[ Welp. As a wise magician once said, "flattery will get you everywhere." If Lys is looking to Ema as her resident smarty pants, Ema is obligated to rise to the occasion. ]
What you really need is to approach this problem... scientifically! (╯✧∇✧)╯ If you're looking for general-purpose tools to entertain the masses, then you should ask yourself what the masses are entertained by. In other words, what are some things that all people enjoy?
You're not wrong, but unless you feel like showering your friends in credits for fun, I'd put that one aside. OK, here's one. Back in school, there was always someone around with a deck of cards. Know many card games?
i used to know a couple but then i stopped playing and forgot all the rules
[She had to use that brainspace for other things, like new and interesting marinades for roasted insects and grilled frogs that she's caught bare-handed.]
i was never very good at the gambling ones, though
Oh, whatever. The gambling ones are stuffy anyway. The party games are where it's at. Like the king game! And the speed game!
[ they have proper names but w/e ]
If we can find a pack of cards, I'll be happy to show you how to play a game or two. :) Otherwise, it never hurts to have a movie or two on hand if you're hanging out with friends. Do you know about movies?
Oh come now. I think we're past the point of getting embarrassed about any of that. Worst case, we can fix it up, I'm sure.
[ She'll doodle on the cards and turn them into...... funky molecules or something. She can turn anything into science, it's her special attack.
also smacks you in the head for that joke ]
Movies are like recorded plays. You can watch them over and over in your own time, like how we watch videos with our bracelets. Given how things work around here, you would probably just be given a stack of pornographic movies, but you might be able to salvage a gem or two.
i'm still not used to it, myself but yeah, maybe we can scribble over anything perverted
[Listen, she wasn't raised to be so blasé about showing off pornographic playing cards designed by dirty-minded robots....but bless Ema for showing a modicum of patience for her defrosted caveman ass.]
ohhh, gotcha! i'll try to ask for those too normal ones, i mean maybe they'll show pity and only give me schmoopy romantic stuff
you'll be the first person i invite over!! promise
[Ah, Ema definitely has a good point there. Among the fondest memories she has of home are those centered in the kitchen, filled with warmth and the scent of things cooking or baking.]
Really!!!! Unlike regular stovetop cooking, baking is highly reliant on the chemical reactions that occur among its ingredients. You get your measurements off for one ingredient and your product can come out completely different!
well, that explains why my sister's bread always came out funny she was always too impatient to measure anything carefully instead she'd grab fistfuls of everything and toss it in
[That it doesn't hurt—much—to mention Freja is a surprise. More of a twinge and less of a sword stab, a blade plunging deep and then withdrawing again.]
That would do it. Me, I can't remember how many times I've let a cake bake too long or accidentally added too much food coloring because the cap fell off.
[ .........................
Her baked goods always come out to be either really good or a monumental disaster. So maybe she averages out to an okay baker? ]
So you have a sister... I pictured you as the type to have lots of brothers.
and i had two! a younger one and an older one i'm the second youngest
[Though it hurts less than before to mention her family at all, she still can't help but make it sound like they're dead. Closing that door in her heart, warding off something worse than pain and grief: brittle, paralyzing hope.]
[ They absolutely sound like they're dead?? And while some people might feel shy asking after potentially dead family members, Ema with her own definitely dead family members does not. ]
[Off-screen, Lys pauses, dimly surprised by her own uncertainty. That she actually feels torn about what to say, about saying anything at all, instead of automatically bottling it all up out of fear of sharing the burden.
....well. She's admitted something like this to Summer already, in bits and pieces. The vague shape of it, sanitized and minimized. A second time couldn't hurt much worse, right? And besides, she owes Ema for a lot more than the balance of an honest answer.]
i don't know. i left home when i was 15 it was pretty bad, so it's just easier to talk about them like that
[Like they were dead. Or she was dead. Something final; something over.]
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un: lys.skkovgaaaardrdrdd [text] [september]
hey ema!
are you busy right now?
could use your help with something, if that's okay
un: skyentist
Don't answer that.
What can I help you with?
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[lys, what did she just fucking say]
anyway i just wanted to ask
what's a good thing to have when you "hang out" with someone?
besides a couch
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Well is Skkovgaaaaadrdrddrd the correct spelling of your surname?
[ she gave up on squinting at lys's username halfway through that ]
You've never hung out with anyone before? How old did you say you were?
