Alex and Lyra: Date #3

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[20:45] == Alex_ [~Alex@2605:a601:130:5900:70bc:bfac:a754:4d95] has joined #RPGStuck_Procyon
[20:46] == Alex_ has changed nick to Alexander_Pyrite
[20:48] <Lyra_Bel> Prev: http://pastebin.com/zzM4RC08
[20:48] <Lyra_Bel> ===== BEGIN =====
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> Actually...
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> No, screw it.  S'try something different this time
[20:49] <Lyra_Bel> And hopefully not get killed for it
[20:50] <Lyra_Bel> Hey, ProcyonA?
[20:50] == Alexander_Pyrite has changed nick to ProcyonA
[20:50] <ProcyonA> Howdy
[20:50] <ProcyonA> ive been waiting for this for a while
[20:50] <Lyra_Bel> Gonna be honest, I didn't think that'd work nearly so well as it did
[20:51] <ProcyonA> im a merciful god
[20:51] <ProcyonA> sorry, God
[20:51] <Lyra_Bel> Lowercase
[20:51] <Lyra_Bel> You're just a god
[20:51] <Lyra_Bel> Merciful or otherwise
[20:52] <ProcyonA> wh
[20:52] <ProcyonA> eh*
[20:52] <ProcyonA> up for interpretation
[20:52] <ProcyonA> anyway whats up
[20:52] <ProcyonA> strat hasnt told me much
[20:52] <ProcyonA> (jk he told me everything i just want to hear you say it)
[20:53] <Lyra_Bel> So he *does* tak to people, eh?
[20:53] <Lyra_Bel> I guess that's one question answered
[20:53] <ProcyonA> Only on the internet apparently
[20:53] <ProcyonA> All he talks to irl are spreadsheets
[20:53] <Lyra_Bel> "That guy with the spreadsheets", right
[20:53] <Lyra_Bel> I remember that
[20:54] <ProcyonA> I learneed for a while
[20:54] <ProcyonA> im pretty ok at them
[20:54] <ProcyonA> anyway continuye
[20:54] <Lyra_Bel> Be realistic.  You're playing an RPG about an obscure webcomic that ended a while ago
[20:55] <Lyra_Bel> You pretty clearly don't have any real life either
[20:55] <ProcyonA> hey i had a girlfriend
[20:55] <ProcyonA> for a while
[20:55] <Lyra_Bel> And, what, gave her up to have more time to run campaigns?
[20:56] <ProcyonA> we were too- what am i doning, getting advice forma a nihilist masochist dnd character played by a random dude in canada
[20:56] <Lyra_Bel> I'm not giving you advice, I'm just insulting you
[20:56] <ProcyonA> well
[20:56] <ProcyonA> Zing
[20:56] <ProcyonA> got me
[20:56] <Lyra_Bel> Dang right I did
[20:57] <Lyra_Bel> Okay, but really
[20:57] <Lyra_Bel> I did have a point here
[20:57] <Lyra_Bel> Well, an instruction
[20:58] <Lyra_Bel> Don't quit.
[20:58] <ProcyonA> lmao wasnt planning on it
[20:58] <Lyra_Bel> I know
[20:58] <Lyra_Bel> I just
[20:58] <ProcyonA> if i bail, you and alex and farzen and juan probably die with me
[20:59] <Lyra_Bel> Faerzen and Juan are already long gone
[20:59] <Lyra_Bel> This is for Alex
[20:59] <Lyra_Bel> You don't get to disappear and let what happened to the others happen to him
[21:00] <ProcyonA> I wont
[21:00] <ProcyonA> i like alex too
[21:00] <ProcyonA> i guess im just living vicariously though him
[21:00] <Lyra_Bel> S'the point of most RPGs
[21:01] <Lyra_Bel> But then you get into people getting bored
[21:01] <Lyra_Bel> And then good people start disappearing
[21:02] <Lyra_Bel> Thank you for staying.
[21:02] <ProcyonA> ive played my share, im aware
[21:02] <ProcyonA> well youre welcome
[21:04] <Lyra_Bel> Okay.  Think I'm ready to... I dunno.  Go back IC, I guess?
[21:04] <ProcyonA> heh
[21:04] <ProcyonA> have at it
[21:04] <ProcyonA> wait hold up
[21:04] <ProcyonA> ask alex "what are we"
[21:04] <Lyra_Bel> Sorry?
