Forgetful [vP19]

04[21:50] <@Emmara> [You know you're a little...precise when it comes to dinner times and other things, but you think at this point its moved beyond 'reasonable'. Considering you've already gotten Thalia to bed and you haven't seen hide or hair of Bash, and he hasn't responded to your messaages you figure a more personal approach is applicable here.]
04[21:51] <@Emmara> [You heat some of the leftover soup up from dinner and head up to the floors hes made his workshops. Knocking on the doorframe when you arrive. "Sci fi?"]
[21:55] <Bash> [Startle from your workplace. It's clear you haven't left the room in several hours, and one would be inclined to believe you live there (you have an emergency cot. You have never once actually made it to the emergency cot, falling asleep in your chair instead). Your projects are somewhat scattered about the room: monitors for the Homefree servers, weapons for the Prospitian Army and
[21:55] <Bash> Fleet, toys for your daughter, and the radar thing for... you've forgotten who actually came up with the idea at this point. "Muh?"]
04[21:56] <@Emmara> [You wander in to the room, picking around everything. "You've been in here for hours. You missed dinner."]
04[21:57] <@Emmara> [Poke at the radar thing. "Again."]
[22:00] <Bash> [Blink slowly, then rub at your temples. "You'd think I'd remember /food/." Frown at yourself and grumble something under your breath about 'lousy goddamn ARC'. Stand up and stretch, to the protest of your legs.]
04[22:02] <@Emmara> [You uncaptcha a bowl of soup on a place with some fresh baked bread and place it on the desk. "Thankfully, I've remembered for you."]
[22:04] <Bash> [Make a whiny noise and hug her after she puts the soup down. "I'd probably starve myself or something stupid without you, wouldn't I?" Give her a kiss on top of the head. "So how many hours late to dinner am I this time?" Your stomach starts to rumble as you become aware of your need for food.]
04[22:05] <@Emmara> ["Oh, about five."]
04[22:05] <@Emmara> ["How you've survived this long I have /no/ idea. Hopefully Thalia doesn't take after you too much."]
[22:08] <Bash> ["Skaia, five hours? Didn't I have an alarm set for dinne-" Wait, you used the parts from the alarm clock to make another mechafrog for Thalia, didn't you? "Mm. I'm pretty sure my main survival trait is that I am too doofy to be killed on purpose. And given how much of a momma's girl Thalia is... we can only hope."]
04[22:10] <@Emmara> [You shrug, "Shes started wearing her hair like mine. Never thought I'd see the day." You find another stool and sit down beside him, tearing a piece of bread off and soaking it in the soup. "Could've picked a worse role model I guess."]
[22:13] <Bash> ["Like me or Nate." Mmm, soup. Do not scarf down the soup that's rude. Just... slowly... soak bread in soup. There, good.]
04[22:15] <@Emmara> ["Eh. Nates not so bad." You say with a cheeky grin. "Just inexeperienced."]
[22:16] <Bash> [Blow a raspberry at her. You're totally not a little kid, nooo.]
04[22:18] <@Emmara> [Stick your tongue back out at him. "Hows the soup?" Its a hearty vegetable soup with potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, beets, and seasoned just right.]
[22:21] <Bash> ["Well, minus my inherent bias due to relationship status, it's damn near perfect. With said bias, the answer is 'this is the best soup you've ever made'. Until you make more soup some other day. I will admit to being slightly sad at the lack of meat but I will live and grow stronger for the vegetables!"]
04[22:22] <@Emmara> ["Well you'll have to tell that to your daughter. She did all of it, minus asking me what to do."]
[22:23] <Bash> [Hm thoughtfully. "For not being genetically related to you in any way, she sure is your kid."]
04[22:26] <@Emmara> ["You never know, somethin might've glitched and coulda actually gotten in."]
[22:30] <Bash> [Attempt to eat soup thoughtfully. You're not really sure how to do that so you settle for 'not messily'. "I'm pretty sure that it's because she's my kid and takes after me in the 'emotional bonds' aspect, and then grew from there. Though hey, maybe somehow she has some of your DNA or something."]
04[22:32] <@Emmara> ["If Cora's or Nate's got in there, we're going to have a very serious talk." The smile on your face shows how not serious you are about that. "Now I'm tempted to go back and maybe introduce something. Would that be considered cheating?" Cause hey, if shes your kid, might as well actually be your kid.]
[22:34] <Bash> ["If Cora's or Nate's got in there I'm going to go take a long walk off a short pier." Smile back at her as she suggests timeshenanigans. "I thought you didn't like being a mom. Jokes aside, if you did I have no knowledge of it. Haven't actually done any real DNA tests on her because that seems... gross, mostly."]
