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[prettypurpleparlor]

[An open space for any roleplay that doesn't fit elsewhere. Please feel free to check my permissions post, also located on this journal, for anything that might be an issue.]

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[prettypurpleparlor]

You'd think that, but no. Maybe I should wear boots with shorter heels.

[...Nah. One has to make sacrifices for fashion.]

[voidster]

[Pfft, boots. Real fashion is long swishy things, like black labcoats.

...Not that he's wearing one anymore.]

Maybe you should.

[prettypurpleparlor]

But then how would I ever fit my aesthetic?

[voidster]

[Kids these days and their 'aesthetic'.]

Which is you, stepping on your own feet?

[prettypurpleparlor]

Nonsense.

[A beat, then:]

It's me being rich enough that I don't have to walk anywhere, so I can wear ridiculous shoes if I want.

[voidster]

I don't need to walk anywhere either, money or not.

[This is nice. No baggage on his side--he didn't know her before, there's no longing for her to remember him. Just teasing.]

[prettypurpleparlor]

Perhaps I'll be rich enough to hire you, then. Are you looking for a job?

[She enjoys their little talks, for her part. His complicated past is his own business, and she doesn't see why she should bring it up if it's not relevant to the present.]

[voidster]

What on Earth would you hire me to do? I can't cook or answer the phone.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Yes, but apparently you could take me places without walking. I could save on transportation.

[voidster]

It takes some getting used to. Not everyone likes shortcuts.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Well, I would know a thing or two about acquired tastes. Still, it would be worth a try.

[voidster]

I can't say I need the money, though. Or know the city well enough.

[prettypurpleparlor]

You could consider it a learning experience- taking the job as an opportunity to learn more about the strange and complex city where we live. It would be like getting paid in personal growth.

[As opposed to getting paid in... payment.]

[voidster]

I'm not running short on things to discover as it is, without even needing to leave home.

[prettypurpleparlor]

It is a terribly wide and fascinating world out here, isn't it.

[voidster]

I don't think I'll ever catch up.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Perhaps you don't have to, personally. The nice thing about it being a wider world is that there are more people to rely on, too.

You can do your part as best you can, and trust others to handle what you don't or can't get to.

[voidster]

Silly of you to assume I'm not learning it all because I want to.

[prettypurpleparlor]

A fair point.

[In idle curiosity, she asks:]

So, what is your favorite new discovery, so far?

[voidster]

[The last of the coffee vanishes into his mouth, somehow not spilling out--skeletons are weird.]

That's an unfair question. Worse than asking someone what their favorite food is.

[prettypurpleparlor]

It could be worse- at least I didn't ask you to pick your favorite book.

[voidster]

Equally difficult.

But I suppose I can narrow it down enough to say space is fascinating.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Mm. In a way, I wonder if it's one of the few topics where humans and monsters have the exact same attitude- they're so used to the Surface and so unused to magic, and vice versa, that we have very different viewpoints... but the stars are a new frontier for everyone, still.

[voidster]

Indeed. Both our kinds are here, on this very small planet, when it's compared to the size of the universe.

[prettypurpleparlor]

It makes me wonder if there might be another species out there, one that's even stranger to humans and monsters than we are to each other.