ITP: awkward tea parties

[fuckyou_chorus]

[somewhere off in the ~center of camp~ has been mysteriously set up with tables, teacups, and lots of hot water. you might even find yourself seated at one of them -- whether you meant to be there or not. so enjoy the conversation and actually having something to drink on Tuesday that wasn't possibly human once. well, probably. that cup you got

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[skirtindanger]

[... pushing the teacup away like it might bite off her finger]

Can I just get something else instead?

[say_thee_nay]

That is one possible option, milady... Provided thou'rt not magically being kept in thy seat.

[skirtindanger]

[that somewhat narrowed look says it all]

If only.

[say_thee_nay]

My sincere condolences, then, Lady Maka.

[skirtindanger]

I'll manage. Maybe I'll just read out here instead.

[say_thee_nay]

[Amused.]

As thou will... My apologies, then, that the conversation is not sufficiently scintillating to hold thine interest.

[skirtindanger]

-- Huh? Ah, no, no! Sorry, I didn't mean it like that.

[say_thee_nay]

To be sure. Doubtless, thy studies are demanding and require thy full attention.

[skirtindanger]

It's... nothing that can't wait a little bit. I mean, it's not like I have any actual homework here, anyway.

[say_thee_nay]

Would it be prying to inquire as to the subject of thy reading, then?

[skirtindanger]

[shakes head]

It's just some things over classic literature-- histories, importance, topics like that. I know a bit about the subject already, but it never hurts to brush up on it again.

[say_thee_nay]

And... naught at all with pictures?

[skirtindanger]

A good story doesn't need pictures. It's all described in the words.

[say_thee_nay]

...

But I enjoy the pictures.

[skirtindanger]

Er, well-- there's nothing wrong with that! But what I typically read doesn't have them.

[say_thee_nay]

Thou shouldst not deprive thyself so, Lady Maka... But to each one's own, I suppose.