Aug 30, 2015
wow calm down harlenglish we know youre the alpha cutie you dont have to take out the competition
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wow calm down harlenglish we know youre the alpha cutie you dont have to take out the competition
This is from the last day of the split magic anon, and posted ooc by request.
[16:36:49] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] began pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 16:36 --
[16:37:01] -- canisNephrite [CN] is now an idle chum! --
[16:37:01] KT: hi
[16:37:06] CN: hello
[16:37:07] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] ceased pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 16:37 --
[16:37:30] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] began pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 16:37 --
[16:37:30] KT: Oh hello to you Sir ot Ma'am, how are you?
[16:37:56] CN: i'm great!!
[16:38:00] CN: and a ma'am
[16:38:08] CN: a little ma'am for a bit longer
[16:38:12] CN: how about you?
[16:38:27] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] softly bows to her s he softly takes her hnd and kisses it --
[16:38:39] KT: I am Alphonse
[16:39:01] -- canisNephrite [CN] blushes --
[16:39:08] CN: hi alphonse
[16:39:15] KT: What do you mean Little?
[16:40:05] CN: i mean i'm usually older than this and taller but grey magic split me into two right now an old lady me and me
[16:40:23] KT: How old are you normally?
[16:41:12] CN: i don't know exactly, but we're all about 22 or so, we think.
[16:41:22] CN: but i'm 16 right now!
[16:49:39] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] began pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 16:49 --
[16:49:40] KT: Hello again
[16:50:14] CN: hi. sorry about that. things get spotty around here sometimes.
[16:51:09] CN: where were we?
[16:51:42] KT: It is alright
[16:52:50] KT: How old are you normally?
[16:52:54] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] softly kisses her hand again --
[16:53:23] CN: we don't know exactly, but we think we're all about 22 or so!
[16:53:32] CN: right now, i'm 16
[16:53:38] CN: and old lady me is like 90.
[16:53:48] CN: it's so weird
[16:54:05] -- canisNephrite [CN] giggles awkwardly --
[16:54:22] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] giggles as he kisses up her arm --
[16:54:28] KT: Is that right?
[16:55:09] CN: yes. it's a little weird and kind of complicated.
[16:58:15] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] begins to gently rub her shoulders --
[16:59:06] -- canisNephrite [CN] um thanks but not tense? --
[17:01:55] KT: Come sit down with me
[17:03:09] -- canisNephrite [CN] crosses legs and floats in midair cause sitting like that is way more fun!! --
[17:04:14] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] sits down and smiles --
[17:06:48] CN: so tell me about yourself alphonse. why'd you decide to talk to the weird girl with doggy ears?
[17:06:49] KT: Comming?
[17:08:02] CN: i beg your pardon?
[17:08:33] KT: I guess not
[17:09:35] CN: i'm so confused right now, but whatever you say, i guess.
[17:17:51] KT: Woah!
[17:18:24] CN: what?
[17:19:23] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] shakes his head and gropes her --
[17:20:33] -- canisNephrite [CN] growls and punches him in the face --
[17:20:51] CN: only one guy is maybe allowed to do that and even he doesn't do it!!
[17:23:31] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] ceased pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 17:23 --
[17:31:45] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] began pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 17:31 --
[17:31:58] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] giggles and gropes her --
[17:33:00] CN: .... >:I
[17:33:17] CN: you think you're funny?
[17:35:58] KT: I dunno...
[17:39:25] CN: well you're not.
[17:39:40] KT: sorru
[17:40:26] CN: yeah, yeah. i'm sure. try it again, and i'll squash you like a bug.
[17:40:42] KT: Sorry...
[17:41:53] CN: alright, so you want to try having actual conversation or something? or should we just call it a day?
[17:47:29] KT: yeah...sorry
[17:52:43] CN: it's okay. i think i'm going to go play video games or maybe watch a movie. talk to you later. maybe.
[17:53:07] -- canisNephrite [CN] changed their mood to OFFLINE --
[17:53:17] -- kalionThunderhawk [KT] ceased pestering canisNephrite [CN] at 17:53 --
Jade the Magician, featuring her lovely assistant Minituna
Set during the m!a: split time frame, early to mid-April. First posts are from 16 April 2014.
Minituna: Latula was sleeping.
Latula was sleeping and his tummy was rumbling.
Latula was sleeping, his tummy was rumbling and he knew where the food was now.
There was only one thing to do.
He grabbed the bee--as yet nameless, as he was convinced he needed to know what Sollux called her before she was his, before he could give her a name himself--and wobbled to the door, down the hall, toward the dining room.
Jade: It's the beginning of the day. Or is it the end? Jade's lost track. All she knows right now is that her class is over for now, and she could use some down time that didn't involve a rambunctious youngster scrambling all over her. As much as she loves Auxis, the kitten can be exhausting when she's already tired. She delays going to her room to get something interesting to occupy the little furball's tummy, since that'll put him to sleep, which is where she's at right now, having foregone the whole using your feet to travel schtick. Walking's for squares.
Minituna: Mituna steps into the room, blinking behind his helmet, curiously warbling as he passes to the dining table.
Jade: Her ears twitch at the sound, nose detecting an unfamiliar scent, yet laced with very familiar undertones. She turns her head to look at the newcomer. "...Mituna?" she ventures.
Minituna: He chirped fondly, shoving his visor up, hugging the bee closer to his chest.
"HIiiiiii!"
Jade: Visor, bee, unusual manner of speaking based on her previous experience, it must be the little one. Minituna. She smiles brightly, "Hi, yourself! Do you know who I am?"
She's not being patronizing so much as she literally does not know how much he does and doesn't know and what of that he can process.
Minituna: He nods slowly, stepping toward her. "Nepritt...Jade."
Jade: "Yup. Jade. Like the stone." She throws that in, since the other word he used sounded to her like the second half of her default username these days, which is literally the type of mineral jade is a part of. "Did you know I've wanted to meet you since you showed up?"
Minituna: "Thawdon dumblr." He grins, reaching a hand up to shove his helmet off. "Rmeembr you. LIdtle bit."
Jade: She nods. Tumblr's as good a place as any for him to have seen her. It's not like she's been much elsewhere outside of class and her homes lately. "I was going to go back to my room and feed the kitten. Do you want to come with me and see him?"
Minituna: "Ys" he nods, shoving his helmet back on--before his stomach rumbles... He should eat. it's why he came here... but kitten...
Jade: "You can eat there too if you want to grab something. We can't have starving gemini roaming the building." Especially not when it's her fault he got interrupted.
Minituna: He blinks then sweeps some edible things into his arms with a happy sort of grin. "Leth go."
Jade: She's got the food she came for as well by the time he's finished. Walking might be for squares, but Jade thinks teleporting might give the poor guy a heart attack, so let's be equilateral rectangles. "Alright. Just stay with me then. If you wander off, it's no kitten for you, mister," she teases, leading the way to her room.
Minituna: "I'm do my betht!" He chirps, tottering after her grinning behind visor and hair.