[21:04] <ProcyonA> do it
[21:04] <ProcyonA> say its from the gods on high
[21:04] <Lyra_Bel> On one condition
[21:05] <ProcyonA> he wont ask
[21:05] <ProcyonA> whats up
[21:05] <Lyra_Bel> Let *him* answer
[21:05] <ProcyonA> ((what the gods on high are that is))
[21:05] <ProcyonA> i know i know
[21:05] <Lyra_Bel> Alright then
[21:05] <Lyra_Bel> Deal
[21:06] <Lyra_Bel> Um... I think you might need to change your name before I can ask him
[21:06] <ProcyonA> cool cool
[21:06] <ProcyonA> lol yep
[21:06] == ProcyonA has changed nick to Alexander_Pyrite
[21:06] <Lyra_Bel> Might be an important part  :P
[21:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> 'Uh lyra"
[21:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "whats happening"
[21:06] <Lyra_Bel> "S'a long, really dumb story"
[21:07] <Lyra_Bel> "About an incredibly poorly-designed video game"
[21:07] <Lyra_Bel> "And a buncha morons playing it"
[21:07] <Alexander_Pyrite> "... is.."
[21:07] <Alexander_Pyrite> "is that us?"
[21:08] <Lyra_Bel> "That's us"
[21:08]  * Lyra_Bel nods
[21:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> "gee thanks"
[21:09] <Lyra_Bel> "Hey, called myself one too"
[21:10] <Lyra_Bel> "You don't get to be the only moron on the team"
[21:10] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i guess that makes me feel better"
[21:10] <Alexander_Pyrite> " a bit"
[21:11] <Lyra_Bel> "Good.  Was supposed to be more of a joke than an insult"
[21:13] <Lyra_Bel> "... Hey, Alex?"
[21:13] <Alexander_Pyrite> "yo"
[21:13] <Lyra_Bel> "What are we?"
[21:13] <Alexander_Pyrite> alex pales
[21:14] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i... uh"
[21:14] <Lyra_Bel> "I know we already... went over it"
[21:14] <Lyra_Bel> "But for arbitrary and dumb reasons, I sort of need to bring it back up"
[21:15]  * Lyra_Bel drops her eyes to the ground
[21:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Y'don't need to answer if you don't want to"
[21:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "w-well"
[21:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "nah nah"
[21:16] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i guess we do need to"
[21:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Might be one of our last chances to... figure things out"
[21:16] <Alexander_Pyrite> "why?"
[21:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Well, if the game's going to finish soon..."
[21:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Dunno what it'll be like after"
[21:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "great"
[21:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "so, uh"
[21:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> he coughs.
[21:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "what... are we?"
[21:19]  * Lyra_Bel sighs.  "I have words in my head.  I just can't say them.  Been trying for a long freaking time, but I just... can't."
[21:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i dont know if i can eiteh"
[21:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "either"
[21:20] <Lyra_Bel> "Crumbs."
[21:22] <Alexander_Pyrite> "crumbs indeed"
[21:22] == Alexander_Pyrite has changed nick to ProcyonA
[21:23] <ProcyonA> youre getting what you bargained for lol
[21:23] == ProcyonA has changed nick to Alexander_Pyrite
[21:23] <Lyra_Bel> Better'n hearing your choice of words.  This is between me and him
[21:23] == Alexander_Pyrite has changed nick to ProcyonA
[21:24] <ProcyonA> everything is my choice of words.
[21:24] == ProcyonA has changed nick to Alexander_Pyrite
[21:24] <Lyra_Bel> "Right now, I'm trying to figure out ways to phrase what I want to"
[21:25] <Lyra_Bel> "Without freaking out about the words and cutting myself off"
[21:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "s-same"
[21:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "You wanna try"
[21:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "frirst"
[21:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "first"
[21:25] <Lyra_Bel> "Alright"
[21:27]  * Lyra_Bel thinks for a few moments, then clenches a fist
[21:27] <Lyra_Bel> "I don't feel like thinking"
[21:27] <Lyra_Bel> "There.  That's... that's me"
[21:28] <Lyra_Bel> "Your turn"
[21:28] <Alexander_Pyrite> "ok..."
