Dance Overflow / Day 102

[dragonheartedgirl]

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[crossmyheartandhope]

Nah, 's like a saying.

Means don't call someone else out on something you do, cause that's dumb.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Oh! Yes, we have a saying like that--about not throwing rocks at the potter's house.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...huh. Yeah, guess that makes sense. Cause of all the pottery in there, yeah?

[dragonheartedgirl]

Glass does also make sense. We just don't have it.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Anyway, point is, I'm not gonna throw rocks at your pottery.

So let's go get some brownies.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Okay. Let's go get brownies.

[ as though she isn't actually excited to have more brownies

ffs hiryuu ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Off he goes, toward brownies!!]

[...he puts like three on each of their places, lbr. Probably some tiramisu, too.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ das a lot of food hurricane

uhhhh ]

I'm not sure I can eat all this...

[crossmyheartandhope]

S'cool, they're pretty small. If we can't finish em, this thing's almost over, yeah? We'll wrap em in a napkin and keep for later.

[dragonheartedgirl]

I suppose that's true. It feels... a little strange to do that at a party like this, but if no one's watching...

[crossmyheartandhope]

It's probly fine. What're they gonna do with it all, otherwise? No way B's gonna eat it all himself.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Yes.... that's true. Although I imagine C would be happy to.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...come to think of it, I bet C could totally get through all of it.

[dragonheartedgirl]

Where do you think he even puts it all? He's so small.

[ if she ate as much as C does, she'd definitely be fat. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Hollow legs?

[dragonheartedgirl]

I can't even say it sounds all that far-fetched...

[crossmyheartandhope]

Weirder things've happened.

[Considers - then bites into one of his brownies.]

/2

[dragonheartedgirl]

C makes weirder things happen.

[ On a regular basis.... ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ ... wait. ]

....

Well, he used to, anyway. Lately not so much. ... Is he all right, you think?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Dunno. Think they got pretty shook up, with all those newbies.

[dragonheartedgirl]

It's a very different Alcheme, now, isn't it?

....

We're very different, too.

[ Soon to be even more different once Mori's gone. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. Lots of stuff changing all over the place.

[There's a pause for... kind of a long couple of seconds.]

I, uh. I heard about Raijuu.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ She. smiles? tries to smile. and then swallows. It's suddenly hard to speak. ]

I'm sorry. I probably should have said something myself.

[ but it. has been hard. and talking about it just makes it feel more real.... but at this point there's just no avoiding it, is there? ]

He would have hated something like this, I think. ... But I wish he could have come with me anyway. More than anyone else.

...

I probably wouldn't have deserved his company though. So perhaps...

[ she deserved this. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Dude. What are you even talking about?

Of course you deserved his company. And whether he wanted to be at something like this or not, he'd have been happy to be here with you.