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

[onlyhonournow]

[the hologram smiles, sincerely]

It's not easy to do. I'm still working on it.

[ice_and_steel]

...Does it get easier?

[onlyhonournow]

... Yes. It does.

[ice_and_steel]

That's....good. [she sits with her knees drawn up to her chin, balancing on her tailbone so as not to put her boots on the upholstery, which seems quite rude] I am...unaccustomed to not being extremely good at something from the outset. I suppose this is what is called a "learning experience." I think I preferred the other way.

[onlyhonournow]

[laughing mildly, with affection]

I think we all do. But as a soldier, surely you understand the value of effort proportionate to result.

[laughing again]

That's... what I tell myself, anyway.

[ice_and_steel]

[she tips her head and then laughs] Fair point, and well-put.

...I...am not glad that it is a struggle for you, but I am relieved to know that it is not necessarily a fundamental fault in myself that causes me to have difficulty with simply changing attitudes like flipping a switch.

[onlyhonournow]

No. Anyone who thinks that doing the right thing is easy is either immeasurably lucky, or a fool.

[ice_and_steel]

...thinking of those I've known who held such thoughts, I think I must agree.