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[ The LiliS dorm is still unupgraded, but the unit's aesthetic gives is a cozy, welcoming feeling all the same. Dried flowers on the walls; vintage-looking chairs with crocheted throws; a weathered picnic table for meals and gatherings. ]
It looks like we have the dorm to ourselves for a while yet.
[ The LiliS dorm is still unupgraded, but the unit's aesthetic gives is a cozy, welcoming feeling all the same. Dried flowers on the walls; vintage-looking chairs with crocheted throws; a weathered picnic table for meals and gatherings. ]
It looks like we have the dorm to ourselves for a while yet.
[ It's nice, he thinks. It's not exactly familiar -- he's a city kid, through and through -- but it's more familiar than...whatever HSS got. Gods know he spent a couple of days trying to understand the mostly useless buttons and switches all over the dorm, and him wondering about why they got chairs that swivel and rotate. He goes over to a chair. ]
Will it be fine to sit here?
Will it be fine to sit here?
Of course.
—And, ah, if we want tea, I've got plenty left in the tin, though I'll need to stop at the kitchen to borrow a teapot.
[ a fond smile ] Just as long as you're comfortable.
—And, ah, if we want tea, I've got plenty left in the tin, though I'll need to stop at the kitchen to borrow a teapot.
[ a fond smile ] Just as long as you're comfortable.
No, it's fine. [ He doesn't want her to go back up to the kitchen when they just came down. Eclipse settles down in a chair. ] So, uhm... [ How should he broach this... ] The letter I got said something that stung a lot.
[ a slight wince, sympathetic ]
I thought it might be something like that.
What sort of cruel thing was it?
I thought it might be something like that.
What sort of cruel thing was it?
...It asked me if I was really in the right place.
[ With the implication of 'you don't belong', as he read it. ]
[ With the implication of 'you don't belong', as he read it. ]
[ her brows furrow a moment before she catches his meaning ]
...Ah. As in: is your unit the right place for you, you think it meant.
[ a pause ] I take it those words aren’t something you can brush off so easily.
...Ah. As in: is your unit the right place for you, you think it meant.
[ a pause ] I take it those words aren’t something you can brush off so easily.
Mmm, it's... [ How should he put it? ]
Have you ever felt that...well, there's this group of people you like and get along with well enough, and they feel the same way towards you, but you also feel like you don't really 'fit in' with them?
Have you ever felt that...well, there's this group of people you like and get along with well enough, and they feel the same way towards you, but you also feel like you don't really 'fit in' with them?
...Yes.
[ a small smile—pained, almost ]
Perhaps not... exactly the same as that, but I know what you mean.
[ a small smile—pained, almost ]
Perhaps not... exactly the same as that, but I know what you mean.
[ Ah, he recognises that kind of smile. It's the kind of sympathetic smile people give because they can relate. ]
You've felt that way before?
You've felt that way before?
[ still with that same sort of smile ]
With my own unit, in fact.
With my own unit, in fact.
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[ such a good dragon—
There's a muffled hum of approval at the feeling of his nails at her back; her own fingers twine in his hair, tugging enough to tease as she lets her lips linger—before, finally, pulling back just enough to speak. ]
Not bad, for a virgin.
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[ such a good dragon—
There's a muffled hum of approval at the feeling of his nails at her back; her own fingers twine in his hair, tugging enough to tease as she lets her lips linger—before, finally, pulling back just enough to speak. ]
Not bad, for a virgin.
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Very well. [ her smile relaxes again ]
[ offering him a hand to pull him in close ] Let's see how this goes.
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Very well. [ her smile relaxes again ]
[ offering him a hand to pull him in close ] Let's see how this goes.
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[ there's a bit of a sigh at the feeling of fingers in her hair; a deeper one when their lips meet.
when Dia pulls back, Amaranth's cheeks are flushed as well. ]
...You are, ah, quite lovely to kiss.
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[ there's a bit of a sigh at the feeling of fingers in her hair; a deeper one when their lips meet.
when Dia pulls back, Amaranth's cheeks are flushed as well. ]
...You are, ah, quite lovely to kiss.
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[ she gives him a bit of an extra squeeze when the hug begins by way of reassurance before holding him gently close ]
You feel even taller like this. [ a chuckle, partially muffled by the fact that her face is against his shoulder ]
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[ she gives him a bit of an extra squeeze when the hug begins by way of reassurance before holding him gently close ]
You feel even taller like this. [ a chuckle, partially muffled by the fact that her face is against his shoulder ]
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[ a hint of tension leaves her shoulders ] You're not prying, I promise; I appreciate your kind thoughts.