Jade: It's a pretty short trip, but she looks behind herself repeatedly before stopping at the door to open it. A small furry body is right there to greet/attack them. He's so enthusiastic she has to bring him back in in the most expeditious manner possible. Kitten teleportation. One second he's in the hall, the next he's back across the room.
Minituna: He watches the kitten disappear and reappear, eyes bright with wonder.
"Howdafuck you do that?"
Jade: The door is shut before she answers him to avoid having to kitten wrangle again. Leaning in very close, as if it's a big secret, Jade grins and stage whispers, "Spacey powers."
Minituna: He grins brightly, a mess of teeth shining through. "THat'th AWETHOME!"
Jade: Bubbly giggles echo in the room. "I'm glad you like it. I can do more neat things than just that."
Minituna: "More?" he lets himself flop to the floor, tthe bee taking up the empty space in his lap, only to be covered over by the snacks he grabbed.
Jade: "Mmhmm. Do you want to see some of them?" The floor is as good a place as any, especially when a certain someone barrels into her lap seeking the goodies he knows she's concealing.
Minituna: "YES." He chirps, grabbing a snack up from his lap, jamming it into his mouth. His eyes watch the cat, grinning at him. What a cute thing.
Jade: "Well, the most popular party tricks are teleportation, which you saw, changing the sizes of things, and turning myself into a portal. I can also fly, but that's pretty common around here. Do any of those sound cool, or should I pull from the less popular ones?"
The chirping may have attracted someone else's attention, who then decides it's a great idea to climb over Jade's leg. He places his paws on a knee and sniffs at the apparent source of the sound, the troll's mouth. That's where noises from the big creatures come from, both the tan and the grey ones.
Minituna: Mituna is momentarily distracted by the tiny creature, blinking at it before gently 'boop'ing his nose. It's a moment before he catches back onto the original train of thought and warbles curiously, leaning up.
"Thizsath?" Sizes?
Jade: The kitten instinctively pulls back from the finger, eying it uncertainly. No harm was done, other than a slight startling at being touched there. Jade smiles at the pair as she answers the question and poses another. "I can shrink and enlarge things. Pretty much anything but myself. Is there something in particular you want to me to do it to?"
Minituna: He eyes the bee thoughtfully for a moment.
"N thingth come back thafe?"
Jade: "Mhmm." She nods. "The worlds in the solar system were toy sized for a while, and now look at them. Full sized and good as new."
Minituna: "...'Veonly theen here." He admits. Neither he, nor big him, nor their combined self, has ever been prone to voluntary exploration.
Jade: "I didn't mean literally go look at them, unless you really want to. But they're close enough you can see them as satellites in the night sky." She knows this from talking, as well as the fact they still have a trip they're supposed to go on and he hasn't bothered to remind her.
Minituna: "Moonth?"
Jade: "The moons! Yes. Some of them anyway. I didn't get to play with Derspit or the alpha sessions."
Minituna: He grinned a bit. Space was pretty freaking awesome. "Cooool."
Jade: "It is! And that's only a tiny part of it. There's so much more to see it'd take forever to do it." Which she has, but she knows he doesn't, and it's the only thing stopping her from saying that.
Minituna: He scrunches his face thoughtfully and nods, shoving another snack past his lips. He's not sure what to say, so he sticks with 'nothing', for now
Jade: Nothing works, and he never answered her question beyond looking at the bee, so she makes it bigger. Not excessively large, something along the lines of about three feet long. It seems like a good size for a spontaneous demonstration of powers.
Minituna: The bee grows, knocking his snacks aside, but he doesn't seem overly disgruntled in that regard. His eyes go wide and he throws his arms around the massive bee, grinning.
"Cheth HUGE"
Jade: It shocks Auxis too, who runs away from the giant plush. "All grown up, huh?" Jade grins, glad Mituna likes it, and more glad she didn't scare the crap out of him.
Minituna: "Cheth a queen now." He nods solemnly, patting the stuffed bee affectionately.
Jade: "That she is. And a mighty fine queen she'll be. Do you want me to leave her that way or put her back?"
Minituna: He considers the bee for a long moment. Older him might kill him if she doesn't come back from this properly...
But she's awesome and super cuddly like this...
Minituna: But can he carry her?
"THmall..."
Jade: She nods, bringing the bee back to (almost) her normal size. Hopefully big him won't mind if she grew a little. "That better?"
Minituna: He nods a bit, grinning brightly.
"Thank you!"
Jade: "No problem. Do you want to see something else? Jade the magnificent is here forever! Or at least until she has to go teach class again." Is that a hat on her head? Boy it sure looks like one. And a traditional witch's hat no less, because someone's a big nerd and easily amused. It's specially adapted to accommodate her ears, of course.
Minituna: He wiggles excitedly, nodding as he shoves another snack into his mouth.
Jade: She performs some suitably impressive and unusual trick. It may also be needlessly flashy. She is showing off for a version of her sort of boyfriend after all.
Minituna: And he's clearly delighted. His grin is broad, eyes full of wonder behind the mass of bangs in his face. Jade is cool. Jade is REALLY cool.
Jade: She does her best. The expression on his face draws a warm laugh from her. "You're just going to make me do this all night, aren't you?" He really seems that impressed.
Minituna: "Ifnyeou want." he manages to sound a little embarrassed, fidgeting with the bee. "Magic."
Jade: "Wow. What a slave driver," she teases. "I'm going to take a break then. And it's not magic. The game gave us powers. These are mine."
Minituna: "Magic." He seems keen on insisting on this point.
Jade: She tilts her head, chewing on her lip as she thinks about this. "...I guess they are a little magical..."
Minituna: "YES" he insists, grinning brightly.
Jade: "Why do you want them to be magic so badly?"
Minituna: "Becauthe magic." He scrunches his face. There was a time when one of his friends believed staunchly in it, and it mattered to him, still, but he wouldn't be able to properly express that.
Jade: There's obviously something she's missing, but she's also getting the sense he can't explain it either, so she doesn't push it. "I'm not the only one who can do magic. My brother can turn into the wind."
Minituna: "Woah" He chrrs, eyes wide, utterly amazed by the idea.
Jade: "I'd take you to see, but he might get a little cross if I just popped in. Who knows what he might be doing?" She grins, winking at the troll.
Minituna: He thinks for a moment then blinks owlishly. "O...h." Sex is an easy enough concept to get to for him.
Jade: She reaches out to pat his cheek before thinking better of it and patting the bee instead. "Probably not though. He didn't exactly marry a porn star."
Minituna: "Marry?"
Jade: "It's like permanent quadrant commitment," she settles on, considering her wording carefully. "Matesprit, to be specific."
Minituna: He nods slowly. He doesn't quite understand but he appreciates it.
Jade: No one understands. "Everyone seems to think it's silly, but he's happy, so who gives a shit what they think, right?"
Minituna: THIS he understands, and he nods, huffing. "Killjoyth."
Jade: "Exactly," she agrees, taking note of the attitude. "Does that happen to you a lot?"
Minituna: "Yeth." He huffs again, arms crossed over his chest.
