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Madison Scott-Clary 2022-04-19 15:20:12 -07:00
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@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ Ioan pulled together a stack of eir notes and, with a little concentration and a
Tucking those under eir arm, ey walked over to May's desk and bent down to give the skunk a kiss atop her head, right between her ears. "I'm heading out. No messing with my pens, okay?"
Rather than the usual 'do not die' joke, the skunk turned on her stool, looped her arms up around eir shoulders and pressed her nose to eirs. "You will be okay, right?"
Rather than the usual 'do not die' joke, the skunk turned on her stool, looped her arms up around eir shoulders and pressed her nose to eirs. "You will be okay, yes?"
Ey hesitated. Something about her tone pointed more towards anxiety than simple seriousness. Ey leaned forward to set eir notebook down, tugged up on eir slacks, and settled to eir knees in front of her. "Of course, May. Will you?"
"I will be fine," she said, smiling. "I am just a little worried today, is all."
"Any particular reason why?"
"I just am. I am trying to build trust, but..." She shrugged.
"Want me to leave a fork behind?"
"Will they be intolerable and antsy?"
@ -18,9 +22,9 @@ Ey laughed. "Depends on how much pestering you do."
She lifted her snout enough to lick eir nose-tip, then shoved at em playfully. "I am busy, my dear."
"You fork more than anyone I know, you can just--"
"You fork more than anyone I know, you could just--"
"I am trying to tell you to get out of here, Ioan," she said, grinning. "Do not mind a little bit of anxiety. Good luck, have fun, and do not die, okay?"
"I am trying to tell you to get out of here, Ioan," she said, grinning in earnest. "Do not mind a little bit of anxiety. I will think on it and we will talk later. Good luck, have fun, and do not die, okay?"
Ey shook eir head and stood again, grabbing eir notebook. "Skunks. I swear..."
@ -28,9 +32,9 @@ Ey stepped out of the sim before she could kick eir shin.
Ey ordered eir usual coffee and staked out eir usual spot on the couch. Rather than getting to work while ey waited for True Name, ey simply sat and enjoyed eir coffee as best ey could, staring off into nothing while mulling over May's words.
*You will be okay, right?* Ey frowned and shifted eir gaze down to eir coffee, half gone by now. There were relatively few occasions that would bring about anxiety in eir partner, and ey knew the majority of them stemmed from within her.
*You will be okay, right?* Ey frowned and shifted eir gaze down to eir coffee, half gone by now. There were relatively few occasions that would bring about anxiety in eir partner, and ey knew the majority of them stemmed from within herself.
She'd often been upset by her down-tree instance, though that hatred she'd borne for so long had softened to something more like distaste of late. She'd occasionally gotten upset at em, often when ey'd not picked up on some cue that she'd given for some emotional need ey wasn't meeting. Both of those she'd express as best she could with a little burst of anxiety.
She'd often been upset by her down-tree instance, though that hatred she'd borne for so long had softened to something more like distaste of late. She'd occasionally gotten upset at em, usually when ey'd not picked up on some cue that she'd given for some emotional need ey wasn't meeting. Both of those she'd express as best she could with after a small burst of anxiety.
All of the other times, though, it had come from within. Whatever dire emotions that dwelt beneath the chipper, goofy, sarcastic, and delightfully earnest layer that made up the most of her would peek through and a little spark of something more profound and inexplicable would come over her.
@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ Returning the bow apologetically, ey gestured toward her usual spot on the couch
The skunk nodded and sat, blinking a cone of silence into being. She lapped at a bit of the whipped cream atop her mocha to get down to the drink. "I quite understand. Bit too cooped up of late?"
"A little, I guess. Heads down, maybe. Performances, helping May write a monologue, working on my own next project."
"A little, I guess. Heads down, maybe. End of the year performances, helping May write a monologue, working on my own next project."
She grinned. "Plenty on your plate, then. May I ask how May Then My Name is doing?"
@ -58,11 +62,11 @@ Ey nodded. "Of course."
"I am also curious to hear about her monologue. It is something I remember thinking about occasionally and yet never getting around to doing. I am pleased that one of us is."
That also felt like a closed topic, so ey shook eir head. "I'm not comfortable talking about that without her permission. Sorry, True Name."
That also felt like a closed topic given its context of being purpose-built, so ey shook eir head. "I'm not comfortable talking about that without her permission. Sorry, True Name."
She smiled disarmingly and held up her free paw. "Of course, Ioan, no trouble. Can you tell me about your own project, perhaps?"
Ey opened eir mouth, closed it, and laughed. "I feel like I laid a bunch of landmines around me. Hopefully it's not awkward, but with all that went down on Castor, I've been toying with rewriting *Perils* as a play."
Ey opened eir mouth, closed it again, then laughed. "I feel like I laid a bunch of landmines around me. Hopefully it's not awkward, but with all that went down on Castor, I've been toying with rewriting *Perils* as a play."
The skunk got a strange look on her face, then laughed. "Oh really? Cheeky! I do not know if I will be able to make it to a performance, but I will be delighted to read the script, if you wind up publishing it."
@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ Ey worked for a few minutes. They both did, if True Name's thoughtful gaze up in
"You know," the skunk said thoughtfully, bringing em out of eir writing. "I was quite pleased when that book came out."
"*Perils*?"
"What, *Perils*?"
She nodded. "It was something of a relief in a strange, roundabout way. While I would have preferred that it had not ended the way it did, it wound up being a pretty efficient way to bring all of that to the surface. A lot of very smart people have been thinking about it over the last few decades, and I am pleased to see some progress being made."