Dude, seriously. I'd take a walkie talkie, even. What if I send a really long message and you forget half of it by the time you get to the end? So lame. Hey I forgot to ask you when we met up, but what faction did you end up in? I'm in Thorne, it's like. Very stuffy. I think all these people are highbrow. If I start saying "dost" and "thou" and "indubitably" please shake me.
I mean we could end all our weird psychic letter texts with 'over', that's halfway to a walkie talkie. No but seriously you can totally write me medieval fantasy shit that would be so funny.
Free cities it's called I think, kinda weird. I think I have to sign up if I want to keep living in their base which is just like...major red flag.
Laurtha, the first of your name, how dost thou find the weather hitherto forth this hour? I shall wait anxiously forth thou's response. Yours, Robila. I hope the sparkles got extra dramatic.
Sign up? Like a military thing? Weird. Everyone here's pretty nice, I guess they're teaching me magic? I'm like, okay, but you don't understand, I was a seriously undeveloped baby it's going to take me, like, at least twice as long to learn anything, seriously.
You're learning magic? Okay that's seriously cool. What sort of stuff can they teach you to do, is it like full on spells and stuff?
I shouldn't complain too much, the other people here are super friendly. There's even this inn place some lady runs and she lets any of the ""summoned"" people stay so long as we help out around the tavern. Maybe I'll go there if I don't become Lieutenant Hawley or whatever.
Yeah! Well, that's the goal, at least. Right now I'm working on this spell that's supposed to light up a room, but we'll see if I ever get there. I could try to share the spells I get, if you want. No promises about me being a good teacher though, I barely understand any of it.
Lieutenant Hawley does sound cool, though. Captain Hawley! Do you think you get like, suits of armor, or something? My friend Steve has this sword he's super proud of, it's pretty sweet.
Oh, you have to work on it, I want to see that! It'll be so cool. We'll have to meet up in Nocwich again and you can show me what you can do.
No cool suits of armour, though, or swords either actually. Well not one I can keep, there's just like a big old room full of weapons we can train with. I guess people had to find stuff to do with their time without TV. Kind of a shame, I bet they could do some wild reality shows here.
Okay but I'm telling you, find where your expectations are and just. Lower them. Somewhere deep, deep down.
( but also ....... she has to be successful now in order to show off in front of laura, it's not an option it is Necessary. )
Dude, do you think you're ever going to have to use a sword? Sometimes I get a little freaked out like, with how serious everything seems. I mean, things at home are pretty serious too, but not like ... war serious, I guess. It seems so, I don't know, adult.
I wish we were in the same spot, it would be way better.
Listen, if you can even make like a spark I'm going to be impressed so you can like, drastically lower your bar for what you think I'll find cool.
It's not dorky, I know what you mean. All this shit is so full on, it was nice hanging out with someone who like got that. It's sucks we can't just decide when we want to hang out, we have to wait for like 'holiday weekend'.
I'm pretty sure my faction and your faction are like properly at war though. I mean I don't really get it, I was more interested in asking all the how do I get a job etc questions but like. Yeah, it sounds serious. I don't know. Seems to me it'd be a little less freaky if we could work together.
( cool. robin being cool is on the line. these are high stakes. )
Yeah, it blows. This is probably what it feels like when kids of divorce get stuck with the bad parent for a month. Not that I'm complaining ... I think they don't like it when you complain. Totally two thumbs up for Thorne, love those guys!
Except really, I don't know anything about it. But hey, if we two get along, maybe we can make some peaceful efforts between them! You know like, make love not war, hippie dippie stuff. Can't be too hard, right?
We could totally make signs and petition until they let us make the trip between cities. Kingdoms. Whatever these things are supposed to be, I failed Geography back home I'm definitely not going to do any better at it over here. Point is, the fact that they don't have trains or whatever between these places is criminal. Hell, I'll ride a horse if I have to.
So what's Thorne like, aside from like, stuffy and magic? What am I missing out on over in your fancy city?
Did you know horses have three eyelids? I guess to protect their eyes, or something. You're welcome for the horse fact.
Well, I'm living in a castle, which is definitely something. I guess it's pretty nice. I have a roomie who's super cool, she said she's been here for a few months, which is crazy crazy. I guess there's really no going home, from here. Not that home is super a lot better, but you know. It's weird that I'm not gonna see my mom maybe ever.
[ It all feels very mother hen of Hilda to be reaching out to everyone like this, but she has to be sure that people are okay for her own sanity. Even if they respond, it doesnโt mean sheโll worry any less, but she can at least have some confirmation that theyโre okay for now. ]
Oh my god, I'm totally good! Are you good? Like, not kidnapped good? Everyone here is bugging out, the castle feels like it's on lockdown. You can't go anywhere without an escort. But I'm happy you're okay! If you are okay.
