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[idolpro]

[ The bar is unit-colored with light unit paraphernalia, although it's all just for show. Fortunately, comfort isn't part of the unit aesthetic this time—all seats are cushioned, whether the booth seats or the bar stools, comfy and lush. Idols can sit anywhere they like, it seems.

There's alcohol available, but everything else is locked behind the wall-cabinet. . . the recipe book is also available to peruse at one's leisure.

Ah—the door opens, and a fuzzy sort of shade steps in. It looks like idols will be serving the Damned, today. . . ? ]

RECIPE BOOK

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[thisismagrave]

Humans are a lot different from witches.

Didn't have much choice. It was learn or... [He shrugs.]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[identitypolitics]

...or, feel like you wouldn't be able to survive?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[thisismagrave]

Yeah, basically.

Felicity was the first person to really try to see things from my perspective. Felt like I couldn't even breathe safely before that.

She was always comforting.

[Also I guess More Milk with extra coffee, so y-yay.]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[identitypolitics]

I know it was hard at first, so—

...I'm proud of you, Rufous. That you were able to make a good friend you can trust.

[ for the agave. but also ]

1/?

[thisismagrave]

[The shock that shows on his face at that]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[thisismagrave]

[what is someone being proud of him without him having to Do things That Almost Get Him Killed?????]

[That does a lot of feelings]

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[thisismagrave]

[so many and and and-]

[There is a game]

Done

[thisismagrave]

[he grabs a ribbon and holds out the other end to her]

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

[ ...ttttakes the other end? ]

Was that too much...?

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

[he isn't looking at her because he]

[Can't]

[Instead there is something fragile here.]

[And a loneliness because in the end, having someone be proud of him is about making sure he doesn't have to be....worthless.]

[There is a fear as well, a risk, because he doesn't know if this is a Great Idea, but he Thinks it might be fine with Saffron.]

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

[ ah,






ah. there's a kind of—dull sadness, from Saffron's end, and a kind of loneliness. ]

...would you like another hug?

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

....

[The feeling of longing says yes]

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

[ you little nerd. fond affection, as she leans in to wrap her arms around his shoulders. ]

You know, Kino wasn't used to hugs, either.

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

[he leans into the hug. The hug back. Is very slow and hesitant.]

Kino wasn't used to a lot of things.

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

That seems like it's kind of a theme on this unit, honestly.

[ she pats his back, gently. ]

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

Is it? [Hard to tell when one is a fish out of water.]

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

Oh, yeah, definitely. I mean, we've got LAVA, Capri's not been here long but she seems to be from a really different place—

[ pause ]

I mean, where I come from—humans don't really mix with aliens, much, either, so there's a lot of things I don't get, too.

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

Capri seems pretty easy to get actually....

LAVA is very different.

Aliens?

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

Oh, you know, like—

Well, I guess you don't know. Everything that's not humans, basically—that's what we call that where I come from.

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

....huh.

A little ego centric, huh?

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

[ sssssshhhhrug ]

...well, it's just how everyone's done it for a long time, and the politics of it are kind of...

...well, people want to feel like they're drawing lines about where they stand, when there's a war happening.

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

A war? Based on...species?

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

Based on... well, government. And government policy on a lot of things, but in some cases, species, yeah.

Re: Done

[thisismagrave]

Do humans often make a big deal about species? Because people have been acting real weird about demons.

But you have...multiple governments, right?

Re: Done

[identitypolitics]

Oh, yeah, it's a huge deal. I mean, I don't know about how demons are, but there's a lot of trouble when there's a lot of species vying for power. Theoretically, we should have one government under the Empire, since it makes things tidier, but—well, the rebels have been pretty stubborn.

...weird like how, though?