04[22:35] <@Emmara> [You hum and lean on him. "Shes grown on me, okay? Cute kid, most of a good head on her shoulders."]
[22:38] <Bash> ["No thanks to me, I'm sure." Reach up intending to scratch between her shoulder blades. "I think she's grown on everyone except Cora."]
04[22:40] <@Emmara> [Press in to the scratchings. "Thats more a Cora thing though I expect." Why are you seriously considering going back and putting your DNA in?]
[22:43] <Bash> [Scritch scritch scritch. "Eh, probably." Note the look on her face. You really wouldn't mind if Thalia was actually genetically related to both of you. Hell, it'd probably make sense. Make a note to do a DNA test, just to see.]
04[22:44] <@Emmara> ["Little to the left." You instruct him. Silent for a while.]
[22:46] <Bash> [Scritches, Left!]
04[22:46] <@Emmara> [Yes good. You relax a bit more. "Would you mind if I actually went and did something like that?"]
[22:49] <Bash> ["Of course I wouldn't mind. Heck, I'm pretty tempted to say you definitely should, but I'd rather you make your own decision." Continue scritching and hm to yourself.]
04[22:51] <@Emmara> [Nuzzle into him. "I probably will then. And suddenly all her good sense makes a lot more good sense." Kiss his neck.]
[22:52] <Bash> [Smile to yourself. "Well, there's that mystery solved."]
04[22:53] <@Emmara> ["Love you. Even if you miss dinner."]
[22:55] <Bash> ["I love you too. Sorry about missing dinner. I'll make up for it somehow. And not by starting a project to make it up to you, because then I'd miss dinner more and that'd just be dumb."]
04[22:56] <@Emmara> ["Some wisdom is rubbing off. Theres hope yet." Start scratching his back now. Tracing a fingernail around the edges of the hexes.]
[22:59] <Bash> ["No, I haven't rolled Hope yet." Oooh now you're getting scratches.]
04[23:01] <@Emmara> [Flick his nose for that, but keep scratching.]
[23:03] <Bash> [Chuckle to yourself and lean into scritches. "...we must be the weirdest family in paradox space."]
04[23:08] <Emmara> ["We're probably one of the /only/ families in paradox space. Like, with an actual kid. Not that hard." Scritch, scritch, scritch.]
[23:10] <Bash> [Yesssssss. "Yeah, I guess weirdest of one isn't hard. But still, supervet mom, her doofy AI boyfriend, their AI daughter who basically skipped to thirteen years old, and pseudopted son."]
04[23:11] <Emmara> [Lift your head up a bit to look at him better. "Has he started calling you dad? Cause he'll call me mom on occasion." Not as weird as it used to be, but still.]
[23:15] <Bash> ["Yyyep." You're not /responsible/ enough to be a father. Yet somehow, here you are. Actually, your irresponsiblity is why you're a father in the first place. Hm.]
04[23:17] <Emmara> ["Oh boy. One big happy family."]
[23:19] <Bash> ["Heh, no kidding."]
04[23:22] <Emmara> [Go back to scratching his back. "Fuck it, as long as he doesn't put himself inbetween you and me in bed, he can call me whatever he wants."]
[23:23] <Bash> ["If he tries, I am portalling him into space."]
04[23:25] <Emmara> ["Muh." You shift and just sit in his lap, leaning against him. "We need to pawn Thalia off to him for another night or two. The amount of sex has fallen to disappointingly low levels since she woke up." Cause theres nothing like scarring your kid with the image of their parents going at it.]
[23:29] <Bash> [Wrap your arms around her. "Yeah, and my staying up all night working isn't helping that either." You can already tell where your brain is going. "I could take a break from tinkering that just so happens to mysteriously coincide with us shunting Thalia off to stay with her big bro, and we could fix that issue."]
04[23:32] <Emmara> ["I wasn't going to say that." You tease. "And that'd be good. I'm done the Underworld, and I'm doing some Battlefield questing, but to be honest, a lot of my past serves have already done the ringer on it." Nibble on him. "Could spend the day without clothes again. That was fun~."]
[23:34] <Bash> ["I'm not touching the Underworld, so I just have to finish up the Heir mostly. That day /was/ fun, though, totally worth doing again~."]
04[23:35] <Emmara> ["Plus, I can always nibble on the hexes and watch them light up. Now /thats/ fun." You grin.]
[23:36] <Bash> ["I'm your own private lightshow, huh?"]
04[23:37] <Emmara> ["Yup! I can tell you now, whoever Thalia ends up with is going to enjoy that just as much as I am." You pause, suddenly lost in thought.]