[21:28] <Alexander_Pyrite> Deep breath
[21:29] <Alexander_Pyrite> "the world is ending"
[21:29] <Alexander_Pyrite> "and the universe"
[21:30] <Alexander_Pyrite> "and ive lived alone for my entire life because of the fucking everyone and fuck"
[21:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "look lyra..."
[21:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "everyone else had this experience before and"
[21:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i want to be able to experience this"
[21:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "and theres no one else id rather it be than you"
[21:33] <Lyra_Bel> "Is... is it my turn again?"
[21:33] <Lyra_Bel> "Or are you still... ?"
[21:33] <Alexander_Pyrite> "no no have at it"
[21:33] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay"
[21:34] <Lyra_Bel> "Then yes.  Yes to all of that"
[21:34] <Lyra_Bel> "Except that like"
[21:34]  * Lyra_Bel gestures ineffectually
[21:34] <Lyra_Bel> "You're the reason I want it"
[21:35] <Lyra_Bel> "The only reason"
[21:35] <Lyra_Bel> "I was ready to grow up and die without ever... knowing somebody in this way"
[21:36] <Lyra_Bel> "As, um... r-romantic partners"
[21:36] <Lyra_Bel> "And then I met you.  And everything changed.  Again"
[21:37] <Alexander_Pyrite> alex is unable to speak
[21:37] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm done"
[21:38] <Alexander_Pyrite> alex just squeaks somewhat
[21:39]  * Lyra_Bel carefully wages the pros and cons of materializing a wall to hide behind
[21:42] <Lyra_Bel> "Um... Alex?  Are you, uh, breathing?"
[21:44] <Alexander_Pyrite> "a bit"
[21:44] <Alexander_Pyrite> "just... freking outa b it"
[21:44] <Lyra_Bel> "Sorry"
[21:44] <Lyra_Bel> "Too much?"
[21:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "no, no"
[21:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "im glad it happened"
[21:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> alex smiles
[21:47]  * Lyra_Bel smiles back
[21:48] <Lyra_Bel> "It's, um, your turn to mangle words and feelings and whatever else it is we're messing up here"
[21:56] <Lyra_Bel> (( Alexander_Pyrite ))
[21:56] <Alexander_Pyrite> "ok uhm..."
[21:57] <Alexander_Pyrite> "well"
[21:57] <Alexander_Pyrite> "just, what do we do now?"
[21:57]  * Lyra_Bel shrugs.  "Whatever we want?"
[22:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> "alright"
[22:00] <Alexander_Pyrite> Alex stands up.
[22:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> Then he sits back down.
[22:01] <Alexander_Pyrite> "ok what do people in... a romantic relationshp do?"
[22:01] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm pretty much the last person to ask about that, Alex"
[22:02] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I guess"
[22:02] <Alexander_Pyrite> "I dont know much either though"
[22:02] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah.  You're the second last person to ask"
[22:03] <Lyra_Bel> "We kinda suck at this"
[22:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "good thing we arent the only eople who we can talk to"
[22:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "who can we call"
[22:03] <Lyra_Bel> "Five minutes in, already need counselling"
[22:03] <Lyra_Bel> "This whatever-it-is is off to a great start"
[22:03] <Lyra_Bel> :P
[22:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "yeah yeah"
[22:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "well weve already had some dats"
[22:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> dates
[22:04] <Lyra_Bel> "True"
[22:04] <Lyra_Bel> "Even though one of them, you stood me up to go beat up a giant black guy"
[22:04] <Alexander_Pyrite> "you said you were ok with it"
[22:05] <Lyra_Bel> "I am okay with it.  That was a joke"
[22:05] <Lyra_Bel> "If I'm not okay with something, *really* not okay instead of kidding, I'll tell you"
[22:05] <Lyra_Bel> "Promise"
[22:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "alright alright"
[22:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "so... a safeword"
[22:07] <Lyra_Bel> "I mean, I was gonna go with "Alex this is not okay", but sure"
[22:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> "good safe word"
[22:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> " a bit of a tongue twister"
[22:09] <Lyra_Bel> "Works with Lil"
[22:09] <Alexander_Pyrite> "safe word with lil, eh?"
[22:09] <Lyra_Bel> "She asked me to promise, just in case"
[22:10] <Lyra_Bel> "Even though I'm pretty sure she'd freak herself out before she could get close to actually broaching sore topics"
[22:11] <Alexander_Pyrite> "really?"
