@bliindary liked for a starter!
The winter was both kind and cruel for a man like Galekh. It made him feel even colder, chilled to the very bone by blood and air, a frozen icicle amongst the world, but it also made him feel strangely at peace. The winter made him feel alive, crisp and alert, a wakeup call to shove the world into his face. And the aesthetics of winter, the warm clothes and hot drinks, the children playing in the frosty white, wasn’t bad too.
That being said, despite his love for the season, he’d… rather not deal with the cold. His hands were clammy enough as it is.
He had opted for a more interior event, inside a warming bookstore combined thankfully and cozily with a local coffeeshop. There he could warm, and there he could relax, in the sort of environment he was a little more used to compared to the outside Winterfes activities.
Though amongst the patrons of the soft little world, there was… a troll he didn’t know, a not-so strange stranger amongst the sea. That was an unfamiliar sight. Suppose Galekh had gotten used to the situation him and Tagora were in for a while, solitary within the world so unused to trolls and their ways, that the idea of seeing another of his own species aside from his rampant teal was so… alien, to him.
It was a little breath of fresh air, in all honesty. He knew he had seen glimpses of his candy corn brethren along the streets, but it was nice to have a bit more static proof of the revival.
He decided to take his seat nearby, curious and inquisitive about the one he’d never met, his own cup of coffee to warm his blueblood hands.
“Pardon my intrusion on what seems like such a solitary moment for you. We haven’t met before, have we?”
[You don’t usually go out. You don’t exactly like being out, and the cold doesn’t really help your case. Though you don’t feel the cold as much as other cooler blood trolls do, it’s still a bother. You rather be back in your hive, getting back to making some codes and preparing future codes to send to others that may or may not have their phones explode. or contain some virus. Who knows, at this point, it’s a mystery.]
[Today you came out to have an idea of what people are actually doing out of their homes; are they hanging out with others, or are they staying home and watching funny tik tok videos all day. Whatever the case may be, you conclude that majority of them prefer to be out and doing activities then indoors.]
[You dig through your phone to see if there is anything worth reading before you sense someone sitting close by, his speech directed towards you.]
[With your good eye, you were able to note out the obvious features. A troll, and a blue blood. You almost were surprise that he just suddenly spoke to you, as you thought about another troll that was in your circle- well, just on the edge of that. You really can’t stand Equis half the time. Though you’re in the mood to give this guy a chance or two.]
SOLLUX: can’t say we have. n0t that i remember, and my mem0ry isn’t exactly bad.
SOLLUX: s0 n0.
SOLLUX: anyways, sh0uldn’t y0u be inside y0ur 0wn hive during this kind 0f weather?