Jade: "Wow. Who does it? I can go kick their butts for you for spoiling your fun." She's mostly just joking to make him feel better.
Minituna: "Ebryone!" he declared, arms in the air.
Jade: "Everyone? I seriously doubt EVERYONE stops you from having fun. I think you're exaggerating." She gasps, holding a hand to her mouth. "Unless!! What if there's a secret society devoted to it and they didn't invite me? How rude."
Minituna: He started snickering, flopping backward onto the floor. That had to be it. Absolutely.
Jade: She huffs, doing her best not to break character and start giggling. There is moderate success in that endeavor.
Minituna: He rolls back to his feet, still cackling, far too amused with everything.
Jade: Wow. What a cutie. She has a question for him now though, so she manages to calm herself enough to ask it. "So...what's it like being split like this?"
Minituna: That gets him to sober up, ears flicking thoughtfully as he settles back into himself. "... Fuzzy." A hand gestures to his head. "Broke... Sad?? Kind of... "
Jade: Her face falls and she whines softly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ruin your fun by asking. I just wondered if it was like you both remember things now or how that works. I guess I should have figured it out from big you's posts about you."
Minituna: "S'hard t'think... I'm .... I'm sorry I..."
Jade: "No! It's okay! It's my fault." She holds out her arms. "Can I give you a hug?"
Minituna: His attention pulls up to her and her extended arms, which he mirrors in place of a response. "Wh'n we're stuck you chould... the thing... head thing... Talk"
Jade: She tries very hard not to laugh at him. "Alright. I will." That's actually unnecessary, since she's already gotten the play by play version from him. "...do you actually know how to hug?"
Minituna: He huffed, surging up to wrap his arms around her. "Hell yeth"
Jade: It's all giggles and hugs up in here now as she returns the gesture. "I was so wrong to doubt you. Clearly you are a master of hugging."
Minituna: "Gif the betht hugth. Athk anyone"
Jade: "I don't have to. I'm getting my very own first hand. I'm the luckiest girl." She manages to almost sound like a swooning fangirl when she says this.
Minituna: He chirps happily, hugging her a little tighter. "Good." He wasn't sure that was meant to sound lucky.
Jade: She leans her head into his, an affectionate sideways headbutt. It probably wasn't meant to sound lucky, but it doesn't mean she doesn't actually feel a little bit like that anyway. Regardless of what anyone else thinks, she's really proud of Mituna, either version of him.
Minituna: He letst his face rub against the side of hers, purring softly.
"Mlucky too... efrythinth diffrend but 'm safe. mglad."
Jade: "Me too. It's nice to be safe. Speaking of which, is anyone going to be worried about you being gone for so long? I may have forgotten to let anyone know you were coming with me." She doesn't mean to be a spoilsport, but she's seen some of the posts online about him. It seems unlikely he's not under someone's supervision.
Minituna: "Tul' wath with me but che'th leeping." and later she would be handing him to Kurloz for babysitting duties, but that didn't really mattter at that point... not that he even knew
Jade: "Do you want to stay here for now or should we go back. I don't want to cause any trouble with them." Jade worries at her lip. Trouble with the big trolls generally isn't fun. She's not afraid of them per se, but starting shit is way too easy when they seem to be so high strung.
Minituna: "Tula doethn't feel good tho I don' know..." His brow furrows and he frowns a bit. "Unno..."
Jade: Aw. Sad face from Jade. Poor Latula not feeling well. "You don't know if you should go back because it'll bother her, or you don't know if you should stay because it'll bother her?" His answer requires just the tiniest bit of clarification.
Minituna: "Yeth." Both.
Jade: She faceplants into his shoulder.
Minituna: He blinks at her, peering at her with a questioning sound
Jade: "That didn't help me decide whether I can keep you for myself for longer or whether I have to take you back. I should probably take you back though. I'm sure she'll wake up soon."
Minituna: "Okay" He sighed, resting his chin on her shoulder. It was probably for the best...
Jade: Aw. Now she's being the spoilsport. Maybe she can offer a concession though. "Do you want to fly there?"
Minituna: He blinked owlishly slowly nodding. It'd been a long time since he'd felt flight. Psii hovered from time to time, but only flew once since arriving on Kyouei...
And that didn't feel like HIS memory
Jade: "Okay. Hang on tight to me and the bee, and I'll carry you guys. Also, you're going to have to tell me the way, because I haven't been to Latula's before." She could find it on her own, just like anything else in the castle, but her statement is technically true, and it would probably make him happier if he helped some.
Minituna: The bee had fallen to the floor in the act of the hug, and was swiftly scooped up, clutched under one arm as the other hand reached for hers. "Okay!"
Jade: She secures them to her before lifting them all up. It's a bit of a heft, but she manages, since magical flying powers don't seem to require super personal strength. "We have lift off!!" she shouts before she heads out the door, not really paying a great deal of attention to what direction she's going, because she's not navigating this time, though she does keep tabs so they don't actually get lost.
Minituna: He lets out an excited chirp, hanging on to her as they begin moving, wracking his brain for the location they're meant to be going to. The directions are relayed in stumbling words, and he looks about critically, concerned he'll get them lost.
Jade: She listens to him, ears twitching as she parses his words into coherent directions. If she senses an error, she asks him about it, making it almost sound like SHE didn't understand it, not that he said it wrong. It's slightly patronizing, but not in a malicious way. She just wants Mituna to feel like he helped and didn't screw up.
Minituna: And he does feel like he helped, which is great. It's probably a similar method to what Kurloz and Latula employed in the past, and he doesn't feel any worse for it. By the time they arrive he's happily chirping along... It's been a long time since he's felt the rush of air this way.
Jade: Jade is grinning when they land. She doesn't let go of him just yet "Can you get back inside without us waking her up, or should I teleport you the last couple meters?"
Minituna: He points to the panel beside the door, where Latula's Libra sign rests, then to the gemini on his jump suit. "Can'd opin it."
Jade: "Didn't think so, but some /people/ have made /adjustments/." She knows about the cheating that's been done. She hasn't done any personally, but it's not really much of a secret either. There's the briefest of warnings before she pops them both inside, relying on her knowledge of the standard layouts to not end up as part of anything in the room.
Minituna: He suppresses a squeak as they pass in, and glances around, spotting his sleeping moirail, nodding approvingly.
Jade: Awww. That's adorable. Jade whispers at him, "You take care of her now. It was fun hanging out, and I'll see you later." In what form, it seems irrelevant to state. She gives him a quick peck on the lips and disappears the same way she brought them in.
Minituna: He stifles a chirp in response, looking around for her once she's gone only to realize...
Yeah she's probably not still there...
And goes to curl up with Latula.
Valentine's Day with Mituna and Company
Friday 14 February 2014
[20:04:04] CN: Jade had not, in fact, spent the entire day in the kitchen with the candy canes, though she did spend a good portion of the morning there, making a decent dent in the pile, and she's even made a bouquet of them to give to Mituna, whose door she has just knocked on and is now standing at waiting in a white sundress with a single stripe just above the hem of red ribbon stitched onto white lace. Incongruously, she's also wearing white leggings adorned with a print of small red hearts and her god tier shoes, simply because they also happen to be red.
