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[sythyry]

[6 Nivvem 4261]

I didn't say anything about last night's date, of course. With three Cani in the house, I didn't need to.

Most people:"Yay! Sythyry's got a new Orrenfriend!"

There's a bit of a smirk at that phrase "Orrenfriend". It's not a common word. Usually one would use a word like "lover" or "sweetie" or what have you. If one is Orren, one's lovers and sweeties and what have you are presumed to be Orren, so there's rarely a point to explaining their species... unless, I suppose, one were an Orren accused of being traff and wanted to emphasize that one's lovers were in fact the same species. Conversely, the lovers of non-Orren aren't usually Orren, so it would be downright silly to call them Orrenfriends. For my roommates to use the word emphasizes that I'm traff.

And, today, that pleases me. I think I'm doing it right!

Agrimony:"I should never have moved in here."

Dustweed:"I am pleased to wholly agree with you on that point. My reputation will suffer from living with you."

Agrimony:"What foolishness is that you say, both-female?"

Dustweed snarled and stomped out of the room.

The Cani then chivvied Agrimony out of the room. "Disagreeable bug, that," said Anoof, and that was that.

Under the Arkens

I usually go to school twice in a day: the first time before dawn, to do Enchantment lab; the second after coming home for lunch. Usually in the morning I'm flying as fast as I can, for I rarely get moving as quickly as I should -- especially after a date! -- and Enchantment cannot be started late. After lunch, I am rarely in quite such a hurry, and am likely to walk with a friend or two.

Today, that meant Dustweed. Specifically, that meant that Dustweed quite shyly asked if zie could accompany me, for she wanted to talk a bit. My reputation is more or less unmendable at this point, so I allowed her to.

Dustweed:"You remember that I didn't come to your Traff Society."

Sythyry:"Probably wise, for there was a lot of doom at that meeting, even by my standards. Did anyone tell you what happened to Thelvion?"

Dustweed:"No, but let's leave it aside. I can't imagine anything interesting happening to Thelvion. I had made some excuse or other, I don't remember what."

Me:"Yes, and ironically it was ..."

Dustweed:"Well, the real reason is that I'm really not traff and really never was."

Me:"Much as I hate to compare you to anyone I have ever dated, you sound a bit like someone I have dated. Just as a matter of fact, what would you call your involvement with Tethezai?"

Dustweed:"I would call it the act of an insecure and easily-seduced young insect."

Me:"The initial seduction, maybe. But you've kept at it for a year."

Dustweed:"I've been reluctant to throw it away for over a year. Despite Tethezai's frequent excursions outside of it. Despite never really lusting for her that much. Despite an extra helping of scorn in my already plentifully filled scorn-bowl. Despite a dozen smaller things." She sounded like she was on the edge of tears. I immediately worried about getting bloodstains everywhere, which serves only to show that I am spending too much time with Vae.

Me:"Are you thinking of breaking up with her?"

Dustweed:"I've been thinking of it since we started." Which sounded like a Herethroy village euphemism for either "I want to dump her right now." or "The thought has crossed my mind once, but I forgot it."

Me:"I'm not from your native village. I don't know what you mean by that."

Dustweed:"Just what I said."

So much for my Comprehension of Herethroy. Orren are much easier. Slinkier, too.

Me:"Are you planning to break up with her?"

Dustweed:"Would you think I was disloyal if I did?"

Me:"I will admit that I am uncertain about how you could loyally break up with someone. But I will also admit that I don't see why you're being Cani about this. If you're breaking up with someone, you don't need to be loyal to them."

Dustweed:"Not to her. To you."

Me:"I beg your pardon?"

Dustweed:"I'm not very serious, but you do boast about how traff our house is."

Me:"Oh, I'll still have Ghirbis. And Enziet. Let's not forget Enziet. As long as you're not going to join Agrimony's League of Public and Private Decency, I shouldn't feel too doomed."

Dustweed:"Also it will make my parents happy."

Me:"I didn't know you wanted to make your parents happy."

Dustweed:"I don't. That's a reason for not doing it. Also I, well, don't have a second plan."

Me:"I could try to hook you up with Thelvion."

Dustweed:"Um ... Sythyry? If I were having a Rassimel, I'd much rather have an interesting, enthusiastic one who loves me already. Even if she is as faithful as five Sleeth."

Me:"Well ... more on that later, I think."

Dustweed:"Do you have a crush on Thelvion, O traff lizard?"

Me:"No, but I owe him something."

Dustweed:"And you would use me as a good payment?"

Me:"No!"

Dustweed:"Ah, then you say I would make bad payment?"

Me:"No!"

Dustweed:"How is it that you haven't insulted that nendrai to the point of killing you?" Fortunately zie was laughing.

Me:"Yeek! Nendrai! It's the sixth! I need to skip class and do some shopping for her!"

Dustweed:"I think that's a good excuse. Happy shopping and monster-tending!"

Me:"Happy dumping!"

Dustweed:"Not yet. Maybe sometime."

Comments

You know...

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

You could try to hook zir up with him even if zie doesn't dump Tethezai.

Or try to hook Tethezai up with him if zie does.

Re: You know...

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I am not nearly the agent of Doom that you take me for!

Besides, they all know each other. If they want to do that sort of thing, they can arrange it themselves.

Re: You know...

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure you could be if you wanted to. Just get your girlfriend to whip up a batch of 'special cookies' to help things along...

Re: You know...

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Your mastery of the Doom is remarkable!

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

And apart from Thelvion's history, Thelvion is apparently quite dull to the point that Sythyry drastically underestimated how Doomed Thelvion could be.

Not sure Dustweed actually likes dull, given her evidenced taste in Rassimels.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Zie doesn't like dull, no.

Thelvion is dull. It's a running joke among everyone who knows him, and he's not really as dull as we say he is. He's not even dull in an interesting way!

Except, of course, some of us know that he's really interesting.

[zeeth_kyrah]

But only as a case study, I think.

[esory.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Dustweed would be happy with a both-female lover? It's almost as hard as trying to find out if you'd be interested in a Zi Ri lover, given the difficulty in finding suitable candidates.