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[ideismo]

open to all; he can usually be found on islet 2 somewhere, or at the forges or the library.

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[scythegun]

[this is going exactly where you think it's going, yeah.

Anyway, he'll place the food in front of him and while she deadeyes him for a moment like "really", she'll come on over and eat the food. Look at this, it's going surprisingly well; he kind of figured this would end in unconsciousness.]

[ideismo]

[This actually is going surprisingly well on a lot of fronts; for the time being he's content to settle back and watch, seeing as this isn't looking like it's on a direct course to become a mess and it's for the best that Yeager handle the snake for now, seeing as it's one he wants for himself.

It's been a while since he's done anything low-key and normal like this; there have been a few moments here and there since he was brought here, but generally there's always something else keeping it from being genuinely decent. This is...fine, however, it's weird but it's acceptable.]

[scythegun]

[Yeah, the less we think about it, the better, honestly. Yeager's not really here to think about how surprisingly normal this is.

You know, besides the fursnake.

Speaking of her, she's accepted the fruit Yeager's given her, and once he's out of fruit they both just sort of stare at each other like "now what". Thankfully, she doesn't seem hungry anymore, so she's not making noises for more food, but she's not moving either.

After a moment, Yeager speaks up, though he keeps his voice lower than the usual volume.]

Well, aren't you incredibly cute? You certainly have moxie, coming up to us directly like that!

[The fursnake chirps in response, though she's obviously just making noise because she doesn't understand a goddamn word of that and isn't sure what to respond with.

...please help, what does he do now...]

[ideismo]

[you know, he is just going to accept that this entire trip is going to be made of sheer unadulterated oh no]

Do you want to see if she'll let you pet her? Put your hand out and see what she does with it.

[Maybe she'll let you pet, maybe she'll bite you, maybe she'll interpret it as an invitation to climb your arm. Maybe she'll just stare at you like you're a fucking idiot? He wouldn't put any of that past it, really.]

[scythegun]

[Oh, good idea! He moves to put his hand out, it's not too fast but the fursnake backs up a bit anyway, looking at him warily. It takes her a moment, but eventually she moves to nip at his fingers, like she's looking for more food.]

Sorry, you won't find much there, I'm afraid!

[It's not painful or anything and he's wearing gloves like always, so this is fine. She'll eventually settle a bit, before headbutting his hand. Is... is this how he starts petting her because he isn't sure... but he'll try maybe...??? She lets him, so this entire thing is pretty dumb, but you know what, it's working and that's the important thing.]

[ideismo]

[sheer. unadulterated. oh no.]

It's not excruciatingly difficult once you get started. And as I said, it's not as though what you were doing was completely terrible before.

["it didn't entirely suck"/"i don't completely hate it": clearly the highest praise you're going to get]

[scythegun]

[obviously it's really high praise!!

Anyway, he'll take some time petting the pink fursnake; she seems accepting of this and will allow it, for now at least.]

Is this what you did to get Garista to follow you home?

[ideismo]

Something like that. I just let him get used to me and decide for himself.

[Which sounds generous to the fursnake but really, it's like he said - it's not like we can just grab these things and go, they'll scream to high heaven.]

[scythegun]

Ja, of course.

[If he sees anything weird about that statement, he doesn't say it. And for the time being, this fursnake has decided that she's fine with this, so that's probably a good sign. Who knows, maybe this will actually end well!!]