In which the intergalactic teens sort of like each other

[00:20] <abrasiveCaliginist> ==START==
[00:21] <abrasiveCaliginist> Are you there? I was given a definite "maybe" yesterday.
[00:21] <strikingBelladonna> That maybe's definiteness is certainly something which cannot be called into question.
[00:21] <abrasiveCaliginist> I'll take that as a tentative yes.
[00:22] <strikingBelladonna> I don't know if I'd go that far.
[00:22] <strikingBelladonna> Seems like we're moving a bit quickly.
[00:22] <abrasiveCaliginist> N-no, I wouldn't say that. Baka.
[00:23] <strikingBelladonna> Tsundere-chan, your angry love is showing.
[00:24] <abrasiveCaliginist> It's not like I LIKE you or anything. I just thought this was a good opportunity for a joke.
[00:24] <strikingBelladonna> Of course, I'm well aware that I am literally your only option for companionship.
[00:25] <strikingBelladonna> Really, I can scarcely believe how lucky we both are.
[00:25] <abrasiveCaliginist> When you put it that way, it sounds like I'm settling. ;_;
[00:25] <strikingBelladonna> I'd never say you were settling.
[00:25] <strikingBelladonna> That'd imply you had a chance at a better option.
[00:26] <abrasiveCaliginist> Are you saying you're a viable one?
[00:26] <strikingBelladonna> Would you like me to be a viable one?
[00:27] <abrasiveCaliginist> ((Ahh the bantz are too real))
[00:27] <abrasiveCaliginist> I might. No guarantees, though.
[00:27] <strikingBelladonna> You've already confessed to finding me "... fetching" it is only a short slip into desirable.
[00:28] <abrasiveCaliginist> I mean, that may very well have just been an attempt to antagonize you.
[00:29] <strikingBelladonna> Antagonization through compliments? My aren't we the innovative one.
[00:30] <abrasiveCaliginist> It's a progressive form of black solicitation.
[00:30] <abrasiveCaliginist> I wrote the manual on kismessitude.
[00:30] <abrasiveCaliginist> That was one of my more advanced techniques.
[00:31] <strikingBelladonna> I'm sure your kismessitudes are all very manual, but I still don't know what they are.
[00:31] <abrasiveCaliginist> It's probably best left unexplained for a few reasons. Most of them are embarrassment.
[00:32] <strikingBelladonna> Ah yes, whatever would you do if the alien you've spoken to three times were to find out your dark secrets?
[00:33] <abrasiveCaliginist> I'm just worried you'll be floored by the concepts of alien social structures.
[00:33] <abrasiveCaliginist> It's hard to type from the floor.
[00:34] <strikingBelladonna> So considerate!
[00:34] <abrasiveCaliginist> To both of us. I... Ugh, I can't say it.
[00:34] <strikingBelladonna> Give me a moment to swoon at your condescending kindness.
[00:35]  * abrasiveCaliginist spends five minutes typing a message, letter by letter
[00:35] <abrasiveCaliginist> i enjoy your company
[00:35] <abrasiveCaliginist> There. I said it. I won't say it again.
[00:36]  * strikingBelladonna falls onto the floor in a faint, keyboard pulled alongside her.
[00:36] <abrasiveCaliginist> Hey, come on!
[00:36] <strikingBelladonna> You were right to have been careful, I was unprepared for this revelation.
[00:36] <abrasiveCaliginist> Don't... Don't do that!
[00:37] <strikingBelladonna> I do believe I have come down with a case of the vapors.
[00:37]  * strikingBelladonna fans herself on the floor, swooning even further... somehow.
[00:37] <abrasiveCaliginist> Hey! It's not like I confessed to burning orphanages or something!
[00:38] <abrasiveCaliginist> ...would you be mad if I did?
[00:38] <strikingBelladonna> You burned down an orphanage?
[00:38] <abrasiveCaliginist> No! No!
[00:39] <strikingBelladonna> You just... hypothetically want to know if I'd be mad if you burned down an orphanage?
[00:39] <abrasiveCaliginist> I can definitely say it was intentional, and that there were definitely chainsaws involved, but I'm not that kind of killer.
[00:39] <strikingBelladonna> I'm sure you had your reasons, baby slayer.
[00:39] <abrasiveCaliginist> I don't shoot wigglers, especially not ones that deserve better.
[00:40] <strikingBelladonna> My apologies, o' vandalizer of orphan homes.