[22:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "good to know"
[22:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "ibe had one conversationw it her"
[22:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "and like a total of 2 with those in the other place"
[22:12] <Lyra_Bel> "Right, yeah"
[22:12] <Lyra_Bel> "She's... sorta really careful about not making anyone else uncomfortable"
[22:12] <Alexander_Pyrite> "good on her"
[22:13] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah"
[22:13] <Alexander_Pyrite> "generally im a bit mroe abrasive but at the moment im a bit..."
[22:14] <Alexander_Pyrite> "more nervous than usual"
[22:14] <Lyra_Bel> "You're not abrasive"
[22:14] <Lyra_Bel> "Unless I have that word wrong, which I apparently do sometimes"
[22:15]  * Lyra_Bel pauses a second, then shakes her head
[22:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah, definitely not abrasive"
[22:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "youve only met me when im talking to you"
[22:17] <Lyra_Bel> "Well... yeah"
[22:17] <Lyra_Bel> "S'how it works"
[22:17] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Yeah but"
[22:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i mean you have no idea how i act around other people"
[22:18] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i could be a m,assive douche"
[22:18] <Lyra_Bel> "You're you, Alex"
[22:18] <Lyra_Bel> "If that's you, then maybe I really *am* a deranged psychopath"
[22:19] <Lyra_Bel> "And we both know how much you believe and fear that"
[22:20] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i admit it has crossed m,yu mind"
[22:21] <Lyra_Bel> "Face it, dude.  You're a good person"
[22:24] <Alexander_Pyrite> "maybe..."w
[22:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "im not a fan of bragging"
[22:25] <Alexander_Pyrite> "it always fgeels weird"
[22:25] <Lyra_Bel> "You're still allowed to accept compliments, y'know"
[22:25] <Lyra_Bel> "Especially from your-"
[22:26] <Lyra_Bel> "Um."
[22:27] <Lyra_Bel> "Never mind.  You're still allowed to accept compliments"
[22:30] <Alexander_Pyrite> "oh right"
[22:30] <Alexander_Pyrite> "my"
[22:31] <Alexander_Pyrite> "giiirlfirned"
[22:31] <Lyra_Bel> "That.  Yeah"
[22:32] <Alexander_Pyrite> Alex smiles.
[22:32] <Alexander_Pyrite> "it always amuses me how youre basically a god and yet you get... squeamish about relationships"
[22:32] <Lyra_Bel> "Shush, you"
[22:33] <Lyra_Bel> "I'm not even supposed to be capable of liking people"
[22:33] <Lyra_Bel> "This is basically a godlike feat already"
[22:34] <Alexander_Pyrite> "damn already getting such good feats"
[22:35] <Lyra_Bel> "S'what happens when you level up that much that fast"
[22:35] <Alexander_Pyrite> "true"
[22:35] <Alexander_Pyrite> 'but man"
[22:35] <Alexander_Pyrite> "all i get is the ability to fight everything"
[22:35] <Alexander_Pyrite> "you get empathy? bs"
[22:36] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah.  So unfair"
[22:36] <Lyra_Bel> :P
[22:36] <Lyra_Bel> "... Y'know"
[22:37] <Lyra_Bel> "A while ago, I was gonna try and use my power to force myself to be able to do this"
[22:37] <Alexander_Pyrite> "well why would you do that"
[22:37] <Alexander_Pyrite> "dont we all need cahracter arcs and shit"
[22:38] <Lyra_Bel> "I guess?"
[22:38] <Lyra_Bel> "Getting pretty meta here, Alex"
[22:38] <Lyra_Bel> "I just wanted to be able to say sentences that included specific words"
[22:39] <Alexander_Pyrite> "please id love to hear an example"
[22:39] <Lyra_Bel> "Like the thing you said"
[22:39] <Lyra_Bel> "Like thirty seconds ago"
[22:39] <Lyra_Bel> "It started with a G and I said "That.  Yeah""
[22:40] <Alexander_Pyrite> "oh, my memory is failing me, what was that gaian?"
[22:40] <Alexander_Pyrite> "
[22:40] <Alexander_Pyrite> "grill fiend?"
[22:40] <Alexander_Pyrite> "no that wasnt it..."
