divinestrike | Overflow / Open Post

agree to disagree!

'usually'. i see.

oh come on, don't use my troublemaking as an excuse for being too afraid to put yourself out there. hell, i'll throw you at the next nice person we come across. what's your type?

I'm not afraid.

[That's a lie.]

I would prefer not to be thrown at anyone, honestly. I don't have a type. This isn't really something I give much thought to. Even before adventuring with the rest of you, it was always something else. The priesthood. The clergy. The order. I've been a little too preoccupied to think about others in such a way.

all of that sounds like an excuse to me. you dont need a long series of considerations to have fun jumping in someone else's bed, it just takes sleeping somewhere else for a night

[Which... he can't really imagine her doing, but still.]

everyone has a type

Then I don't know what that type is. It hasn't exactly been on my list of priorities to find out. A nice, fleeting thought from time to time, perhaps, but there are other things that are more important.

ill help you figure it out! with a series of patented questions to get right to the core of your preferences so we can find you the perfect match to rock your bedroll at night

first: men, women, both, or neither?

I guess both? I don't... This is incredibly embarrassing. Do we have to do this? Can't we just leave well enough alone?

it's okay, we're friends here. you can trust me! this is for your benefit anyway

if you're that uncomfortable we can leave it, but id like to learn more about you so I can keep an eye out. you do deserve to be happy and romantically fulfilled, you know

I think it's very sweet of you to keep all of this in consideration, but to be perfectly honest, I don't think I would make the best romantic partner. It would be unfortunate if you found someone fitting criteria and I only disappointed them.

preposterous. with all this talk of open communication and honesty? You're the kindest person I know, anyone would be lucky to have you

my modus operandi is to fuck and leave before they wake up. so surely you're a better partner than me anyway

Well, I promote such things amongst the rest of you, it's true. [Doesn't mean she necessarily follows it. Maybe the rules don't apply to her.]

I think what you do, how you do it, if it works for you and yours, that's all that matters, right? If it's an agreement that's been come to, that's all that should matter.

sure but that means something should work for you too right? unless you're genuinely uninterested. no judgement. Just want you to feel like you deserve to be happy.

ugh that's mushy of me. you get the idea

[He is striking some chords with her that she tries really hard to avoid, but she can't help but feel... very. Cherished. Mushy or not, she's appreciative.]

No, I hear you. I do.

It's just been easier not to think about things like that. It's always easier to keep myself busy. Don't laugh about this, Ceres, but I guess I'm a little scared to get involved in all of that. I don't have a head for courting or trysts or anything like it. I know what kind of person I am. I know how I am. I might give too much of myself, and if I did, I might never get it back.

I'm not laughing. I understand being afraid to share yourself with someone else. I don't think - I could really give any of myself like that. That's why it's so easy for me.

So maybe we have the opposite problem. Unfortunately that means I'm pretty bad at giving you advice.

Well, the good news is I wasn't going to ask you to. I will ask that you keep that between us. It's not something I'm proud of and I don't want people thinking I'm afraid of anything. That's not a good impression for me to give.

For what it's worth, I think I'd rather have your problem, though I don't think it's a problem at all. You seem like you know what you want and I have to admire that. You're not held back. You just reach out for it. If it's somehow harder for you, it certainly doesn't look it.

You're fine the way you are, in my opinion.

I wouldn't tell anyone. Who do you take me for? Some kind of fool who sings about everyone's secrets?

[Ceres.... you are.]

I wouldn't consider my problem a problem, no. I get what I want. I don't have to entangle myself in unnecessary feelings or drama.

Speaking of... my door is, you know, open. That probably doesn't help you with your issue at all. But if you ever need to relieve some stress without the threat of romance, I know my way around.

[...
Is. Is he propositioning her. She doesn't even know how to take that.]

I'm sorry, what?

[How did she get herself into this? How did this happen? All she wanted was... She can't even remember now. This is clearly all her fault. They never would have gotten here if she hadn't been all sappy and sentimental with him to begin with.

This is all her fault.]

too far?

sorry.

you know how I run my mouth sometimes.

[It's just not that big of a deal to him. Even if he usually prefers men - well, he doesn't mind lending a hand or whatever else. It's just helping out a friend, after all.]

It's not that. I just. You have a type and I'm not it.

[At least, she's certainly never thought so.]

To be fair, anyone could have said that and I would have responded exactly the same way. That is not something I hear every day. Or. Ever have before. Or if I have, perhaps I simply ignored it?

well, yes. I'm not offering you my hand in marriage. it isn't a big deal to me. I've got the parts, I know my way around.

now if you wanted to wear a fake and fuck me - maybe we'd be having a different conversation but

- too far again. Sorry. I need to think before I send these.

Anyway, you're missing it. or people aren't being bold enough. I've definitely seen others be interested in you.

[She isn't even sure what to address first. If she says she'd want someone to actually treat her with some kind of tenderness and actually be fond of her, that sounds...

Well. Mushy and sappy and sentimental and incredibly stupid, which is exactly why she didn't have that conversation to begin with. But he also seems to be serious? But he also seems to be settling?

No, no. It's a terrible idea. Why is she even entertaining it? Especially the part about—

No. She doesn't need to try to imagine that. To let him save face (and to provide herself a very easy way to evade having to address this), she decides to very smoothly not say anything about it at all.]

Perhaps only under the guise of some poorly-represented leadership. On my part, I mean. You're lovely. Gods, I can barely think straight now.

well next time someone is obviously flirting with you or sending you looks, I'll let you know

If you're going to go that far, just come up with some convincing story about I'm not available or something. Then I don't have to look and sound as stupid with them as I do with you.

you dont sound stupid. I'm sure you don't look stupid either.

besides, what if you're interested back?

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I'm so sorry for him btw

Don't be. This has had me laughing my whole night. I love him to pieces.

GOOD haha i dont want to make you uncomfortable! he is an absolute disaster, sob

NEVER. I am impervious to discomfort!

<3

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