voice;

[amoray]

So.

Any a you ewer had a nemesis before? Like fated fuckin' contentiousness, always gettin' up each others' gills doin' shit just to irritate 'em, duelin' to practically the death, maybe makin' out a little, that kinda thing.

See, I'm in the market for just that particular arrangement, and while I'm personally a master of the bellicose arts and don't need any adwice or nothin', I obwiously got a wested interest in how humans go about poorly imitatin' the quadrant. What with my bein' the main troll-human confidante in these parts and such.

[he pronounces it "con-fee-dawn-tay". also he means intermediary.]

Despite most of you bein' from a society bearin' a sewerely inferior romance system and therefore gettin' your emotions all scrambled up wrong from the get-go 'cos of it, I'd appreciate hearin' some personal tales.

Comments

voice;

[crab]

Point me in the direction of one successful interspecies relationship, Kanaya. Show me one.

voice;

[glowsferatu]

Well, there really aren't even a handful of examples, likely limited due to our own low numbers and a fairly low quantity of genuine attempts, but...

voice;

[crab]

But what? What are you even trying to say here, are you advocating it or something?

voice;

[glowsferatu]

Well...maybe I simply believe there could be some merit in adopting such an endeavor. Not black, perhaps, at least not without due observation, but there would be little difficulty in a scarlet arrangement.

voice;

[crab]

Kanaya, do you realize what different species entails? Yeah, okay, so we have one romance that vaguely parallels theirs, but-- wait. Wait. Are you waxing red for one of them?

voice;

[glowsferatu]

[ "waxing" would be a bit outdated. she doesn't say that. she dodges the question entirely. ]

In the cases of some of us, the species issue would be more a sociological one than physical. Need I remind you that, since my arrival here, I've spent most of my time as that very same species?

voice;

[crab]

Yeah, but just cause you're walking around all squishy -- that's not the point, it's just-- [ HE DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE ANY SOLID ARGUMENTS LINED UP oh no his hypocrisy exposed. ] Uh. Shut up is what it is, alright.

voice; private

[glowsferatu]

[ and suddenly this shit is private anyway. ]

And, completely hypothetically, don't worry in the least about the potential or actual occurrence about this question as I ask as a pure thought experience, what would your reaction be if I...if any one of us were to enter a quadrant with a human?

We have a highly limited quantity of our own kind still, despite, well...the reversal of many more final fates among our party.

voice; private

[crab]

I'd think you were fucking stupid. [ a pause. ] I guess you have a point though, but none of you better come crying to me when it doesn't end up working out.

voice; private

[glowsferatu]

Stupid? That's the final word on the matter, with no room for allowances?

Need I point out that you have also been known to display certain amorous inclinations toward individuals who are very undoubtedly not members of our species?

voice; private

[crab]

No, you need not point that out, Kanaya. [ uncomfortably. ] It is the final word on the matter. I'm not exempt. That was stupid and I was stupid for ever entertaining the idea.

voice; private

[glowsferatu]

But perhaps you weren't. Perhaps you were only following in the direction your heart advised.

That can't always be wrong, can it?