It’s too soon after all that for me to even consider...
[ it had already felt as though the world backed him into a corner. he takes responsibility for some of his choices (and understands that she fundamentally disagrees with what he tries to own as his own fault), but he won’t completely own this.
he had given everything he had for it to mean nothing: how bitterly familiar. ]
Oh, no kidding. I was able to handle it pretty well the last couple of months because I had a fellow sufferer with me, but I'm not living with an Iris party member anymore which makes things more than a little difficult.
[Sometimes you just wind up bonding with other Irises in order to cope.
It's fine.
Although she doesn't really have much in the way of Iris friends either...]
If you plan on shutting yourself in your room all Iris and triple moon cycle, I could bring the 'box of things that could help ease things a little'.
It's just... it's too soon after I acted like I was totally fine sleeping with someone, and being with them forever and ever, after just... being picked up. I'm not that person, why does the world keep trying to force it?
[ he had fluttered from place to place to check on his friends, make amends, talk with people who were struggling to cope, and it had, as these things tend to, come to a head.
he gave in. he let himself fall.
and he needs a minute. ]
Hah, party member. Are we the "shitty luck party?" I bet everyone else has something cool, like the "warrior party" and the "party of high mages."
[ team shitty luck? it certainly seems to fit. ]
... I'm afraid to ask but I'm gonna. What box of coping?
... Wow. Got it in one. I ... really don’t want to talk about it right now.
[ it hadn’t been an issue as the two of them were completely and utterly alone, but the obsessive thoughts fed back to him through their link were... telling. ]
As if anyone has any control over it, though... aren’t we shameless by being attached to this?
[ he doesn’t want to point out the box too directly, but if everyone’s shameless, then is there any metric for same in the first place? ]
Yeah, don't you know? Maybe we can just grab the popcorn and get free entertainment out of it. Considering how much people ask for moonlacing over the network, I'm shocked it hasn't happened yet.
Yeah, the whole “deleting memories” thing? That’s called “dissociative amnesia,” or “psychogenic amnesia.”
[ just. in case she wanted that piece of medical trivia. ]
Anyway, yeah, if it happens, I’m game for marathoning it as long as there are snacks. We can send occasional comments critiquing technique so maybe they’d knock it off. Or we can start broadcasting fluffy bunnies or something as a counter.
Thankfully I haven't seen like... people multiplying because of Iris cycle, though. But there is definitely the whole 'rabbits fuck a lot' thing going on.
I honestly have no idea. I haven't heard about any cases of it happening, though.
[Basically: she has no idea.]
Not as well as actually doing it with someone, or at least moonlacing with a person even on the base level, but from personal experience, it does help a little bit.
So you could hold someone’s hand while playing with a toy and cheat the system that way, but what’s even the point of...
[ this sucks. he said that already so he doesn’t again, but that’s the conclusion he keeps inevitably coming back to. ]
I’ll take any other moon, please. Any. Two moons at once! I’d rather be angry and raw with everyone or whatever regular Cordis is compared to looking like I’m a sex addict.
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[ it had already felt as though the world backed him into a corner. he takes responsibility for some of his choices (and understands that she fundamentally disagrees with what he tries to own as his own fault), but he won’t completely own this.
he had given everything he had for it to mean nothing: how bitterly familiar. ]
Inaba? This sucks.
[ understatement of the year. ]
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[Sometimes you just wind up bonding with other Irises in order to cope.
It's fine.
Although she doesn't really have much in the way of Iris friends either...]
If you plan on shutting yourself in your room all Iris and triple moon cycle, I could bring the 'box of things that could help ease things a little'.
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[ he had fluttered from place to place to check on his friends, make amends, talk with people who were struggling to cope, and it had, as these things tend to, come to a head.
he gave in. he let himself fall.
and he needs a minute. ]
Hah, party member. Are we the "shitty luck party?" I bet everyone else has something cool, like the "warrior party" and the "party of high mages."
[ team shitty luck? it certainly seems to fit. ]
... I'm afraid to ask but I'm gonna. What box of coping?
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[She is, of course, half-joking before she waves her hand rather dismissively.]
I mean, I'm not going to say Sanguis or Cordis are better, because exalted Cordis is... shameless...
[Very shameless.]
It's just a fuckton of... sex toys. That I keep for Iris emergencies.
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[ it hadn’t been an issue as the two of them were completely and utterly alone, but the obsessive thoughts fed back to him through their link were... telling. ]
As if anyone has any control over it, though... aren’t we shameless by being attached to this?
[ he doesn’t want to point out the box too directly, but if everyone’s shameless, then is there any metric for same in the first place? ]
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[No need to elaborate on that, Otonashi.
It's fine.]
... There's levels of shameless, I promise. Besides, I have limits, unlike a hell of a lot of people.
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[ there are people who might not even consider that shameless. ]
... Uh, you know, in spaces that aren’t designated for communal nudity.
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[She says that so blandly that you can't necessarily tell whether she actually gives a shit or not.
Spoilers: she cares, and it's with clear, sheer annoyance because why.]
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[ he speaks in a tone that drips with bitter, resigned sarcasm. ]
All this place needs is a public broadcast of people ravaging each other and then we’d really be living the life.
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Or maybe I've somehow deleted it out of my mind?
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[ just. in case she wanted that piece of medical trivia. ]
Anyway, yeah, if it happens, I’m game for marathoning it as long as there are snacks. We can send occasional comments critiquing technique so maybe they’d knock it off. Or we can start broadcasting fluffy bunnies or something as a counter.
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[Even though she jokes about memory related stuff, she doesn't actually want to have any sort of amnesia related issues ever again.]
I can provide that much. They're cheap, anyway. Although broadcasting bunnies in response will only remind me of the Iris cycle...
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[ he pauses, shoulders slumping. ]
... Is that why Iris is the lewd moon? Bunnies, multiplying? Someone has a sick sense of humor...
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Thankfully I haven't seen like... people multiplying because of Iris cycle, though. But there is definitely the whole 'rabbits fuck a lot' thing going on.
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[ kind of a non-issue for the dead, but these rules wouldn’t apply across the board. ]
So, this box... That works? Toys? You don’t have to have rabid sex with another person to get through this?
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[Basically: she has no idea.]
Not as well as actually doing it with someone, or at least moonlacing with a person even on the base level, but from personal experience, it does help a little bit.
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[ this sucks. he said that already so he doesn’t again, but that’s the conclusion he keeps inevitably coming back to. ]
I’ll take any other moon, please. Any. Two moons at once! I’d rather be angry and raw with everyone or whatever regular Cordis is compared to looking like I’m a sex addict.
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[Or at least alleviate the feeling.
Attempts have been made.]
... I'm pretty sure you really don't want two moons at once.