#algeon asks

[spider-gets-artsy]

heyy Algeon what’s your deal with Patche, I thought you had a thing for him

"I never had a thing for him."

"I mean, I thought he was kinda cool, he's very capable for a lowblood. And he has good hair. But he's been so fucking annoying recently, like, I get it! Thytia thinks you're hot shit! Whatever. He's so full of it now. Earlier he was telling me how shitty my gift giving skills are. Or something like that, I stopped paying attention because Sillpi started making faces at me from across the room."

"And before you throw it back at me: yes he's hot, I've said it before and I'll say it again. Reluctantly, though. It's the truth, but it doesn't mean anything beyond the fact that I have eyeballs."

[spider-gets-artsy]

I heard you’re the best troll to tell gossip to Algeon, I heard that Patche and that little plant witch of yours have been hanging out A LOT recently, do you get invited along or-

"Wha-"

"W h a t."

"I guess I've seen her ship around, but I haven't actually seen her in half-a-dozen cycles... What the fuck are they doing together? Cuz I sure as hell haven't been invited. And we all know I'm the life of the party?? Maybe they've just been holed up in the greenhouse... You know, a while back I left Patche a present there, for being a good employee and all that. Thought he'd appreciate a new herb to like,,, break up the monotony of all the fucking pumpkins? I think he killed it, haven't seen it since. Rude as shit to let a gift from a friend die, but whatever. Maybe Thytia is teaching him how to properly care for non-gourd plants. Maybe I'll go give the greenhouse a visit. Not cuz they're probably there, just to... see if the structure is still sound. Yeah."

[spider-gets-artsy]

Algeon, what were you like as a teen? I think you were a troublemaker but a pretty one

"I was bored as fuck, my lusus didn't like me leaving the hive. He must have thought I was cullbait with the way he hovered. But I showed him, heh."

[spider-gets-artsy]

Because it sounds like to me, you want to be right in the middle of Patche and Thytia. That or you’re just jealous that someone’s got Patches attention. But it’s okay you’re still a shining star.

"Look, they're both hot as fuck, but I wouldn't be caught dead between two trolls who are less than teal. Even if it sounds really, really appealing in my weaker moments. That's just not the kinda life I'm looking to live. I'm eventually going home, where I'll find notable, rich as fuck, highblooded quadmates and live in luxury until I die. And why would I be jealous of whatever Thytia and Patche are doing? At the end of the day she'll leave, and he'll be here, working a job I let him keep. I basically own him, where's he going to go if he doesn't have the station, huh? If I even mentioned firing him he'd get down on his knees and beg me to let him stay. Pathetic, really, but I can be generous. So generous that I haven't even kicked Thytia out of the dorms even though she doesn't belong there."

[spider-gets-artsy]

So I gotta ask Alegon what’s your deal with the lady with all those herbs and plants

"Oh, the plant hag? Man, she keeps turning up like a green penny. I heard she camps out in the dorms sometimes? Kinda peeved my employees aren't running this by me first, I can't have randos staying in the employee dorms. We'll start picking up all sorts of stray trash in there... Not that I'm calling her trash, she's fine I guess. Kind of annoying, like damn, I give her my attention as a highblood and she tells me my lusus didn't raise me right... She's right, but damn, get to know a guy first before you insult his relationship with his lusus. But she called me pretty, so maybe we both have some repressed feelings to work through~ I think next time she come around she should stay over on the Stone Cold Fox, not in the dorms. Uh. Because she's not an employee. It's just not... Proper? Right?"

[spider-gets-artsy]

So Algeon ….. have u seen Thytia lately?

"What? No. Why? Is the plant hag up to something?"

[spider-gets-artsy]

I’m gonna be so real, you’re acting like a bit of a nestling here. Threaten to fire Patche? Would he even fall for a bluff like that?

"Bitch, who's bluffing? But no, it's cool, we're cool. I have my new plan, for putting him in his place and making Thytia realize she can do better, locked and loaded."

[spider-gets-artsy]

That’s good, that’s good that you’re not jealous of two adults spending time together alone without anyone else around, surely nothing has ever happened from those kind of situations

"Wait, you don't really think they're fucking, do you? You weren't joking? Like, I know I shit on Thytia's caste but she has better standards than a bronze blood, right? Fuck, do I need to seduce her in order to preserve her dignity? I wouldn't willingly, but if it was to help a friend see that she's worth more than a lowblood... Yeah, okay, I'll take one for the team. I'll realign Thytia's romantic priorities by giving her a taste of blue~"

"And see? I told you I have friends. I wouldn't call Thytia a close friend, but I'd like... lend her a cup of sugar, or whatever trolls do with other trolls they don't want to kill. I guess this means I can't run her off the station though. But that's fine, she'll stop invading the employee dorms soon enough."