OMG VD!

[cavedwellers]

[Gosh you guys, there must be a holiday on! One of the bigger, more well-lit caves has been decked out for a PARTY, with heart-shaped BALLOONS and also red and white STREAMERS decking the stalactites and shit. There are BUCKETS filled with LITTLE CANDY HEARTS, and there is a FOUNTAIN featuring a rosy-cheeked CUPID who is PEEING PINK LEMONADE into a basin. Also ther are CUPS in case you couldn't tell the LEMONADE was for DRINKING.

Also, everything is HEAVILY SPIKED WITH APHRODISIACS. Eating or drinking the party favors will make you want to MAKE OUT with anyone who gets IN STRIKING DISTANCE. Have fun with that!]

Comments

[ice_and_steel]

[half-chokes on lemonade] That's one way of looking at it. I've never heard that kind of reticence described as cowardice before.

[hmmm. If I try to touch him it will probably be much like touching Shadow unexpectedly and I really am not sure I can accurately cast Cure right now.]

[ice_and_steel]

[oooooh, this is nice. leaning against one of his fingers, mayyyyyybe rubbing her face against it a little because cold metal feels nice]

Perhaps. A strategic advantage, though, in some circumstances.

[bythehorns]

[wow oh gosh suddenly we are moving really fast and oh. oh wow. nobody ever actually explained that would feel like this and you are tingly all over and it's hard to sit still and you are making a very embarrassing noise in your throat.]

[the yellow parts are mostly smooth and unyielding to the touch, but the reddish-orange near the bases turn velvety.]

[ice_and_steel]

[quickly lifts hand away from horns, looks concerned] ummm. Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry if I hurt you.

[maybe I should cast Cure anyway?]

[damn it, this is why you *should* train all your generals in diplomacy]

[onlyhonournow]

[lifting her slowly up real close to his face DUN DUN DUN]

Those aren't the victories I'm interested in.

[ice_and_steel]

No, you wouldn't be. They aren't honourable.

[is it honourable to kiss a robot? Can robots even kiss? whatever, it seems like a fucking awesome idea right now and she's curious to know how kissing works. so she leans forward and kisses his cheek? do they call it that?]

[onlyhonournow]

[oh. He's not sure about honourable, but something in his motherboard tells him he wants to turn his head a little so she meets his nose instead]

[bythehorns]

It's like, I don't, even know what to do, with feeling like this, all warm, and sort of fluttery, in my vascular pump, and I just, want to stay here, like this.

[and...keep petting him, yes.]

[ice_and_steel]

[mmmm. that's...nice.]

[kisses again]

[lifestudies]

[looking Celes up and down]

You wouldn't be intimidated that easily, would you?

[bythehorns]

No, um, not wrong, at all, it just, um, wow, if you wanted, to do that, again, it would still be, not wrong, and also, I would be, okay with that.

[squeaks] A-a lot okay with that.

[lifestudies]

I am certainly learning new things about forming bonds with others!

[ice_and_steel]

Oh. okay.

[it is nice to do nice things for people. and mmmm, nice soft velvety texture. pettins, pettins]

[ice_and_steel]

[some people would call it a smile. most would call it a baring of teeth.]

No, I don't intimidate easily.

[bythehorns]

[this is so, so amazingly undignified, but wow, it feels way too good for you to complain. you are just going to press yourself up against this amazing wonderful human and whimper and push into her hand because touching them yourself never felt like this]

[prankster_gambit]

[wow this is the best kiss ever. Granted, you're not a professional or even experienced at all but you're not really sure how it could get any better, Tavros isn't even mad at you!

But there is more to kissing than just lips so you open your mouth a bit, let your tongue brush against the seam of his lips, hoping it doesn't startle him because his teeth are sharp and you're sure not a huge fan of pain!]

[ice_and_steel]

[oh. oh, well, that seems to be effective. and. this is lovely. if slightly awkward. but that's okay because the awkward can be ignored.]

these...feel very nice. um. if that's not rude.

[pincerattack]

[humans are soft, and it's kind of weird! you've been sort of passive because, well, you don't exactly want to shred him, and you've got so many sharp edges you might as well be made of knives (albeit fewer knives than most trolls, so at least that's something). but if he's going to push it then you're going to bite at him like proper blackrom makeouts call for! carefully, though. very carefully.]

[lifestudies]

[gives her a sort of measuring stare for a moment longer]

[then snaps a fast, high kick at her head]

[onlyhonournow]

[removing the hand that was hovering over him so he can instead gently apply his lips to the top of Tavros's head.]

[onlyhonournow]

[his lips brush over the top of her head ever so slightly, and he makes this sort of tiny mechanical, but happy beeping noise.]

[onlyhonournow]

It's definitely something one can only understand from experience.

[bythehorns]

[today is apparently the day when you get all the experience! wow. you are pretty sure that's John's tongue and he wants to put it in your mouth and also with the way you feel right now you are pretty sure you wouldn't dream of stopping him.

you even get super extra bold and try meeting his tongue with yours as you open your mouth. wow.]

[lifestudies]

[this is becoming an extremely valuable lesson in why people think this is worth their time. biting back, scraping with teeth to try to balance out the natural disadvantage, and digging nails into the edges of those scars.]

[ice_and_steel]

[breathes a little not-quite-sigh and attempts to kiss him on the lips, even though she can mostly only hit a portion of one.]