folkooc | July TFLN Time

You're insufferable AND you lack boobs. Terrible combo.

So I hear. I wouldn't make a good girl, my voice is too deep.

[ They tested this. Don't ask. ]

Girls can have deep voices. Just think, you'd get boobs!

[ Lesbian. ]

I'm rather indifferent to the idea. I suspect that wouldn't be a dealbreaker to my partner mind you. I don't understand the appeal.

oh, are you gay? Boobs... their shape is visually appealing, much the way people like asses. I'm of the thought there are no bad boobs. Plus, there are lots of nerves that make them sensitive. It's god, amazing. You get me?

Ace. And my limited interest in others is indeed in men. So I don't get it at all, but hey, more ladies for you.

You really are like Harrow. Is that a nerd thing? Too interested in nerd stuff to be interested in sex?

I don't think so. As I primarily work with scientists, many of them are married or dating or whatever. I suppose so am I, but I have not been inclined to discuss any of their sex lives with them. That's a sexual harassment complaint if I ever heard one. And as the boss, it is just creating unnecessary work for myself.

Oooooh my god, and you're both boss-types too. Woooooooooow. Despite calling Palamedes Sextus Sex Pal, I've never heard about his sex life. Though he is interested in someone, so I guess not all nerds are like you two. You two are specific class of nerd. Nerdicus Aspectus.

You can talk about sex stuff without it being sexual harrassment, y'know.

Not because I want to be, frankly, it's just a side effect of everything that happened.

I have a perfectly satisfying relationship with my partner, regardless of what goes on behind closed doors or not. He's been at my side for a decade.

With my employees? Oh no, definitely not. I doubt it. Also I'm not interested in their sex lives, it would bore me to tears. I'd rather do time off requests and I hate the minutia of time off requests.

Poor little genius, forced to lead. Yeah, I know. *points to Harrow*

I am happy for you both. How'd it get started? You and him.

Who knows. Inspiration could come from anywhere. You could be missing out. Pffft, everyone hates paperwork. It's what makes it so easy to forge.

It's better than being king of the world, couldn't pay me enough to take that job again. I dunno what I make now, but even doubling it, you couldn't get me to do it.

Meeting him? He was a dirty ramen thief who regretted his decision when I made him power my forge in exchange, while he lied about being a spy. Terrible spy work really. Thinking back, I'm disappointed. He can do better.

Inspiration for what?

Okay, but see - I don't care. Can't you sort out your own schedule?

[ Gideon stares at her relic. King of the world. This dude stepped down from being king of the world. Holy shit. He's definitely not like her dad. ]

No crown for you. Got it.

Haha. Maybe he wanted to get caught as a dirty ramen thief in order to spend more time around you. You know, spying. I'm sure it was early in his career. Of course he's gotten better.

Inspiration for anything!

Mmm mmm, I feel you, but how do you know you have enough people to do what needs doing? That's what scheduling's all about. That and getting nerds to eat and rest. You better be doing that.

I'm not great at political stuff and my blunt manner of speaking leaves much to be desired in that arena. Overseeing scientific development is far more in my wheelhouse.

He very much did considering he was there to figure out if I was still alive or not. By the time I brought electricity back into play he was totally hooked. Sold his soul to me for a bottle of cola. [ They have a very strange relationship that would only work for them. ]

On my direct project? Chrome and Suika are just as enthusiastic as I am. I really don't have to worry about it. There are many other projects, of course, with varying degrees of importance and priority but I can say there hasn't been an issue with work not getting done and if it's getting done then I can't really complain, can I?

I can assure you Gen is very insistent on that fact and is a right pest about it. I get a very adequate eight hours of rest, and two meals a day. Since my arrival here, I don't typically work at the school longer than eight hours either. It's a very relaxed schedule.

You'd think king of the world could get away with being blunt and saying what he wants, but hey, I'm no king, so what would I know?

God, there is so much those words tell me I don't know about your world, but good for him.

The work's getting done, check. Gen makes sure you eat and rest, check. What about Chrome and Suika? Are they eating? Are they resting? Are they spending time awake resting their minds so problems can be mulled over and solved in the background?

You work at home too, though, right? Not just the school? How many hours are you working a day total? Folkmore's a relaxed place. There's so much I bet you haven't seen.

You'd think...and it's a long, fascinating story if you ask me.

I don't know, I'm not Chrome's minder. Ruri can do that. Suika's fine. If she's not eating with me and/or Gen, she's eating with Kohaku. They don't keep the same hours I do in the lab, but I'm sure they do things... [ He doesn't know. He lives in the lab. ]

I sleep about seven hours, then I get up and have breakfast before going to the school. If there's not much going on, I might leave around four, but usually five, then I get back and work in the yard or my other project for a few hours. We have dinner and then I spend some time planning my curriculum and whatever project I'm going to do next, and do some studying based on whatever book I picked up at the school so...I don't know, thirteen, fourteen hours a day? It's not unlike my usual schedule. [ This is called being a workaholic. ]

And if I don't ask?

