video; un: demonkingtwilight

[tweelight]

Hey...

[ Little wave. The crooked smile of a guy who wanted to go for a more bombastic self-intro and chickened out at the last second. He's addressed crowds and cameras so many times but he's had the same audience basically since birth... it's a little weird addressing strangers. He's shooting from inside one of the starter apartments, leaning against a desk in a posture that's relaxed, casual... and clearly affected. ]

I'm Twilight. People also call me the Demon King? Not here though! I'm new. Thanks to everyone who's helped me out. At the start, during that whole... incident. I didn't think I'd get used to the sun rising every every day but I'm kind of glad to have it back after nothing at all. Haha.

[ Immediately doubting whether laughing about that was a good idea, is he making light of their disaster aaaah- deep breath Twilight. ]

There are a lot of questions I'd like to ask! But I don't want to just poll everyone on the network and miss out on the nuance, I want to get to know everyone here and... how they feel, not just what they think.

So... I heard they have a lot of saunas in Frostreign, so I'm inviting anyone who thinks that sounds relaxing to join in for a group visit. As a kind of get-to-know-me. They're popular back home too, so it's familiar ground for everyone, right?

Again, open invitation, so just let me know if you're interested!

[ Spa Day with the Demon King, what an adventure. ]

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un: abnormalitylover, video

[abnormalizes]

Uh, I gotta pass on that one? I don't think I can be around you while we're both undressed and not make it weird for you, sorry.

[tweelight]

Undressed? Don't you wear swimsuits in?

[abnormalizes]

Do you? I haven't gone to the ones here, but the ones in the City you'd be naked in...

[tweelight]

...

DID I JUST TELL EVERYONE IN THE CITY I WANT TO SEE THEM NAKED???

[abnormalizes]

Uhhhhh. I'm sure most people will accept it as a misunderstanding?

[tweelight]

Maybe I should just construct a mystery dungeon under the city instead.

For the next ten years.

[abnormalizes]

You’d have to come back up and get touch energy regularly, or I’d have to go down and check on you. So I don’t think that’s a great plan.

[tweelight]

I forgot about that... I'd have to find another hermit...

You'd really come check on me?

[abnormalizes]

I would! I don’t want you to turn into a statue, that would suck?

[tweelight]

I mean. It would. But if I was in the bottom of a dungeon it would be tough...

[ Saying she'll chase him down to do it is different, isn't it? Feels that way to him, anyway. ]

You sure you don't want to come? I'm going to wear something anyway since I don't know what everyone is used to. And there'll be other people there. You're not... that uncontrollable, right?

[abnormalizes]

I respect boundaries!

[She's not that kind of a creep.]

I mean, if there's swimsuits then I guess it's fine?

[tweelight]

I know! I mean, I felt safe when I stayed over at your place. I don't think you'd do anything I wouldn't want even if there weren't, honestly. But I don't want you to be uncomfortable because you're thinking too much about decorum, either. So just, uh. If you think you can relax and enjoy it please come, and if you can't that's fine too!

[abnormalizes]

I can come. If it gets to be weird I can always just leave early, right? So there's no problem.

[tweelight]

Sure.

No saying it's weird just to get out of the cold water plunge, though!

[abnormalizes]

Please, what do you take me for? I can handle a little cold water.

[tweelight]

It's really cold!

[ Can handle it better than Twilight, apparently. Don't ask how a guy who uses lava and whiteout blizzards in his interior decorating can be this dramatic about a little ice water... ]

nsfw implications...

[abnormalizes]

I have had longer exposure to colder substances in more sensitive places. -Remind me to introduce you to the Snow Queen sometime if I get the chance.

[tweelight]

[ He's soooo close to grasping the implications, but then he gets distracted. ]

Snow Queen? That sounds promising. Is she like the faeries or the lake rulers? Part of a realm in the segments?

[abnormalizes]

Oh, she's an Abnormality at home - she's not here right now! Sorry to get your hopes up. But she is made of ice.

[tweelight]

Oh.

[ ...a few seconds pass before something ticks over in his head and he suddenly flushes red. Implications received. ]

Wait, and you - wouldn't you get, you know, too numb to... feel anything?

[abnormalizes]

Friction causes heat! Which helps a lot, but it's definitely not something you'd want to make a marathon session out of. Quick and fast is definitely the way with ice people.

[tweelight]

[ She did tell him about the radio wave... maybe he shouldn't be surprised? ]

Where there's a will there's a way, I guess...

[ He fidgets for a moment. ]

I mean. Sorry if that sounded dismissive. I... appreciate that there's someone who's open about that kind of thing, too. I can't really ignore it if I want to get along with humans, either...

[abnormalizes]

You totally could, though. Most humans are not nearly as forthright about that stuff as I am - you could definitely build lasting friendships with humans and not have sex come up at all.

[He doesn't have to put up with her.]

[tweelight]

I don't want to exclude you, though. You're my first friend here.

[abnormalizes]

Oh!

[That flusters her a little, she’s still super weak to friendship.]

Well, I mean, you could still ask me to tone it down?

[tweelight]

If you were that insensitive we wouldn't be having this conversation.

And if I do want to talk about... sex you've saved me the trouble of figuring out how to broach the topic, at least...

[abnormalizes]

That's true. I am good for that.

-Sorry. I'll try not to stress about it too much.

[tweelight]

[ Stressing is his job, don't take that from him! ]

Great! I'll let you know when I have a time.