week 2, wednesday

[vipmix]

[joshua and fie on a beach, t-a-l-k-i-n-g!

which is to say, since Fie likes to be on the beach and she made the mistake of talking to Joshua once or twice, this is now a pattern. sorry fie i don't make the rules]

Taking a break from lessons with Zuko?

Comments

[vipmix]

Hmmm. I'd almost feel guilty, but I'm not an extrovert.

[<3]

[sylfied]

I don't think you feel guilt.

[ Just saying. Here he is, interrupting a bruised young lady who just wants to rest--!!! ]

But it's true that you're not loud and trying to drag me places.

[vipmix]

Oh, I'm sure I must have felt it... Once upon a time.

[josh, plz don't snark about you not having human emotions.]

Don't worry. I'd never drag you places. That's a lot more effort than ankle-level is worth.

[sylfied]

Aha. So I am still at ankle-level.

[ what a great friendship(???????) ]

[vipmix]

Woops.

[dramatically:]

It's the call-out during trial. It really slowed down our relationship progress.

[sylfied]

No one wants to be flirted with during a murder trial.

[ duh. ]

[vipmix]

I don't remember agreeing it was flirting.

[not that he denied it either...]

[sylfied]

You didn't deny it, either.

[ JUST SAYING. ]

[vipmix]

I didn't see a need to.

[:)]

[sylfied]

Then that's pretty much accepting it in my book.

[ why. why is he like this

why does she have to deal with this ]

[vipmix]

Hee hee... You can take it any way you want. That's just how I've always talked to Neku.

[poor neku]

[sylfied]

Always? You're from the same world?

[vipmix]

... Technically. But we didn't know each other before coming here.

[well, neku didn't, which is what is important to His Narrative, so]

[sylfied]

But you always talk to him like that.

That must've been one interesting first meeting.

[vipmix]

[thinks of twewy week 2 day 1]

It seemed normal enough to me.

[LIES]

[sylfied]

...

What's normal to you?

[vipmix]

Hmmm... Maybe it's a bit different from most. I've always been "special".

[he says it in a weird tone but ok josh]

[sylfied]

"Special", huh?

... By yourself?

[vipmix]

[wtf dont be perspective fie :/]

...For the most part. [he had one coffeeshop owner?? totally counts] That's what "special" usually implies, isn't it?

[sylfied]

[ look, this is how she is ]

Usually. But a lot of the time, "special" also means "lonely".

[ accompanied by an idle hand flap, though, because she's not here to say it's one or the other. ]

[vipmix]

[he hates this?]

You know that from experience?

[he goes right to trying to deflect]

[sylfied]

... I wasn't the only kid raised by a jaeger corps. I saw a few others sometimes.

[ He probably saw her fight Jaffar, so it's not like she really has to hide it. ]

But it's not something a lot of kids deal with. So I didn't say anything when I actually started going to school. Jaegers are vicious, dishonest, dangerous. So they say.

[vipmix]

[motherfucker this is definitely past ankle level. he sighs]

... It's not easy when no one wants to listen, hm? [sharing is 2 hard let him live]

[sylfied]

[ it's all jaffar's fault, okay?? okay!!! ]

No, not really. Eventually you just end up doing what you know, and you try to stop caring. Most of the time, that's enough.

[vipmix]

... Yeah.

[he's never had anyone actually nail it (him) like that, and it completely throws him off. exactly one person in the world knew him enough to guess, and hanekoma is... well, himself. he sighs again and offers:]

I saw things no one else could.