[20:07:54] AD: The door opens on sparks. The troll in question in a dark sweater-jean combination, bare hands swaying strings in front of excitable small cats to keep their attention off the door. "C'min!"
[20:27:00] CN: She hurries in, making sure the door shuts securely behind her. No one wants the little balls of fluffy energy to escape. "Sorry I didn't warn you this time, but at least I used the door, right?" She grins brightly at him, proud of the accomplishment.
[20:29:59] AD: He grins up at her. "That'th kind of a big deal. Hey Jade!" He watches a couple of kittens decide his string isn't nearly as interesting as the newcomer, bumbling over to get her attention.
[20:39:27] CN: "Hi!" Her attention is distracted from the troll by the tiny faces coming over to investigate. She squats down, rather unladylike in final positioning, though there's nothing to see here anyway, and reaches out her hand to scratch and pet the kittens, making soft cooing sounds.
[20:43:39] AD: "Now that they know what legth do they're real handfulth." There is a vy for climbing up the girl rather than just being petted.
[20:46:09] CN: She giggles at them, very carefully teleporting them a few feet back. This isn't her most sturdy dress, so she'd rather not have tiny claws shredding it. "I bet. How's Cronus doing with IE?"
[20:51:10] AD: "They theem to be getting along well. There'th pictureth of her pretty much owning him." He grins, watching the confused looks on the kitten's faces.
[20:58:03] CN: "I may have located this. It's pretty funny." The kittens are pretty cute, and she's enjoying them immensely. She also figures she'd better stop fussing around with just them if she doesn't want to forget why she's here and why she has a bunch of peppermint flavored holiday treats bound in a red ribbon. She holds it out to Mituna, waiting for him to take them. "Here. I made this for you today from the mess in the kitchen."
[21:12:04] AD: He reaches out for the candy, tilting his head just a little bit. "Thank you." He's not sure why he's getting a present.
[21:17:45] CN: "You're welcome. It's not the whole present, but I started doing it and thought it was cute." And she's doing a great job of missing the fact he has no idea what's happening. Way to go Jade!
[21:28:13] AD: He blinks, brows raising. "Not the whole thing?"
[22:08:35] CN: "Yup. I made you a thing, and it's kind of silly, but I thought it might be good for days when you have excess energy, but maybe you don't want to go out and fly." She hands him a box the size of a small cooler. It's wrapped in plain brown paper she doodled on. Silly girly things, just to make it prettier. It has most of the common colors, but the most prominent are green and gold.
[23:25:25] AD: He runs his fingers over the package, tracing over the shapeforms, fingers sliding to the seams to pop them open. "That's really thoughtful, thank you." he's curious to see what she got though. Very curious.
[23:29:13] CN: It's less got and more something she put together. It's not a robot per se. It's something more akin to a robotic looking marionette. It's fully jointed and can move, but very mechanical looking. It has no power source, requiring input from a self contained source, such as a sparking psionic, to power it. "I really couldn't think of anything, so I started fiddling with it, and that popped out."
[23:31:28] AD: The little doll-sort-of-thing is a bit of a delight really, but the words... "Think of anything?" Is it his wriggling day already? He seems so very confused. Or did this have something to do with the hearts and such on tumblr he saw earlier he really should have asked some questions.
[23:35:12] CN: She has no idea when his wriggling day is, so that possibility is fairly slim. It's starting to dawn on her by the way he seems baffled by her gifts that he has no idea what's going on. She really should have known, but somehow it didn't occur to her he wouldn't, since the other trolls seemed to be clued in. "Uh. Yeah... Happy Valentine's Day," she offers with a hopeful, if faintly artificial, smile.
[01:21:29] AD: "I... ... Thank you. Happy Valentine'th day..." He scrunches his face thoughtfully. This is clearly an important thing or she wouldn't have done it so it must mean there's a need to reciprocate... Which winds up with him holding up one of the kittens hopefully. IE's nearly as Intrepid little brother. this counts, right? Right??
[01:27:25] CN: She catches on to what he means with the kitten. Technically, she's taking one anyway, so she probably shouldn't count it. However, it's probably the best he has, so she'll accept. "You're welcome. Throw in a kiss with that kitten, and we'll call it even."
[01:29:12] AD: Gold jumps to his cheeks but he doesn't really hesitate in leaning forward and up a bit, pointing to his lips.
[01:33:51] CN: She giggles and closes the gap, keeping the kiss short and sweet. Only after she gets her secondary prize does she speak. "You have no idea what's going on, do you?"
[01:34:36] AD: "Not a clue," he admits, a little sheepish. "but I figured it was important..."
[01:40:43] CN: "Sorry, I just thought since so many of the others seemed to know...Nevermind. It's Valentine's Day, at least by Earth's standards, which is supposed to be a day to celebrate romance and love. It's a popular holiday, but not technically a 'major' one, since it's not something people got the day off work for."
[01:43:08] AD: "Oh... Oh THAT'S what all those romance related images have been about?" He grins a little, sitting up a bit. "That'th kind of neat. Trollth don't have that, to...my knowledge at leatht. I guethh there are thome who adopt other cultural practithithe? It'th not a BAD idea! Better than a lot of Alternian practitheth of thelf hate or forthed copulation..."
[01:55:00] CN: She makes a face at the thought of forced copulation. Granted, they'd have a hell of a time catching her, but still. "Yeah. That's what they've all been about. And why my legs look like a few of the screens threw up on them," she indicates the red heart print, "but I'm glad you're okay with it, even though I kind of dropped it on you without warning."
[01:58:24] AD: "I'll know for necktht time!" He grins. "Contrary to popular belief, I actually like romantic thingth, I'm jutht really bad at it. Athk 'Tula... Or Kankri, he'd know too."
[02:06:42] CN: "I guess you do at that. And maybe I will. Especially Latula. She can give me tips." There's some serious eyebrow waggling going on there.
[02:08:14] AD: He manages a brighter gold blush at the brow wagging.
[02:10:52] CN: This just makes her giggle really hard, and in almost a sinister sounding fashion, like a mirthful villain.
[02:17:24] AD: Which gets him snickering... before he sobers just a touch. "Jutht remember that che and I were together when my pan wath off kilter tho thome of her informachion might not be very good."
[02:28:08] CN: She nods, remembering his stories from the early days of their friendship. "I know, but it's not like I have a better source of something to work with. I may have been kidding anyway. If you don't want me to though, I won't."
[02:37:31] AD: "It'th ok if you do. I'm jutht warning you that you might get out-of-date information."
[02:39:22] CN: "Then it's your job to update me on it," she informs him, tentative going to boop his nose, unless he flinches out of the way of course. She gives him plenty of time to do that.
[02:41:59] AD: He snorts on her finger. His face is easier to handle, given the relatively mild amount of scarring going on there compared to the rest of him. He can handle contact there a lot easier than he can handle a lot of other things. "I'll do my betht."