[23:39] <Bash> [Cringe slightly. You don't want to think about your daughter having sex. This is not what you signed up for.]
04[23:42] <Emmara> [You've kind of accepted that as fact. Shes cute, she'll be damn beautiful in a few years. "I just realized, she could do the same thing as you did."]
[23:42] <Bash> ["...oh, shit."]
04[23:43] <Emmara> ["Noooo, I don't want to be a grandma." You flop in to his arms.]
04[23:44] <Emmara> ["This is not what I signed up to be."]
[23:48] <Bash> [Pat the not-yet-grandma. Er, your girlfriend. Better. "I thought you meant the infecting with hextech, but that too. ...man, that's weird to think about."]
04[23:50] <Emmara> ["Oh, growth. We really need to have the sex talk don't we." You make some more vague pathetic noises. "And knowing you I'll have another kid before too long." You mumble to yourself. "This is so far from the whole 'not having kids' thing."]
[23:53] <Bash> ["I'm so sorry."]
04[23:53] <Emmara> ["No you're not."]
[23:54] <Bash> ["I'm not /not/ sorry. I'm just also not not /not/ sorry."]
04[23:56] <Emmara> [Flick him again.]
[23:57] <Bash> [Respond by giving her a tight hug. "Love you, sorry I'm a goof."]
04[23:57] <Emmara> [Hug back. "No you're not." You mumble before saying louder. "Love you too."]
Session Time: Wed Sep 10 00:00:01 2014
[00:01] <Bash> [Smile bright like a washed nintendog. No, wait, you're mixing jokes again.]
04[00:04] <Emmara> [You nuzzle in to him as you think some more. "So hows that going to work once we're apart then? Thalia'll be my only sorta biological daughter?" You give a crooked grin. "Or should I give you, like, a vial of blood or something to work with." Poke his sides.]
[00:09] <Bash> ["I think I'd be too creeped out to take a blood vial, love. Maybe I'll just wait until I roll with you again." Think about yourself for a moment. "Wait, I thought you didn't want more kids why are you planning for one?"
04[00:11] <Emmara> ["Because I know you. And you won't stop at one." You look directly at him, as if daring him to say otherwise.]
[00:12] <Bash> [Open your mouth. Close it. "...yyyyyeah."]
04[00:13] <Emmara> ["Thought so." Go back to nuzzling him. "So, if we wanted them to have a decent shot at it, its probably for the best I'm involved in some way. Though theres probably a less grotesque way."]
[00:17] <Bash> [Nuzzzz "Hmmmmm."]
04[00:21] <Emmara> ["You're the idea person. Got any?"]
[00:27] <Bash> ["Uuuuuuuh." Scratch your head. "Not sure. Mmmmaybe find some way to somehow carry your DNA in stasis in me? But that sounds weird."]
04[00:28] <Emmara> ["Hmm."]
04[00:28] <Emmara> ["Maybe have it pre-hexteched? Otherwise it might go bad."]
[00:29] <Bash> ["...I can probably do that, and grow more as needed so that it doesn't... run out?" Unlimited children. That's danger.]
04[00:31] <Emmara> [Children that'll have a decent chance at surviving though. You pat his cheek. "This isn't an invitation to suddenly give me thirty kids." Pat. "Or even five. Try and ask before you do anything more, 'kay?"]
04[00:32] <Emmara> ["And by any more, I mean, the next one."]
04[00:33] <Emmara> ["No funny business."]
[00:33] <Bash> ["I will, I promise."]
04[00:35] <Emmara> [You give him an exacerbated look. "And don't try and name them. You're horrible at it."]
[00:36] <Bash> ["Yeah, don't worry about that. Naming is definitely your domain. I'd probably end up doing the whole theming thing again and they'd end up with a name like 'Morrigan' or soemthing."]
04[00:40] <Emmara> ["Why I'll name them." You sigh and wrap your arms around him, squeezing tightly. "Love you." You mumble in to his shoulder.]
[00:40] <Bash> [Pet her hair. "Love you too."]
04[00:42] <Emmara> ["Also, you're totally helping with the sex talk." Pause. "Well, I say helping, but that should be listening. It'll probably be a favour for whoever you end up sleeping with afterwards." Poke his sides.]
[00:43] <Bash> [ :c ]
04[00:49] <Emmara> [TBW needs more than ' :c ' to go on.]
