TD: You think you could have changed her. [22:11:01] TD: You starry eyed fool. [22:12:11] TD: She would have worked out your weaknesses the same way she did with me. [22:12:20] CC: And if I'd failed, but livwed, I wvould havwe been in a position to keep her lusus calm wvith or wvithout her.  Evwentually. [22:12:23] TD: She would have rubbed your nose in it like a barkbeast that shat on the rug. [22:12:37] CC: But I think I wvould havwe changed her. [22:12:54] TD: I'm laughing my non-ass off over here. [22:13:06] CC: As long as you're enjoying yourself. [22:13:09] TD: You can't change the mad, Orphaner. [22:13:45] TD: This is a woman who worked out the worst fate for a person who was simply telling his dreams to the masses. [22:14:21] CC: If you nevwer try, certainly. [22:14:25] TD: This is a woman who laughed as her own people died. [22:14:43] CC: But all you lowvbloods evwer see, is the gills and the anger. [22:14:54] TD: Excuse you. [22:15:18] CC: WVhat. [22:15:23] CC: It's true. [22:15:29] TD: No, not really. [22:15:54] CC: pff. [22:16:04] TD: There have been some highbloods that know compassion. [22:16:06] CC: I havwe to correct your 'Kankri' once or twvice a night, if wve speak t all. [22:16:30] TD: Correct him? [22:17:07] TD: Correct Si how? [22:17:27] CC: Condescending shit about howv awvful highbloods are. [22:17:39] CC: I'd havwe to search for examples. [22:18:09] TD: I'm not going to help you. I don't remember any. [22:18:24] TD: I might have lost my mind and dreamt up 'good' highbloods. [22:21:07] CC: He just assumes things. [22:25:58] CC: In any case.  There are good highbloods.  As there SHOULD be of evwery caste. [22:26:28] CC: WVvwhether you choose to aknowvledge them or not. [22:27:38] TD: His assumption is based on experience. [22:28:07] CC: And yet, it is alwvays wvrong. [22:28:08] CC: Howv odd. [22:28:21] TD: He's not always wrong. [22:28:34] TD: He's certainly not perfect, [22:28:38] TD: no one is, [22:28:42] TD: but he's not always wrong. [22:28:51] TD: Just as nobody is always right. [22:30:48] CC: fine. [22:30:58] CC: He's wvrong often enough, about highbloods. [22:31:46] TD: He speaks to you pleasantly enough in public. I should think that alone says what he thinks of highbloods. [22:32:13] TD: of course he isn't aware of what happened while I was your helmsman and likely never will. [22:35:58] CC: He says that howv you speak in public is enough information for him to judge by.  Amusingly. [22:36:40] CC: And his wvillingness to be civwil doesn't mean anything about his opinions. [22:38:21] TD: Haven't you two met in person? [22:40:04] CC: WVhat wvould that havwe to do wvith anything? [22:42:29] TD: Just answer the question nitwit [22:43:30] CC: Yes.  Yes, wve havwe met face to face. [22:43:45] TD: And how has he acted? [22:44:29] CC: Confusing.  WVhy? [22:44:35] CC: Howv a troll acts doesn't mean anything. [22:45:21] TD: How SI acts means something. [22:45:24] TD: I think. [22:45:28] TD: I'm pretty sure. [22:45:38] TD: He's very confusing he's not a normal troll. [22:45:53] CC: I'vwe noticed that.  [22:47:26] CC: Then wvhat does howv he acts mean? [22:50:26] CC: I'vwe noticed he is wvilling to try to keep me from being slaughtered by a highblood again, but that sort of thing seems to be rather his hobby. [22:52:28] TD: I think that means he likes you well enough to keep an eye out for you. [22:53:48] CC: That's just because he's decided you and your mother havwe decided I'm interesting. [22:54:10] CC: Honestly it seems rather circular. [22:55:53] TD: He likes you because mother likes you. [22:56:05] TD: It doesn't seem too hard to understand to me. [22:57:21] CC: pff.  Regardless, it has nothing to do wvith the fact that he is indeed more than slightly castist. [22:57:59] TD: Everyone's a little bit castist. [23:02:18] CC: And that's all that I meant. [23:09:17] CC: It growvs late. [23:09:34] TD: We're dead. It's never late. [23:10:14] CC: Some of us bother to rest nowv and again. [23:10:32] TD: Fine. go rest. [23:10:42] TD: Don't rag on my brother again or I'll give you more scars [23:10:50] TD: to match the two you already wear. [23:10:56] TD: you're welcome for that, again, by the way. [23:10:59] CC: All I said wvas that he's castist. [23:11:43] CC: And I don't think that wve evwen can scar, anymore. [23:12:00] TD: I'm sure we can. [23:12:08] CC: And also fuck you for that, again, by the wvay. [23:13:24] TD: I gave you a name worth being remembered. [23:14:33] CC: .. "WVorth"? [23:14:40] CC: One that wvas, but "WVORTH"? [23:17:18] TD: How many people have wondered where those scars came from and shrank away in fear not knowing nothing more terrifying than a rigged psionic caused them? [23:21:27] CC: havwe you heard your brother's theory. [23:21:29] CC: Because fuck you. [23:21:35] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:21 -- [23:22:00] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:22 -- [23:22:00] TD: (NO I haven't. I'm going to ask him now.) [23:22:31] CC: He has repeatedly suggested that I fell, attempting to wvalk on dry land. [23:23:05] TD: ... Beautiful. [23:23:20] TD: Why am I not telling him again? [23:23:30] CC: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. [23:23:46] TD: Nope. If you don't use your words... [23:23:53] TD: I'm telling him. [23:23:57] TD: With mine. [23:24:05] TD:  /Outloud/ [23:24:34] CC: I wvill storm your bubble. [23:24:49] TD: Ehehehe good luck. [23:24:53] TD: When you're offline [23:24:58] TD: and 'resting' [23:25:05] CC: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh [23:25:07] TD: and he's available... [23:25:21] TD: He's going to find out that a WRIGGLER put those marks on you. [23:26:34] CC: God, I'm glad I killed your mother. [23:26:42] CC: It doesn't mean anything anymore, but the knowvledge is cathartic. [23:26:52] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:26 -- [23:26:58] -- tillDeath [TD] began trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:26 -- [23:27:05] TD: I'm done with you for the night. [23:27:07] TD: You can go away now. [23:27:16] TD: I'm telling Kankri everything when he's free. [23:27:18] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:27 -- [23:27:34] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:27 -- [23:27:34] CC: Havwe I completely drivwen you off, or are you just throwving a tantrum. [23:28:11] TD: My MOTHER is not a pawn in our conversations. [23:28:31] TD: She's the one person older than me who never asked a damned thing of me. [23:29:03] TD: You would be damned LUCKY to have earned her red affections and I don't see HOW ANYONE could have those for you at this point. [23:29:07] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:29 -- [23:29:32] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:29 -- [23:29:32] CC: lucky you.  they may vwery wvell not. [23:30:12] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:30 -- [23:30:49] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:30 -- [23:30:49] CC: It's difficult to describe howv frustrating it is, to be a mockery. [23:30:55] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:30 -- [23:30:55] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:30 -- [23:30:55] CC: It may be best if my reputation wvere not a pawvn, either. [23:30:59] -- tillDeath [TD] ceased trolling caesarsCaesurae [CC] at 23:30 -- [23:31:14] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] began trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:31 -- [23:31:14] CC: read the damn messages later, if you wvon't nowv. [23:31:15] -- caesarsCaesurae [CC] ceased trolling tillDeath [TD] at 23:31 --