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[sythyry]

Catfight, part 1[13 Oix 4261] and [14 Oix 4261]

Anyways, Thestra and Denaist and I had a long dinner on a vast amount of zabouf and chocolate and ground ground-nut pie, with suitable side dishes. Pickled seaweed, cucumber and tomato and bread salad, and pickled mushrooms. Denaist didn't eat any of those, of course. Oh, and offirrah. Denaist was pretty impressed at how much offirrah I can eat, which lead him to ask...

Denaist:"What species are you, Blueshell?"

Me:Mumble mumble

Thestra:"Hush, hush. That's a very rude question."

The officially correct Sleeth answer is, "But I am the Sleeth! I do not know or care about this 'rude'. Perhaps Denaist is not an officially correct Sleeth, though.

Denaist:"Then I ask a different question. What species do you want to be?"

Me:Mumble mumble

Thestra:"Blueshell, I forbid you to answer that question now. The Sleeth must be taught a lesson."

Me:"Well, OK..."

Denaist:"I sulk! I mope! I mourn!" He did not do any of these things. Instead he telekinetically snagged another large serving of zabouf.

The Most Erotic Part of the Whole Visit

Two hours later, the bipeds among us -- Thestra, and, confusingly, me -- were sitting on a couch, with Denaist sprawled over the back of the couch, one forepaw on the seat, and his chest draped over Thestra's shoulders, so that they were sort of leaning on each other. Thestra and Denaist don't buy good brandy very much, and they didn't have anything they wanted to serve a guest. We were drinking orange and clove tea instead.

I admit that Denaist's tailtip was on my head.

Well, at least for a while. When he started flicking it, I got up and sat on the ottoman instead.

But that wasn't the most erotic thing. The most erotic thing was, after a third of an hour or so, Denaist fell asleep. Thestra grinned at me, and said, "Watch this!" She carefully extricated herself from under her lover, and left him, still asleep, supported on one forepaw, leaning on nothing, in a position three parts awkward to two parts goofy.

We giggled about that and made vaguely rude comments about it for the rest of the evening.

Doesn't strike you as erotic or questionable or any such thing? No more does it to me.

The Aftermath [14 Oix 4261]

The next afternoon Ilottat and I had a date. Well, one of our usual dates, where I go out in Orren shape and pick up some food and we bring it back to his apartment and talk and play games, and then I turn back to a Zi Ri and get sticky, then I turn back to an Orren and go home.

Or that's the official plan. We got as far as "talk". I made the mistake -- the utter, horrible, stupid, insane mistake -- of telling him about Thestra and Denaist.

Ilottat:"What did vous, you, do?" His fur was all bristly.

Me:"I had dinner with some friends."

Ilottat:"Ex, from, Across Saga?"

Me:"Yes....?"

Ilottat:"Dans, in, their home?"

Me:"Yes....?"

Ilottat:"You shouldn't vennoot, associate with such people!"

Me:"It's not a problem. Thestra's a guild member, she doesn't steal from Vheshrame natives."

Ilottat:"I am not talking about her diefstal, her thievery!"

Me:"Well, what are you yelling about?"

Ilottat:"You samengekomen, met, her at Across Saga!"

Me:"Yes."

Ilottat:"Then how gallu, can you?"

We went in those circles for a while. I summarize his objections thus:

The Crime	Ilottat's Deepening	My Commentary
Thestra and Denaist are traff.	I shouldn't be vannooting, associating, with the traff.	Um ... aren't I traff myself?
Thestra and Denaist are lower-class.	I shouldn't be vannooting, associating, with the lower-class.	Their class is gonna rub off on my species?
I more or less went on a date with Thestra and Denaist, and there might have been canoodling involved as well as vanooting.	Knowing [Sythyry], there probably was.	There wasn't! And what do you mean by "knowing [Sythyry]", anyways?
Besides, Thestra and Denaist are traff, and I shouldn't get the impression that traff couples can simply live any sort of reasonable life together.	No! Bad Zi Ri! No!	??
Besides, I met Thestra at the traff cafe!	And you know what kind of people go there.	...

Me:"But I am transaffectionate. You are, too."

Ilottat:"Don't speak that way to me."

Me:"Then I shan't speak to you at all."

