Prompt 151: (personify an emotion)
I was sitting at the kitchen table, eating an apple.
"Well?"
"Swell."
"...nnn."
"You're boring."
"What?"
I was looking at what was pretty much (and excuse the semi-cliche) a carbon copy of me.
"If you're going to be an emotion manifested into a humanoid form, don't be boring," I said, or endeavored to through a piece of apple.
I looked at me, cocking my head on one side. "And how?"
"Well... you could dress more interestingly."
"This is what we generally wear."
I had to acknowledge the truth of this. Long-sleeved dark shirt, dark-washed jeans... Well, damn.
"At least sit in some better light," I said.
"Why?"
"You're not displaying me to my best advantage," I said, tossing my hair. "You're not utilizing the lovely auburn undertone of my hair, or those natural copper highlights that you can see in the light."
"Nnnnnn," me number 2 drawled, insofar as you can drawl when making noncommital noises.
"What?"
"That only really works in the summertime, when you've been out and about."
"Oh, hush."
There was a brief period of silence. As is my natural reaction, I began to fill it up.
"Be more interesting."
"You really cannot stop with that, can you?"
"If an emotion is going to manifest, it should be emoness. Or fury. Not you."
"Psssh."
"I mean, ambivalence? Seriously?"
"Nnn."
"Well?"
"Swell."
"...nnn."
"You're boring."
"What?"
I was looking at what was pretty much (and excuse the semi-cliche) a carbon copy of me.
"If you're going to be an emotion manifested into a humanoid form, don't be boring," I said, or endeavored to through a piece of apple.
I looked at me, cocking my head on one side. "And how?"
"Well... you could dress more interestingly."
"This is what we generally wear."
I had to acknowledge the truth of this. Long-sleeved dark shirt, dark-washed jeans... Well, damn.
"At least sit in some better light," I said.
"Why?"
"You're not displaying me to my best advantage," I said, tossing my hair. "You're not utilizing the lovely auburn undertone of my hair, or those natural copper highlights that you can see in the light."
"Nnnnnn," me number 2 drawled, insofar as you can drawl when making noncommital noises.
"What?"
"That only really works in the summertime, when you've been out and about."
"Oh, hush."
There was a brief period of silence. As is my natural reaction, I began to fill it up.
"Be more interesting."
"You really cannot stop with that, can you?"
"If an emotion is going to manifest, it should be emoness. Or fury. Not you."
"Psssh."
"I mean, ambivalence? Seriously?"
"Nnn."