video - don't introduce lalli to twitter.

[lalliho]

[COMING AT YOU LIVE from...from...a bath??? There's definitely bubbles hanging around this wet scarecrow of a human, along with swishing and slapping of water and some blonde fumbling about with a towel in the back (presumably for the now-clean Lalli) whose expression becomes distracted just moments after the mental broadcast begins.]

Emil can't make a circle around my thigh with his hands. No one can. That's stupid.

[Emil mostly seems to be melting into mortification rather than sticking to some kind of agenda, but whatever. Not like he's naked.]

If anyone in this stupid coven thinks I'm wrong, prove it. Come to the bathhouse in the next hour, and if you can make your fingers touch, you win. If not, Emil shuts up.

[if u want an ass kicking]

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[lalliho]

Oh. Sorry?

[????]

[transcutation]

Well, it's not like you have to be. If you're fine with the way you are, who cares what others think. You might get more friends if you smile more though.

[lalliho]

[ehhhhn... I mean, that's fair, but...]

A lot of people are really weird... I smile when I'm happy? Why would I do it some other way? That'd be like lying.

[transcutation]

Well, find reasons to be happy then. No one wants to hang around someone who isn't cute or having fun.

[lalliho]

That stuff isn't really up to me...

[he can't just DECIDE other people think he's cute or if he's having fun...]

[transcutation]

That's just quitter's talk. Being cute and having fun are both things you can do something about if you actually care.

[SHE SURE DID]

[lalliho]

[uhhh]

I don't think so? How would that work...

[transcutation]

Finding ways to have fun is something anyone can do, and once you're smiling you're already going to be more attractive. [Well, she gets the feeling he doesn't want to hear about makeup and makeovers.]

[lalliho]

Finding ways to have fun...

[Not that he cares about being attractive, but being a happier person wouldn't be terrible? Terribly unlikely, but not terrible.]

I know about some stuff that's supposed to be fun, but I never really thought so? It was just weird.

[transcutation]

Don't you have any hobbies? Interests?

[lalliho]

[crickets]

Like what...? I have a lizard kid.

[does that count...]

[transcutation]

...is that like a pet? Wait, you mean from the world before?

[Some people kept them!?]

No, no, I mean... what do you like to do when you're not working or taking care of your reptile?

[lalliho]

No, they're a person, just a lizard.

[don't make fun of his kid... but other than that, more crickets.]

...At home, I would sleep, but Qri's thing doesn't let me. I can't think of anything else.

[transcutation]

Look, kids are barely people either way.

[Says the one who looks like one]

...you sure led an exciting life. [Or, y'know, was worked the bone, she could see that too.] Never played any games? Sports? Heck, even hunting could count.

[lalliho]

[mmmmm not sure he likes that statement there.]

Ah. I can hunt. I hunt here, but that's kind of work. What's a sports?

[transcutation]

[She grew up in an age were kids barely count as being raised until five or so, and even then they keeled over all the time]

Well, do you like hunting? Testing your skill against the wild and all that? Or is it just a job for you? [Sports... how does an academic nerd explain sports] Well, basically a game, but mostly physical. Usually played with other people - either in teams or individual competition. I guess friendly competition is usually the key part. Hunting can be considered a sport, if you're doing it for competition and not just to get something to eat.

[Just how sheltered/deprived a life did this kid have?]

[lalliho]

[that's a million dollar question]

Mrh... No. Hunting is just work -- food, and sometimes safety. I don't really play games with people, so it sounds like I don't do sports.

[transcutation]

Hmph... well, maybe your friends have some sports or games they like. Like can't-reach-around-your-thigh boy. [They can't possibly both be this boring]

[lalliho]

Hn. I could check with them, I guess...

[All two friends.]

I don't think Emil will, since he just plays with string and fire and makes a mess.

[transcutation]

....do I even want to know?

[She might have said it might be a game he doesn't understand, but no sane game involves fire.]

[lalliho]

[It's...yeah. It's a thing.]

Probably not.

[transcutation]

Well, ask your other friends. Or make some more. There's gotta be some kids your age who know how to have fun.