That's an awfully convincing way to say you know they have at least one (1) other person in their life. Given you have a Gen in your life, I'm not convinced they do things.

Dear lord, please, no. That's not... you eat, you work, you work, you eat, you work, you work. That's your whole day. Even considering weekends—tell me you take two days off a week, please, or at least one, haven't you heard of the sabbath?—that's a shitton of work, pun intended. Goddddddddd, have you ever asked Gen what he wants to do in the evenings? [ It's like Harrow and Ortus, if Ortus were a babe and they loved each other. Complete pile of bone chips before her. ]

Understood.

I don't know, I'm usually pretty busy and I don't ask about their personal lives all that much. Sometimes they tell me things. That's about as far as it goes.

That's correct. No, I don't take any days off. I presume when Gen's home he's doing his networking thing. We share meals together and I usually see him for an hour or so before he falls asleep.

Sometimes he comes to do my work with me when I have to leave the lab.

An hour. An hoooooooooooooooour. I don't care if you were a hot babe, it would never work between us.

I don't know how it'd ever go any further when you see Gen for an hoooooooooour (plus meals). God, we need to turn Gen into the world's heaviest paperweight and set him on your chest, so you take a whole day off.

*facepalm* so how did I win this much time on your relic away from your work?

Well fortunately my partner is satisfied with our schedule as it is. If he wasn't, I wouldn't have a partner. I'd be perfectly fine without one.

We saw each other more when we used to work together, if that helps. When we were rebuilding the world, we spent ample time working together. It's just more recently that he spends much of his time traveling around the world and I spend much of my time in my lab. If he's not home, we talk on the phone, if that helps you.

I'm capable of multitasking, and I enjoy conversation.

Buuuuuuuurn, Gen. What's it say you'd be ~perfectly fine~ without him?

Traveling around the world, you mean back in your world or in Folkmore? 'cause those are both valid. There's so much to Folkmore I bet you haven't seen. I am glad you talk on the phone, yes. Congrats, you're on the floor.

Ah and I'd heard multitasking was a myth.

Why is that a burn on him? He's the singular exception to my desire to remain uninterested in relationships. If anything he should be proud of himself, which I can tell you, he is.

I did mean at home, he's a diplomat and is representing our kingdom's interests abroad usually. Here, I suppose I can't say I've seen all that much of Folkmore, but I did see the desert. It was very desert-like, and exactly as I expected. Made me miss having a motorcycle at my disposal.

If he had a problem with the amount of time we spend together, or speak, I'm sure he would tell me. He is aware that he needs to spell things out if he wants me to catch on. Otherwise I have to operate under the assumption that everything is fine.

Force of habit. I was in charge, people used to talk to me constantly. If I couldn't work and carry on a conversation at the same time, we'd still be building the hydroelectric plant.

It sounds like you're saying you'd be a-okay being single and not with him. Hunky dory, carry on carry on. That's the burn.

Ah, you too got dumped into the desert for Agrona's trial by a thousand degrees. At least the fighting tournament is more fun, even if you're out after one win. There's also a very tundra-like tundra, though it's also the tech school, so maybe you already go there? It has dragons under the mountains doo doo doo. Also hot springs where you can ~*~stargaze~*~

Also how are you cool enough for a motorcycle? They don't kick you off for sheer nerdery?

Oh cool cool cool, so like, he has to meet *you* where you are, you don't have to meet him where he is? It's all on him? All that emotional labor. God, Harrow and I communicate better than that.

Hey hey, I know a mostly dead hole in a rock that could use you if you don't mind robes and facepaint.

I fail to see the problem. If Gen was interested in someone else, or chose to do something else, I would objectively be fine. I'm not clear why that is insulting. Maybe I'll ask him.

I teach at the tech school, yes, I've been there. Although I have ample time to do research there when I'm not teaching. I will admit we haven't been to the hot springs.

Ha. No one kicks you off if you build it. Also I don't drive, but I could probably drive in the desert. It's like the motorboat, lots of open space. If I need to go anywhere, Gen drives.

In a way, he does. I'm self-aware enough to know that not being forthright with me tends to frustrate people, and more than that they know that too. It's not malicious. I can try, but more often than not I'm borrowing trouble. I suspect if I asked him directly, he would tell me everything is fine and he'll tell me otherwise. I don't really expect you to understand why this is the way it is. I make him plenty of things he's satisfied with. I just made him more cola this morning.

Do I at least get a robe? It's a pain in the ass being dropped naked somewhere and having to make clothes.

Maybe you should. The way it sounds, mind you, is like... how much do you really care for him if you're just as fine without him? If losing him doesn't hurt?

0% surprised that's the one you teach at. It's just ~so you~ do check out the hot springs. Good for your muscles and for stargazing.

Uuuuuugh of course you built it. You gonna build another motorcycle or two here? You know, for people, possibly redheaded lesbians who carry swords?[ No Gideon has never driven anything, but that won't stop her. ]

Mmmmmmmmmm, your love language is definitely gifts. That's for sure. And no, I don't get it. I don't think I could date you even if you were a hot girl.

As someone who has been dropped naked on said planet, you definitely get a robe.

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