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[abnormalizes]

So, um, hi!

[Evangeline seems more anxious than she normally does, but she's smiling, at least.]

Apparently, when you start dating someone, you're supposed to make some sort of announcement on the internet so all your friends know? At least that's what I hear. And I, definitely didn't do that! Three times over! So, um, oops?

I'm dating three people now! Fajra, Barghest, and Chipp. Um, things are going... well? They're going well.

[Honestly still not sure what she's doing but she's trying her best!!]

So, uh, yeah, that's it. ...Do you, like, open the floor to questions here or what...?

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[abnormalizes]

I am happy. They're all really important to me, even if I don't really know what I'm doing yet.

[castaside]

You don't have to know. A lot of the fun is figuring it out together. In my experience.

What turned you around on the concept? [ Was it someone pushy or is that just him ]

[abnormalizes]

An infuriatingly perceptive blue friend of mine was like 'hey, about that not wanting to get attached to people thing, you already love and are attached to your friends anyway' at me and I had like a couple days of denial. Went to Eve asking her to "peer review" my emotions for me with her empathy bracelet. Eventually accepted that yeah, okay, I do love my friends.

Next step was trying to figure out what the hell the difference between romantic and friendship love even is, and honestly I still don't know that? But apparently you don't have to have that figured out to try the dating thing.

[castaside]

That's all very measured and official and sounds like it could have come from one of my textbooks. Not a criticism, by the way. I like textbooks.

For me it was gravity. Undeniable. Also some people who are way too damn pushy and it stuck.

[abnormalizes]

Love textbooks. Love to have objective answers about things.

[The vagueness is so much harder to work with.]

I think if someone was pushy with me I would freak the hell out, personally.

[castaside]

Yes, well. My head's thicker than yours. Or I just had a few more millennia to build up defense mechanisms.

Textbooks are amazing. I've been catching up on so much that I missed while I was dead, and also trying not to totally suck at the parenting thing so the library it is. Also sometimes I learn things for my partners. I have a whole stack in my room at any given time. Whoever invented the printing press was a true visionary.

[abnormalizes]

-You should really be more careful saying things like that, I can make jokes about falling for people now.

[And misinterpreting one of those jokes is how she and Chipp started dating!]

If you ever come to my house, it's absolutely full of books. Not all of them textbooks, but plenty are.

[castaside]

Oh no, whatever will I do. [ Deadpan ]

Yeah? What are some of the subjects?

[abnormalizes]

Electronics, robotics, physics, psychology, sociology, biology...

Honestly, a lot of this isn't of practical use to me, but it's still really interesting.

[castaside]

Maybe we could trade sometime. A lot of those are practical for me. Two neurodivergent kids and all. And a fair number of my mates too.

Yeah, I know, I'm trying to make up for lost time by being better for them and I suck at hiding it. Don't even say it.

[abnormalizes]

I wasn't going to say something like that?

[????]

I'd love to swap books with you.

[castaside]

Just trying to stay ahead of the curve. [ A lil defensive about showing his affections but like he said, millennia of defense mechanisms. ]

Good. I have plenty of psych and engineering, also food and cooking books that go into the science of it since it helps me understand and ad lib. I could get by on raw food but experimenting is fun.

[abnormalizes]

Ohhh, I should check out those cooking books. I've been working on being able to cook from a recipe - my bibimbap is pretty okay at this point - but I'm definitely not at the point of making alterations yet.

[castaside]

Sure. Feel free to stop by and practice sometime too. I'm sure my daughter would love it, and you're good to have around.

[abnormalizes]

Yessss. [She’s just so happy to get the invitation, even if she pretty much knew she was welcome at birdtile house before.] -Someone might have to help me scale my recipes up enough to feed the whole house, but otherwise I’d be happy to do it!

[castaside]

I can do the math, it's fun. What do you wanna start with? I'm sure if we threw a picnic on the lazy rivers people would eat that shit up, literally.

[abnormalizes]

That sounds fun! For picnic food, I can do bulgogi? If you have a grill, and I assume you do, that house has everything.

[castaside]

Yep. It's on... one of the terraces. I'm going to try my hand a bento boxes, they seem fun. Choco will want to make a ridiculously cute pie or something. Maybe a cat pie, strawberry, as a joint gig with Wash. And maybe pizza bao for Donnie.

[abnormalizes]

…oh I’ve made a terrible mistake, I’m really hungry now from having this conversation. Fuck.

[castaside]

Oops.

Want me to portal you over something? Since I started it and all.

[abnormalizes]

No, no, there’s food in the house, I just gotta get up and make it. …And maybe double check if I have any bao or not.

[castaside]

That's the beauty of portals. You never have to get up.

[ A portal appears beside Evangeline and Macaque has a plate of hot bao in his hand. ]

See?

[abnormalizes]

You're the absolute best, thank you!

[She will absolutely take that plate, delicious delicious bao.]

[castaside]

I live to serve. And it's easy. I could teach you sometime, if you want to learn. I'm teaching my kids and MK, anyone can learn it with practice. And it relies on physics. Very objective.

[abnormalizes]

I'd love to learn!

[Absolutely delighted.]

When can I start?