[22:41] <Lyra_Bel> :P
[22:41] <Lyra_Bel> "I am a grill fiend"
[22:41] <Lyra_Bel> "Y'caught me"
[22:42] <Lyra_Bel> "Demon of the barbeque, right here"
[22:42] <Alexander_Pyrite> "good to know"
[22:42] <Alexander_Pyrite> "because ill give myself food poisoning
[22:43] <Lyra_Bel> "And I'll deliver your soul unto the afterlife"
[22:45] <Lyra_Bel> "Y'picked the wrong grill to die at"
[22:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "so long as i have enough good im happy"
[22:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> food*
[22:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> wait
[22:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "food, sorry"
[22:45] <Alexander_Pyrite> "that happens quite a bit"
[22:45] <Lyra_Bel> "What do you mean?"
[22:46] <Alexander_Pyrite> "the stutter and shit"?
[22:46] <Lyra_Bel> "Oh.  S'fine"
[22:47] <Lyra_Bel> "Better'n you being the picture of confidence and knowing what you're doing while it's just me flailing around wildly and trying not to screw up too much"
[22:49] <Alexander_Pyrite> "youre doing fine"
[22:49] <Alexander_Pyrite> "you are a god at this point remember"
[22:50] <Lyra_Bel> "And you're basically one too"
[22:50] <Alexander_Pyrite> "doesnt mean you raent doing well"
[22:51] <Lyra_Bel> "Alright then"
[22:51]  * Lyra_Bel smiles lightly
[22:51] <Lyra_Bel> "Glad you think so"
[22:54] <Alexander_Pyrite> "yeah and im your... boil fiend, so my opinion matters B)"
[22:55] <Lyra_Bel> "Yeah.  That"
[22:56] <Lyra_Bel> "Except in addition to being a demonic agent of hot water, you're also my... a similar word to those two put together"
[22:58] <Alexander_Pyrite> "that was the implication yes."
[22:58] <Lyra_Bel> "I got that implication, yeah"
[22:59] <Lyra_Bel> "M'tryna say what the word was"
[22:59] <Alexander_Pyrite> "i know you can do it"
[23:00] <Lyra_Bel> "I can do *anything*"
[23:00] <Lyra_Bel> "Eventually"
[23:00] <Lyra_Bel> "Some of it's just gonna take more time than the rest"
[23:02]  * Lyra_Bel looks at him eventually
[23:03] <Lyra_Bel> "Okay, tiny favour?"
[23:03] <Alexander_Pyrite> "whats up?"
[23:03] <Lyra_Bel> "Can you say it first?"
[23:05] <Alexander_Pyrite> "What?"
[23:05] <Alexander_Pyrite> "boyfriend?"
[23:06] <Lyra_Bel> "Boyfriend."
[23:06] <Alexander_Pyrite> "hey!"
[23:06]  * Lyra_Bel , bright red, averts her eyes
[23:06] <Lyra_Bel> "That's the one"
[23:07]  * Lyra_Bel exhales slowly
[23:07] <Lyra_Bel> "Thanks for saying it first"
[23:07] <Alexander_Pyrite> "of course"
[23:08] <Alexander_Pyrite> 'Im here if you need anthing"
[23:08] <Lyra_Bel> "I know"
[23:10]  * Lyra_Bel moves next to him and closes her eyes
[23:11] <Lyra_Bel> "I... have... a boyfriend."
[23:11] <Alexander_Pyrite> Alex puts his arm aronud her
[23:12]  * Lyra_Bel looks at him, beaming
[23:12] <Lyra_Bel> "N'you have a girlfriend."
[23:13] <Alexander_Pyrite> "thats a first..."
[23:13] <Lyra_Bel> "I can learn"
[23:14] <Lyra_Bel> "... Wait, that's not what you meant, is it?"
[23:14] <Alexander_Pyrite> "what"
[23:15] <Lyra_Bel> "Did you mean like, it's a first for you to *have* one, or for me to *say* it?"
[23:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "nah for me to have one"
[23:15] <Alexander_Pyrite> "but also for the other one"
[23:16] <Lyra_Bel> "I was tryna answer the second one"
[23:16]  * Lyra_Bel laughs
[23:16] <Lyra_Bel> "Thought I was doing so well, too"
[23:19] <Alexander_Pyrite> "Like you said"
[23:19] <Alexander_Pyrite> "youll learn..."