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text; un: aphrodite
ok. so.
i got most of this already? i think, at least.
there's chroma, and demi-chroma, and you get frisky to get... chroma? yeah. demi-chroma you have to mine.
so i'll try not to ask about any of that stuff
but i guess my big question is
is this anyone else's second big trip offworld?
like. has anyone else here gone through this whole "kidnap and wake up somewhere else" thing
because even if this place is way better than duplicity i would really kind of... rather not? keep popping around in different places.
is this a condition? do i have teleportitis or something fake like that basically.
also, if anyone here knows... uh. jeez. jupiter, neptune, saturn, ren, reverie... actually if anyone here recognizes "venus?" that's probably easier. let me know if you remember me i guess
also also, do piercings heal up when you come here or is that just a devil thing. just curious. it's a hypothetical question i guess.
also also also, does any place around here do piercings cheap? i'm kind of broke. like not hypothetically broke.
i got most of this already? i think, at least.
there's chroma, and demi-chroma, and you get frisky to get... chroma? yeah. demi-chroma you have to mine.
so i'll try not to ask about any of that stuff
but i guess my big question is
is this anyone else's second big trip offworld?
like. has anyone else here gone through this whole "kidnap and wake up somewhere else" thing
because even if this place is way better than duplicity i would really kind of... rather not? keep popping around in different places.
is this a condition? do i have teleportitis or something fake like that basically.
also, if anyone here knows... uh. jeez. jupiter, neptune, saturn, ren, reverie... actually if anyone here recognizes "venus?" that's probably easier. let me know if you remember me i guess
also also, do piercings heal up when you come here or is that just a devil thing. just curious. it's a hypothetical question i guess.
also also also, does any place around here do piercings cheap? i'm kind of broke. like not hypothetically broke.
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where even are you? gimme your location
you can use prismaps for it, my UN's the same there
[Big cities have lots of parks, and Lunatia is basically four big cities stacked on top of each other, so...]
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which i guess isn't actually a surprise since i'm pretty sure they were just to spy on us?? but. you know
okay did that go through
my un's aphrodite1. someone took aphrodite, which i want to say is bullshit, but honestly i'm just sort of surprised it hadn't already happened?
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you'll see when you get yourself an apartment
i'll show you how it all works dw
and yeah, it went through
hang tight for a sec, i'm not too far away
[There are like, three hundred things they're talking about that need to be talked about in person, after all - Duplicity is just one on this exhausting list.
When Jiro shows up, she's rather unsurprisingly clad in the usual leather coat + pants combo, and only needs to take one quick look around the park to see where Venus might be at.
You know, because of the glowing and the wings and the whatnot. She's not hard to find!
So Jiro's gonna go ahead and make a beeline over there. Of course.]
... Please tell me you weren't planning on living out here. Please.
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[ venus doesn't look a day different from the last time jiro would have seen her - same shorts and tank, same iridescence, same wing-eye combo going on. what is different is the way she crosses her arm at jiro's question and steadfastly attempts to break eye contact.
yeah that's a lie, 100%. ]
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You could've -
Like, you can just talk to the Prismals, you know? They usually go around helping the newbies find places to stay right when the ship lands here in Lunatia.
And I mean, I get why you might'a been a little hesitant, but they're not bad people like the locals back in Duplicity.
... Well - some of them can be, but not like how everyone was back there.
Most of'em wanna help us, so talk to them once in a while, okay?
[Venus may not have been expecting a mini-lecture from Jiro, of all people, but look. Look...]
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[ LITTLE BIT, VENUS. ]
I'll... try to talk to them? Some? Maybe?
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But that might be because she's used to chewing out her friends for being dumb. Whoops...]
Probably a good idea. You don't gotta do it right now, just... soon.
[And now she's holding her hand out, the motion not getting any preamble or anything.]
For now, it's best if we get some Chroma in you, if you really don't have any.
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Oh. Wow. Is that not- forward or anything, around here?
[ not that that's stopping her from reaching out to grab jiro's hand. whoops. ]
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Looking down at their hands for a second and everything.]
What, like -
Holding hands for Chroma...? I -
I don't think it's that forward, like, you kinda need it?
[did duplicity fuck up her sense of forwardness oh god are her social skills permanently fucked]
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[ that is absolutely, 100%, the single sketchiest way to reply to that question possible. after a moment, she clears her throat - covering her mouth with her spare hand - and speaks sheepishly. ]
It's sort of... I don't really know what is and isn't okay at this point? Like, Duplicity was pretty- you know. And this place has, like... vibrators, and costumes, and stuff like that all over too. There's less of them, but still, it's like - how different is it really, you know??
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Nah, I totally get what you mean. These places have the same vibe...
[...]
That's not meant to be a pun.
But at the same time, it's way better than Duplicity ever was - this place has basically been a vacation for me since I showed up a couple months ago.
The Prismals are just, uh...
... Open.
Really, really open.
