[ Like.. he knows what the word means, but this is Choso.. and he's also never had anyone proposition him in his life, so... clearly Choso means something else? ]
[ Laios reads the words, but he has to read them over and over until he can fully grasp the situation here. Surely, this is .. a prank? It's got to be. ]
[ Because... who does that? Who just asks that? Did he misunderstand his relationship with this guy somehow? Did he do something to make Choso think they're a couple? The concept of openly having sex isn't unheard of where he's from, of course not, that's a lifestyle choice. That's what brothels are for! Not like Laios has ever been to one. ]
[ But if Choso is not joking, this could be bad for their established friendship, right? After all, Laios is also curious. Intimacy, it's not something he's ever practiced, mostly cause a lot of people can't stand him, but then he, as a person, is very shy about all of this. Very much so. Did that mean he didn't want to, though? Not really, but it probably also isn't the top thing on his list.
How the fuck do you socially navigate a situation like this? It's his first time! ]
[ wow, why is he shouting? can it be called shouting in text form? is his brain shouting? how peculiar. but it's good of him to be so considerate in this to let choso know.
but, wait. why would such a thing matter? while he ponders this, choso runs up a search or two on diseases and their effects on sexual intercourse. ]
[ No freaking way. Did he just make up an awful lie about himself for no goddamn reason?? Is this guy really for real?! Well, now he can’t tell the truth and say he’s a virgin if he apparently has some kind of disease so he’s really just stuck. And now the only way out of this would be to reject Choso.
But Laios doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. Not when he’s proud to have made a friend here. Maybe.. he should explore something like this? Is that really okay?! ]
[ surely this must be a weird and rough time for laios-- or anyone, for that matter. this would be the perfect time for a gentle touch and a slow progression.
regrettably, it's choso, and he is busy reading about chlamydia on the side while he brain-texts his weird fish friend. ]
you have an excellent body and i enjoy the things you have to say most of the time.
i do. you are strong and resist nature’s attempts to destroy you. you make catching fish look very easy. as i have found out, it is not, so this is very considerable.
[ What?? No, seriously. What?? Does this guy make a habit of asking his friends for sex? He's a curse, right? He and Laios talked about that. Maybe it's a common practice among his kind. Though, now he's wondering.. can this guy shapeshift? What kind of supernatural abilities does he have? Does his genitalia--
STAY FOCUSED, LAIOS..]
I'm.. very flattered. Does your kind find survival tactics attractive?
oh. maybe he means death womb paintings. in which case, what would Eso and Kechizu have preferred…? hmm. it seems wrong to speak for them on this, so— ]
[ Well, that just really isn't fair. Here Laios is, brought to a world which he doesn't understand, completely out of his own element and he figured it would be just like every other new place where he's tried to fit in to. His village he grew up in, which they all eventually ostracized him and Falin because of her special abilities. His parents never showed love and care like he needed; it's probably because they didn't know how to express it themselves and just focused on marrying him off and wanting him to provide grandchildren, which was what he feared the most. There was the military, which he made no friends there, probably because his personality was so outlandish in comparison to the most that were there. The dungeon crawling came along after that and he was reunited with his sister when he whisked her away from the magic academy. That's how he met Marcille, and it took forever just to become friends with her (it's probably mostly because he took Falin away from her.) Positive relationships with mankind were hard to come by for him.
He had expected his way of fitting in here with LILITH to also go poorly, just accepting that it's something wrong with him and how he's unfitted for the world. He belonged in a dungeon, where all his passions lay. No where else.
And now, something like this happens, that's never happened to him before. Immediately, he wants to recoil, because the feeling is so foreign, and yet, he would be lying if he said he hadn't always wished to be intimate with somebody. After all, his distaste for humanity lies in the fact he wants to be accepted so badly, that when he's countless rejected, it continues to build his resentment for the human race. Perhaps the fact Choso isn't completely human either.. there is some interest there. ]
[ well, in the end, choso wasn’t one to turn down food, so he supposes it worked out all right either way. carnal relations took second place to laios-produced meals. that the guy is avoiding a straight answer doesn’t occur to choso at all. ]
oh, good. i was hungry that way too. where should i go to wait for you?
[ well, calling the guy to everlight dorms would be counterproductive and may wake yuji. that wouldn’t do. there IS the blood room technically registered under choso’s name, so… ]
revelation 010. the door will be unlocked.
[ better take one of the roombas there just in case there’s leftover hazmat ]
[ Well. If nothing else, this has bought Laios some time to consider what Choso is propositioning. He makes the omurice painfully slow, and because of the lack of resources, the egg he's using is something he found in the cafeteria, so it's probably synthetically made, he is guessing. Still, it looks and smells appetizing, and unless Choso is extremely picky, it probably tastes good too.
The walk to the Revelation wing is also painfully slow. If he wasn't sure about something like this, why doesn't he just say so? Maybe it's cause he's not completely put off from the idea.. he's just shy. So very shy, awkward and inexperienced, and he knows that.
