Let me Crawl Inside Your Veins (Wide Open)

[bridge_princess]

Who: Parsee bridge_princess and You!
What: February Open Log
Where: Pretty much anywhere
When: February (after the 8th)
Content Warnings: Body Horror, Blood, Roots and flowers growing in things like lungs and other places they don't belong. Probably some serious self loathing here

Prompts below!

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[bridge_princess]

[She giggled a little when she saw that reaction. It was the way in which the body posture worked that told her more than anything else and any fancy tricks how Legion was reacting.]

You really don't quite know how to handle how organics flirt do you?

[Because she absolutely couldn't see any other kind of love bothering Legion.]

[forwearemany]

It is outside of our design specifications.

(They weren't built for it. They have little desire to flirt with anyone.)

[bridge_princess]

You know, I do actually envy that a little.

[Which was less her usual 'I'm jealous' thing. There was an element of it that was just basically easy to envy because it was really convenient to not have to worry about that sort of thing.]

Relationships and romance can be so complicated at times that... you're missing out, but you're also really not missing out. Some experiences aren't worth having.

[forwearemany]

And yet you pursue them.

(Romantic love for someone is why she's in this situation after all. Who she loves is not a choice, and the choice of whether to act on it has been taken from her, but it's also clear that she very much wants her feelings to be requited-to have a relationship with this other.)

[bridge_princess]

She's...

[How did Parsee say this? How did she even consider this, speak about this? She considered it for a long moment and swallowed, trying to put it into words. "She's different?" No, Rinoa wasn't actually different. She was just a girl. A very intriguing girl that had gotten the youkai's attention, but their halting consideration of romance wasn't all that new or different from anyone else...]

She's special to me. That's all.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(It is, apparently, entirely subjective. Parsee wishes to avoid romance until she develops romantic feelings for another. They have seen similar reactions to more platonic forms of attachment, though often people continue to deny the shift in feelings.

It is ...refreshing that she does not.)

Perhaps at some point, we will meet her.

(She mentioned Rinoa earlier. They do not know if she realized she let her name slip, but though it is a name they recognize, she is not a person they have had considerable interaction with.)

[bridge_princess]

[Entirely, 100% subjective. There was no real actual logic behind it so much as emotion and passion that had come out of unexpected connection. If one tried to get her to explain what about Rinoa was special, she'd give traits that a hundred people had, a thousand, tens of thousands even. Rinoa was a pretty, intelligent and kind girl, but there were a lot of them. She just happened to be the one she fell for.]

I... would like it if you got the chance. I actually would. She'd find you really interesting.

[forwearemany]

(That's just how things go sometimes.

Legion might find reasons to claim that every person they loved was special, but those reasons would likely have more to do with actions and accomplishments than innate qualities.

...Also Legion isn't always perfectly logical and just thinks of the people they love as special and precious.)

She is skilled at dancing?

(They believe they have seen that name before, on the ranking list for the shower games.)