elysia catchall

[hextech]

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[florescences]

[ what a nerd except elysia loves books, too, so the library is such an easy place for her to be. elysia radiates love, and she comes up to his side. ]

Hi, Viktor~ Are you looking for anything specific?

[hextech]

[The love radiation. I can't believe I'm not playing someone who would try to run away and be edgy. A calm neutrality greets her.] Yes. Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley.

[florescences]

[ viktor is so your type but not in this way.

she tilts her head. ]

I'll help you look. Those aren't authors that are familiar to me. What kind of books do they write?

[hextech]

[:tails: He looks thoughtful, like he is recalling, so these seem to be ones he also isn't familiar with.] Science fiction... and poetry. Dark romanticism.

[florescences]

Are those your tastes?

[ she makes a show of looking him over, as if she doesn't have him as someone she'll always remember in her mind. ]

I suppose you do match that kind of aesthetic.

[hextech]

[Damn, don't look at him and then assign him gothic, dark romance and science fiction.....] Suggestions from Mary. [This makes a whole lot of fucking sense including the fact Mary knocked him for the same tastes.]

[florescences]

[ if the blanket fits. ]

Oh? Are you two close? That's sweet.

[ she'll walk over to another set of shelves. ]

What do you think about a book club, Viktor?

[hextech]

I'm not sure if I would say that. She was only giving me literary suggestions. [She would definitely say she doesn't have friends in any capacity probably anyway.] I don't know if anyone would participate.

[florescences]

A bud of friendship, at least.

[ even if they're not close. ]

Would you?

[hextech]

I think she would say she has no friends. [HE WILL JUST SAY IT. Child of woe.] I suppose I would.

[florescences]

She looks the type. We can change her mind.

[ they're a we now. ]

It can start with you and me.

[hextech]

[HELLO?????? WHY IS IT WE NOW?! WHY DID HE GET DRAGGED INTO THIS?!] Why me? I feel she will grow resentful if you impose your own ideals onto her. She will resist.

[florescences]

I'm not going to impose anything. If we meet in the middle, isn't that beneficial?

[ elysia wants to at least try. ]

She doesn't have to be invited to the book club. That can still be you and me. But if you talk to her and I talk to her.... Familiarity can be the beginning.

[hextech]

She enjoys reading. [THE WAY HE IS SO QUICK TO CORRECT THIS. She can be invited...] I am already a little familiar. What more could there be?

[florescences]

Even if she does... you're the one who said we shouldn't force it, right?

[ why is he going back ]

You could be more familiar.

[hextech]

It would only be an invitation. [JUST TELLING HIM HE COULD BE MORE FAMILIAR. His brows furrow. Something under the neutrality stirs slightly, but doesn't rise.] Why? I won't force friendship onto her if she doesn't want it. I'm familiar enough with the three of them.

[florescences]

[ she got him to turn around so fast. ]

Sure. The invitation might be better coming from you since you're more familiar.

Like you said, it's only an invitation. She is free to deny.

[hextech]

[SHE DID. HE WAS JUST SO OFFENDED ON MARY'S BEHALF. She is like his weird little Zaunite cousin.] We haven't determined anything else about this, and she will ask about information. Date, time, book selection... She probably won't read anything... [a pause] ...a normie would.

[florescences]

[ her tactics worked faster than expected. she smiles and has to giggle when he says normie. ]

Who taught you normie? We can pick a time in two weeks, here, a Tuesday afternoon. If she likes science fiction or dark romanticism.... why don't we go with what you were looking for?

[ she pulls out a copy of Frankenstein from the shelf. ]

Although I don't know if she'd be interested in something she already knows.

[hextech]

Mary. [Of course Mary taught him how to dunk on the normies.] No, absolutely not. [In the same silly accented way he says this to Mel about weaponry.] She has a rivalry with Mary Shelley, the author. She enjoys writing, and cello, and taxidermy.

[florescences]

A rivalry?

[ it's a good thing i've committed to mary shelley not existing in elysia's timeline. ]

But she recommended the author to you... Was it so you could compare?

[hextech]

It was only a suggestion. She thought it was something I would be interested in. [Science fiction.......] It's why I'm looking for it now.

[florescences]

[ she offers him frankenstein. there's one of them. he's going to have to find edgar allen poe for himse.f ]

Is science one of your interests? Profession?

[hextech]

I was a student at the Academy when I was younger, and I enjoyed inventing. After I met Jayce, science became our profession, yes. [Science fiction....]

[florescences]

Oh...

[ she's thinking about one of her friends from home, and then he says a name. ]

Jayce?