No yeah, I reaaally like this cocktail hehe, it's like boozy, but I always end up drinking it really fast? I--
FUCK! What--stop that, you'll make me drop the glass! I... Oh my god, okay, do we have to have this conversation? ...Look, I like you, but the strings aren't there for you to play with them, okay? It's dangerous. and... Uuuuugh. No yeah, I know. You didn't realise. I guess you should know.
(Fuck, I forget how bad I feel when I have to be a stickler about this. Yeah, I know I sound kind of monotone now. I'm getting there.)
Listen. Um. I'm not *actually* a marionette. I'm not actually supposed to have strings. Surprise! well. In the sense that I feel the most comfortable around them as a community, I am one. But... I'm autonomous. Or, I was. There's a faerie in here, actually. who's *kind of* me but not *really*? An inner... Self. But I was made by people.
(... What? No. Not even a bit like that. I mean, I've listened to people talk about all that, but I don't think it fits...)
Anyway, I kind of grew up like you, right? In a human town, learning how to develop myself. Not standard practice, but I was supposed to be... special. ...im sort of. Really strong, actually. Like, metaphysically, it's hard to budge me. These, um, metal bits I have, those are actually angel components! Yeah, I know, right? Hehe... no, I've never seen one either... Mmm, sure you can. Hehehhe. Hey, you'rre really--
Fuck! Sorry, I'm sorry, that one was me,that one was my fault, I'm sorry. No, this is what happens--sorry, sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Fuck.
...The strings aren't supposed to be on the outside. I fucked up the thing I was supposed to do really badly. I got got. Cracked open. cursed. 'n' now they won't go back in. um.
...they don't feel like how they're supposed to. for marionettes. it's intense. I mean, they're not sensory, I don't feel things from them themselves? But sort of, phantom sensations? And. Um.
(get back on script, Cee!)
You can't touch them. It screws with my head. Because they're supposed to be a component of me. I'm supposed to manage then myself, right, so they feel different than most people, and at best that's really intimate, like you're groping me. At worst?
Live in a repair cycle. All of the time. My body knows it wants. To be fixed. But there's something obstructing that. there's this drive in me, telling me to go get maintainance. someone to try and. Fix me. Take the strings.
I'm keeping that in check. Right now; always. If someone brushes against them, I get all these weird feelings, almost go into maintenance state. If you fucking tug on them, like you're flirting with a marionette? I'll fucking.
Get really creepy. About you. It'll feel really wrong. Right now, I have to sit here and remind myself that you're not-- we're not-- you're not my--
No, you don't fucking get it. Oh my fucking god, it's not a *crush*. I worked so hard to learn to say all this without-- No, don't-- this isn't a joke! I'm not--
(oi! Oi!... fucksake, am I drunk? Why can't I... I should be able to throw you halfway across the...)
aahHhahhfcukfuck no no stop that please no wait wait
Okay. Okay thank you. thank you, thank you, thank...
...no, it's not erogenous. not really. It
It makes me want you to. Be the one holding me
It's kind of. Love, I guess. it makes me kind of love you. But instant? Flows through my head. Bypasses my... uh, stuff.
... yeah, I did sound happy when I said that, didn't I? hahaha.
It's so tiring. The script. All of the time.
...yeah, I-- mhm. Yeah. Oh, okay, you want to go back to drinking? I mean.... sorry, but, I kind of want to call it a night--
Oh yeah no I can finish this for you then. Okay. Yeah. I agree. It is a really nice drink. I agree. If you
I mean, I barely even started it. Im sorry. Yeah, you're right. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'll finish it, Miss.
...Slipped out. Oh my god, that slipped out, I'm so sorry-- um. Oh. You think? Uh. I'll. Okay. I'm okay. if we can go back to... hanging out?
...Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you <3 tthhank you. oh gosh. I forgot how good that feels to say hehe. Thank you, Miss! Thank you!