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[sythyry]

The Grand Interrogation [13 Hispis 4262]

Me:"Well, she seems a bit ... dare I say it? ... obnoxious. Why do you put up with her?"

Chelinet:"She's not as bad as I make her out as, really. If I told her to stop, she'd stop. That would be breaking up with her.... should I do that? I don't really want to ... are you saying I'm not really traff and should dump her?"

Me:"I'm not saying anything of the sort! Just asking you about her.... and from how upset you sound, you're in no hurry to chase her off."

Chelinet:[sniffling a bit]"No, I'm not."

Me:"Well, why do you put up with her doing that?"

Chelinet:"She's nice when we're in private. And she's fun. And she's rich and powerful. And she's a really good dancer when we're in private. And ... I'm sorry I made her out as so obnoxious. That's just a little bit of her style. It's how it started."

Me:"Quite all right. Do I understand you properly to be saying that Moria has a rather overhanded style of approaching you, but is more reasonable after that?"

Chelinet:"Oh, no, not that. When anyone is watching, she's all superior and upper-class about it. When it's private she's much more relaxed."

Me:"So ... um ... she wants everyone to know that you're her Orren-love, but that it's just a conventional aristo libertine's playing-around really so she's not traff?"

Chelinet:"..."

Chelinet:"..., ... "

Chelinet:"..., ..., ... "

Chelinet:"Oh! That's brilliant!"

Me:"That's what I kept trying to get my first Orren-love, but he never would. He was afraid that Someone Would Suspect Something."

Chelinet:"Did anyone?"

Me:"Rather a lot. No matter how he tried to hide it. Moria might get the Suspicion, but at least you can be in public with her."

Chelinet:"If I'm wearing a leash."

Me:"..."

Me:"Really?"

Chelinet:"No. But if we're in public, I have to defer to her."

Me:"That sounds awkward. Buy a title?"

Chelinet:"The next time I'm insanely rich for some reason."

Me:"Right. Is Moria dating anyone else?"

Chelinet:"One date with another Rassimel here or there. Nothing to speak of."

Me:"How do you feel when she does?"

Chelinet:"How should I feel? She's a noble, she can do what she likes about that."

Me:"So, jealous?"

Chelinet:"What are you suggesting? That I'm not only in love with her, but ungracious about it?" She sounded a bit angry. But Orren are a lot less intimidating if you're the same size as them.

Me:"I'm not saying you acted bad, just asking how you felt"

Chelinet:"... yes. I'm jealous."

Me:"Right. H'm. If Moria weren't around, who would you be eyeing?"

Chelinet:"I don't know ... I haven't really thought much about it... no."

Me:"Well ... when you fly down the boardwalk ..."

Chelinet:"I, well, I walk."

Me:"Sorry, sorry! Anyways, who do you think looks good? Like, that kind of good?"

Chelinet:(something inaudible)

Me:"You don't have to answer if you don't want."

Chelinet:"... Herethroy ... Rassimel ... "

Me:"I think you could come with me to Across Saga and nobody would doubt your credentials at all."

Chelinet looked rather angry. "I did not want to hear that."

Comments

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I'm glad my question worked its way into the stack, though I was more curious if Chelinet was eying other classmates, like say, a certain zi ri. };)

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

... Is it just me, or is this Orren crazy...

She wants to act traff... she wants to be with traff... and she wants to really deny that she is traff. Make up your mind!

... wait... this is an Orren... may not be possible there...

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I don't really see why anybody would want to be traff.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Quick! Ask her if she wants to sleep with Khtsoyis!

If she doesn't, then she can *pass* as traff, but she's not *really* traff, because she doesn't fall in love with everyone. Right?

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

The same goes for me.

[psaakyrn.livejournal.com]

I feel that this is something like a bisexual in a monogamous relationship. She may be traff, but traff tends to encompass being open/lustful as well (like Sythyry), and Chelinet doesn't appear to want, or encourage, such views upon herself.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

I am not!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Once or twice might be experimentation or libertine dallying. Several years' worth of relationship is TRAFF. Let's call a spade a spade here. And maybe if more people would be honest about that, it would be less of an issue. (My species has gone around a similar issue, with some progress.)

Traff-ick

[winterbeast.livejournal.com]

So on the world tree, Love may not be blind? what a cold, cold place the world tree must be, that Love may be quashed for determination of specie.
I say Nay, Love conquers all, and ye who would yell out Traff! Traff! are but jealous for having no love of their own. Let there be heat brought to the world tree, Not the heat that burns down cities, and razes shanties, but the
heat that hauls down trousers, and lowers panties!