noreasonneeded | IC/Overflow Post

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?

I was just thinking that fashion was one way that vampires could use to blend in. Though there are plenty of humans who don’t follow trends, either.

Tell you what, if I ever need to steal a goat again and head out that way, we can go together.

There are definitely some that are better at it than others. There are also some that will wear leather pants no matter what the fashion is at the time. I'll keep my hippie dippy stuff, though. Blends in well enough most nights, and jeans and t-shirts blend in the rest.

Why did you need to steal a goat before?

Leather pants look extremely uncomfortable. Then again, I’m not a fan of jeans, either. T-shirts I can get behind.

The man who was taking us across the Fold said one was needed. I thought it would be to distract a Volcra should we get attacked, but it ended up being a therapy goat during the trip. Jesper was quite sad to say goodbye at the end. It's still alive to my knowledge, or it was when we reached the other side and left it with someone.

All depends on the fit with pants. It's why I usually end up in skirts.

That's an incredibly sweet reason to steal a goat. I'm glad it made it over, and that it has a new life somewhere. Hopefully still alive, and if not that it was for a good reason.

Flowy skirts do look extremely comfortable. Easy to snag on something, but comfortable.

He was sweet, yeah. Not what first comes to mind as a therapy animal, but I suppose any animal could be one.

That's why we made mini skirts a thing.

Yeah, not everyone can think outside the 'cats and dogs and bunny rabbits' idea of what a sweet animal could be. Snakes are very sweet, too, for example, but most don't even give 'em a chance.

I’ve actually heard from more than one person about snakes being used for therapy. That letting them slide through their fingers helps calm them down.

Horses are also big therapy animals. Less common but I’ve heard of cows doing it, too.

They are precious little things. Angel Hair liked to curl around my wrist while I played, and the first time I got to have temporary custody was back in Denver. She really was a little therapy snake, whether we thought of it like that or not.

I can see both. Any animal, really, so long as it's got the right temperament for it.

She sounds like a well-socialized little lady. I'm sorry I haven't gotten to meet her. I haven't held any snakes in a long time. When I was a little kid I did when I found them. As I think most kids do. Thankfully, none were venomous.

Yeah, to each their own. I'm still not buying Jesper another goat for the house.

She's back in Vegas, but if they comes out to visit I'll make sure you're properly introduced. Catching them out is good, though. We only ever tried to catch frogs.

You could always get him a stuffed one.

Did you name them?

I think that would just keep Milo in the forefront of his mind. If I just ignore it I hope he’ll distract himself.

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