local triton gets love advice from magical theatre kid

[8:26 PM] Huntress Wizard: i've been having odonys and kajsa brainworms for days
[8:26 PM] Z-nogyroP: god you're so valid
[8:26 PM] Z-nogyroP: pls gibe
[8:27 PM] Huntress Wizard: just!!!!! she didn't Have to be nice to them
[8:28 PM] Huntress Wizard: the village of battervik could've just left them to die on the beach
[8:28 PM] Huntress Wizard: but they didn't, and she didn't
[8:28 PM] Z-nogyroP: yeah............
[8:28 PM] Z-nogyroP: god
[8:28 PM] Huntress Wizard: even when they got air-sick
[8:28 PM] Huntress Wizard: while adjusting
[8:28 PM] Z-nogyroP: oh odonys
[8:29 PM] Huntress Wizard: they've never had someone take care of them before, it was always just bare minimum healing and for the rest you're on your own
[8:29 PM] Huntress Wizard: they should be dead but they're not
[8:29 PM] Z-nogyroP: :(
[8:29 PM] Z-nogyroP: she will help them
[8:29 PM] Z-nogyroP: even if they cannot ask for it
[8:30 PM] Huntress Wizard: yeah...........
[8:30 PM] Huntress Wizard: and it makes them feel A Way
[8:30 PM] Huntress Wizard: they respect her, they recognize that much, especially when she stepped up and did some really powerful cleric magic to end a fight
[8:30 PM] Z-nogyroP: mhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[8:31 PM] Huntress Wizard: but it's not the same as the respect they used to have for someone like ronos
[8:34 PM] Huntress Wizard: she's up there on their short list of good things about the surface, with auroras and the sight of falling snow and wool blankets and music
[8:34 PM] Z-nogyroP: god
[8:34 PM] Z-nogyroP: i sob
[8:34 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like [waggles their eyebrows]
[8:35 PM] Huntress Wizard: sobbing
[8:35 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like what was that for
[8:35 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like oh you know
[8:35 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like i don't? that's why i asked
[8:42 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like ;;)
[8:42 PM] Huntress Wizard: cookie good
[8:42 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ............................... you only do that when you're making fun of me, what is it
[8:43 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like i am not making fun of you, it's just that young love is always so adorable!
[8:44 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like what
[8:44 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like oh, and you haven't even realized it yet, i could just pinch your cheek
[8:45 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like don't touch me
odonys b like and what are you talking about
[8:45 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like this kajsa woman has clearly captured your heart
[8:46 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like that's ridiculous
[8:47 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like i don't knooow, as high up as wool blankets and auroras? and *my* music? that sounds like love to me
[8:47 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like she's... pleasant, and a good person
odonys b like tritons don't do love anyway, ugh
[8:48 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like tritons don't pet cats or listen to songs, either
[8:49 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like that's different, those are actions, love is... i don't know, not that
[8:49 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like believe me, love can be an action ;;)
[8:50 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like also, not to poke holes in your logic, but if tritons don't do love how are you so sure of what it is and isn't
[8:51 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [grumbles]
[8:51 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like it's a feeling, is it not
[8:51 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like no, *affection* is a feeling
[8:52 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like love is more than that, it's something living in the depths of your heart
[8:53 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [squints]
[8:53 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like okay, poor phrasing
[8:54 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like it's a choice to seek out a particular person when you'd rather the whole world go away, to want to protect and provide for and comfort them, to be with them even when or *especially* when it's difficult
[8:55 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like .....................................................................................................
[8:56 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like well?
[8:57 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [sits down]
odonys b like fuck.
[8:57 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like not usually until later
[8:57 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like shut up
[8:58 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like ;;)
[8:58 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like better to know than not isn't it
[8:59 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like isn't ignorance supposed to be bliss
[8:59 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like oh, yes, they say that, but they also say a lot of stupid things
[9:00 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like what do i do now
odonys b like none of this was supposed to happen, i don't - can't do affection
[9:01 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like why do people in this blasted frozen hellscape have to be so damn kind
[9:02 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like well i could give you some of my usual advice but, mm, somehow i get the feeling that you would mess it up so badly it would go down in the epics
[9:02 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but i think you're perfectly capable of doing affection
[9:02 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like are you familiar with the concept of love languages?