[00:50] <Bash> [ :c ]
[00:51] <Bash> [ :v "Yeah, you're probably right." Frown. "Though I suppose that brings up the question of whether I'm monogamous or whatever the right term is." You're assuming she isn't. ]
04[00:53] <Emmara> [Pat his cheek. "Question for another day I suppose. But even if you are, theres nothing wrong with having sex with someone else. A relationship doesn't need to be the requirement for it. As long as everyones willing, and they know the risks." You emphasize that last word for him.]
[00:54] <Bash> [You nervously chuckle at the word 'risks'. "Sorry you had to be the one to teach me about that."]
04[00:58] <Emmara> ["Eh. Worth it in the end." You hum to yourself. "Probably the Game giving me a pregnancy substitute or something like that." Poke him. "Anyways. If you do find someone. You don't need to ask permission, though letting me know is probably a good idea." Stretch up and kiss him. "Okay?"]
[01:00] <Bash> [Kisses yes! "Okay. Um... I, uh, assume you'll do the same?" Why does this worry you? You're not bothered by the idea of her fucking other people so much as... upset that /you/ don't get to. Oh, that's actually somewhat reasonable.]
04[01:03] <Emmara> [You give him a 'seriously?' look. "Yeah. Of course." Your face softens though. "Have to remember sometimes, this is your first relationship." You kiss him again. "Its entirely possible, and very likely we'll never met again after this session. Its not fair to either of us to limit ourselves. And, well, sex is pretty good."]
[01:05] <Bash> ["Yeah, the whole not knowing what I'm doing thing is important to remember. And yeah, I... no sex ever again is completely unrealistic for either of us. Probably for you more than me." Ops isn't sure if you're smirking or smiling naturally here. Weird.]
04[01:06] <Emmara> ["Hey, not my fault I'm smoking hot and have a personality to match." You toss your hair back and strike a pose.]
[01:09] <Bash> [You hold back laughter for about half a second. "Yeah, you are. I'm just lucky."]
04[01:10] <Emmara> ["Oh, give yourself some credit." Kiss him again.]
[01:11] <Bash> ["What credit? I build cool stuff, am generally a goof, and that's like, my defining character traits."]
04[01:13] <Emmara> ["You're kind, and caring, and being a goof is by no stretch a bad thing. Laughter is something very precious in the game. Don't discredit what you do have. Its a diservice to yourself." You're actually serious about this. "Self-confidence is a good thing Bash."]
[01:21] <Bash> [Smile slowly. "I forgot my other character trait, I'm forgetful about everything, including my good points." Frown at yourself for a moment. "I really ought to start taking notes on things I forget. Too bad I forget to do that."]
04[01:23] <Emmara> ["Get Beta to do that then, and ask him to remind you every time you forget." You say cheekily.]
[01:24] <Bash> ["Oh, this is /with/ me doing that."]
04[01:25] <Emmara> [Raise an eyebrow. "Beta, I'm assuming?"]
[01:26] <Bash> ["Not presently speaking." <I could.> "More of saying that I already do have Beta remind me of things."]
04[01:27] <Emmara> ["Well get him to remind you more." You say sagely.]
[01:28] <Bash> ["I'll consider it."]
04[01:30] <Emmara> ["Don't just consider it Bash. Its worth it to remember your good points. Both for you, for Thalia, and for whoever else you meet."]
[01:33] <Bash> ["I meant in general. Beta's probably going ahead and taking your advice on that one."]
04[01:34] <Emmara> ["Thank you Beta." You smile.]
[01:35] <Bash> [<You're welcome.> "Beta, she can't hear tha- He says you're welcome."]
04[01:36] <Emmara> ["I know you already do, but look after him for me? I know how much effort that takes." Pat Bash's cheek, then kiss him.]
[01:37] <Bash> ["Hey!" <It's true.> "...fiiine." Grumpyface.]
04[01:38] <Emmara> ["Who let the little kid have a little kid?" You tease.]
[01:38] <Bash> ["Nobody. And nobody stopped him either. Not that they probably would have been able to."]
04[01:39] <Emmara> ["I can only hope its not genetic~."]
[01:40] <Bash> ["What's that, I can't hear you over /inevitable grandma/."]
04[01:40] <Emmara> ["Nooooo." Whack his shoulder. "Bad, stop that."]
04[01:40] <Emmara> ["Not for like, ten years anyways."]
[01:41] <Bash> ["Yeah, assuming timeline shenanigans don't happen. Which they shouldn't because she's linearized with Homefree. So you've got time, no worries!"]
04[01:42] <Emmara> ["Ugh, now you say that, and shes going to have a session as Time where she ages, like six years. I know it. You've jinxed it."]
[01:43] <Bash> [Pat her gently. "I doubt my words have that much influence of SBURB's bullshit."]
