The Nineteenth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, evening
Where: The Mermaid's Beach

Come on, come on heroes...! Come hither!

[ There's a playful giggle and the sound of splashing as the Mermaid's beach appears in the clearing. ]

Let's play a game...!

Comments

[schrodingerscockroach]

Sure.

[Will turn and sit down so she can reach.]

....I need one more square to finish my card.

But....

[bowtiedbones]

[starts on his shoulders, just lightly kneading for now]

Already??

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He's got a lot of tension, but at least trying to relax under her hands.]

You know me. [Aggressive socializer.]

The problem is this is 'share a kink' square.

[bowtiedbones]

[digs in harder, putting some of her weight into it]

Oh, but— wait do you even have any of those?

[she has the same square on her card. thinking, does SHE have any of those either???]

[schrodingerscockroach]

At least while under a Charm Affect thanks to Vampire.

[Flatly.]

[bowtiedbones]

A— kink you temporarily used to have could still technically maybe count as yours? It doesn't say it has to be a presently held interest.

[schrodingerscockroach]

True. And it's not like I know I wouldn't be interested if I was interested in someone. Just because it's mostly no interest doesn't mean there can't be exceptions.

So like that's mostly true, probably.

[bowtiedbones]

Yeah... Do you want to tell me, though? Or someone who's actually into those kinds of thing?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Its awkward no matter what.

....I can just keep it down to one word. Not like it specifies detail.

[bowtiedbones]

Okay.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Guh]

[So much tension, and putting a hand over his face.]

Control.

[bowtiedbones]

[she's just going to count that much tension for both her massage squares. two massages for you buddy]

Yyeah, that should count. Um. Congratulations on the blackout?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He is a ball of tension and he knows it, seems legit.]

Thanks.

What else have you got so we can move on from that?

[bowtiedbones]

Begging, bets, wrestling— that one's really easy if I turn into a wolf, tell a secret, talk about my most important person, compliment someone, roleplay, play a prank, talk about my kinks if I can think of one..., ask for advice, use a pick-up line, pet someone, give a gift, confess, and make a pact.

I have a lot to get through.

[schrodingerscockroach]

That's fine.

Well, you could always tell me more about your most important person.

[bowtiedbones]

That one's kind of hard though! Like you'd assume it's Seo, and it could be, but there's arguments for it being Jonathan, Lisa, or even Lavendar.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Ah, that problem. I had that too.

Could always tell me a bit about each?

Could do the pet thing since that means talking with someone a while anyway?

[bowtiedbones]

I could! I will.

And you don't have a lot of hair to pet, but that's a good idea too.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Not all of us could have glorious mountains of hair.

It'd never fit in my helmet.

[bowtiedbones]

Sure, sure, be all practical about it.

[starts scritching his scalp. her nails are nice and long for the job.]

So, who do you want to hear about first?

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Ponders a moment and then he's gonna move to lay down beside her. Easier reach for her and less talking at the back of his head.] Let's do Jonathan.

[bowtiedbones]

[sits down and pats her thigh. lap pillow?]

Might be more comfy than the ground.

Jonathan is my older brother! He's ten years older than I am and he's studying to become a pediatric physical therapist. Right now though he works at a gym and does personal training.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Well, if she'll make the gesture, he will. What's important is she's comfortable, he's kind of getting used to getting petted at this rate.]

Sounds like a good first step to being a good physical therapist.

[bowtiedbones]

I think he'll be good at it. He's great with our nephews. Lisa's kids.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Even better sign.