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nah, it's skovgaard
i just messed up when i made my username
[Life is hard when you're from the 1500's, okay.]
and im 19!
but i haven't played games or anything since i was little
so i don't have any good ideas
but you're really smart! so i thought you might
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What you really need is to approach this problem... scientifically! (╯✧∇✧)╯
If you're looking for general-purpose tools to entertain the masses, then you should ask yourself what the masses are entertained by.
In other words, what are some things that all people enjoy?
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eating?
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That's a start! What else?
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....having money?
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You're not wrong, but unless you feel like showering your friends in credits for fun, I'd put that one aside.
OK, here's one. Back in school, there was always someone around with a deck of cards. Know many card games?
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but then i stopped playing and forgot all the rules
[She had to use that brainspace for other things, like new and interesting marinades for roasted insects and grilled frogs that she's caught bare-handed.]
i was never very good at the gambling ones, though
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Like the king game! And the speed game!
[ they have proper names but w/e ]
If we can find a pack of cards, I'll be happy to show you how to play a game or two. :)
Otherwise, it never hurts to have a movie or two on hand if you're hanging out with friends. Do you know about movies?
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i have a pack of cards from the augur, but they're
um
inappropriate
so i don't know if you'd wanna use those
[So.....naked face cards, clubs that look like dicks, and other perverted details that Lys is trying to forget about.]
movies, though....
i'm guessing it doesn't have anything to do with cows
[Moo-vies, get it? (laughs in medieval peasantry)]
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[ She'll doodle on the cards and turn them into...... funky molecules or something. She can turn anything into science, it's her special attack.
also smacks you in the head for that joke ]
Movies are like recorded plays. You can watch them over and over in your own time, like how we watch videos with our bracelets.
Given how things work around here, you would probably just be given a stack of pornographic movies, but you might be able to salvage a gem or two.
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but yeah, maybe we can scribble over anything perverted
[Listen, she wasn't raised to be so blasé about showing off pornographic playing cards designed by dirty-minded robots....but bless Ema for showing a modicum of patience for her defrosted caveman ass.]
ohhh, gotcha!
i'll try to ask for those too
normal ones, i mean
maybe they'll show pity and only give me schmoopy romantic stuff
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[ They're dumb, but fun. And it would be nice to get a dose of 21st century normalcy. ]
If all that fails, you do have that fully-outfitted kitchen of yours. A group baking session always makes for good bonding.
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promise
[Ah, Ema definitely has a good point there. Among the fondest memories she has of home are those centered in the kitchen, filled with warmth and the scent of things cooking or baking.]
ooh, you're right
we can bake bread!
[Cookies? Cake? Don't know her.]
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Hey, did you know?
Baking is the most scientific form of cooking there is!
[ no one cares ema ]
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[Lys cares!! Lys cares a WHOLE LOT which.....is not a good barometer, actually. But please continue anyway!]
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Unlike regular stovetop cooking, baking is highly reliant on the chemical reactions that occur among its ingredients.
You get your measurements off for one ingredient and your product can come out completely different!
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she was always too impatient to measure anything carefully
instead she'd grab fistfuls of everything and toss it in
[That it doesn't hurt—much—to mention Freja is a surprise. More of a twinge and less of a sword stab, a blade plunging deep and then withdrawing again.]
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Me, I can't remember how many times I've let a cake bake too long or accidentally added too much food coloring because the cap fell off.
[ .........................
Her baked goods always come out to be either really good or a monumental disaster. So maybe she averages out to an okay baker? ]
So you have a sister... I pictured you as the type to have lots of brothers.
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[Lys, that's just you.]
and i had two!
a younger one and an older one
i'm the second youngest
[Though it hurts less than before to mention her family at all, she still can't help but make it sound like they're dead. Closing that door in her heart, warding off something worse than pain and grief: brittle, paralyzing hope.]
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Had? Did something happen to them?
this is the worst kind of s-link upgrade
....well. She's admitted something like this to Summer already, in bits and pieces. The vague shape of it, sanitized and minimized. A second time couldn't hurt much worse, right? And besides, she owes Ema for a lot more than the balance of an honest answer.]
i don't know.
i left home when i was 15
it was pretty bad, so
it's just easier to talk about them like that
[Like they were dead. Or she was dead. Something final; something over.]
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repent and do no harm...
sorry daddy, i've been bad
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wrapping threads, we are