[02:53:06] CN: She curls the finger back, scrunching her nose up at him. He does seem to be able to handle that better. She has noticed this. "Good. So does my new friend have a name already? Or do I get the honor of it all to myself?"
[02:58:42] AD: "You get the honor of naming the purr beatht yourthelf." He nods, glancing at Kitt who's giving them both very concerned looks.
[03:06:22] CN: Jade stretches out an arm, offering pets to Kitt. "Oh sweetie. I know they're your babies, but they're getting big now, so it's time for them to find new homes, but we'll come visit. It's not like you can get rid of us that easily."
[03:15:34] AD: She leans up into the petting, nuzzling the hand. "Che wath making noitheth at the picture of Cro and IE."
[03:25:36] CN: "Wooow. You're one smart cookie, aren't you?" Of course she keeps right on petting, indulging the cat in what she wants. "I guess this means I'm going to have to put up a picture too, huh?"
[03:26:46] AD: "Eheh yep." He grins. "I'm going to bring her and one of the babieth to the thkythmith, too. Not give her to him but jutht tho che knowth where to find the baby if che getth worried."
[03:30:06] CN: "Hehe. Is she just going to pester him one night. 'Hey what's my kitten up to? How are they doing?'" She snickers at the image of Kitt just casually tapping away at a keyboard and Equius baffling at the other end of it.
[03:31:19] AD: He snickers too, trying to imagine how that would work. "I don't know if that'th even pothhible but I know if che knowth where the room ith che knowth how to claw for attenchion."
[03:34:06] CN: "Oh. So should we show her where mine is then?"
[03:34:37] AD: "Probably a good idea."
[03:37:41] CN: "Okay. You can walk me home then. Us home." She pokes at her new kitten. She's sure a name will come to her in time.
[03:38:36] AD: The kitten mews, turning to look at the finger accusingly, putting his mouth on the hand. "I'm fine with that. Jathmine getth to watch the otherth then."
[03:43:34] CN: "And a fine job she'll do, won't you Jasmine." She turns her head, looking at the dog fondly. Being in Mituna's room with all the animals was really nice and oddly homey in a not at home kind of way.
[03:56:26] AD: The dog's head lifts from her paws where she'd been staring at a napping kitten and she tilts her head a bit before refocusing on the kitten. Yes. Of course she'll do a good job watching the babies. She likes babies. These are her babies too as far as she's concerned.
[04:53:11] CN: Jade doesn't know exactly how well any of that translated between them, but it was pretty cute. "But we don't have to go just yet unless I interrupted something just popping over unannounced like that."
[04:54:15] AD: "You didn't really interrupt anything. I wath ecktherthithing them anyway."
[04:59:04] CN: She grins widely. "Great, you should get back to doing that and let me watch."
[04:59:49] AD: He grins, plucking up the string he'd been manipulating. "You can help too, if you want."
[05:04:24] CN: "I don't know... I think it might be more fun like this. It's like watching Gulliver exercise non-lethal Lilliputians."
[05:08:59] AD: "...What?" He seems genuinely confused for a second, string hanging in the air
[13:01:48] CN: "It's an Earth story where a man finds a race of really tiny people. I think they capture him or something." The fourth wall would like to note he's never read or seen Gulliver's Travels.
[13:03:14] AD: "Tiny people? Like wrigglerth or grubth or tthomething?" He's very confused. This fourth wall has.
[13:05:10] CN: "No. Just really really small people. Like if I shrunk an entire race of people and left them that way."
[13:23:31] AD: "Oh!" He grins a bit, sparking at a mouse toy to get it to skitter across the floor.
[13:38:52] CN: She does help, finding balls and making them appear in front of the kittens, but she never gets close enough to get in the way. She's way more entertained by watching Mituna though.
[16:39:02] AD: He watches the kittens pounce the moving objects, grinning happily as they roll on the floor.
[17:02:02] CN: Look at how happy he looks right now. She may just pull out her portable and snap a few pictures of the scene.
Friday 10 January 2014
[20:34:16] -- canisNephrite [CN] began pestering algorithmsDesign [AD] at 20:34 --
[20:34:21] CN: incoming jade
[20:34:26] CN: minus most of the garden
[20:34:54] AD: Most. Did you miss some?
[20:35:26] CN: nope.
[20:36:46] AD: Good.
[20:41:40] CN: 3
[20:41:41] CN: 2
[20:41:42] CN: 1
[20:41:51] CN: > Jade appears
[20:42:07] CN: > She's carrying a very small potted plant with her
[20:46:18] AD: [→He's perched on the floor inside a circle of blanket, peering curiously at the plant]
[20:54:59] CN: > She holds it out to him] See. Most of the garden. This is the part I brought. Cat grass.
[21:06:41] AD: Cat... grathhh? They have their own kind of grathh?
[21:19:46] CN: Apparently. It has other names, but that's a common one. I figured they might like to chew on it. I would've brought cat nip instead, but the kittens are a little young for it just yet.
[22:03:38] AD: ... Catnip? What?
[22:07:16] CN: Catnip. It's a type of herb. It tastes kind of minty if we chew it, but when they do they end up sort of high.
[22:15:56] AD: ... Like Kruloth thometimeth? [→This makes for a very curious psionic... ]
[22:21:50] CN: Yes...? Probably. It's not the same stuff though. Unless you trolls are holding out on me.
[22:29:31] AD: I wouldn't perthonally know. You'd have to ask Kurloth...
[22:31:02] CN: Maybe. [> If she remembers. She sets the plant on the ground, taking a seat near but still facing him.]
[00:06:09] AD: [→He redirects the plant to set it near the cat, and her kittens, grinning at her] They're thtarting to get more curiouth. I read that they'll thtart doing more eckthploration thoon tho I'm trying to encourage them not to get clothe all the time...
[00:07:33] CN: Don't want them crawling all over you?
[00:08:19] AD: Not all the time. I like them well enough I jutht don't know how to handle tho much attenchion.
[00:14:14] CN: [> She laughs at him]
[00:36:14] AD: [→He purses his lips and frowns at her, but it's not an overly serious expression.] Rude.
[00:38:40] CN: [> She stops laughing, but continues grinning at him] Wow, if little kittens are too much, there's no way you'd be able to handle me if I didn't run off and do other things to keep me busy.
[00:43:16] AD: [→ Confusion twists his face beforethe words go twisting off in one direction or another and color jumps to his cheeks] Um...?
[00:47:45] CN: I'd be crawling all over you too. You're big and comfy to lay on. So much attention, you'd probably explode.
[00:49:36] AD: [→Awkward Mituna noises ensue... Which mainly consist of strangled gurgles, warbles and chirps. It's essentially a vocal keysmash.]
[00:53:39] CN: [> Cue confused Jade. She reaches out to pat him] Hey. Calm down...?
[01:13:56] AD: [→Chrrrrrrr]
[01:19:23] CN: [> Her ears go back just a little] Mituna? I was just teasing. You know, Jade as the giant kitten. What did you think I was saying? [> His reaction strikes her as having been a bit extreme for what she was saying, but maybe she's wrong, hence the question.]
