#ooc

It was me going to sleep, yes. Oof.

i was tired, I feel ya

SAVE THE LACE!!!

(Speaking of which, I still giggle over Hirim and Ratchet's Carnivale costumes)

they were perfection!

It was a wonderful moment when I -knew- what they would wear. *nod*

PERFECTION

Zara was very amused

And YES, it was... well, tribute is perhaps too powerful a word, but, certainly acceptance was involved.

Yes, they wanted to say "Meh, fine, whatever, he's not so bad, you can do what you want, you're a wilder..."

He's a good egg. She didn't run off and get oathed or knocked up.

Yet.

Part of their dynamic is a constant struggle with trusting what seems like a good thing.

Between themselves, with other people, so on.

That's the fighting, the bets, the conflicts.....

Well, nockers look for flaws

RIGHT???

So I try to express that.

Zara does that, but she's gotten a bit better

Sometimes it seems like Zara sees that nocker struggle as an attack on her but that's ALSO in-kith-character so it works.

She does, yes

As long as it's IC and not OOC?

Usually 🙂

*bip* IT'S IC!

Like, sometimes Hirim surprises me

Yes?

I'd think he'd know Zara better?

He's very good at sending her into shutdown mode

You'd think she'd know -him- better? *G* He can't help it, sometimes.

And he -does- apologize.... ish.

And she always forgives him

but she IS a teenager.

Being suddenly frustrated with behaviours that was always there is kind of standard

True, and he's a grump. Being frustrated in general is kind of standard.

true!

why can't Zara just stay at home and read?

she did that for fifteen years!

So NOW it's a problem to do???

And the bodies they are in getting older.

though they ACT older

And apprentices and journeymen getting dumber.

they're what, 40 something?

And people TALK softer, more mush-mouthed?

And when did everything get printed/written SMALLER???

ha

I'd say yes, 40 something, which is ANCIENT in Fae years....

true

Zara worries.