[ The sparkle text is unexpected, and for a minute she worries that Robin's been taken โ but then laughter trills from her mouth realizing that no. It's just sparkles. It's such a relief. ]
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต-๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. [ This is too spooky. Not the fun kind of spooky. And it's better for her if they keep it light because she is, despite not acting like it, worried sick. ] ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Did anyone you know get taken? I don't know what other places are like, but everyone here is working to go find them, I think. Actually, it's getting kind of heated.
Oh, sorry! It's like this sign off thing on ( no one knows what walkie talkies are, robin. ) communication device-thingies, so you know when the person's done messaging. I just did it on reflex.
๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. [ Thank god for text and no emojis. Although if there were emojis, she'd still probably throw them in out of habit even if it was a little insensitive. ] ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ?
Ha, no kidding. I guess I am, like, totally worried really. But, you know, people here seem really tough. Like ... I mean, crazy tough. I'm from Indiana. It's way out of my wheelhouse. They might be better grouped up than us out here, if you guess they're all together.
You know, I don't really know. ( just admitting you've never been kissed now robin????? how lame can you get!!! ) I mean โ pfft, forget I said that. You're right.
[ She's genuinely curious of course, but she thinks, maybe she can help distract Robin a little bit from all the awfulness going on around them, at least a little while. ]
Oh it's ... it's okay! Lots of corn. Very flat. I'm from a pretty small town in there so there isn't much to do. It's one of those places where everyone knows everyone, you know? I work at a movie rental store with my best friend, which is pretty nice, though.
No I meant I mean, I've never been kissed really! Except, I guess, those kisses. Haha. Over.
๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต? [ It sounds a lot like the 'vids' that Garrus had explained to her briefly. ] ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐'๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ?
Oh yeah! The Apartment is great, and Children of Paradise. The Hidden Fortress if you like something a little more action-y. Maybe I could show you some of it in the Horizon sometime? I've never tried.
Oh. ( do people just offer that thing all ... willy nilly? the thought of kissing hilda makes her feel and and a little bit sweaty, and also panicky, but that good kind of panic, like when you reach the top of a rollercoaster just before the fall. on the other hand โ it's not like she'd want a pity kiss, or something. the thought is too lame to stand. more importantly, ) You'd kiss a girl?
Totally! There's, like, a huge range. Romance or thriller or horror or action, or anything! You're lucky, I'm definitely like an encyclopedia of movies. We can watch whatever you're into.
Oh
( master of the oh. well. robin's never met anyone interested in girls before โ at least not anyone who would admit as much. robin wouldn't even admit as much, and she's about as gay as they come. just, gay from rural indiana and gay from literally anywhere else probably has a different vibe. if anyone ever knew, that'd be it for her. the whole, stay eight feet away and point and whisper. poor robin buckley has an affliction. though, really, her gayness would probably just be the last disappointment on top of a mountain of them, as far as her mom is concerned.
the thought of kissing hilda doesn't really devilish, or mean spirited, or like anyone should say anything about it except for how jealous they are that such a pretty girl might give robin the time of day. but โ robin has really only ever had that conversation with steve. she isn't sure how to start it now. )
[ The 'oh' that hangs in the air says more to Hilda than any string of words might have otherwise. Or rather, she thinks it says something. She's never been so confident or arrogant in her ability to notice things about other people; it's always been easier to leave that to people like Claude or people who needed to use perception for something useful.
For Hilda, the realization that she liked girls as much as she liked boys, hadn't come as a large shock to her. There had been no internal conflict, no worry that people would think less of her, because it only stood to reason that her charmed life extended to that part of herself too. She had been lucky that she had simply come to accept it as a fact about herself and that others had too. Fodlan had its faux pas, but the love between those of the same sex wasn't one of them. Not really. But just because she had been so lucky, didn't mean that it was the same for everyone else.
