[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

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@standardissue; text

[deus_ex_phs]

[Kunsel's not an idiot. He can see a pattern here, with so many people posting about their fears. He can guess what's going on.

Doesn't mean he can resist the impulse to share, too.]

I'm never going to have a steady girlfriend. Maybe I'm cursed. Every girl I've even thought about having interest in has either dumped me, rejected me, or died.

Yes, I know that's a pathetic fear to have. I'd just rather be mocked for it than talk about my fear of my best friends dying.

@Mnemosyne; text

[bookofnope]

I would tell you that I love you for your sense of perspective, but in the current context that might come off wrong.

[deus_ex_phs]

Careful, Beckett. Don't tempt the curse on me into thinking you're interested, or you might end up as my next victim.

[Much, much easier to joke about this with text.]

[bookofnope]

Fair and Hawkins would implode. Alas, ours is a forbidden passion.

[As Angel would say, j o k e s]

[deus_ex_phs]

You didn't say anything about Zell. Are you implying that he'd approve?

[bookofnope]

Zell is a fine young lad, even if his understanding of romance is much like than of a Labrador puppy's.

[deus_ex_phs]

[...well, he's not wrong.]

You know he can read this, right?

@Spoiler ; video

[spoileralert]

On the plus side, you might die before you really have the chance to say you would never have had a steady girlfriend.

[ Hi Kunsel Steph is feeling particularly broken today how are you ]

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[deus_ex_phs]

Thank you, Steph. I needed that hopeful perspective of yours in my life.

[So, so dry.]

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[spoileralert]

I do try.

It's been that sort of a night.

[deus_ex_phs]

Oh, well, if it's only just the night. I was afraid it might have been the past six or seven months.

[spoileralert]

It's been that kind of two years, technically, but no. Just tonight.

[private]

[deus_ex_phs]

Anything in particular that's wrong? Or just... all of this?

@jphawkins, text

[rattlingthestars]

[ Jim thinks maybe he should talk to Kunsel about that last thing, but... he gets it. Easier to focus on something smaller instead, and if Kunsel wants to talk to Jim about something more serious, the door's open for it. ]

Hey, you're not that old. It'll happen for you.

[deus_ex_phs]

You sound so sure. You planning to hook me up with someone once we get to your world?

[Kunsel's opting to go with a less pessimistic response than he could have given. Feeling an urge to unload some of his troubles doesn't mean he has to give in to depression.]

he doesn't know about the cell phone in the bedroom. bless him.

[rattlingthestars]

You're being pretty optimistic about the amount of adult women I know, Kuns.

I sound sure because you're a good guy and under regular circumstances people'd be crazy not to see that.

[deus_ex_phs]

I'm sure you know at least a couple. Former teachers, friends of your mother's, regulars at your inn?

Good guy or not, I'm also the kind of guy who leads a lifestyle that not everyone would mesh well with.

[rattlingthestars]

Would you really like someone that didn't mesh with it?

I mean, I guess it'd be nice not to have to worry about someone diving into danger, but ... it'd be a lot less fun.

[deus_ex_phs]

Probably not. But saying that sure does reduce my dating pool a lot, when I already have a hard enough time finding dates as it is.

@LELRIC; audio

[armoured]

That's not pathetic, I'm scared of that too. I'm scared that I'll be stuck like this forever, and I won't have a girlfriend before I die.

[They can be scared in singleness together.]

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[deus_ex_phs]

[Ouch. Yeah, Kunsel can see how Al has it pretty rough there. At least Kunsel has the option of taking his armor off.]

Yeah, that's...

[He stops and shakes his head. He really doesn't want to get too depressed here, or make someone else depressed.]

There could still be someone out there for you, though. Appearance, even physical contact, doesn't always have to be a deal breaker. There are people in my world who have relationships entirely over their PHS. "Long distance relationships," we call them. It wouldn't even have to be long distance for you. It's just an example that people can make things work.

[armoured]

[That's not a real girlfriend, not as far as Al is concerned, but he appreciates Kunsel trying to bolster his spirits.]

Then couldn't you have that kind of girlfriend? I don't think you're right to think you'll always be alone.

[ooc: Sorry for the wait, I've been on holiday with no internet for a few days.]

[deus_ex_phs]

Heh. Yeah, you could be right. Maybe I could still find a long distance girlfriend. It's just... not the only thing I want in a relationship.

[He wants to have sex, dammit.

But impulse to share or not, he's not sharing that with Al.]

[armoured]

I know.

[He's fifteen, maybe even sixteen by now, not an idiot.]

It's not the only thing I want either, I think that's why I need to wait until I get my original body back.

[deus_ex_phs]

[Well, when he puts it like that, and after Kunsel's explained his own perspective, it's hard to fault him for that.

And yet...

He hums for a moment, noncommittal.]

Maybe. But half of dating is figuring out the kind of people you do like and get along with in that way. Wait too long, and you won't know what you're doing when you're ready to really start looking. That's not to say I think you should start trying to date right now, but if something comes along, don't feel you you have to turn it down.