re: hormones and valentines

[myownhand]

We're not discussin' what that midden midge-raker said t'me about people bein' possessed by -- spirits. And I, for one, am glad y'don't have anythin' planned for me on [Implied Quotation marks here, as noted by the fact that she is using a heavy dose of Teenage Sarcasm ™] "Valentine's". Sounds overrated in my opinion.

Besides, y'have other people y'could be torturin'. Your headspace is filled with em'. I'm sure they'd enjoy it much more than I would.

[Oh, is she done talking?]

Oooor here's another idea. Why don't y'go out and find a date yourself? Just leave me out of it.


[...welp.]

Comments

[dontcallmeerky]

You know, saying things like that just makes them more determined to torture us.

[myownhand]

I know. I'm just hopin' that she may listen this time.

[RIGHT? RIGHT?]

[dontcallmeerky]

Muns? Listen? I think you may have confused them for sane people.

[myownhand]

Well, I'm up for suggestions if y'have any.

[dontcallmeerky]

If I did, I'd have used them on mine. He's just as hard to reason with as any of them, even if he thinks of himself as a soft touch.

[myownhand]

I was considerin' turnin' mine int'a bear or a frog. I just need t'find a witch for a spell.

[NO. STOP IT MERIDA. NO.]

[dontcallmeerky]

Maybe I could do something like that if I didn't mostly know combat magic. Mostly I could turn mine into an icicle, but I don't think that would help much.

[... gee, thanks, Erk.]

[myownhand]

Y'can do combat magic? [INTEREST PERKED.] I've never met someone who could do that before.

[dontcallmeerky]

It's fairly common where I come from. Magic is one of the things Etruria is known for, actually. I mostly use elemental spells - fire, lightning, things like that.

[She does realize if she gets him started he might not stop, right?]

[myownhand]

DunBroch is surrounded by magic and spirits, I just haven't met many witches or anythin' of that sort.

So, d'ya have a school, or somethin' similar?

[...she's getting him started.]

[dontcallmeerky]

Hm. It doesn't sound like it works like my sort of magic, but if it did some powerful mages might come from there. Anima magic like I use relies a lot on working with nature spirits.

It's mostly a master-to-apprentice thing. I'm lucky, really - I'm being taught by one of the greatest mages in the country. Some families have a tradition of teaching it to their children, but Master Pent's a little young for that yet.

[faeroses]

[ a sigh. oh. teenagers. ]

Merida, stop bein' so loud 'bout y'desire for a Valentine.

[ Heavy Scottish accent. ]

[downthewarrenhole]

Val-en-tines val-en-tines, lotsa chocolate!

[myownhand]

So can anyone learn? Or d'y'have t'be born with powers?

[NO MER. YOU CAN'T LEARN MAGIC.]

[myownhand]

I don't need a Valentine. It's too much trouble--

[wait a se--]

How did y'know my name?

[myownhand]

[...TEENY GIRL. SISTER MODE ACTIVATE.]

Yes, Valentines does have lots of chocolate. What's your name?

[downthewarrenhole]

[Smiles big and wide] Sophie!

[dontcallmeerky]

Oh, anyone can learn eventually. It takes a lot of study, though, obviously - I've been apprenticed to Master Pent for years. And I suppose some people do just have a natural talent. I met a girl once who was better at this than I am - at twelve. And almost entirely self-taught.

[no Erk don't give her ideas]

[myownhand]

Sophie? That's a pretty name.

[Kneeling down so she's more the height of the girl]

D'y'like candy, Sophie?

[faeroses]

A little girl turns her mum to a bear is not somethin' that sits still for long. 'specially not in the fae courts. [ Who are just laughing it up -- the bloody bastards -- about how a little girl almost entrapped her mother as an animal for eternity. ]

Don't worry. Nothin' to worry 'bout.

[downthewarrenhole]

[Gasps, yep that's the magic word] Candy, candy!

[merlinastrice]

What's a Valentine's?

[myownhand]

So... where would one go... t'learn magic. If they were interested, of course.

[YOU ARE GIVING HER IDEAS. BAD ERK BAD.]

[myownhand]

Fae courts?

You're a faerie?

[Oh god, is she in trouble?]

[dontcallmeerky]

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Well, you'd have to find someone willing to teach you. Like I said, it mostly goes from master to apprentice. I suppose if you were to find a magic-user who could teach you, it would be possible.

[He hopes she actually heard the part about taking years.]

[faeroses]

No. I am a prisoner of the faerie.

[ This could be your future, Merida. ]

[myownhand]

[Okay reaching around to find mystery D_M special pockets and--- LOOK. She finds some of the peeps that the Easter bunny gave to her.] Here y'are. Peeps, from th'Bunny.

[In her heart she's calling him the Kangaroo.]

[myownhand]

I'm not entirely sure, t'be honest. [She just gets second hand info from the headspace] Seems like it's a holiday where everyone gives people they like chocolate. And if they really like them they call them their "Valentine" and read them poetry or somethin'.

[downthewarrenhole]

[With brothers like hers, Merida is likely very familiar with the excited expression and lightning fast grabbing for the treats] Good Buny.

[merlinastrice]

So it's...courting?