Going to Polychromatic, on why this is a bad idea

[moonlitrequiem]

You lose interest in my type. You prefer the more talkative ones.

[Not arguing that. But there's a Hei there!]

...

I can be louder.

[By a decibel.]

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[unflagging]

Aw, honey, come on. It'll be fun.

[moonlitrequiem]

[Dead eye stare. She does, to an extent, get the idea of fun. But....]

Curses are fun? [Not buying it.]

[unflagging]

They're exciting, at least.

[moonlitrequiem]

[And this is the expression she would have through most of them. The same one she was wearing at the start.]

Is there any compensation?

[unflagging]

Only, it seems, what one can make for oneself.

[moonlitrequiem]

[There's a nod - that's how it usually is.]

Have you been there long?

[unflagging]

No, not long at all.

[moonlitrequiem]

You're...having fun?

[This guy is almost interesting. Hasn't been in a city full of curses very long, but speaking of the fun that could be had.]

[unflagging]

Sure--why not?

[moonlitrequiem]

Others seem less enthused.

[From what she recalls of her brief fourth wall visit, at least.]

[unflagging]

That's their prerogative.

[moonlitrequiem]

[Another nod. Of course. Everyone views these things differently - that's why Mao and Hei aren't even talking about that part of it. But still....]

Maybe this mundane can last a little longer. [The curses might help there.]

[unflagging]

Trust me, they can take a lot. Maybe even more than you'd think.

[moonlitrequiem]

[It would be nice.]

[There's another nod. Same dead-eyed expression, but Yin might be a little more hopeful now. Maybe, somewhere underneath it.]

[unflagging]

C'mon, honey. Try a smile.

[moonlitrequiem]

[Lucky for him, she's been taught. And since he asked, she uses a finger to make a partial one.]

[unflagging]

There you go. That's the spirit.

[For someone with the emotional range of a spoon, she's surprisingly entertaining. To him, at least.]

[moonlitrequiem]

[At least someone thinks so. The mundane is mostly in this for the challenge.]

Do you smile all the time? [Because that's what he's mostly been doing.]

[unflagging]

Oh, most of the time, I suppose. I don't see why not.

[moonlitrequiem]

[What a very different person. She's just going to watch him, now.]

[unflagging]

[Be careful. Some people don't like what they see when they watch for too long...]

[moonlitrequiem]

[It might not mean anything to her. She keeps staring.]

[maoser]

[brb laughing at the idea of Yin being louder]

[moonlitrequiem]

[She really can be! Sort of. If Hei's involved.]

1/2

[maoser]

Hmph. [a snort of amusement]

[maoser]

Still, it will be good to have you for however long she's interested.

[Not that it matters to him, of course, except that she's useful. And she makes Hei behave in funny ways. And she's much better at petting than Hei is. In that she actually pets him.

But seriously, he doesn't care either way. He will prove that by licking himself.]

[moonlitrequiem]

[She doesn't reply to that. Instead, she pets him, in that tentative, inexperienced way she has. It might be to show gratitude that he said anything like that.]

[maoser]

[He purrs. It's instinct, okay? And she's been getting better at it. Someday -- SOMEDAY -- she will be a cat petting expert.

But no petting other cats behind his back. >[ ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[She does learn, for a doll. So maybe, just maybe. In the very distant, far away future.]

[It's okay, Mao. They're not partners, like you are.]

[maoser]

[So long as that's clear. Not that he's attached or anything.]

[moonlitrequiem]

[She pets him and picks him up - that says enough about her position on all of this.]

[mortemscintilla]

Talkative isn't always interesting.

[ Just ask Hei's mun about Hei. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[No argument on Yin's side. Hei is plenty interesting. However.]

This mundane is fickle. [And flighty. And has the attention span of a jumping ferret.]

[mortemscintilla]

A lot of them are.

[ It seems to be a hazard of the rp-trade. But he'll take what he can get. Yin's usefulness far outweighs her tepid programming. ]

[ Besides. ]

[ It's Yin. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

Yours?

[Hopefully her usefulness and Yiness outweigh her RPer, then.]

[mortemscintilla]

She's irrational. And shortsighted.

[ The disdain is subtle. BUT IT IS DISDAIN. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[And she plays you, Hei. Think about that for a moment.]

She plays you. [That's all Yin needs.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ Qurl, your priorities. He doesn't bother explaining his mun's moods and phases -- illogical that they are. ]

[ Still, there's a smile. Brief, but it's there. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[The most askew priorities of any doll, to be sure.]

[She makes a half-smile for him with her finger. She learned something and wants to use it. It only seems fair - smile for a smile. As such, though, hers is just as brief, falling away when her finger is removed.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ Maybe they'll both learn to be better at it. Physical smiles in her case, genuine smiles in his. ]

[ It's unlikely. But stranger things have happened. ]

[moonlitrequiem]

[Hei doesn't want that. She'd either be Izanami or cursed.]

[But you know, maybe. A long, long time from now.]

[mode_gears]

[Who needs talkative muses anyways?]

...Hope you have fun.

[moonlitrequiem]

[Muns that can't focus for five minutes.]

[She gives a nod. Her main concern is being there for Hei.]