That's perhaps why, when the little 'x' appears rather shyly (could words emote? Even if they can't, Hilda thinks that Robin's 'x' does), is all the more precious and meaningful to her. She senses it's not the time to push the subject so she doesn't โ but that doesn't stop her from teasing her. ]
Was it totally lame like is it one of those things that's only cute if you do it because I totally understand like wow how out of character for me I mean like I am definitely not the kind of person who signs off with little kisses like that totally tracks for you because you're all cute and bubblegum pink and a princess or something but I'm more like someone who signs off with "cool dude!" or fingerguns or something more along those lines actually while I'm on the subject do you think it's weird if you sign off exclusively with 'o's like for hugs so it's like less intense than a kiss but also still testing the waters with the know xoxo thing which is pretty you know affectionate which is also not to say I don't feel affectionate towards you I mean I think that would be pretty hard since you're so nice and sparkly and all that but I don't want you to think I'm trying to force my kisses on you you know like you said it's important if the other person actually wants them or
[ The wall of text hits her at once and it takes a moment or two before Hilda can formulate a response because she worries that she's broken Robin. If they were in person or eve in the Horizon, she'd grab her hand or squish her cheeks or something to bring her back down to Abraxas. ]
( maybe she doesn't know. but even saying yes i want to kiss you, hilda makes robin feel skittish, like a cat prone to disappearing at a sound breaking the silence. so, she can't say it. just, 100% off the table in every way shape and form, because robin is not a studdly romancey type, she isn't suave or especially charming, or at all smooth with her affections.
what she can do, is reassure hilda. it is definitely, definitely not her fault that robin is the way she is. )
[ Ah, girls. Hilda knows. Or at least she thinks she does. They pose a different kind of problem than boys do. Except the problem that Hilda has with girls is probably a little different than what Robin is referring to. The worry that she had overstepped lingers, so the reassurance from Robin is welcome. That in itself summons a sprout of guilt in Hilda; Robin shouldn't have to feel the need to reassure her at all. ]
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This is Robin!
Did you get that?
This is Robin.
This whole thing is like a trust fall, wow. Hope you got that. Laura?
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This is so weird, right? They can invent magic but phones are too much to ask apparently.
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Dude, seriously. I'd take a walkie talkie, even. What if I send a really long message and you forget half of it by the time you get to the end? So lame.
Hey I forgot to ask you when we met up, but what faction did you end up in? I'm in Thorne, it's like. Very stuffy. I think all these people are highbrow. If I start saying "dost" and "thou" and "indubitably" please shake me.
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Free cities it's called I think, kinda weird. I think I have to sign up if I want to keep living in their base which is just like...major red flag.
Over!
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Sign up? Like a military thing? Weird. Everyone here's pretty nice, I guess they're teaching me magic? I'm like, okay, but you don't understand, I was a seriously undeveloped baby it's going to take me, like, at least twice as long to learn anything, seriously.
Oh, over! Almost forgot. Over again!
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I shouldn't complain too much, the other people here are super friendly. There's even this inn place some lady runs and she lets any of the ""summoned"" people stay so long as we help out around the tavern. Maybe I'll go there if I don't become Lieutenant Hawley or whatever.
Over!
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Lieutenant Hawley does sound cool, though. Captain Hawley! Do you think you get like, suits of armor, or something? My friend Steve has this sword he's super proud of, it's pretty sweet.
Over!
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No cool suits of armour, though, or swords either actually. Well not one I can keep, there's just like a big old room full of weapons we can train with. I guess people had to find stuff to do with their time without TV. Kind of a shame, I bet they could do some wild reality shows here.
Over
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( but also ....... she has to be successful now in order to show off in front of laura, it's not an option it is Necessary. )
Dude, do you think you're ever going to have to use a sword? Sometimes I get a little freaked out like, with how serious everything seems. I mean, things at home are pretty serious too, but not like ... war serious, I guess. It seems so, I don't know, adult.
I wish we were in the same spot, it would be way better.
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Pretend I didn't say that last part. Too dorky!
Over.
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It's not dorky, I know what you mean. All this shit is so full on, it was nice hanging out with someone who like got that. It's sucks we can't just decide when we want to hang out, we have to wait for like 'holiday weekend'.
I'm pretty sure my faction and your faction are like properly at war though. I mean I don't really get it, I was more interested in asking all the how do I get a job etc questions but like. Yeah, it sounds serious. I don't know. Seems to me it'd be a little less freaky if we could work together.
Now that is dorky. Over
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Yeah, it blows. This is probably what it feels like when kids of divorce get stuck with the bad parent for a month. Not that I'm complaining ... I think they don't like it when you complain. Totally two thumbs up for Thorne, love those guys!
Except really, I don't know anything about it. But hey, if we two get along, maybe we can make some peaceful efforts between them! You know like, make love not war, hippie dippie stuff. Can't be too hard, right?
Over.
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So what's Thorne like, aside from like, stuffy and magic? What am I missing out on over in your fancy city?
Over!
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Well, I'm living in a castle, which is definitely something. I guess it's pretty nice. I have a roomie who's super cool, she said she's been here for a few months, which is crazy crazy. I guess there's really no going home, from here. Not that home is super a lot better, but you know. It's weird that I'm not gonna see my mom maybe ever.
