KARA and LILI

[voidbreaker]

i have a feeling we'll need this

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[voidbreaker]

[ yikes. ]

I'm not here to force myself into anywhere. And I'm not a intentional homewreckin' kinda guy. [ here he is, the rogue element. ]

[coastal]

[she tilts her head and echoes distantly - ]

Homewrecking...?

[but at least she's fine with communicating, shaking her head]

No, I don't want anything to get wrecked either. And I don't think I'd allow anything to be forced. [just. plainly.]

I just... want to ensure that no one's holding onto anything that they'd - rather not let go of?

[is that the way she wants to phrase it? it's a bit odd, when no one has. actually said anything about how they feel.]

[unfriendliest]

We don't have a home to wreck.

[ hello?

lili's said enough to cover the rest, kara thinks? he's bad at feelings. ]

[voidbreaker]

It's not a literal homewreck, Chatterbox.

[ ... hm. ]

Dunno. We all kinda got curveballed there, really. As well-intentioned as you-know-who was tryin' to be.

[coastal]

Mm. I know. She meant well, but...

[what. what the fuck even happened with the three of them.]

... but people should only really be courting people they have genuine feelings for. I don't know if it works differently for [she hates this word] modern people...?

[lili doesn't know shit about hook up culture. could you imagine.]

[unfriendliest]

It's not like I would know that, either.

[ either way. kara crosses his arms over his chest. ]

But starting a courtship out of a curse seems like a bad idea, to me. I'd rather know it's real.

[voidbreaker]

You make this shit sound so formal. Sometimes people just hang out if they like each other more that usual and see how it goes.

[ "courtship". lili would fit in with erebonian nobility, but like. the decent kind. the kurt vanders, not the duke cayennes. ]

It's not really my shit to say yes or not to. [ he points at them both. ] You're the ones with the solid deal here.

[coastal]

[eh - ] All I know is formal... Are you talking about dates?

[SHE BARELY UNDERSTANDS DATES!!!! she technically went on one with ash? it was actually pretty decent as far as dates go?]

I - don't mind if you want to go on more dates? [she looks to kara for confirmation] If you want to date?

We don't exactly have a relationship where we have to only be with each other... Sometimes the heart just feels what it does, right?

[that's. always how she's looked at romance? she's the one who's been saying that it's entirely possible to have more room in your heart for more than just one person....

she looks to ash]

Do you feel that way toward Kara?

[her leaving herself out of the conversation is probably less surprising after she literally just said she doesn't think anyone likes her, but.]

[unfriendliest]

More dates? You two already went on one, after the tasks?

[ without telling him? :c

...but of course lili leaves herself out of the equation somehow, so kara adds, with a pointed look at her: ]

Or Lili.

[voidbreaker]

-- Do you not have dates where you're from? [ how do you function. ] Even Erebonian nobles go on dates before they get strong armed into whatever marriages I guess they have to go with.

[ i'm exhausted. ]

...

[ he shrugs. ] I still owe you a lesson in wheelies, now you're shoulder's less fucked. And I owe you--[ he nods his head at kara ]-- a fight.

[coastal]

[she shakes her head]

Courtship meetings? I skip all of mine.

[by force.]

....

Is that how you flirt with people, Ash...

[this is half a serious question, half lili being a shit.]

.... I don't mind then - if that's how you want to proceed. If you'd rather not label it anything formal...?

[though there's still something confused in her eyes. does that mean ash isn't opposed to dating them? how long has that been the case? did she miss something important here?

she looks over at kara? hello?]

Even though I think we can all acknowledge we were just cursed yesterday, so...

[things are gonna be. a little. weird.]

[unfriendliest]

That's not an answer. You can do both of those things without liking either of us, and they don't have to be dates.

I don't know if I'd want a... casual courtship. [ is that??? what ash means??? ] Especially not after being cursed. I want to know for sure.

[ because going with it because of the curse is like allowing the choice to just be taken away and not fighting it. ]

[voidbreaker]

Don't know if I have one for you then. Dates aren't... such a big thing back home. You can do it casually to figure things out and it doesn't have to have a huge weight attached to it.

[ he just shrugs again. ]

I don't think there's a way to easily answer this shit or we wouldn't have having this long a conversation about it. [ like what even is a casual courtship. why do they keep calling it a courtship. cultural differences?? ]

But going all in sounds too extreme. So maybe we just leave it.

[coastal]

[they didn't know the term boyfriend or girlfriend before they got here. it's a courtship. it's stupid.

but! all kara has to say is that he doesn't want what ash is suggesting for lili to acknowledge that that's what she has to honor, more than anything else. so she nods at that.]

That's fine. We don't have to pretend it didn't happen, but we might as well not expect anything from it either, since it was a curse.

[she just didn't want anyone with weird surprised feelings to get abandoned in an immediate shuffle to move on]

We'll just say something later if different feelings come up, and be as certain as we can be that it's not because of anything strange the curse did to us.

[this would be so much easier, she thinks, if the third person was someone that she super hated? or would overall reject the idea of courting much faster? she can't deny that ash is one of her favored people in the camp - which just makes things.

strange.]

But now we've at least addressed it.

[unfriendliest]

[ "figure it out," he says. kara's already done that once, and it was exhausting, even if he likes where it ended up. he's not sure if it's worth doing again, not after a curse. ]

I think it's better that way.

[ . . . ]

At least for now. If something changes, then we'll talk about it later.

[voidbreaker]

[ he's not getting metaphorically engaged because they got cursed and all maybe got a complicated doki, sorry to say. ]

Pretending nothing happened would be ten times worse, Princess.

[ but he does point at kara. ] I'm not kidding about that fight though.

[coastal]

[kara wants certainty, ash doesn't want commitment, and lili wants to do a wheelie]

All this and you still won't use my name! I should've asked you yesterday even if that's all the curse would've been good for!

[SHE'S POUTING]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara also wants to do a wheelie lbr ]

He won't use mine, either, you know.

[ he's tired. but he meets ash's gaze evenly. ]

Good. I'm holding you to it.

[ with or without smooches ]

[voidbreaker]

[ you can both do wheelies it doesn't have to be a date-date. ]

Here's a secret: every time you complain, I put it off longer.

[ haha. ]

And, yeah. Sure. Come find me at some point when... I dunno. The fallout from this weekend's blown over a bit. We've sure as hell got enough places to stage it now.

[coastal]

[HRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH. kara might be okay with ash not using his name but lili is just

so pouty]

You're cruel and awful to me.

[unfriendliest]

The more you complain about it, the more you deserve it.

[ it's

funny ]

In a few days, then.

[voidbreaker]

[ he just points at kara. ]

He said it, not me. [ but he's RIGHT. ]

Sure. You know where to find me. It's not like we can go really far here or anything.

[coastal]

Kara, you ought to be on my side!!

[HOW DOES SHE ALWAYS END UP BULLIED]

[unfriendliest]

[ he just

laughs ]

[voidbreaker]

Try not complaining every time and see what happens.

[ ooooh. aahhhh. ]