Gabe is enjoying having some free time without having to look over the shoulder to make sure his husbands' children are 1) destroying something 2) trying to destroy themselves 3) looking at Gabe's less suitable artwork. Not that he doesn't love the two little critters. But it's good to have time for himself too.
He opens the door to his studio.
That is not his studio.
Well, if a glorybearer went to the trouble of creating an illusion like this, he might as well check it out.
"Nah. I am married to two, though. Henry's ichor does anti-magic. Temple's does, like, alchemy - he can mix elixirs and ichors and create new things."
"Henry. We grew up together, and we are less in love and more joined at the hip. But I love Temple lots."
"Yeah. Having a favorite doesn't make the other one worse. I... haven't really had the time for romance. The eyes make it difficult these days, though I know people like me. Ashara and December are too themselves, and Clematis is like my mom and it would just be weird. So I'm lonely. My one weakness." She halfsmiles.
"People don't like the star eyes in your world? They look cool."
"They're associated with people who want to break the world more. The Glitch is infectious, it sweeps people up and uses them to propagate. Some of my friends in the Chancery got swept up like that, and did terrible things. That's... fairly common. And then there are the Decievers and the Warmains, each their own kind of awful."
"Gah, sorry for that. It doesn't sound like the sort of thing my world's magic can solve. But, hey, no point in mopping. Can't give the Glitch, and the Deceivers, and the war ones the satisfaction."
"Also, far less fun!" He raises his glass again. Gabe is clearly the type of person that doesn't let something like malevolent forces outside his universe make him unhappy if he has any saying so.
She walks over, opens the door and calls.
"Chancery girls, I've got someone you might like to meet!"
A woman wearing a big black fur coat comes through the door and does an elaborate curtsey with a grin.
"Alasha. Dying of Recklessness. Always the first to curiosity's call. Who are you?~"
"Gabriel Valentine-Oswald! Not dying of anything at the moment." He mimics the curtsy, despite wearing jeans and a sweater.
"I see Aurica is making friends again. That's good, keeps her infection down. What sort of person are you, then?"
"Just your average very attractive, very gay man living with his two magical husbands and their kids, while doing artistic work when I have time."
"Sounds like you've got it made! I'm lesbian when I have time amid my busy life, which is fairly frequently since I tend to make time. Living with a curse sucks but it doesn't rule my life or anything. We could gossip about our respective partners? Or you could tell me about your art, I like to tinker in my spare time."
Gabe wholeheartedly approves of this attitude towards curses. "Both? One of my husbands' family is fun to talk about."
"Okay, so my husband's name is Temple. It all started with his dad, Stephen, he got powers from being very good in bed. A talented that he put to good used to good use in the following years, including by having six kids between with three different relationships. He married and had a son, Franklyn. Two years later, Temple's mother got pregnant with him. The truth of Stephen's affairs comes into light, and includes at least one other co-worker. Despite all that, Stephen's first marriage continued, because there was already a third in kid in the oven from his first spouse. As you may guess, it was not a particularly happy marriage, but not just for the obvious reason. The couple grows distant. Anyway, the third kid, Meghan, grows up and gains magical powers, then both her and Franklyn are kidnapped over that. They are rescued, and they end up fine. But the incident leads to the first marriage dissolution because Solomon, Stephen's first spouse, comes out as a transman. For once, Stephen acts like a good person and is actually very supportive. But for some reason - which I suspect is related to Stephen's sexual prowess - Solomon agrees to have another kid with Stephen through a surrogate. Little Adam is born eighteen years after Franklyn, the two co-parent him and eventually divorce after getting new partners. Stephen's marries a woman that - I kid you not - is called Mary Jane. They have twins. They divorce when the twins are barely talking, because Stephen has not stopped cheating with other women."
He takes a sip from his drink. That was a long monologue. And it's not even over yet.
"But what I find the cherry on top is that one of the twins come out as gay last year. Which means that Gay Pride, like Christmas and Thanksgiving, is a family event. And Stephen had a shirt that started as 'I support my ex trans-husband', then got 'and my gay son' and now as an extra 's' after son."
Maybe Bar can get him some water, chocolate is delicious, but not thirst quenching.
"Wow, that's one complicated history. I just know a girl who does ill-advised science experiments in thunderstorms."
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