[01:22:41] AD: Nnnn...overloadedpsionicunitpleaseconsultmanual. [→Which translates to Mituna being horrendously embarrassed by the thoughts in his head and he really doesn't want to relay them. He has the most incredible reactions to his own thought processes]
[01:30:08] CN: Um. Okay. Do you actually have a manual? [>Given how he'd been bioware at one point, she honestly wonders whether there was one or not.] Or maybe if I kick you hard enough, will you reboot? It works with a surprising amount of things.
[01:52:53] AD: [→Rather than answering her he reaches out to take her wrist, tugging her close gently, leaning to press his lips to hers, cheeks golden, sparks dancing around his horns, spawned by nerves.]
[01:57:07] CN: [>Jade's clearly not stupid, but she is the highly oblivious type, so this is highly unexpected, resulting in a witch that suddenly needs a reboot as she goes immobile in the position he's holding her in.]
[01:58:29] AD: [→He eases his head back, looking her over with a worried sort of noise. This was not what he was expectiing in doing this] Jade...?
[02:04:05] CN: Mituna? [>She seems confused, but otherwise, not upset.]
[02:05:59] AD: Was that... not... okay? [→He says oh-so-carefully, brow furrowed, not knowing what to make of her reaction.]
[02:12:57] CN: No. It was fine... I just...wasn't expecting it. Not yet anyway. [>It definitely didn't fall into the realm of a bad thing, but wow the processors are slow on this one.]
[02:15:51] AD: 'Not yet'?
[02:17:25] CN: Not that I was assuming it ever would! [> Her ears pin all the way back and she whines, worrying he's going to think she was presumptuous.]
[02:23:31] AD: [→chrrrrr... then butt gently against her head. He doesn't think that at all actually. He's just confused by her reaction.] Chhhhhh chhhhhh.
[02:28:46] CN: [> She still seems like she wants to whine, but she continues explaining more calmly] I just meant I hadn't thought I'd known you long enough. Like biting Cronus was a big deal, and me licking you was challenge accepted, so....yeah.
[02:50:08] AD: [→More very careful, slow speech intended to be unincumbered by a lisp] In my time, and I have had plenty of it, I have known unkind hands, pushy fingers, cruel words and loss of freedom and agency. While yes, this does have some effect on my interactions with others and the world around me, you have never been unkind to me, you are not one of those who were unkind to me. You've been patient with me and I've always felt incredibly safe. It might still be a challenge from time to time to touch or be touched, but it's not a challenge I see as being overwhelming or a cause for distress. Challenged or not, I feel safe. I knew Cronus across two lifetimes. In one he was a friend, and then bafflingly cruel to me after I suffered a good deal of brain damage following a psionic explosion. In the other he was my master, my keeper, my slaver. And though he was not an overly unkind one, he was still my keeper and part of my pan still has that set in. It makes interacting with him a different kind of challenge. He and I have been dancing around a relationship hampered by our histories together since we met back up in the bubbles. [→He lets out a soft puff of air] Both situations are challenges in their own way. Because I like being around you. I like curling up with you and touching, and I want... I want to be better and not afraid... because I want to keep touching... Because you're someone who matters. Who doesn't scare me or push me or mock me or make me feel... less. Who makes me feel like I can be more... I've felt like less for a very long time... And sometimes... It feels like a lot and something that should be shared and I... I want to share... [→Awkward fidgety Psiioniic.]
[03:12:17] CN: [>Jade sits, patiently hearing him out until she's sure he's done speaking. She might also be trying not to cry. They're the good kind of tears though, even if part of what he related is painful. It's past, and there's nothing either of them can do about it. Her fingers stretch out to rest their tips tentatively against a cheek.] It's not your fault you ran across shitty people. I like you. A lot. You're a cool person. I have all the time in the universe to wait...to help you be well again. Whatever does or doesn't happen, that's still a thing. [>What she says in return feels woefully inadequate, but she can't find anything else to say that's better.]
[03:18:14] AD: [→He turns his face to rest it against her fingers, chrring softly] I ... don't. I'm warmblooded... I'm not god tier... I won't live very long...
[03:26:01] CN: [> Are you trying to make her cry, Psii? Cause she's going to] I know. But that can be... [> Not fixed. He's not broken] ...overcome. John did it.You know he was the dead offshoot of his alpha self in our session? His ghost is the one who met Starling. We're special. All of us. Even the mortal ones.
[03:28:26] AD: [→He moves to pull her close, ever so gentle about it, wanting to wrap around her.] Then I'll overcome that too. Becauthe I want to be around you and let'th fathe it, Cronuth ith a moron. He'th going to need me.
[03:35:00] CN: [> She helps him by settling against him in a way that compliments the position he's going for. She's pretty tough anyway, so it's hard to hurt her with what he's doing. His last statement earns him a laugh.] I don't know about moron, but I think it does him good to have you around.
[03:37:57] AD: No. He's definitely a moron. [→He hooks his chin over her head and curls himself around her somewhat protectively] I like him though.
[03:43:43] CN: [Her head presses up into his chin briefly, amused at his insistence] Alright, if you say so. You'd be the expert on moron Cronuses.
[03:48:06] AD: [→Slight nod and a pleased sort of grumble] He wath my captain. I get to make thethe determinatchionth.
[03:52:32] CN: [>Snort] I'm not sure that's how it works...
[03:57:22] AD: Absolutely is.
[03:59:41] CN: I want a second opinion. [>This is an amused declaration]
[04:11:57] AD: ...Ask Twoblade. [→An alternate is totally going to agree with him]
[04:14:28] CN: [>This is quite likely true, which means she'll want a third opinion, but he doesn't need to know that right this second.] Alright. I think I will. Later. There's something else I have to do first.
[04:15:28] AD: ...something else? [→Curious]
[04:17:07] CN: Mmhmm. [> The mirth in her tone should be pretty evident before she finds a free, nearby spot on her cuddlebuddy to lick. That is what she came here to do, after all.]
[04:21:19] AD: [→He lets out a loud, awkward chirp-squak, color flushing his cheeks]Orightthat.
[04:24:22] CN: [>Giggle at his reaction] Yup. That. I am now officially free of any remaining obligations for the rest of the day.
[04:28:32] AD: [→Snort at her and nudge the top of her head with his nose]
[04:33:58] CN: [> Nudge back, carefully] It's true! I did my class stuff. Then the garden. And then I had to lick you. That's the whole list. Unless you know something about my day that I don't.
[04:35:08] AD: That'th an interethting day. I can't think of any actual obligatchionth tthough.
[04:37:46] CN: I try to mix things up a bit, keeps life from getting stale.
[15:41:29] AD: I guethh that hath a point.
[16:19:38] CN: It does. I hear some people enjoy things being less interesting too though.
[16:20:32] AD: That would be me...
[16:24:44] CN: Shh. I don't mind.
