noreasonneeded | IC/Overflow Post

I can always give you a private show, away from the prying eyes of the public.

Thank you. And it is. Apparently it marks our auras, too, but I've never been able to see them.

The roof is becoming a second stage at this point. Not that I'm complaining.

The only thing I know about auras is that they're sometimes tied to migraines, which I thankfully don't get.

With incredibly exclusive seating that caters entirely to you, too.

I think those are different? There's some Kindred that can learn to see them, like... Colors that float around you. And all the colors mean different things, so they can get good idea of who you are and some of what you've done without you even noticing. Though maybe they can also tell if you're having a migraine.

The exclusive seating is a perk, there’s some great views. I might need some assistance carrying drinks up there, but otherwise, no complaints. I can always go the flask route, anyway.

Oh yeah, I figured it was more mystical in nature when vampires did it. I just meant it’s another area that I’m really not familiar with. Kindred have done well keeping a lot of things within their sphere. Then again, after getting involved in some Grisha politics, I also know better than to go poking too much at another shadowy questionable structure - at least not without good reason. Learning what you're willing to share though I like. Less chance of my entrails ending up on the outside when I ask a follow up question.

You could always go for a picnic basket or something. It'd fit your drinks and lots of jerky.

I'm glad I can share. There's a lot I won't get into if only because they wouldn't be my secrets to tell, but it's nice not having to talk around things. Plus, you get the benefit of a solid baseline of information if you do ever decide to start poking at some other Kindred nonsense. We certainly have plenty of it to go around.

I could, but that also sounds like a lot more effort than just a flask.

I’m glad you feel you can share what you have. Both for future use, and it is nice sometimes to not have as much pretense. Likewise, not everyone would be as open as you’ve been to associating with gang members.

Suppose it depends on how drunk you want to get listening to me sing and prattle and sing again.

Thank you, for letting me indulge in the lack of pretense as much as I can. And that's just silly. Gang members do more for the community than any boss.

Drunk enough to offer good commentary, not so drunk I can’t climb back through my window without falling.

They’re absolutely just as capable of making a city as breaking one, even if most just think it’s the latter.

Ah, the perfect spot right in between.

Most believe propaganda by the police and politicians. It's very frustrating.

Yup, all the better to balance and avoid hangovers.

Indeed. Or people simply don’t care one way or the other until it impacts them. Let the politicians and police do whatever until then.

Gotta keep your wits about you with everything you do, too. And you don't get sick. There's a lot of pros to your method.

Easier to keep their heads in the sand, I guess. Brick by brick though, right? And sandy head by sandy head.

It was a lesson learned, not innate wisdom. I’ll admit to that much.

Indeed. Sand is especially insidious and chafing and should be eradicated, anyway. Palm trees can stay, though.

I'm so sad I didn't get to see that lesson in progress. Bet I could've gotten you to sing.

What about the noble cactus?

I don’t know about that but I do know what a hangover is unfortunately like.

Cacti are quite resilient, aren’t they? I can’t fault them for existing. One of my crew keeps threatening to get me one for my office. Something about it needing something green in it and myself and the cacti getting along. Though I don't think the similarities she had in mind ended with resiliency.

They're terrible, aren't they? One of the bonuses of being dead is not having them anymore.

No, I don't think so, either. They also store up water inside themselves for when the rains don't come, and some of them even get little flowers. They grew up to get by with the least available, and got prickly to keep themself safe.

Yeah, yeah, I know. Humans, we’re so high maintenance.

I was going to say we both look fetching in green. [Because he’s required to joke when being properly called out.] Perhaps some of the prickliness, too.

Living in a desert after Ketterdam’s weather would be strange.

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True, but you are fun to look after.

Oh, that, too! [ It's honestly too easy to distract her, but she keeps the calling out going. ] Think of how intimidating you'd look with one of those biker jackets covered in spikes. Real punk rock.

Probably wouldn't be practical in the desert. At least not in the day, or the summer. You do still sweat, after all, unlike your cacti cousins.

I try to have only reasonable needs. Just food, coffee, and revenge.

A mohawk though sounds like a lot of effort to maintain, and I don’t do things halfway.

Also the sweating. Very inconvenient. I suppose the cacti will have to act on my behalf in the desert.

Mohawks require so much hairspray, and you wouldn't even grow it all back the next morning. Maybe you could pull off a pompadour or something instead.

I'm sure they'll be stalwart sentinels for you. They'll report back to you about so much lizard drama.

I think I’ll leave my home haircut as it is, and assume all of yours and Nina’s jests just mean you’re jealous of it.

All the dropped tail news they can find. I assume that's the lizard equivalent of jaw dropping.

Personally I think the look is dashing. Sometimes you just wanna change it up, though.

I mean, jaw dropping doesn't involve losing your jaw most times, but I can see that being a lizard equivalent. Don't know how else they'd show their shock adequately, considering.

I don’t know, this could be the slippery slope to you trying to live out your hair fantasies through me since yours just grows back every night.

Some do play dead when threatened, so perhaps they could employ that method to surprise.

You got me. I've always wanted a pompadour and can only achieve it through your head.

Kinda like those goats that faint, only smaller and scaly.

I have a feeling you’re more adventurous with your looks than me, in general. Then again, maybe that’s just a byproduct of using so many passing trends to fit in without suspicion.

I was thinking exactly the same thing about the goats.

You know there’s a farm not far that raises them.

Mostly the second bit I think. I do always end up back in styles that are old fashioned in one way or another. Time and fashion might march on without me sometimes, but I manage.

You asking if I wanna go with you to see goats faint?

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