open: funemployment

[forceofnature]

Who: Viridi and lowly peons
What: November activities
Where: See inside!
When: November. Probably.
Content Warnings: None to start

[prelude: messiah station square (feel free to reply to this, too)]

[A small girl stands in front of the job listings and rifles through them with a disgruntled expression.]

'Merlaut Apartments: Security officer requested. Keep all intruders safely indoors'?
'Chicago L Station: Seeking train director. Direct a train in a play'?
'Wall Market Bathhouse: Attendant needed. Wash ten faces in the bathhouse water'?

These are ridiculous! And demeaning! Who would even want to do any of these pointless tasks; some kind of spineless moron, I'll tell you wh --

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[abeautifulgame]

[he shrugs]

My other half is a goddess. [his girlfriend, though he hates that term as a qualifier. they're not in fucking high school] Melinoë? [maybe they've met. either way, the point is that he's not bugged, as it were]

[forceofnature]

[A theatrical gasp.]

Mel has a boyfriend?! Oooooooooh ~

[Viridi is definitely in fucking high school.]

...Wait, you're a human. ...Mel has a human boyfriend? Oh, that's weird. Well, I guess she's reincarnated in human form. So that's fine. Right?

I don't know how that works.

Just don't go making any weird super babies; it never turns out well.

[abeautifulgame]

[he shrugs]

It works.

[he can't say it's worked perfectly between them, all things considered, but -- every relationship has its ups and downs, right? not that he's going to get into that. it's none of her business]

But no. I'm a little too old for kids -- [he already has a kid, back home. Marcus, fifteen. he also hasn't seen him in ten fucking years because his ex-wife is a bitch] -- and well. Who knows if this place even understands pregnancy to begin with? [it doesn't understand death, for the most part; why why it understand life?]

[forceofnature]

Eh, you'd be surprised at how long males can be fertile. ...Evolution, am I right or am I right?

[ok gross why are we talking about this]

But I doubt this place will figure it out anytime soon. In the meantime, you treat her well or you'll have two goddesses out to smite you.

Us gals gotta stick together.

[abeautifulgame]

[lucky for him, if things ever do go south, no one has any powers here, so that threat holds no weight. lucky for him, even if they did, he knows a whole group of people who know how to kill a god]

[either way, after a beat, he shrugs]

I wasn't planning on hurting her.

[little does he know and never mind the fact that she ends up hurting him, cheating on him and all]

[forceofnature]

[don't underestimate small children
she fights dirty and her fists are within easy reach of sensitive parts]

Mm-hmmmmm.

[...And at that, she seems to abruptly lose interest.]

Well, you kids go have fun. I have a lobby to keep occupied. Let me know if you want that anatomical deep dive sometime.

Favor for Mel.

[abeautifulgame]

[that was, in fact, abrupt -- so much so, in fact, that he blinks in the face of what's an obvious dismissal. it's a moment and a shake of his head before he recovers]

I'll keep that in mind.

[and then, yeah, sure, whatever. he's absolutely like to escape this pandemonium, so he'll just go be somewhere else, dodging wildlife on his way out. one of these days, he'll remember to actually give his name to people, the first time they meet]

[forceofnature]

Oh good.

[As Damien leaves, Viridi turns back to her workstation to find a smattering of what look like seed packets all over it.]

Finally.

Eh, I guess you can all stay if you want; I don't care. Try to keep property damage to a minimum.