[00:40] <abrasiveCaliginist> ...apology accepted, lest I fall into the trap of our first conversation.
[00:42] <strikingBelladonna> A wise choice, depriver of children's stability (though slight it may be given the nature of orphanages, I am sure it was important to the little guys.)
[00:42] <abrasiveCaliginist> Are you ever going to get off the floor?
[00:43] <strikingBelladonna> Hmmm, I shall need to take this idea under consideration. It is awfully comfy down here.
[00:44] <abrasiveCaliginist> Are you in danger of falling asleep or something?
[00:45] <strikingBelladonna> Why, are you hoping I am so you can watch me sleep?
[00:45] <abrasiveCaliginist> Quite the opposite.
[00:45] <abrasiveCaliginist> I've little else to do but speak to you, and watching you sleep is boring.
[00:45]  * strikingBelladonna stands up, and sits back down normally.
[00:45] <strikingBelladonna> You say that like you've done it.
[00:46]  * abrasiveCaliginist bonks himself on the head. "UGH THAT WAS STUPID"
[00:46]  * abrasiveCaliginist shouts "WHY WOULD YOU TYPE THAT"
[00:46] <abrasiveCaliginist> Well, no, not really. Haha, what a weird thing to do.
[00:46] <abrasiveCaliginist> That's weird where you're from too, right? Hahaha
[00:47] <strikingBelladonna> Of course, who would intrude on a young lady's privacy in such a gross manner?
[00:47] <abrasiveCaliginist> I know, right? Hahaha
[00:47] <strikingBelladonna> Why, such a scoundrel would surely be unworthy of any further interaction with said young lady.
[00:47] <abrasiveCaliginist> Lemme just close out a window or two here
[00:47] <strikingBelladonna> She might go so far as to immediately block him and never speak with him again for such a trespass.
[00:48] <abrasiveCaliginist> Haha, yeah
[00:48] <abrasiveCaliginist> So it sure is a good thing I'm not like that
[00:48] <strikingBelladonna> Of course, this would hardly bare comparison to her wrath if the scoundrel had watched her do anything else besides sleeping.
[00:49] <strikingBelladonna> Surely, even such a scoundrel, would have the good sense not to intrude any further, otherwise, the young lady really would grow quite cross.
[00:49] <abrasiveCaliginist> (("Bare comparison". Vamp: phrasing.))
[00:49] <abrasiveCaliginist> No, yeah, the viewport is most certainly closed.
[00:50]  * strikingBelladonna is wearing an enormous smile, which doesn't touch her eyes in the least.
[00:50] <abrasiveCaliginist> Done so with an emphatic admonishment to never open itself again.
[00:50] <abrasiveCaliginist> "Don't ever open yourself ever again!" I said.
[00:50] <abrasiveCaliginist> Obviously you didn't hear it because I said it out loud instead of typing it.
[00:50]  * abrasiveCaliginist SLAMSLAMSLAMSLAM
[00:51] <strikingBelladonna> Of course, but I greatly appreciate your explanation.
[00:52] <abrasiveCaliginist> In any case, now that the viewport is most decidedly closed, I shall resume my discussion of the weather. Sadly, I am in a subterranean ruin, or else I would have more to say than "it's dark and moldy."
[00:52] <strikingBelladonna> How delightful.
[00:53] <strikingBelladonna> For my part, the weather is quite pleasant here in France.
[00:53] <abrasiveCaliginist> Is that so? Do tell.
[00:54] <strikingBelladonna> Only 15 degrees Celsius, a nice cloudy and grey day, I could scarcely ask for better weather.
[00:54] <abrasiveCaliginist> Somehow, I suspect you're being disingenuous.
[00:56] <strikingBelladonna> Perhaps I am, or perhaps I really do enjoy grey and temperate days.
[00:56] <strikingBelladonna> Who knows if you shall ever learn the truth?
[00:57] <abrasiveCaliginist> Perhaps one day, but that sounds like a really pathetic heart to heart: "Harken, I have something I must confess." "What's that?" "I truly enjoy gray days." To which I would most certainly gasp while we both burst into tears.
[00:58] <strikingBelladonna> The farthest reaches of space would quake with awe at the personal connection we must have forged in order to confess such deeply held truths to each other.
[00:59] <abrasiveCaliginist> Indeed. Balmy, overcast weather, and our disposition towards it makes for such a heartfelt discussion.
[01:00] <strikingBelladonna> Yes, this is most definitely not the last resort of truly desperate conversationalists.
