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[featherbeaned]

Who: Idols! Monsters! Monstrous idols ...?
Where: Anywhere, everywhere
When: 298. early morning

[What are you up to?]

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[vitainmorte]

[ her ears flick back ]

I'm not here to be your entertainment.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

No?

Is that where you draw your line in the sand?

[vitainmorte]

I think most anybody would have that sort of boundary.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Some people enjoy the idol lifestyle. Always performing.

[vitainmorte]

I'm not a good actor, I'm afraid.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Duly noted.

Then, no, this is not about entertainment.

This is just about the eldest keeping an eye on things. Surely your flower mom does something similar. Not sure about the dad.

[vitainmorte]

[ she makes a... grimace. ]

Neither of them are my parents. And-- no, my relationships are none of their businesses.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I see.

An incorrect assumption on my part then.

[vitainmorte]

... in any case, I hope I haven't given you any cause for alarm if you feel you must keep an eye on me around your unitmates.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It's not alarm.

They are perfectly capable of handling themselves.

[vitainmorte]

So, just... circling back to "fascinating," I guess...?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You seem to find that word offensive. Someone else treat you like a display piece?

[vitainmorte]

No.

I guess that's why it's so baffling-- I can't see anything about me that would be described that way at all.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You're quiet without being wishy-washy. How about that?

[vitainmorte]

... I don't think being raised with manners is particularly unusual?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Have you talked to the people around here?

They are people pleasers and pushovers or unapologetically themselves with very few in between.

[vitainmorte]

I've talked to plenty, and few have been terribly rude.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's a far cry from having manners though.

[vitainmorte]

I've found little to complain about, either way.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So then normalcy is your defense mechanism?

Novel, but not entirely unrelatable.

[vitainmorte]

My defense mechanism is usually a gun.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's also normal.

[Wait]

What kind of gun?

[vitainmorte]

Smith-Jennings 1st model repeating rifle.

It's not what I'd prefer, but I don't think we can get anything more modern.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Not without a little help from science, anyway.

[vitainmorte]

[ stares at him for a moment, expression neutral. ]

... and how would I supply ammunition on a custom piece when all that can be bought is for older models?