it's a mingle!

[wotanon]

Who: imeeji!
Where: imeeji!
When: day 439ish?

[ do you have effects from the game? do you have errands to run? chaos to cause? what's up my lads can i get an ups in the chat ]

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[sangreine]

I don't mind. Really. [ She's trying not to hold things against people; it's a challenge, but it beats brooding and avoiding everyone. ]

[ Stepping behind him and reaching out to gently smooth out a few of the feathers. ] Let me know if anything hurts.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Thanks, dude.

So far so good.

[sangreine]

Sure thing. [ Methodically working her way around, gently pointing all feathers in their proper direction. ]

[ Probably she should say something about the other day, but what? She isn't about to apologize. Maybe it's best to just act like things are fine and not bring it up. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He stays still for her, body language a little awkward]

[Possibly he fidgets a little, with the cuff of one sleeve while she works]

[sangreine]

[ Hmm, she may have found the one person who's less subtle than she is. ]

I'm not angry with you. [ She keeps straightening, finding it less strange to speak while she's going through those movements. She was angry, but she calms as quickly as she flares up. It's not Hurricane's fault he thinks he gets it when he doesn't, because she hasn't told him. And that's not by accident, but it does mean it's unfair to hold him to any high standard about it. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He goes very still, at that - ducks his head a little]

...I mean.

It's okay to feel what you feel. You don't gotta just say that if it's, like...




I know I put my foot in it.

[sangreine]

[ There's a pause as she thinks, for the first time, about his age, how young he is, which is odd on a number of levels. She doesn't mean that to be a patronizing thought, it's more that she's always wondering whether she's closer to being a teenager or being her centuries- or millenias-old age. More often she's closer to the former, and this is one of those rare occasions when she needs to actually be the bigger person, find some maturity. ]

I can hardly blame you for not knowing what I haven't told you, except in generalities. You're probably comparing me to other people you know and assuming it's a similar situation, which is a perfectly normal thing.

If -- you want to know more specifics, I'll show you. But I think you'll regret it. [ And she doesn't want to give people more reasons to be afraid of her. He probably has a right to know, though. Everyone here does. ]

[ Finishing the last of those feathers, so she removes her hands. ] All done. [ So if he wants to run off, he can. She gets it. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

I ain't gonna make you show me nothing you don't wanna.

You don't owe me nothing, dude.

[His wings flutter briefly, and then settle]

...thanks. For, uh. For helping with the feathers.

[sangreine]

You're welcome.

[ She won't push, mostly out of selfishness, despite how it stings to hear him say she owes him nothing -- she does, and she knows it too well. Alas, she's never been one to take her responsibilities seriously enough until she has substantial, irreparable regrets over the matter. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

A-anyways.

[His wings flutter a little again]

What're you up to? Or I guess - what were you up to, before I grabbed you for preening duty.

[sangreine]

Training. [ She doesn't really need to practice, but it's a good habit, gets her restlessness out. ] I couldn't do it for a few days because of all the branches.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Branches?

Oh, from the game.

[sangreine]

That's right. I don't think it would have hurt me to slice any of them off, but I figured it wasn't worth finding out. Most of my fighting is based on muscle memory and instinct which don't really account for sudden form changes like that. [ She fights to relax, which means thinking too hard about not cutting herself is counterproductive. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ah - yeah. I mean, that's legit.

Seems like it'd be kinda heavy, if nothing else.

[sangreine]

Maybe for a human, but I didn't notice the weight and it didn't change my balance. Mostly it was the change in my skin texture and the constantly shedding flower petals that were pretty different.

I kinda miss it, if I'm honest. Being able to change my clothes around just by thinking about it was pretty convenient.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Whoa, wait. For real? You could just... change?

[sangreine]

My clothes were just moss with some flowers thrown in, but yeah. I could make the dress longer or shorter or whatever. [ Or remove it entirely, but she's not about to go there. ] Didn't really match my unit aesthetic very well, though.

Same with the branches, I could move them around more or less like I wanted to.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sounds kinda cool, honestly.

[sangreine]

It was. I wouldn't have thought I'd like being aa tree so much. Most other people liked it well enough too, so it's a shame it didn't last longer.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Maybe you'll get it back for Halloween next year.

[sangreine]

Uh, do status effects come back for that? Aside from something like that, I'm not sure that's my holiday. Seeing people wearing vampire and monster costumes might get weird, fast.

[crossmyheartandhope]

We usually do a bingo game where we turn into other stuff for a couple of days.

I was some kinda nymph last time, so it seems like yours might count, too.

[sangreine]

-- Great. [ She looks down so he'll hopefully be able to tell that her incredibly pissed-off expression isn't directed towards him. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

- ah.

Not your thing, huh?

[sangreine]

I'm already a monster, I don't really need more layers to it.

-- Sorry. It's not your fault. At least I know, I guess.