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"Hello," she says to the notebook, deadpan. Then she rolls her eyes. "Wait, they don't have any fucking ears."

She takes a pen and writes, in surprisingly neat but very angular font, hi i'm vivian

Oh. Tarleton's already doing that quirk. Hi. I'm Vivian. I'm the colorful token lesbian side character in whatever YA bullshit Peter's gotten himself mixed up in. It's nice to meet you. If you need me to tell him to stop overthinking and/or panicking about epistemology I've got you covered.

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The notebook writes back, in elegant loopy cursive and shimmering purple ink, as though with an invisible sparkly gel pen.

Hi, Vivian! I am a notebook. ...I should have thought ahead and picked a name for now if I'm going to be introducing myself to a bunch of people, but I didn't do that and thinking of names is hard so here we are.
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("What the fuck," says Gabe in a deadpan.)

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(Felicia is still staring in disbelief, mouth hanging slightly open.)

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That's sure an adventure. If you want any naming help from a chick you met literally a minute ago I am available. Otherwise I'll pass you on, I get the impression Pete wants this to be more proof of concept than extended conversation.

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I think I'm okay just being a notebook. Most people do not meet more than one talking notebook.
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"Can I be next?"

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"Pete, what?"

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"I'll tell you guys more about everything after you have confirmed that there is a magical notebook here talking to us."

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"What more confirmation do you need?"

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"I don't know I'm just kind of a mess right now!!"

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Fair and reasonable and valid.

Vivian thwaps the notebook into Felicia's lap. "Say hi! They're really cute actually. Pete, just focus on breathing, okay? We'll handle introductions."

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Uh huh he can do that.

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Hi! I'm Felicia, I'm Peter's sister. It's nice to meet you!

Her handwriting is almost the same as the notebook's itself, if somewhat more economical in flourishes. She doesn't literally dot the is with hearts but she has the handwriting of the sort of person who would, given half a reason.

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Hi, Felicia! It's nice to meet you too. Goodness, how many people are here? Peter must have a lot of friends. ...I guess one friend and one sister isn't a lot by normal standards and it's just that I have a strange perspective because of being a notebook.
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She giggles.

He does, actually, he's kind of popular. There's Vivian and me here plus his friends Marcus and Gabriel, and he has a lot of other friends but I think they're not the kinds of friends he wants to invite to a secret meeting about his magic notebook.

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Oh! Then I was right but for the wrong reasons! Neat.
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"You're right, she is very cute. ...it? It talks like a girl notebook."

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"You have no idea. As in, you actually, literally, really have no idea how much this is a girl notebook, even if you take this into account."

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"Well but is it a 'she'?"

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"I have only been talking to the notebook in second person so I don't actually know what pronouns the notebook uses."

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It seems like my silly brother has forgotten to ask you your pronouns, so, what are they? I'm she/her and so is Vivian and the other three are all he/him.

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(Well that's not straightforwardly true anymore but he'll deal with that later.)

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I think it's sensible to use "it" for me because I am a notebook and sensible to use "she" for me because I am a very feminine notebook, but I don't have strong feelings about it either way.
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Okay! I think I'll use she! ♡

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