"Thanks for having me, Mi Sun."
I smile at Trish... I don't keep much from my crew in the long term, but a little guessing keeps them on their toes, yeah? I head to my new room. A single... I wonder who's going to expect a favor for that.
I stand and turn to pull Mi Sun up into a hug. "Thank you, Mi Sun. For the massage and the kiss. I'm going to head to my room, get settled in, but I'll see you soon, okay?" Not wanting to move too fast... anticipation, hers and mine, is so much more…
Boys, mostly, but I've fooled around with some girls. I enjoy the variety. "Relationship" relationships? Just boys so far, and not that many of them, to be honest.
I let the Feed distract me, a program about a plucky young heroine investigating my…
"No-one in particular, really. I'm playing it cool these days, waiting to see what comes up." I smile to myself, enjoying the massage and the game of it all.
I purr a little under Mi Sun's touch. "That's nice... you have good hands, Mi Sun." I don't answer her question right away, thinking about it. "Change in circumstances, I guess, transferring into class without warning. That kind of thing is always t…
This, Trish and Torrence are used to. People offering to do things for me, wanting to be close. And me accepting. As long as it's a shoulder rub, there's a context.
"Sure, Mi Sun. I could really use some stress relief."
The world focuses down to this moment of casual tangency, with my friends unaware. If they did notice something other than the pratfalls glowing on the wall or the messages on their Navis, they wouldn't recognize it for what it is. What is it? Hell …
I like that energy, and the touch on my shoulder feels good after a day that was... well, a day. I lean my head so my cheek touches the back of Mi Sun's hand, then turn slightly to plant a tiny kiss on one of her knuckles.
We end up in Mi Sun and Jace's room. No particular reason, really - just happened. As to this afternoon's scintillating programming, it's that sketch comedy thing Trish likes. I find it more sketchy than comedy... mostly physical stuff, old people f…
I glance over at Torrence and Eff, too, just checking in. If nothing else, it's good to distract her, and I'm pretty sure Torrence won't get in over his head.
We don't have a ton of time to get back to class, so I get outside of some pink goo, ju…
Trish is alright. Solid. She's some sort of cousin to Tunde, which is how we met, back before. My big worry is that she doesn't have much... discretion? when it comes to hooking up. Sometimes it's useful, but I'm concerned that she's just... putting…
Tunde and I... intermingled from time to time in the past, but I find it really muddies the waters. In this world, I'll take my drokking without attachments and my attachments without drokking, thank you very much.
"Just check in, you know? Corps…
When you're dealing with a short fuse like Eff, it doesn't take much to cause a "big blow up." For me, it was the fact that she decided I was drokking Torrence, who she had her eye on. I wasn't. He wasn't even in my circle at that point, a little ov…
Well... that addresses the interpersonal dynamics, for sure, and in some detail, but not so much the twitching and screaming. I almost ask a clarifying question, but decide it might be better not to know any more than I do. "Yep. Complicated. Thanks…
I turn to glance at Tabitha and Mi Sun. "It's probably complicated, Tabitha, but what's going on with Ourania, Lucas and Nadja?" I figure chances are slim that there is an answer to that question that can be summed up on the way to the cafeteria, bu…
So Tabitha won't look at me and Mark turns his back. I guess it's not worth my drokking effort to try engaging here. "C'mon guys, we wouldn't want to be late for class." I continue on toward the cafeteria.
Trish is my second, to the extent there is one. Torrence might as well have "Poor Impulse Control" tattooed on his forehead, and Tunde is very pretty and very fit and... yeah, that's most of it...
Tunde and I are close, yeah. Not drokking or anyt…
Knowledge is currency, but sometimes currency is best used as a gift and not merely a means of exchange. I nod. "Yes, it's true. We worked and worked on it, spent hours in VR with the techs trying to find the vulnerability, but it was like grabbing …
I'll keep dancing for one more song... why not? It feels good to move, and I certainly don't mind the eyes following me. When that finishes, I glance at the now-empty back row, then grin at Jace.
"High drama today, yeah? Wonder what's next for en…
I'd like to believe that. That someone was smart enough to hide like that, and stay hidden. Sadly, I think Mi Sun has more faith in her friend than she has grasp on the reality of the situation. Still, I can respect the hope she holds out... I'm a b…
I turn in my seat so I can catch Jace full-on in the eyes. "Hey, Jace, I was asking your sister a question. Think you could let her answer? Sure, I'm filing away the rumors he and Olivar let loose with, but interrupting me? Not okay.
Shut Jace …