[9:03 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like obviously not
[9:04 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like well judging from what i know of you, words of affirmation and physical touch are not your style
[9:04 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but those are hardly the only ones
[9:05 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like simple gift-giving, spending quality time together, those are both languages of affection, too
[9:05 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like and i think in your case acts of service are a given
[9:05 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [nods]
[9:06 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ... by the way, this doesn't leave this room, or i'll break that fiddle over your head
[9:06 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like i wouldn't *dream* of it dear
[9:06 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like just making sure we are on the same page
[9:06 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like of course, of course
[9:07 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ... i was, very weak, when i arrived in battervik. kajsa sat by my bedside often to make sure i didn't take a turn for the worse. looking back now, it's something i... miss. is that something?
[9:08 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like *ohhhh* my poor *heart* it's going to burst
[9:08 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like you're *yearning*
[9:08 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like this is hard enough without that!
[9:08 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [puts their face in their hands]
[9:08 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like sorry, sorry, yes
[9:08 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like that is a classic sign
[9:09 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like i'd ask the gods to help me but i think they would just laugh
[9:09 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like mm, siv, maybe, can't say about the others
[9:09 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but it's really nothing to be ashamed of, everyone yearns sometimes
[9:10 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like the thought of having someone by your side while they're absent, of being close enough to touch, just fleetingly, just enough...
[9:10 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like rrrrrrrrrrrrr i'm not supposed to, no tritons are supposed to succumb to such... emotions
[9:11 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like it seems you're a bit late for that
[9:11 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like also, i believe you mentioned they already tried to kill you with literally every shark?
[9:11 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like what worse could they possibly do to you now
[9:12 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like i don't know, it's just hard to throw out thirty years of doctrine in a single sweep of the hand
[9:12 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like that's quite understandable
[9:13 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like no one here is going to judge you, though
[9:13 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like you seem keen to
[9:13 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like i am not *judging,* i am *affectionately ribbing,* there is a difference
[9:14 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like besides, i'm helping, too, aren't i? if i'm not, please let me know and i'll go back to tuning my fiddle
[9:14 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like painful as it is to admit, this is helping
[9:15 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like happy to hear it!
[9:15 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ... so what now
[9:16 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like now? not much to do but perhaps pour your heart into a fanciful letter with a lovely wax seal wherein all your feelings are laid bare
[9:17 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but when you cross paths with your kasja again, make sure she knows how much you enjoy spending time with her, how important that time is to you
[9:17 PM] Huntress Wizard: ;;w;;
[9:17 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like what does she like?
[9:18 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like the village, the people, her cat
[9:18 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like hm, not much you can reasonably box up and present as a gift
[9:19 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but perhaps you could provide some toys or a new collar for the cat
[9:20 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like if you make them yourself they don't even need to function, really, it will be enough of a sign of affection to know that you bothered to try
[9:21 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like .................. i suppose i can try
[9:21 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like she also seemed to... like when i helped
[9:22 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like of course she did, you're so strong and noble
[9:22 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like shut up
[9:22 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like ;;)
[9:22 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like continue to do that, then
[9:22 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like no reason to fix what isn't broken
[9:22 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like i never intended to stop, i owe her my life
[9:23 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like ah, the classic tale of the one with the life-debt falling deeply in love with their saviour
[9:23 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like they make ballads out of that kind of thing you know
[9:24 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like if i hear you singing about me, i will strangle you with your own bow
[9:24 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like damn, worth a shot
[9:24 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [tired glare]
[9:25 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like would you care for a comforting pat on the shoulder
[9:25 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ... alright, but just the one
[9:26 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like [single pat]
[9:26 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [exhales]
[9:26 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like i trust i can ask you for more advice if i need it, loathe as i am to admit that i do
[9:27 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like it would be my pleasure
[9:27 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like also, siv's sake, do at least try to smile when you're around her?
[9:28 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like 😬 ?
[9:29 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like we'll work on it
[9:29 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ugh
[9:29 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like ... thank you
odonys b like I can't believe I've been reduced to this and I barely care
[9:30 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like don't worry, i'll care enough for the both of us
[9:30 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like [wipes away a tear]
[9:31 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like you are awful
[9:31 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like but i'm your awful
[9:32 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like I suppose you could put it like that
[9:33 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like ❤️
[9:34 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like I hate it when you make that sound with your mouth
[9:34 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like oh i know
[9:34 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like you do it anyway to annoy me
[9:35 PM] Z-nogyroP: q'ix b like glad we're on the same page!
[9:35 PM] Huntress Wizard: odonys b like [sighs]