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[ i want you to understand that this line is delivered without a trace of irony. venus just looks sort of confused. ]
But yeah I've heard it's not... like. You're not going to get brainwashed? I think? People actually haven't given me a direct yes or no on that part yet.
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Like, of course the Prismal reacted weird, her wings are WEIRD...
Awesome! But weird.
Either way, though -]
Uh... jury's still out on that part. At any rate, if anything goes sideways, it's not the Prismals doing it.
You've heard about the Moonblessings, right?
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Oh. Yeah, I was kind of wondering if that'd be it. [ she doesn't even sound upset. just... kind of tired, honestly. ] Sort of? It's why some people have, like. The cool sheep wool, right.
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I turn into a fish, for the record. Just to get that out of the way.
[Well, a koi. Snake. Koisnake.]
But it's, uh... it's not brainwashing or anything? It's more like... certain blessings can come with their own instincts, I guess?
It's kinda like PMSing since it's once a month and pretty intense, but with scales and fur.
Not everyone gets'em, either, and it can vary every month for someone, too.
I know Cordis ends up starving every time, and Iris can get, uh...
[She pauses for a moment, here, kind of dancing around the word she knows she SHOULD use.]
... I'm gonna go with "frisky".
Sanguis gets violent.
For your sake, I'm hoping you're Cordis.
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[ that's... probably not what jiro meant you to take from that, venus. but it's a nice try nonetheless. ]
Oh, so it's just like... Being high, or eating the orange mushrooms, or stuff like that. [ the more venus tries to relate to all this, the worse things get? ] Or like, how once I let the devil in, I sort of knew I could just- fix my body? Like, I just had to find the seams and crack them open. Kind of like that?
[ venus what in the literal fuck are you talking about at this point ]
Also being super hungry kind of sucks? Like... is Iris just. You know those aphro bottles? The little strawberry ones, where your brain just kind of fuzzes over and you don't really care who you're going to get stuck with on the next ghost ship or Ferris wheel or anything anymore? That doesn't sound too bad.
[ ...VENUS... ]
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At least Venus is finding things to relate it too, but...]
I meant more like animal instincts. We get animal instincts.
Sanguis makes me angry and territorial, Iris puts people in heat, that kinda thing.
[So she's an ANGRY fish.]
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[ there's a brief silence as venus clearly contemplates jiro's words. or at leas,t she tries to? the wheel is clearly spinning, but it's not really clear how many hamsters are in the cage, if you catch my drift. ]
...so wait, do you go full fish? Like, is it a problem if you're not near water?
[ ding ding ding! she's not even on the same topic at this point. ]
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House is getting power, but she's clearly lacking a few lightbulbs.
That's okay! She can deal with that. That's easy for her to handle.
Which mostly means letting out a sigh and allowing the topic change; Venus can chew on the rest of it later if she needs to.]
Nah, I don't go full fish... I mean, I gotta stay at least kinda wet or my scales dry out and get itchy?
But it's more like I'm half fish.
With some snake thrown in for good measure, I guess. I'll show you next time Sanguis rolls around if you want.
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[ ...she's blushing. do you want to know why she's blushing? probably not. also, she'd take offense to that analogy, if only because the power isn't the big issue, and there's DEFINITELY enough light bulbs to go around?? it's just. the circuit isn't quite connecting.
it's adhd. it's adhd, is what i'm getting at. venus is written as having adhd. the blinking lights she sees distracts her and (rambles for fifteen pages about WKTD) ]
But still, that's kind of a pain? Like, I guess you could just hang out in your shower, but still... That's gotta get old, right?
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Y'know, the territorial thing?
[the dating thing is also a new development but w/e]
But yeah, it does. I get lotions to make up for it. They sell a lot of stuff like that around here - scale lotion, fur cream, stuff for growing tails and wings and whatever...
That kinda junk.
I'll have to show you where to get that kinda stuff whenever your cycle rolls around.
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[ all that stuff about scale lotion has now been discarded. they have... IMPORTANT things to discuss. like how jiro has a girlfriend, which is 1) very cute and 2) means she TOTALLY got the right vibes off her in the first place!! nice. ]
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[She hadn't expected the conversation to take that kinda shift, somehow, and predictably her face is turning a nice shade of pink to go with it.
But she's starting to smile a bit, too.]
... Yeah. I do. She's one of my classmates from back home.
Is it a big deal or something?
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No way! [ even if her actions are very clearly indicating that yes, it's kind of a big deal. ] I just thought, you know... It's cute? It's really cute. I didn't think you were really into anyone back in Duplicity, so now, it's like... Wow! They must be so cool. I kind of want to meet her??
[ venus, you gay disaster. ]
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I mean, even before we said anything about how we feel, we were pretty close...
I probably wouldn't have left her side if she'd gotten stuck back there, too.
[Sounding contemplative... but! She shakes her head a bit.]
But I'm sure you'd like her. She's way cool.
Classy and smart, too... the classic genius type.
And I'm sure she'd like you, too, of course.
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