i'll be dreaming of the day we meet again

[innocentloveholic]

[ After she gets Fern patched up, Aligula starts on what might be her Best Party Ever.

...until her next one, anyway. It's no surprise where she's hosting today: it's the dormitory area. Throughout the hours of setting it up, it gets more and more colorful—the doors of the dead (both newly deceased and old) get childish paper cut-out flowers (think the daisy looking ones), while the living get stars. They're all in different colors, with no real discernible pattern! Long strands of ribbon decorate the walls along with more colorful party hat-looking cut-outs, in and out of the little cul-de-sac areas. In the center of the area are blankets laid out with plates of pancakes and trays of tea, stacked on tables made out of books. (There are also parfaits in wine glasses, because of course there are.)

More importantly, there are pillows across the floor of the entire hallway and especially stacked around the center, and in every little room area there's a nice note posted to one of the walls, in Aligula's ever familiar curly handwriting:



Apparently, today's after-party is the slumber party type to even help people who might not want to wander the hallways tonight. ...and look, Luca, she even took your advice. ]

Comments

[notaccurate]

"I don't love your mother and would rather fill my bed with other men" might not be the best reason for leaving, though.

[Even as he says that, he fumbles a bit over the words, and he looks very embarrassed. Talking about sex is hard, ok?]

[innocentloveholic]

[ Apparently talking about sex is hard for everyone except Aligula. GET WITH THE SHAMELESSNESS, KIDS....... ]

It's probably not, but it's yours. You don't ever have to tell him if you don't want to—if he asks, you can just say you and your wife had your differences and you thought it'd be best if things ended between you two. It wouldn't be a lie, after all.

[notaccurate]

...that is true.

I thought it might be easier to explain things to him when he is older, too.

[innocentloveholic]

Mmmhmm! Basically, don't sweat the small stuff and focus on what you can work with now. [ ...is that really what your chatter boils down to, Aligula. ] I'm sure he'll understand, and... maybe he'll even turn out more like you than you think.

[ MAYBE HE'LL BE GAY, IS WHAT SHE'S SAYING. ]

[notaccurate]

[HE GETS THAT INSINUATION.]

Good lord, I hope not. It would be a downright miserable existence for him.

[innocentloveholic]

Do they really have that hard of a time? It's never been a concern where I'm from.

[ i mean granted there are bigger things to worry about than who's fucking who, i'm sure, especially right now. ]

[notaccurate]

Well, there are certainly legal and social hurdles to overcome. But that is not what I meant.

Giovanni is my only son. He is my wife's only son as well. Ergo, he will have to inherit the family business someday.

Part of inheriting the business is ensuring that the family name continues on.

[The thought of Giovanni ending up in a loveless marriage simply for political gain is an upsetting one. They're not a royal family, they shouldn't have to deal with that kind of BS.]

[innocentloveholic]

Giovanni's a nice name. [ Just saying. ] Does inheritance have something against adopted children?

[notaccurate]

It's all in the blood, as far as the family is concerned. That is why I was chosen for that marriage in the first place: my family does not have the resources to take over her family's business, but I am 'well-bred' enough to be a suitable partner.

[Yeah, see how business-like he is talking about all of this? His and his wife's preferences were never a factor in this to begin with.]

[innocentloveholic]

So it's not really the type of arranged marriage you could ever just fall in love with... Your life's really bad at being a romance novel.

[ ...thanks aligula. ]

Hmmmm. Well, then I hope for your son's sake, he doesn't turn out like you either. I think the blood thing's really dumb though—family's family, blood or not!

[notaccurate]

[He says this very flatly.]

Life is not a romance novel, Aligula. Life does not usually have a happy ending.

[And then, with a more normal voice.]

I do agree with you on the family notion, but at this point there is not much I can do about that. Well, besides suffer through it all for the next decade. Hopefully I keep my good looks into my thirties.

[innocentloveholic]

Thirties is still pretty young, you know.

[ ...granted you are talking to the oldest living being left in the murderhouse so maybe that is just relative, however— ]

You totally seem like the type of guy who stays a DILF no matter how old he gets though... Like, you look like you'd totally have good genes like that.

[notaccurate]

...

DILF...?

[DOES HE EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS?]

[innocentloveholic]

Oh, you know! [ no he doesn't that's why he's asking. ] "Dad I'd Like to Fuck"! Pardon my language, that's just how the phrase goes~

[ ...should she clarify— ] It's not saying I'm interested in doing it with you, by the way. It's a testament to your good lucks. All the kids are sayin' it.

[notaccurate]

[ALIGULA PLZ]

What- Are you serious? Are you telling me that there are people who target fathers for relations?!

[innocentloveholic]

Just in their fantasies! I mean, I'm sure some of them actually do it with dads they think are totally hot...

[ ... ]

Buuuut probably not all of them? Maybe? I never really talked to humas before I came here, so I couldn't tell you.

[notaccurate]

[THIS IS SO AWKWARD.]

Well, they should not be with someone just because of their parental status. That is very rude. That is, ah...what was the term.... a kink that is deserving of being shamed.

[innocentloveholic]

So that's the one kink you'd just have to shame... [ noted. very important. ] Lucky for you, I'm pretty sure no one here has that as one! Of course, it's not like I've asked...

Well, I asked the Adjudicator once. We had a nice chat about them.

[notaccurate]

You asked him about kinks?

[The 'why' is implied.]

[innocentloveholic]

Yeah! Back before the soulmate finding party I held? I asked him some questions from my question sheet, and the kinkshaming one was one of them. Naturally, he totally progressed to what he was into, and... well, he said that people would probably call him a sadist.

[ GIVEN THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING A MURDER GAME THING. ]

Buuut he totally avoided answering if it got him all hot under the collar, so who knows.

[notaccurate]

...I shouldn't pry, but now I am curious.

[It's simple: we kinkshame the Juri.]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...we totally progressed to what he was into* jesus christ don't make it sound like juri's into spilling his kinks, self ]

I don't know if he's into that kinda stuff? He could totally be like Fern or Ferid and just not have an interest in it at all. [ ... ] Or he could just be totally shy about it, like Inigo definitely is.

[notaccurate]

[Whaaaat, you mean he didn't gossip with Aligula?]

...hmm. I wonder if, like Ferid, he is not actually human. That might explain why he is so weird.

[innocentloveholic]

[ gossiping is for old women and ferid ]

I've suspected so! And he never said anything against not being a non-huma when I put him with me and Ferid in the same group. [ ...AS SHE TOO IS NOT HUMAN, this isn't very surprising. ] I sorta want to get him under the knife so I can see what he's made out of. Ferid didn't seem like he had a pleasant time biting him, so it can't be anything normal...

[notaccurate]

[WELL FIRST OFF]

Does this mean you are a vampire too? Or something else entirely?