[01:00] <abrasiveCaliginist> But, let me ask you a better question.
[01:00] <abrasiveCaliginist> Were you speaking truly when you said those things about Grubslingers?
[01:01] <strikingBelladonna> Are you referring to my rantings against your establishment?
[01:01] <abrasiveCaliginist> Yes.
[01:01] <strikingBelladonna> Or, former establishment, I suppose.
[01:01] <abrasiveCaliginist> I am.
[01:03] <strikingBelladonna> I do not recall any falsehoods, if there is one sin which stands above all others, it is mismanagement.
[01:03] <abrasiveCaliginist> Hm.
[01:04] <abrasiveCaliginist> "Sigh. I suppose I'll just have to take her word for it."
[01:04] <abrasiveCaliginist> I guess so.
[01:04] <strikingBelladonna> ((did he actually type that out?))
[01:04] <abrasiveCaliginist> ((No; that's what the quotes are for))
[01:04] <strikingBelladonna> ((just checking))
[01:04] <abrasiveCaliginist> They'll find this place eventually.
[01:05] <strikingBelladonna> Where are you, anyways?
[01:05] <abrasiveCaliginist> An underground ruin. It's a whole city.
[01:06] <abrasiveCaliginist> I've never seen anything like it. It's almost perfectly preserved.
[01:06] <strikingBelladonna> How strange, have you learnt anything about it during your stay?
[01:06] <abrasiveCaliginist> Not much. I've ventured out to set traps and look around.
[01:06] <abrasiveCaliginist> Most of the signs are in languages I can't read.
[01:07] <strikingBelladonna> Well that's terrifically disappointing, and here I was actually interested in what you were doing for a moment.
[01:07] <abrasiveCaliginist> I've found jars of blood about, I suppose.
[01:07] <abrasiveCaliginist> Locks of hair.
[01:07] <abrasiveCaliginist> Shaved off horns.
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[01:08] <abrasiveCaliginist> ((My apologies; switching to PC))
[01:08] == abrasiveCaliginist has changed nick to AC
[01:08] <strikingBelladonna> No, no, it is clear that archeology is not a field which interests you.
[01:09] == Harken has changed nick to abrasiveCaliginist
[01:09] <abrasiveCaliginist> Well, not really, I suppose. Does it interest you?
[01:09] <abrasiveCaliginist> I can attempt to learn more on my next outing.
[01:09] <strikingBelladonna> Not explicitly, but I am a curious girl.
[01:10] <abrasiveCaliginist> Not in a bad way, though.
[01:10] <strikingBelladonna> The idea of an entire preserved city, without a soul to be found, it's quite fascinating.
[01:10] <abrasiveCaliginist> I can't take pictures, or else I would. It unnerves me.
[01:11] <abrasiveCaliginist> But I know they'll find this place eventually.
[01:12] <strikingBelladonna> Well then, grubslinger, do you have an ever so clever plan to escape from the law once again?
[01:12] <abrasiveCaliginist> Just the usual one.
[01:12] <strikingBelladonna> I am to presume it involves a simply egregious quantity of gunfire?
[01:13] <abrasiveCaliginist> All of the gunfire. They'll pursue me until I'm dead or they are. I shall endeavor to make sure I still breathe at the end of the day.
[01:14] <strikingBelladonna> An admirable goal if ever there was one.
[01:14] <abrasiveCaliginist> Perhaps.
[01:14] <abrasiveCaliginist> I suppose I'm just trying to gauge if I deserve the privilege through combat.
[01:15] <strikingBelladonna> What privilege do you refer to?
[01:15] <abrasiveCaliginist> The privilege of breathing.
[01:15] <abrasiveCaliginist> Ach, I shouldn't get into this again. It's not a topic for idle chatter.
[01:16] <strikingBelladonna> Well then, your possible fatalistic emotions aside, I would recommend you investigate your surroundings in greater detail on your next excursion.
[01:16] <abrasiveCaliginist> Like I said, I've laid a few traps, and gotten the lay of the land.
[01:17] <strikingBelladonna> I was not only referring to the good that would do you in the field of battle whenever they do catch up with you.
[01:17] <abrasiveCaliginist> What do you mean?
[01:18] <strikingBelladonna> Tomorrow, if you do seek to learn more about this city, I will probably be available for contact.
[01:18] <abrasiveCaliginist> Ah. I see. If I return, you require information about the city to continue our comminuque.
