"Okay," Hyacinth says. "Okay." 

She withdraws and returns to her stew. 

"Let's... take this one day at a time."

Sable is so kind...

She manages a smile. 

"Do you have any ideas for what to do today? Once we finish lunch, I mean? I could sit around and read, but that's not super interesting, and I'm not really up for anything kinky just yet. I don't want to quest until we have our scene. So that leaves... getting to know your other selves? Finding more stuff to do in the house? I'm used to filling my days with questing in ROD, so I don't know what to say..."

She tilts her head. "We could maybe try looking around at the social channels. I think... I'd feel less scared if there were people here I could rely on who weren't just you girls. I'm used to having a... community. And while there are NPCs and all, they... don't really count the same way, you know?"

"That does sound worth doing, and it's a way to work on the party acquisition problem a bit without leaving the house," Sable agrees. "Streamers might be a good start there; I know some have collections of resources and contacts to refer people to, and I'm pretty good at talking my way from fan chat to actual friendship if I try."

"... Do you know any plural, kinky streamers...?"

Hyacinth frowns. "That seems like a small category."

"Or rather than and, but yes. The kinky streamer I know of has a big resource list and people she refers viewers to if they need help."

She blushes. "You ever watch Ishaza?"

"Wait, seriously —"

Hyacinth pauses. "You know, I never actually considered the possibility Ishaza might be trans. She just seems so natural with her CORA body... but she never has done a realspace reveal..."

"Doubt she ever will, regardless of whether she's trans or cis. It would go against her whole 'this is my real body' thing. Gender questions aside, though, I know she's fiercely protective of her queer viewers, and tries to make sure people can find groups that they mesh with. We're actually out as plural in her community, and it gets respected."

"... do you just hang around for the atmosphere, or, um." 

Hyacinth looks away with a deep blush.

She blushes a bit brighter.

"Um. Both. It has definitely ever been both reasons."

"I, um. Mostly I watch... the edited down versions... rather than catching her stream directly... But same."

Hyacinth looks down at the floor.

Shifting so fast there's almost an audible pop, Hailey switches in, smirking and laughing.

"You adorable fucking dorks. So you both get off to the sexy darkling porn streamer. Is that a reason to blush hot enough to run a steam turbine?"

She shakes her head and grins.

"H-hey, that's no fair —"

"— alright, alright, let's both put our cards on the table."

"Yes, let's. And when I said dorks, I was talking about Hya and Sable, by the way. She's been spluttering about that back in mindspace."

"Heee. Of course she is." 

"So Hya's favorite of Ishaza's is the Under The Table series — it's a little older, before she really blew up. Do you know it?"

"Ooh. That's definitely a fun series. We definitely caught that one. Also, we catch a lot of her daily life streams, used to keep them on in the background a lot."

"Is someone perhaps a bit of a voyeur?~"

Hailey snickers and nods, blushing a bit herself. "Most of us are, at least a little bit. Sable is more than a little."

"Nice. I've got a lot of highlight clips downloaded myself. I find her daily life streams are usually too slow for me. Though I do tune in to her educational ones from time to time. I think my favorite was that one time where she demonstrated cunnlingus technique on a live model."

"Oh that one was excellent." She grins. "The point, though, is that she's got a big resources section, and if we ask for help find kinky queer or plural potential partymates in Parcosia, we will get a bunch of sweet and helpful dorks excitedly reaching out, and probably some curated suggestions from mods in her community."

"Sounds like a great plan. Do it!"

She smirks. "And optionally some of the sweet and helpful dorks."

"Aye aye."

Hailey flicks her fingers swiftly for a moment, and then a stream window appears, along with another for the chat. What's Ishaza up to on stream?

The stream is presently occupied by a "we'll be right back" buffer, behind which Ishaza can be seen sipping tea in the nude. 

There is a thick sheaf of papers to the right of Ishaza, indicative of one of her better-researched rants. 

Chat looks slow.

Common business practices in mainstream porn talent recruitment.

AchingHeart: I still can't believe how many cases there are of actors simply never getting paid

AchingHeart: even after putting their reputations on the line and everything 

KissandTell: porn industry sucks ofc

KissandTell: not news imo, but go off

KissandTell: shaza does it better

Sacculina: What tea blend does Ishaza drink, anyone know? 

Dragonfuckerxxx: check the wiki

Dragonfuckerxxx: a jasmine blend i think

Dragonfuckerxxx: it changes monthly

Hailey shakes her head and laughs. "She has such good rants."

With a bit of mental typing, she messages the chat.

Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): It's "Ishaza calls the industry out" day again? Good shit. How're y'all?

Sacculina: Hey Hailey

Sacculina: doing fine hbu

searchforbooty: yeah it's been rant time for the last hour and a half

searchforbooty: tea break for everyone's souls 

Amaranthine (🔥): oh hey 

Amaranthine (🔥): Nice to meet you pirates

Amaranthine (🔥): We were hoping you'd drop in

Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): Oh hey! Emojitag and "we" and looking for us specifically? Do I spy a potential systemfriend? Fuck yeah.

Hailey (Pirates 🏴‍☠️): Good to meet y'all, Amaranthine.

She looks over at Hibiscus. "Mind if I tell the chat about y'all?"