Even with how little I remember so far, I know that I loved my family with my whole heart, so I hope that you can have something like that for yourself, someday, if it's what you want.
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[ a hint of tension leaves her shoulders ] You're not prying, I promise; I appreciate your kind thoughts.
Even with how little I remember so far, I know that I loved my family with my whole heart, so I hope that you can have something like that for yourself, someday, if it's what you want.
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[ She isn't accustomed to someone else taking charge before she does, and it shows in the slightly startled way she blinks as she's pulled in close.
Even so, she's not about to be passive, hooking her fingers beneath the curve of his jaw as she presses against him, the better to let her meet his lips. ]
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[ She isn't accustomed to someone else taking charge before she does, and it shows in the slightly startled way she blinks as she's pulled in close.
Even so, she's not about to be passive, hooking her fingers beneath the curve of his jaw as she presses against him, the better to let her meet his lips. ]
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I, ah, did have a much better time at the last game like this than I thought I would, in part because of you.
...I don't know if you'd mind sharing which categories you think you can fill—besides "older" and "dangerous," of course.
[ while she's still a bit awkward in general, she doesn't say "dangerous" as though she considers it a bad thing. ]
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I, ah, did have a much better time at the last game like this than I thought I would, in part because of you.
...I don't know if you'd mind sharing which categories you think you can fill—besides "older" and "dangerous," of course.
[ while she's still a bit awkward in general, she doesn't say "dangerous" as though she considers it a bad thing. ]
Thank you! I don't really kiss people other than my husbands usually, so there's a lot that I don't know very much about, but this was really nice.
Ah.
[ More relatable than he originally assumed, in a way. ]
...That we're not much like the other people on our units?
I...I'm not really a reckless go-getter type like some of them. Or a person with a more noble sense of purpose or desire for good in the service of other people, not really. I'm pretty sure I'm just a decent person, not a particularly good one. [ He can't really help looking down at his hand, remembering that at least twice he's had a blade in it and both times someone ended up dead. ] Even King and Mars, who are more cynical than most of us, I'm not the kind raring to duke it out like they are. Abi just wants us to be safe and happy.
And it's just...I don't know. Most of them have people from home here that they feel strongly about. But here there's no one from Wu-Jian or even the West, and I feel kind of -- half-assed [ He doesn't know how else to put it, this crass manner is the most accurate expression of it.]. Not good or well-meaning enough but not enough of a rough-and-tumble type either.
[ More relatable than he originally assumed, in a way. ]
...That we're not much like the other people on our units?
I...I'm not really a reckless go-getter type like some of them. Or a person with a more noble sense of purpose or desire for good in the service of other people, not really. I'm pretty sure I'm just a decent person, not a particularly good one. [ He can't really help looking down at his hand, remembering that at least twice he's had a blade in it and both times someone ended up dead. ] Even King and Mars, who are more cynical than most of us, I'm not the kind raring to duke it out like they are. Abi just wants us to be safe and happy.
And it's just...I don't know. Most of them have people from home here that they feel strongly about. But here there's no one from Wu-Jian or even the West, and I feel kind of -- half-assed [ He doesn't know how else to put it, this crass manner is the most accurate expression of it.]. Not good or well-meaning enough but not enough of a rough-and-tumble type either.
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[ That boldness actually does manage to take her very slightly by surprise: there's a little "o—" of sound right before their lips meet.
And then, of course, she's all in: the hand at Shrike's waist already moving to her lower back to pull their bodies against one another while her free hand reaches up to the back of Shrike's head, fingers already tangling in her hair as she deepens the kiss.
...Amaranth plays "gay feelings chicken" to win, ]
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[ That boldness actually does manage to take her very slightly by surprise: there's a little "o—" of sound right before their lips meet.
And then, of course, she's all in: the hand at Shrike's waist already moving to her lower back to pull their bodies against one another while her free hand reaches up to the back of Shrike's head, fingers already tangling in her hair as she deepens the kiss.
...Amaranth plays "gay feelings chicken" to win, ]
[ Well, it certainly makes sense that an ancient like Aradia would be able to support multiple spouses— ]
Ah, you have husbands here?
Ah, you have husbands here?
[ listen she was always going to lose, but she wouldn't be caught dead not trying at something she's doing, anyway, and
honestly losing's not so bad.
she sighs into the kiss and presses forward against amaranth, hand nestling in at the back of amaranth's neck, under all that long dark hair. ]
honestly losing's not so bad.
she sighs into the kiss and presses forward against amaranth, hand nestling in at the back of amaranth's neck, under all that long dark hair. ]
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