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Akibel Mowar is on his way home from the blacksmith's when he spots it. People are shrieking and fleeing from it, which seems reasonable, as it's a fuckoff huge snake with a mirror for a face. A big mirror.
Kib can't so much flee. He can shriek - he can lurch in the direction of the nearest house and try the door - it's locked. He can amble briskly...
He can break into a run when the snake gains on him and fall flat on his face.
And he can get eaten up.
And it's too bright too bright too bright and he flings his arm over his eyes.
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At this point the door opens. Findekáno should really have heard footsteps but was distracted, and still is, and is blindly panicked for half a second before he sees Maitimo.
Maitimo looks rather dangerously angry.
Maitimo looks rather dangerously angry.
secondchance
Kib outright falls off the bed in surprise, grabs the nearest pillow for modesty, and makes a noise that sounds like "glurk?"
Hi! Findekáno says privately. Calm down, you're going to scare him, if you're angry with me you can be angry with me in some fashion that doesn't scare him -
Eighteen!
It gave me pause so I, unlike you, talked with him about it, and then was satisfied - Maitimo please calm down you are looking very scary and your mortal will be scared -
Eighteen!
It gave me pause so I, unlike you, talked with him about it, and then was satisfied - Maitimo please calm down you are looking very scary and your mortal will be scared -
Do you know what he said to me about you? 'There are probably more delicate ways to tell someone they're repulsive and ought to die alone but, you know, what's important is that the sentiment was unambiguously communicated.'
Maitimo stops looking angry and starts looking as if he has been slapped.
Maitimo stops looking angry and starts looking as if he has been slapped.
My boyfriend, Findekáno says, should probably just apologize for interrupting and turn around and leave but he has a serious crush on you so he is going to stand there looking astonished instead. If you'd rather I talk him down in the next room for your privacy's sake I can do that.
secondchance
Your boyfriend. This is your boyfriend. Who you told me would not mind if you kissed me. Are we in his room? Do you even like me or were you just setting me up as a present? What the fuck, dude?
I didn't expect he'd be upset I kissed you because of your age, I thought he trusted me a little more than that. He's not upset I kissed you because he thinks he gets a say broadly over who I kiss. I like you a lot but probably would not have acted on it if Maitimo'd shown any signs he was inclined to, because he gets crushes much less frequently than me. But once he'd decided he'd just not apologize to you and spend the next century moping-
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The kissing part happened after the convincing me to suggest he apologize part!
Maitimo were you ever going to get around to asking Kib out.
My father might have immortality worked out, Maitimo says. So maybe eventually.
Would it have been more or less than a century.
He's eighteen and our guest and foreign culture and power imbalance and eighteen Findekáno I don't -
My father might have immortality worked out, Maitimo says. So maybe eventually.
Would it have been more or less than a century.
He's eighteen and our guest and foreign culture and power imbalance and eighteen Findekáno I don't -
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Okay, so one person in this room respects me enough to believe me when I say I'm as old as I have to be to do whatever I like - to in fact have asked first - and one respects me enough to not set me up without my knowledge on behalf of a third party it's a lovely combination wouldn't it be nice if it could be blended into one package, says Kib, reaching for his clothes. What were you imagining I'd think in a century or two, 'oh, that's completely reasonable, I expect people with genuine regard for me to be completely silent about it for multiple human lifetimes, that's normal, what an excellent relationship foundation' -
I had absolutely no expectation that you'd ever desire anything to do with me, Maitimo says.
Findekáno sighs.
Findekáno sighs.
It seems possible, Findekáno says, that with respect to this Valinor makes one grow a little sideways.
I have no idea how you got from 'my boyfriend has a crush on you which is why he didn't immediately turn around and leave like he should have, I apologize on his behalf' to 'I seduced you as a present for him'.
I have no idea how you got from 'my boyfriend has a crush on you which is why he didn't immediately turn around and leave like he should have, I apologize on his behalf' to 'I seduced you as a present for him'.
secondchance
Well, says Kib, it was mostly just a guess but now that you mention it you still haven't claimed that this is really your room and there's an eight pointed star on that tapestry.
In that case I have the idea of how you got there and regret acting in a way that made it seem plausible. I did not seduce you for my boyfriend although I certainly wanted to confront my boyfriend with the fact I had because I find his tendency to come up with reasons he couldn't just ask you to be absurdly annoying. If he wants to continue being ridiculous and you want to stop forgiving him for it I will stop trying to mediate.
secondchance
Grown sideways, snorts Kib. Okay, so, for future reference, here is how I always imagined my eventual romance would go, I'd meet some guy who would take a reasonable amount of time like say a couple weeks to decide for suitably flattering reasons I was the most appealing person ever to wander through his field of vision and then this fact would be communicated and there would be transparency and boundaries and the use of language and a tasteful autumn wedding and I can make some compromises since I moved to a different world with weird social customs and immortality and other complicating factors, but none of those compromises are 'transparency and boundaries and the use of language'. If either of you actually like me, he pulls his shirt over his head, then to prove it you can act like I deserve to know if you're quietly assuming I'm an infant and like it matters if I know all your reasons for being interested.
Okay, Findekáno says. One of the reasons I was interested in you was because I'd been getting regular constant daily commentary about you from Maitimo, who was delighted by your company, and who asked my help practicing your language, and his commentary was very flattering of you and also successfully conveyed lots of character traits of yours that I found appealing. I did consider how to say this sooner but there wasn't a way without outing Maitimo and I wanted to know you better before I did that. I was pleased with you when you pointed out that you could ruin my life if I hurt you but I wasn't willing to add the life of someone I loved to the stakes there.
secondchance
Sigh. I would not ruin your boyfriend's life over something you did, if that was actually a concern.
I am now confident of that. I was not confident of it the first time we interacted.
secondchance
Okay. Kib shakes his head. I am very annoyed about how this played out and expect to be treated better in the future whether that involves kissing or not but I am also not going to ruin anybody's life over this mess. I will get out of your room now, sorry for the inadvertent trespass, he adds to Maitimo, and he gets up and steps into his shoes.
You were invited, Maitimo says, and sits down. Good night.
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Good night.
And Kib struggles out the window again and around to the back entrance and goes to his underground room.
And Kib struggles out the window again and around to the back entrance and goes to his underground room.