[01:19] <strikingBelladonna> I would not describe it in such black and white terms, but I will say I would be more inclined to do so if you had some interesting things to share about this ghost city.
[01:20] <abrasiveCaliginist> As you wish. Who am I to deny a curious young girl of this knowledge?
[01:20] <abrasiveCaliginist> I must admit, though, some of these places give me the shivers. There's a platform in the center of the city that just... Yuck.
[01:21] <strikingBelladonna> Well, I would never ask you to do something which made you uncomfortable.
[01:22] <strikingBelladonna> It must be quite simply too spooky for a man of your temperament, wandering about an entirely empty city like you are.
[01:22] <abrasiveCaliginist> No, I don't think that's it.
[01:22] <abrasiveCaliginist> A weird sense of deja vu, maybe.
[01:23] <strikingBelladonna> Oh thank goodness, I was worried it might be something sensible.
[01:23] <abrasiveCaliginist> I wish you could see it. Then you might understand.
[01:24] <abrasiveCaliginist> There was this tower, you know? And a cavern. I could have sworn I heard wailing, but it's the sort of sound that, when you listen for it harder, it goes away.
[01:24] <abrasiveCaliginist> Sort of like falling asleep, and hearing someone whisper your name in your ear, but when you bolt upright and look around, no one's there.
[01:25] <strikingBelladonna> Ah, yes, a tower, and strange noises, of course.
[01:25] <strikingBelladonna> I perfectly understand your meaning, and why you find it so difficult to explore this place. Do not feel the need to offer any further details.
[01:26] <abrasiveCaliginist> Stop that! I'm serious, okay?
[01:27] <strikingBelladonna> I did not take you for a superstitious sort, Harken, but if you are afraid of ghosties and ghoulies creeping on you at night to whisper in your ear, then far be it from me to mock you.
[01:27] <abrasiveCaliginist> I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything.
[01:29] <strikingBelladonna> I am sure a big strong grubslinger such as yourself has nothing to fear from the place, but if it makes you feel better, I would be satisfied with any good clues regarding the city.
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[01:31] <abrasiveCaliginist> Stop mocking me! I hate that! Speak to me like an equal, not like a wiggler! We are both warriors, and we should respect each other as such.
[01:32] <strikingBelladonna> Look, that... wasn't actually fully 100% teasing.
[01:33] <strikingBelladonna> I didn't expect to touch a nerve with the ghost stuff.
[01:34] <strikingBelladonna> Sorry.
[01:34] <abrasiveCaliginist> It's fine.
[01:34] <abrasiveCaliginist> I'm going to sleep. It's going to be a long night, and I need to keep up on that sleep if I'm going to kill six of my former compatriots.
[01:35] <strikingBelladonna> Yeah, I think I'm a bit worn out myself.
[01:35] <abrasiveCaliginist> I killed Arthur and Daniel recently. They'll be looking for blood over that.
[01:36] <strikingBelladonna> Remember, I'll probably be available tomorrow if you look for anything interesting to tell me.
[01:36] <abrasiveCaliginist> I'll be back. And one more thing.
[01:37] <strikingBelladonna> What a coincidence, I have one more thing as well, but you may go first.
[01:37] <abrasiveCaliginist> Thanks for helping me pass the time. It's helped me stay distracted from the bullet Daniel put in my shoulder.
[01:38] <strikingBelladonna> Well, you know me, always giving.
[01:39] <abrasiveCaliginist> What's your thing?
[01:40] <strikingBelladonna> If you tell anyone I was genuine with you for a moment, I'll tear whatever functions as a tongue on your alien body out and shove it into your brain.
[01:40] <abrasiveCaliginist> Who am I going to tell? The six corpses I'll be burning tomorrow? Your secret is safe with me.
[01:41] <strikingBelladonna> Good night, Harken.
[01:41] <abrasiveCaliginist> Good night.
[01:41] <abrasiveCaliginist> Wait! What's your name?
[01:41] <strikingBelladonna> Lexi.
[01:42] <abrasiveCaliginist> Lexi, huh? Sounds good. Has a nice ring to it. Anyway, I'll speak to you tomorrow.
[01:42] <strikingBelladonna> You'll probably speak to me tomorrow.
[01:42] <abrasiveCaliginist> Probably.
[01:43]  * strikingBelladonna has ceased espering abrasiveCaliginist
[01:44] <abrasiveCaliginist> ==END==