14 - Festive

[der_umgekehrte]

To whoever it was suggested it: nobody wants to see me dancing naked, so I won't be, thanks, and I'll keep my clothing unburnt.

[Private to Hoffman.]
If that's the ceremonial garb of your culture than I'd like to see more of it. Or less, really, given the comparative volumes of fabric.

Comments

[Private]

[expectremorse]

[Hoffman's gone through the network, and seen the posts, and...doesn't really know what to say.]

It's got to mean something. Within one day he managed to get laid, break three of his fingers without flinching, and get into an incredibly bad fight.

[despite himself, he smiles] Pretty damn bad ass if I do say so myself.

[Private]

[der_umgekehrte]

Easy on the eyes, too.

Not that the sailor much appreciated it. He hid all my books. Damn shame.

Re: [Private]

[expectremorse]

[Hoffman smiles] Afraid the room belonged to a dirty old man? Gosh, your ancestors were something. Wonder where everything went right down the line?

[note the turn of phrase]

[Private]

[der_umgekehrte]

He put my book of more interesting art two boxes deep. [Stildyne chuckles]

He wasn't a bad man, that one. Only stuck in his ways and old, and there I sympathize.

[flashy_magic]

That would be me. Or...well...you know, not me, but my person who was here for me.

[der_umgekehrte]

I understand what you mean. [He tips a little two-fingered salute.]

[flashy_magic]

[He nods.] And yeah, it's probably for the best that you don't burn your clothes.

[der_umgekehrte]

It's ugly all the way down. [Stildyne's thin lips pull sideways into a not-quite-smile.] Let alone the dancing.

[impure_tale]

That's a blatant lie and you know it.

[der_umgekehrte]

Dancing, though?

[impure_tale]

I would be amusing at least.

[der_umgekehrte]

I give you a minute and a half before you got bored and demanded my presence in bed.