04[01:44] <Emmara> ["You kidding? The Game loves pulling crap like that." You groan and flop in to him. "I'm not old enough to be a mom, much less a grandma."]
[01:46] <Bash> [You decide /not/ to mention that she's almost thirty. "Yeah, you can just blame that on me."]
04[01:46] <Emmara> ["I /am/ blaming it on you."]
04[01:46] <Emmara> [Whack him]
[01:46] <Bash> [Giggle]
04[01:47] <Emmara> [Whack him again.]
[01:50] <Bash> [Oop, that's a full out laugh now.]
04[01:50] <Emmara> [Once more for good luck before flopping on him. "You're horrible."]
[01:51] <Bash> ["No, I'm Bash."]
04[01:52] <Emmara> ["Oh my god. /Don't/ start."]
[01:52] <Bash> [The most devilish grin you've ever managed creeps across your face.]
04[01:52] <Emmara> ["I will kill you, and it will be just, and I won't feel good, but it'll be better for everyone."]
04[01:52] <Emmara> [You point a finger at him warningly. "No."]
04[01:53] <Emmara> ["Bad Bash."]
[01:53] <Bash> ["Dad jokes are totally not justification for a just death. But fiiiine, only to Thalia."]
04[01:53] <Emmara> ["They totally are."]
[01:54] <Bash> [Stick out your tongue.]
04[01:55] <Emmara> [Grab it.]
[01:56] <Bash> [Attempt to say something along the lines of 'hi there' but fail because tongue.]
04[01:57] <Emmara> [You waggle your finger again. "Don't." Before letting go.]
[02:00] <Bash> [End up having a giggling fit]
04[02:00] <Emmara> [You sigh and flop against him again. Murmur something inconsequential.]
[02:02] <Bash> [You two are a weird pair, alright.]
04[02:04] <Emmara> ["Can we go to bed and cuddle there now? Assuming it hasn't been taken over?" If it is, you have two people to cuddle, so not that bad.]
[02:06] <Bash> ["Yes, that sounds like a good plan. Portal? ...Portal." Portal.]
04[02:06] <Emmara> [Flomp]
04[02:08] <Emmara> [Did you squish your kid? You quickly check.]
[02:08] <Bash> [Your kid is still in her own bed, thankfully.]
04[02:09] <Emmara> [Oh good. Let your hair loose. Kick off your socks and pants, urge Bash to do the same, assuming he hasn't portaled them off already.]
[02:10] <Bash> [Not portalling things off? You wouldn't be you if you hadn't.]
04[02:10] <Emmara> [Good. Curl around him. "You're the little spoon tonight."]
[02:11] <Bash> ["So the same as usual. Got it." Smile and obtain blankets. Via portals, of course. Man, you're gonna miss being a Space player.]
04[02:12] <Emmara> ["Hmmm. Good point." Turn around. "Big spoon tonight. Less work for me." Plus, hes warm.]
[02:13] <Bash> [Snort as you turn around and cuddle her. "I wasn't aware it took work to cuddle."]
04[02:15] <Emmara> ["You kidding? I have to wrap my arms around you and /everything/." Rub against him and pull the blankets further on.]
[02:15] <Bash> ["Good thing I'm here to pick up when you can't do it, then."]
04[02:16] <Emmara> ["I know. So useful."]
[02:17] <Bash> [Press a few kisses to her neck. "Beta, write that one down too." <Don't you normally tell me to go away when you two are... fine, whatever.>
04[02:19] <Emmara> ["Mmmmm." You close your eyes. "I'll go back in the morning to do the thing. You want to tell her together?"]
[02:21] <Bash> ["Yeah, we probably should. Part of me half expects to hear her say, 'Yeah, big bro told me already' though."]
04[02:21] <Emmara> [Chuckle. "He took to seer pretty well."]
[02:22] <Bash> ["Like a glove. Tarotkind sure helped. I mean, I suppose he took to Seer like I did Smith."]
04[02:23] <Emmara> ["Yeah. A little too well." Reach around awkwardly and pat him.]
[02:25] <Bash> ["I don't think I've ever seen my ARC this high, it's so broken. Then again I /did/ basically fuck up the entire natural order of how replayers are made." >_>]
04[02:25] <Emmara> ["Yuuuuup."]
[02:26] <Bash> ["Eh, whatever. I'm okay with it"]
04[02:27] <Emmara> ["Mmmhmm." You say, a little sleepy. Roll part way around to give him a linger kiss. "Goodnight Bash." Roll back to where you were.]
[02:29] <Bash> [Your brain starts to give way to sleepiness too. "G'night Em."]