Pretty Pretty Princess: Redux

[enterstageleft]

Who: Those Who Play Games
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 300

[ Today you step out of the elevators and into the game room to find yourselves in an airy Grand Ballroom. Maybe, if you've been here long enough--you might recognize this room?

At the front of the room is a buffet table featuring finger sandwiches, petit fours, and savory pastries as well as a variety of small desserts complemented by bottoms-up turned teacups and steaming hot kettles set up for self-serve. From nowhere to be seen comes the sound of instruments playing. Up above, tethered to the ceiling, are what appear to be long curtains. …

The small, square tables feature place cards that as of yet are mysteriously empty, but other than that--there is nothing on the table. Those who have walked in and might prefer to walk out again will find they are mysteriously barred from exiting…. ]


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Comments

[protectshisown]

[Makes another go on gesture.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean... it just is.

I'm all like... weird about it. Like. [Hesitates] Needy, or whatever.

[protectshisown]

Literally the only time I've seen you needy is post seduction.

Which is a good result for the record.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I - I mean.

I wasn't complaining about it.

[protectshisown]

Seems like you get in your own head and hold back when you don't need to sometimes.

Like right now.

You've never seemed needy. And its not necessarily a bad thing to BE needy sometimes even outside of stuff like that.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean... it kinda is, though?

[protectshisown]

Why?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Shrugs a little, awkward]

A-anyways. Thanks, for uh. For this.

[protectshisown]

[Chin rests on his shoulder, giving another judgy look.]

If I was being needy, would you say it was bad?

[crossmyheartandhope]

That's different, too.

[protectshisown]

[There is a long while where Rye just holds him because, well, he knows this conversation.]

Because its not you?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...look.

I gotta go. I'll catch you later, kay?

[Making to get up,]

[protectshisown]

[Nope.]

[He sets down his phone and just going to pull Hurricane into a full hug, forehead resting on his shoulder.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He goes very still, seeming, for a second, like he might just keep going]

[But he fails that will save, too - lets himself be drawn into the hug]

[After a beat, he gets his arms up to return it]

[protectshisown]

[Bully with affection.]

[Also he kind of gets it. He just also knows its terrible.]

[But for a little while, gonna give Hurricane the contact he needs while he mulls over that because immediate running is real close confirmation at least.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He's quiet for a long couple of beats, just kind of curled in against him]

[If anyone is going to break this silence, it doesn't seem like it's going to be him,]

[protectshisown]

[Curse you cackling diadem.]

[Its still a good long while, let Hurricane relax, before picking up his phone.]

When I arrived, Wild City told me I could rely on them. Its strange, knowing someone isn't lying, but wholly unable to accept the truth.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It takes him longer than it probably should, to uncurl enough to read what's on the phone]

...what'd you do?

[protectshisown]

Still working on it.

If I'm not useful, it feels like I don't deserve it, or I'm a burden, or a million other things where I convince myself I shouldn't because of some problem with me.

Talon and Silver are very unimpressed by it. I know its not necessary. But knowing and believing are very different things.

I still don't believe it. I want to, but I don't.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He's quiet for a beat or two, because.. honestly, that all hits a little too close to home]

...well. You oughtta.

You're a smart guy. Brave, and kind.

[protectshisown]

[He rather suspected.]

'Oughtta' is a little loaded to not lead to mental screaming.

I'm trying. Part of how Tea got me to say yes to her. Be a little selfish, be kind to myself, that kind of thing. Because no one will say yes if they didn't want it to so it was fine. So I propositioned you.

Learn to be selfish in other things then maybe it'll be easier for the more emotionally harrowing things.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sounds like you got a plan.

[protectshisown]

Yeah. But it does take wanting to do a plan.

I think you should get a plan to, Hurricane.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Who says I don't got a plan?

[protectshisown]

[There's another go on gesture.]