What about Free Cities? Big macho warrior types?
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โ sometime during the week of 2/20
๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ? ๐๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ?
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Oh my god, I'm totally good! Are you good? Like, not kidnapped good? Everyone here is bugging out, the castle feels like it's on lockdown. You can't go anywhere without an escort. But I'm happy you're okay! If you are okay.
Over!
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๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต-๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. [ This is too spooky. Not the fun kind of spooky. And it's better for her if they keep it light because she is, despite not acting like it, worried sick. ] ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ?
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Oh, sorry! It's like this sign off thing on ( no one knows what walkie talkies are, robin. ) communication device-thingies, so you know when the person's done messaging. I just did it on reflex.
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๐๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ! ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ '๐น๐น'. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ? ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ!
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( except sometimes, here ( and even back home, sometimes ), apparently they do. )
And yeah, a couple people. They'll be okay, though.
( well. here's hoping, at least. )
Anyway, kisses are way cuter. Especially if you mean them!
Over!
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ โ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ.
[ As if getting pulled to a different world is anywhere near the realm of normal. ]
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ?
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ!
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You know, I don't really know. ( just admitting you've never been kissed now robin????? how lame can you get!!! ) I mean โ pfft, forget I said that. You're right.
Over.
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[ She's genuinely curious of course, but she thinks, maybe she can help distract Robin a little bit from all the awfulness going on around them, at least a little while. ]
๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต? ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐น๐น
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No I meant
I mean, I've never been kissed really! Except, I guess, those kisses. Haha. Over.
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๐๐ฉ! ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ!
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Oh. ( do people just offer that thing all ... willy nilly? the thought of kissing hilda makes her feel and and a little bit sweaty, and also panicky, but that good kind of panic, like when you reach the top of a rollercoaster just before the fall. on the other hand โ it's not like she'd want a pity kiss, or something. the thought is too lame to stand. more importantly, ) You'd kiss a girl?
Over! Almost forgot.
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๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ! ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต.
[ But to answer Robin's question, she doesn't really go around offering it willy nilly. It always felt more loaded when it came to boys. ]
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Oh
( master of the oh. well. robin's never met anyone interested in girls before โ at least not anyone who would admit as much. robin wouldn't even admit as much, and she's about as gay as they come. just, gay from rural indiana and gay from literally anywhere else probably has a different vibe. if anyone ever knew, that'd be it for her. the whole, stay eight feet away and point and whisper. poor robin buckley has an affliction. though, really, her gayness would probably just be the last disappointment on top of a mountain of them, as far as her mom is concerned.
the thought of kissing hilda doesn't really devilish, or mean spirited, or like anyone should say anything about it except for how jealous they are that such a pretty girl might give robin the time of day. but โ robin has really only ever had that conversation with steve. she isn't sure how to start it now. )
over.
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For Hilda, the realization that she liked girls as much as she liked boys, hadn't come as a large shock to her. There had been no internal conflict, no worry that people would think less of her, because it only stood to reason that her charmed life extended to that part of herself too. She had been lucky that she had simply come to accept it as a fact about herself and that others had too. Fodlan had its faux pas, but the love between those of the same sex wasn't one of them. Not really. But just because she had been so lucky, didn't mean that it was the same for everyone else.
That's perhaps why, when the little 'x' appears rather shyly (could words emote? Even if they can't, Hilda thinks that Robin's 'x' does), is all the more precious and meaningful to her. She senses it's not the time to push the subject so she doesn't โ but that doesn't stop her from teasing her. ]
๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ?
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whatever.
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๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ!
๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ โ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐น. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ "๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ!" ๐ฐ๐ณ "๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ!" ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต.
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It's just
you know. Girls.
( maybe she doesn't know. but even saying yes i want to kiss you, hilda makes robin feel skittish, like a cat prone to disappearing at a sound breaking the silence. so, she can't say it. just, 100% off the table in every way shape and form, because robin is not a studdly romancey type, she isn't suave or especially charming, or at all smooth with her affections.
what she can do, is reassure hilda. it is definitely, definitely not her fault that robin is the way she is. )
You didn't make me do anything. I promise.
x
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[ Ah, girls. Hilda knows. Or at least she thinks she does. They pose a different kind of problem than boys do. Except the problem that Hilda has with girls is probably a little different than what Robin is referring to. The worry that she had overstepped lingers, so the reassurance from Robin is welcome. That in itself summons a sprout of guilt in Hilda; Robin shouldn't have to feel the need to reassure her at all. ]
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด.
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต โ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ โ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ? ๐'๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
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