[superhell pcs] mephisto

[voidshift]

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[teufelshund]

Right! So there's no reason to get flustered over it, is there?

[voidshift]

I'm well aware there's not!

[bold words from a man whose face is faintly purple.]

It's an embarrassment to imply that, is all that it is.

[teufelshund]

Well, that's rude. If anyone deserves to be embarrassed, shouldn't it be me?

[ he ISN'T, because what is shame, but ]

Half of those feelings they pretended to show you were supposed to be mine, and I didn't even consent to being a part of this!

[voidshift]

I doubt you have a single embarrassed bone in your body--

[he says before stopping to consider that okay, maybe there is a point to what he's saying. i'm dying over the persuasion move.]

...But I suppose that is true. Still, it doesn't mean anything-

[teufelshund]

I have approximately twenty embarrassing bones out of two hundred and something!

[ help ]

You don't have to convince me of that. Shouldn't you be making that argument to the lovely Miss Uriel instead? She seems to put quite a bit of stock in its accuracy.

[voidshift]

Two hundred and six as a baseline, give or take a few depending on species.

[he's just like this.]

She does, doesn't she. I suppose it would be easy enough to prove, though, there's no way it would match up if you did the same.

[teufelshund]

Oh, I know. I just don't think it's anyone's business knowing exactly how many bones I have.

[ and he's just like this. ]

Technically there is a one in one hundred chance!

[voidshift]

I suppose that is reasonably private information.

[god.]

Knowing my luck it would be that one in a hundred chance, too, and she'd never let it go.

[teufelshund]

[ this is hilarious. ]

It's certainly 1% possible!

In any case, if you just confess to her that you were thinking about me, perhaps she'll understand that it can't have been an accurate reading.

[voidshift]

Probably, yes, surely she'd be reasonable about-

[wait a second.]

Hold on, why do you object to it that much?

[it was slow in coming but now he's offended at the thought that obviously he wouldn't be into ryn either]

[teufelshund]

Hm? I wouldn't call it an objection — nothing personal, anyway. I just don't do "love"... mind-altering drinks aside.

[voidshift]

Neither do I. The drink didn't count, when it comes to that.

[he prefers it when feelings don't get involved, thanks.]

[teufelshund]

Don't let your cat hear you say that.

[ YOU DON'T LOVE HER?? ]

[voidshift]

[COVERING HER EARS]

You know exactly what I meant!

[teufelshund]

[ help ]

Love is love, isn't it?

[voidshift]

Love for a cat is completely different.

[teufelshund]

Lust and love are different. You only differentiate the ways in which you love things because sometimes those two concepts blend together.

[voidshift]

I don't want to talk about lust when you're bringing up my cat.

[just saying.]

You should differentiate the ways you love a pet and a person, anyway, you can't claim those are equivalent.

[teufelshund]

Of course the relationship dynamics are different, but as far as I'm concerned, the "different kinds of love" are just attachments with varying levels of intensity.

[voidshift]

I don't know about that. Intense platonic love is still a different thing from intense romantic love, nevermind that the entire dynamic's different with someone who can return it versus something that can't quite do that in the same way.

[teufelshund]

See, you're proving my point for me right now. You can say you don't do the whole love thing either, but when it comes down to it, you still have a sentimental — one could say almost human! — view of the idea and feel the need to defend it.

[voidshift]

Suppose I should say I don't do it anymore. I have, before. Not as interested these days.

[one ear flicks, watching him with a little curiosity.]

Do you mean it in a more literal way-- do you just not engage in it or do you actually not feel it?

[teufelshund]

Well, I would say I love anime, instant ramen and such! But in the sense we're discussing, the latter.

[voidshift]

Those are things, anyway, not beings. I think.

[he understands instant ramen but what's an anime. do not answer that question]

Really, though, not at all-?

[teufelshund]

Nope! ☆