I turned back into an Orren, ran out of his apartment, tripped on my stupid lack of enough feet, fell most of the way down the stairs, realized that I'd forgotten most of my clothes, created a huge lopsided hideous green flappy bathrobe with a spell, threw it on, got outside, realized that it was Hot Surprise and that most Orren on the street were pretty close to naked anyways and nobody would be wearing a huge lopsided hideous green flappy bathrobe, wore it home anyways, tried to find Ghirbis, failed, and wound up, in Zi Ri shape, in Floooooooosh's oven for almost an hour and a third. I think I persuaded any onlookers that I am actually Orren, or at least given to wild rushes, even if they saw me turn into a Zi Ri.

Which was not really how I had intended to break up with Ilottat.

Comments

[redbird]

There are better break-ups, but there are much worse ones: rushing out of someone's home and leaving your clothes behind is a nuisance, but no more than one in the larger scheme of things.

[collie13.livejournal.com]

Whups. I was going to comment on how much I dislike possessive jealousy, but I don't think you need to hear that just now. I'm so sorry, Sythyry, about your break-up. Chat with the ever-pragmatic Floosh, nibble a pastry, and feel better soon, yes?

Breakups are almost always difficult

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I am sorry that yours was messy. Please accept my sympathies! I hope that you feel better soon, dear Zi Ri! Ilottat is a pompous, hypocritical, immature, obnoxious twit, and didn't deserve you.

[mattlazycat.livejournal.com]

You poor dear, and without your dignity too. I hope Floooosh was forthcoming with the poptaloops! Have some big wet sleethkisses! :D

[perlandria.livejournal.com]

This is a fantastic opportunity to write a deeply emotional and terribly snarky note about returning all your clothes IMMEDIATELY! Only without actually returning them to you because you can't stand to be reminded of him. Work it, you'll only have the excuse of being young and new to love for a few centuries.

And I'm sorry your lover was/is such a jerk to you. Poor feathery.

[jareth-atian.livejournal.com]

Thestra would like for me to point out that the guild rule regarding stealing from Veshrame natives is really more of a guideline...so if you want your clothes back (or anything else pillaged from Ilottat's place of residence), she would be delighted to be of service.

[nekomavin.livejournal.com]

Strictly speaking, Ilottat isn't actually native to Veshrame, is he? <grin>

[vernononfm.livejournal.com]

This, while true, would still not be an excuse. As he is there on.. Presumably diplomatic purposes, I could not recommend that it would be a good idea.

(I say presumably because for one trying to become a diplomat, Ilottat has been quite undiplomatic towards zir!)

Also, while I have been recommending zie break up with him, I certainly had not wished it to be such a painful experience. :(

[jareth-atian.livejournal.com]

From Thestra: "Excuse? Hrrr. Sythyry is a friend! What kind of friend would I be in return, if I were not willing to commit grand larceny on zir behalf?"

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

OOC - Hey! Thestra doens't know zir as Sythyry yet. Wait a day or two before you tell her, Jareth.

[vernononfm.livejournal.com]

What kind of friend would you be? One who knows of limits, and right and wrong. While you may think that it may be technically OK to steal from Ilottat, given his position and his relation to zir, the fact that he is not technically a native there would not be enough to make stealing from him allowable.

And, I should like to say that my 'excuse' comment was directed to the one who offered Ilottat not actually being a native as a reason to justify said larceny.

Aww, no...

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Awww, sweety...I'm so sorry! I know how you feel, dear, we monsters have break-ups in our relationships too.

And yes, he's being a possessive twit. If he weren't so uptight about being labeled traff, it might be cute, but this isn't cute. Maybe a few days without you will remind him of just how nice it is to have you around.

[draconis.livejournal.com]

Poor thing. I reccomend cakes and brandy as reliable distractions in such a situation.

[esory.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about it, Sythyry. :( Your friends from Across Saga sound like perfectly reasonable folks. Much more so than Illotat, in this case. :/

[coppercheetah.livejournal.com]

Does this mean the cute Orren girl Blueshell is open for flirting again?
*grin* She already knows I have a thing for Orren females, hrrau!

(Shush, Thestra. That's what you get for trying to chastise me in front of her. Though it made for a nice distraction to get more zabouf!)