[16:30:34] AD: [→Butt against her head again]
[16:35:43] CN: [Nudge back] I still am supposed to show you the stars from Earth some time so you can see the Milky Way.
[16:47:29] AD: I'd like that...
[16:48:37] CN: Are you sure? That borders on interesting. [> Totally teasing him]
[16:50:37] AD: Ah, yeth, but it'th an interethting thing to do with you tho it'th okay.
[16:52:45] CN: It's nice to know I'm an allowed exception to your life of tedium.
[17:06:49] AD: Good. I'm glad you find that positive.
[17:35:11] CN: Why wouldn't I? It'd suck if you didn't let me be.
[20:01:17] AD: It really would thuck.[→nods, nuzzling her. Look at all this touching he's doing. Wow touching.]
[20:05:58] CN: Glad it doesn't. [So much touching. All the touching. Wow. Shibe Tuna. This is kind of degenerating into happy cuddling with "I'm not really sure where to go from here if anywhere."]
[12:07:47] -- canisNephrite [CN] ceased pestering algorithmsDesign [AD] at 12:07 --
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Sunday 05 January 2014
[19:13:01] -- canisNephrite [CN] began pestering algorithmsDesign [AD] at 19:13 --
[19:13:15] AD: H1 J4D3!
[19:13:22] -- canisNephrite [CN] ceased pestering algorithmsDesign [AD] at 19:13 --
[19:21:55] -- canisNephrite [CN] began pestering algorithmsDesign [AD] at 19:21 --
[19:22:05] CN: work god damn you >:I
[19:22:10] CN: oh there we go.
[19:22:23] AD: H4V1NG 7R0LL14N 155U35?
[19:22:51] CN: no. not at all. what ever would give you that impression?
[19:23:12] CN: ruining my element of surprise like that.
[19:23:18] CN: i'll find its code and kick it.
[19:24:54] AD: H4H H4H
[19:25:26] AD: 1 4M 7H3 7R0LL M0UN741N 4PP4R3N7LY. 0N3 0F 7H3 K1773N5 H45 CL1M83D 70 7H3 5UMM17 0F MY H34D.
[19:28:26] CN: go kitty go.
[19:28:35] AD: 1N7R3P1D 3XPL0R3R.
[19:28:39] AD: 5H3 N33D5 4 N4M3.
[19:28:42] AD: 1 7H1NK 17'5 4 5H3.
[19:28:56] CN: you don't know how to tell, do you?
[19:29:02] AD: N07 4 CLU3.
[19:29:19] CN: if you take your face out of your hand, i might consider teaching you.
[19:31:12] AD: 0K4Y 0K4Y
[19:31:50] CN: good boy. should i pop on over now then?
[19:33:28] AD: Y35
[19:34:41] CN: The fact that Jade asked first is a big improvement, so her almost immediate appearance shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
[19:35:47] AD: Except the kitten who lets out a loud distressed 'meeee' from the top of Psii's head, which gets it a genttle patpat. "Chooooch. Jutht Jade."
[19:41:57] CN: And soft cooing noises from the now squatting witch, who is also reaching out slowly to pet the kitten. "It's okay baby. I'm just here to...look at your butt..." That no longer sounds terribly comforting, whoops.
[19:43:20] AD: Psii holds still, stiffling a snicker. No that doesn't sound comforting at all, not to him at least. Kitt is beside him and lets out a rather loud meow to greet the witch. Hello. Yes look what I made.
[19:45:21] CN: "Oh hi, Kitt! Yes, I can pet you too." She certainly does have two hands, so pet them both she does. "And you. What're you snickering at?"
[19:46:04] AD: "Everything ith butth." He explained, peering up at her.
[19:48:44] CN: "Pfft. Well, it's not technically the butt, but it's not like there's a dividing line between butt and genitalia."
[19:52:08] AD: "If that wath a thing I'd wonder about nature."
[19:53:56] CN: "I already wonder about nature, but that's a whole other subject entirely. Do you think Kitt would mind if I used her as a demo?"
[19:57:24] AD: he dances sparks in front of the cat, guiiding her to the girl. "I don't know if 'mind' but I'm not chure how much of a fight che can put up for you."
[20:05:11] CN: "Good point. It's not like I'm hurting her anyway." She gently keeps the cat's tail out of the way, pointing out the slit and lack of testicles,or at least scrotum, that mark the cat as female, going on to explain the males will have a little dot instead where the penis is retracted and extra space, usually including faint bumps, where their balls will develop.
[20:07:18] AD: He makes curious, attentive noises as she speaks, not wanting to nod for fear of dislodging his passenger.
[20:10:57] CN: Anything he wants to know more on, she'll explain if he asks. "Want to round up the kittens and sex them?"
[20:13:44] AD: "There'th got to be a better way two call that." he sparks, gently, dragging the box over to them, keeping an ear out for signs of distress from the kitten on his head.
[20:15:18] CN: "It's just shorter. I can say 'determining the sex of the kitten' if it'll make you feel better, you big baby." She teases him, carefully lifting one of the kittens out for him to look at. She knows what she's doing, so he gets to try first.
[20:20:39] AD: He studies it for a second then tentatively offers up a sex, seeming rather uncertain about it.
[20:35:08] CN: It's not really that hard, so he probably got it right, which earns him praise similar to that which she'd given Jake when he was little and learning things.
[20:37:48] AD: And he feels like he's been talked down to.
[20:38:15] CN: There's probably droopy ears or pouting or something to indicate this?
[20:38:33] AD: Just a little bit.
[20:43:02] CN: Then profuse apology from her. She didn't mean to do that. That's just the last time she remembers teaching someone anything like this. Whoops. So much sorry.
[20:44:20] AD: warble at her softly.
[20:45:43] CN: How about they do the next one? Without so much patronizing praise.
[20:53:11] AD: He happily does this, scrunching his face thoughtfully. Biology is not his thing... but he's trying.
[20:55:13] CN: It's not hard. It's literally just shape matching, which she refrains from pointing out each time they do this. Although she does hold up two squirmy wormys side by side when she finds opposite sexes to make her point from before clearer.
[20:58:13] AD: Once he realizes that it gets easier, and he chirps to acknowledge the information, watching the kittens try to squirm away. "They think they want to walk on air..."
[21:00:17] CN: She giggles, still holding them. "You could totally make them do that. But it's more like they want to get away from the giant claw monster holding them."
[21:07:25] AD: He snickers. "I know thomeone who could tell uth what they're really thinking but I'm pretty chure he'th buthy or thomething right now."
[21:08:17] CN: "I was just kidding, but if you really want to try him, I'm game. It might be fun."
[21:13:44] AD: "I haven't thpoken to him in a long time."
[21:17:32] CN: Quiet thoughtfulness. "Did you want to try?"
[21:23:49] AD: "I don't know."
[21:26:53] CN: "...were you friends?"
[21:28:15] AD: He scrunches his face thoughtfully. "....... Thort of? "
[21:39:14] CN: Sort of. Not the best answer to work with, but she tries anyway. "Well, it never hurts to ask. Maybe you can actually /be/ friends this time around."