The nudges the door open with his foot and pokes his head inside, both hands carefully holding a plate wrapped in foil. ]
[ it’s a good thing, really, that laios takes his time; there is much for choso to do to prepare for his coming. the last time Revelation 010 was in use, it was to contain the blood storm choso had conjured while he flipped his lid (ha) over yuji’s open brain surgery. though the roombas had done an initial sweep to rid the place of the worst of it, the rusted red flaking in the corners and seams of the room were hard to miss even at first glance. if this place was going to admit visitors, it needed a touch-up very badly.
by the time laios shows up, there’s been… some improvement. the air still smells of iron and blood, but now too of konbu snacks and whatever sharp astringent he used as a cleaner. the high corners of the room have been rid of their crusty bits, the floors occupied by a roomba puttering around and eating up the flakes and slivers of solid reds that drop from the slowly-spinning web of blood hanging over their heads like a net.
hey. battling blood with blood worked when all of it was choso’s to begin with.
haloed by this horrorshow of living blood, choso glances over his shoulder with the sleeves of his LILITH greys rolled up to his elbows, pigtails jabbing at the air in defiance of gravity as ever. ]
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[ Like.. he knows what the word means, but this is Choso.. and he's also never had anyone proposition him in his life, so... clearly Choso means something else? ]
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1/?????? JESUS
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3/????
4/5
How the fuck do you socially navigate a situation like this? It's his first time! ]
done
[ Smooth. Oh, so very smooth. ]
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but, wait. why would such a thing matter? while he ponders this, choso runs up a search or two on diseases and their effects on sexual intercourse. ]
that's ok. i can't contract anything like that.
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But Laios doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. Not when he’s proud to have made a friend here. Maybe.. he should explore something like this? Is that really okay?! ]
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He was engaged and they didn’t even get a chance to kiss!! ]
3/3
why do you want to do something like that with me?
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regrettably, it's choso, and he is busy reading about chlamydia on the side while he brain-texts his weird fish friend. ]
you have an excellent body and i enjoy the things you have to say most of the time.
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You do..?
Nobody has ever commented on my body like that either..
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i do. you are strong and resist nature’s attempts to destroy you. you make catching fish look very easy. as i have found out, it is not, so this is very considerable.
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[ WHY IS HE BLUSHING.. ]
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yes. the fish were also delicious and i gained essential knowledge about them. naturally, this placed you as my first choice in tonight’s activities.
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STAY FOCUSED, LAIOS.. ]
I'm.. very flattered. Does your kind find survival tactics attractive?
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oh. maybe he means death womb paintings. in which case, what would Eso and Kechizu have preferred…? hmm. it seems wrong to speak for them on this, so— ]
perhaps. i know i do.
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He had expected his way of fitting in here with LILITH to also go poorly, just accepting that it's something wrong with him and how he's unfitted for the world. He belonged in a dungeon, where all his passions lay. No where else.
And now, something like this happens, that's never happened to him before. Immediately, he wants to recoil, because the feeling is so foreign, and yet, he would be lying if he said he hadn't always wished to be intimate with somebody. After all, his distaste for humanity lies in the fact he wants to be accepted so badly, that when he's countless rejected, it continues to build his resentment for the human race. Perhaps the fact Choso isn't completely human either.. there is some interest there. ]
Let me fix you something to eat then.
[ avoiding giving a straight forward answer... ]
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oh, good. i was hungry that way too. where should i go to wait for you?
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bring it to your room, don't worry.
[ hnghh... ]
What room are you in again?
[ tell him the fuck room, not Yuuji's room, pls. ]
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revelation 010. the door will be unlocked.
[ better take one of the roombas there just in case there’s leftover hazmat ]
ACTION.
The walk to the Revelation wing is also painfully slow. If he wasn't sure about something like this, why doesn't he just say so? Maybe it's cause he's not completely put off from the idea.. he's just shy. So very shy, awkward and inexperienced, and he knows that.
The nudges the door open with his foot and pokes his head inside, both hands carefully holding a plate wrapped in foil. ]
Okay, I'm here with some food.. for you.
[ in more ways than one.. maybe.. we'll see. ]
ACTION.
by the time laios shows up, there’s been… some improvement. the air still smells of iron and blood, but now too of konbu snacks and whatever sharp astringent he used as a cleaner. the high corners of the room have been rid of their crusty bits, the floors occupied by a roomba puttering around and eating up the flakes and slivers of solid reds that drop from the slowly-spinning web of blood hanging over their heads like a net.
hey. battling blood with blood worked when all of it was choso’s to begin with.
haloed by this horrorshow of living blood, choso glances over his shoulder with the sleeves of his LILITH greys rolled up to his elbows, pigtails jabbing at the air in defiance of gravity as ever. ]
Hello, Laios. It can go on the desk now.
[ the nice, clean desk, freshly scrubbed. ]
It smells good.
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