[00:54:36] AD: "Maybe. Maybe not. I don't know."
[00:56:50] CN: She shrugs. That's as far as she's going to push the matter for now. "It's up to you."
[01:12:16] AD: "Maybe later then."
[01:14:50] CN: "Okay." She reaches a hand toward his head, scritching the intrepid explorer. "Shall we see what you are now?"
[01:18:06] AD: "By all meanth." He arches his neck to let the girl have a look at the kitten on his head. "Thith oneth been all over the plathe, a real determined little thing, but it'll get up in a plathe then not be able to get down again."
[01:22:03] CN: "Too bad neither one of us can really teach her our powers," she comments, leaving the kitten in place as she confirms his suspicion of it being a girl.
[01:25:11] AD: "Too bad. It'd be an interethting challenge..."
[01:29:23] CN: "It would be, you know, if she had them..." That's the main problem, as far as Jade's concerned.
[01:38:13] AD: He gives the smallest nod with the cat still on his head. "Yeah. Yeah I know."
[01:46:40] CN: She lets out a soft, resigned whine of disappointment. "Oh well. We can dream."
[01:52:39] AD: "... Or... I could... do a code thing." Someone should probably tell him no. "Kitty Heroeth of Thkaia..." A lot.
[01:56:48] CN: "Ummm..." she chews her lip, not wanting to discourage him, and yet finding this to maybe be not the most advisable course of action. "You might want to be reeeeaaaaally careful with that. You heard Starling at the wedding, right?"
[01:59:24] AD: "... A... little...?"
[02:03:05] CN: "Do you know what he was doing when he died and came back?"
[02:03:50] AD: "Not really. I got very confuthed trying to follow what wath going on."
[02:07:56] CN: "He was giving himself psionics. That's it. He wasn't supposed to /die/. So just. Be careful if you're going to mess around with their code. Okay?"
[02:08:48] AD: His mouth forms a sort of 'oh' and he purses his lips, nodding just slightly to show he understands.
[02:14:24] CN: She knows both Captors well enough, or at least enough about both of them, to know what the problem was - Star being rash, where Mituna would naturally be more cautious, but it's still hard not to worry about the little fluffballs. "Good. So you have any names in mind for them, or is that gonna wait for their owners?"
[02:22:05] AD: "I'm probably going to leave that to their ownerth unlethh nameth prethent themthelveth before they get patched to a perthon." He informs her. "... Thith little lady ith probably going to go to Cro. He needth a heart attack a minute."
[02:24:40] CN: Jade would love to have intrepid explorer, but she doesn't mind her going to Cronus either, given the nature of the trolls' relationship. "Makes sense. Got anyone you think would be good for me?"
[02:31:26] AD: He carefully sits up, which draws some distressed sounds from the kit, but he scritches behind her ears as he looks to the other kitttens. "There's one I think showing potential as a pouncer but they're little and clumsy right now" He says carefully. "It might pan out, it might not... But I think that one might be great to go with you because you're forever popping out of nowhere too."
[02:33:48] CN: "Most people don't mind me popping out of nowhere." She sticks her tongue out at him. "But that sounds great. If it doesn't work out here, I bet I could teach great pouncing skills one on one."
[02:35:45] AD: "Most psionics will." He replied carefully, reaching to poke her tongue back into her mouth with a gloved fiinger. "But I think you could too."
[02:39:11] CN: The tongue pushing in thing surprises her enough that as it goes back into her mouth, a look of surprise takes its place at the action. "Most psionics are the few."
[02:40:49] AD: "Yesss but the most deadly." He replies, watcing the tongue retreat with a sort of satisfied expression. Yes. That's where tongues go.
[02:48:49] CN: "I know, but I'm pretty quick if it's a problem." She also doesn't do it to them really, but this is beside the point. Blink blink. Well, as long as he's happy with where her tongue is. It was still surprising he actually touched it, even with a gloved hand. "Pouncing is just jumping with added claws and butt wiggles. It's pretty fun actually."
[02:59:05] AD: "Yeah... Not when you're the practithe prey for the pounther."
[03:01:41] CN: "So says you. Of course, it might depend on the pouncer."
[03:03:04] AD: He lets out a soft snort. "Might that, yeah."
[03:07:13] CN: She grins widely, showing a lot of her completely non-threatening teeth and making believe she's going to pounce on the psionic.
[03:08:52] AD: He blinks at her, then laughs, looking up ways at the cat on his head. "Oh no, IE. Cheth going two get uth."
[03:13:00] CN: "Darn right I am!" And she actually does jump at them, but she phases herself out enough to not actually make contact with them physically, waiting until she's rolled clear to re-form properly.
[03:17:53] AD: He grunts, blinking as she disappears, twisting around to look for her. "Oh. No. IE. Did che get you?" He mocks concern, patting around at the top of his head for his passenger.
[03:24:59] CN: She arches her neck back, waving her very kitten free hand at them.
[03:25:41] AD: He laughs, shifting to the kitten to her head with careful hands. "Don't get lotht in her hair."
[03:30:15] CN: This is actually her forehead at the moment, but she lifts the kitten carefully when she sits up again. "Hey! I'll have you know, there are signs and 'you are here' maps all over in there."
[03:33:12] AD: "I'm not even going two athk how you managed that"
[03:34:26] CN: She would nod if not for the kitten. "It's probably better that you not know."
[03:35:16] AD: "I'll take you for your word there." He setttles down next to her, gently bumping against her.
[03:38:58] CN: She snickers, nudging him back.
[03:39:57] AD: He snorts, carefully shifting so he's laid against her arm, pinning it to her.
[03:42:15] CN: She huffs and moves the kitten to her lap.After which she slides down his arm and pushes with her shoulder instead, the pinned arm shifting inward.
[03:45:37] AD: He grunts, rolling onto his side.
[03:47:42] CN: She lays her head on him, declaring, "This conquered troll has been claimed in the name of Jade!"
[03:52:48] AD: He laughs softly, draping his arms tto the side. "Woe ith me."
[03:55:11] CN: Patpat the big melodrama queen. "A terrible fate indeed."
[03:58:59] AD: "Eh. not tho bad." He grins, draping those floppy arms over her.
[04:01:41] CN: She smiles warmly back at him, snuggling in beneath the big floppy arms he put over her.
[04:03:41] AD: He grins a bit more, giving her a gentle squeeze. Wiggly snuggly little human and kittens alike. He's starting not to mind so much.
[04:10:39] CN: Her hand squeezes the part where it lays. This makes her plenty happy. Mituna is a baby steps endeavor, and she has plenty of time. As long as no one else cares, she'll probably be content to simply stay like this until the fuzzy time when she goes to have drinks with Forge at the pub.
[04:13:24] AD: Staying like this sounds good to him. He's comfortable with her. One day these two are going to need to have a talk tho. One day.
[04:14:28] CN: No. Talking is bad. Talking leads to bad things. No talking.
[04:14:55] CN: [Sorry. Couldn't resist.]
[04:15:10] AD: [Pff]