it's a romantic holiday, for couples. people buy gifts and go on fancy dates with whoever they're seeing right then. uh, seeing as in, dating. as in whoever they're involved with. courting? is that what it's called where you're from?
anyway it's a stupid holiday made up by people who wanted to sell flowers and chocolates, and it kind of sucks when you're single because everyone else is kissing in public and acting affectionate and you're just reminded that you haven't got anyone like that in your life.
[ .....He's handling his breakup with Kendra just fine, thanks. JUST FINE. ]
That's an odd tradition. The celebration of love in order to make coin? I think there are far simpler and more effective ways to do that. And buying flowers is silly, they grow everywhere anyway.
Do you wish you had someone like that in your life?
[ Arya might not know how courting works in Cisco's world, but she knows all about missing people you love. ]
I think that's normal. It feels like it shouldn't be, most of the time, because it can hurt a lot. But that means you truly loved her, and that is an important thing too.
Missing can make holes and I don't know how to fill them. All I know is that you have friends and that there are better days and worse days. Maybe that might be all there is.
[ If it were someone else, Cisco might quibble over whether or not he and Kendra had ever gotten to the official love stage, but what's the point? He had been in love with her. No point in denying it now. But any sadness he might feel about Kendra is negated by how sweet Arya's concern for him is. ]
yeah, you're right. but i promise it's not all that serious. more like getting a splinter than having a broken finger. there are other people out there, it had just been a while since i found someone so cool.
you're very wise for your age, anyone ever tell you that?
Perhaps you will find cool people here you want to give stupidly expensive flowers to. Wanda is cool. So is Mal, or the one with the glow-box name redacted. She knows lots of interesting words.
No one has told me that because I normally don't tell people my age. I'm not exactly sure what it is.
But thank you. And thank you for teaching me, because you have made me wiser.
i'm so lazy i really have to make you that guide to slang one of these days.
[ Arya not knowing her own age breaks Cisco's heart, a small amount. ]
oh. do you have a guess? i was assuming you were about ten years younger than me, ish. just based on like, nieces and cousins of mine who look about the same age.
it's my pleasure, grasshopper. 😎
(that's a bug, but also a word for someone who is your student)
oh, hey, that's way useful! though i'm pretty sure they have fuckboys everywhere, y'all probably just call them something else in 'westeros'.
'doritos' is the right spelling, and if i ever find any here you've gotta try them. what about red vines? twizzlers? licquorise?
that's around what i was guessing.
the grasshopper thing... i actually don't know the origin of that one. i'm pretty sure it's from a movie but it just became something people said, you know?
i don't know what a 'Lannister' is but i highly suspect that that was a sick burn (which means, a very well-executed insult)
3-D stands for "three dimensional"! [ Cisco lowkey can't believe they're having this important science moment over Doritos. Of all things. ] you and i are both 3-D because we have height, width, and depth. it's like... a square, just the shape itself, in a drawing? that's 2-D because it only has height and width. but a cube, one you could hold in your hand, is 3-D, because it's got depth as well.
this might be one of those things that's easier to explain in person and not in a text. the point is the chips are puffy so they called them 3-D because it sounded cool and they thought they would sell better.
they're kinds of candy. i'll make sure i have some stocked for movie night.
[ The blond boy-king in the vision was a fuckboy and then some.
also, what the fuck is consumer culture. first vday, now this. ]
Are there four dimensions? What does one dimension look like. You can wait to show me though, if that's easier. I still do not wish to bother you too much.
Also, why would you want more air in your chips? Air doesn't fill a belly.
[ He doesn't even think that she might be referring to the vision. Generally he's been trying to avoid thinking about what he'd seen entirely, erasing it from his brain as much as possible. ]
you're not bothering me but it'll be quicker and simpler in person, trust me.
you're obviously too smart for that marketing strategy. 😆 lots of people will buy stuff just for the novelty.
yeah. it's good to call people what they are and make evil people into jokes. there's nothing quite like finding a way to laugh at someone who hurt you. it makes them seem so small.
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[ it sounds dangerous but Arya is doing the responsible thing and asking Cisco instead of worrying sad dad scientists. ]
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probably means valentine's day but i wanna be sure
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it's a romantic holiday, for couples. people buy gifts and go on fancy dates with whoever they're seeing right then. uh, seeing as in, dating. as in whoever they're involved with. courting? is that what it's called where you're from?
anyway it's a stupid holiday made up by people who wanted to sell flowers and chocolates, and it kind of sucks when you're single because everyone else is kissing in public and acting affectionate and you're just reminded that you haven't got anyone like that in your life.
[ .....He's handling his breakup with Kendra just fine, thanks. JUST FINE. ]
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That's an odd tradition. The celebration of love in order to make coin? I think there are far simpler and more effective ways to do that. And buying flowers is silly, they grow everywhere anyway.
Do you wish you had someone like that in your life?
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you're preaching to the choir. (which means, i agree. 👍 )
i did have someone like that a little while ago, but it didn't go well. i guess i kinda miss her.
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I think that's normal. It feels like it shouldn't be, most of the time, because it can hurt a lot. But that means you truly loved her, and that is an important thing too.
Missing can make holes and I don't know how to fill them. All I know is that you have friends and that there are better days and worse days. Maybe that might be all there is.
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yeah, you're right. but i promise it's not all that serious. more like getting a splinter than having a broken finger. there are other people out there, it had just been a while since i found someone so cool.
you're very wise for your age, anyone ever tell you that?
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No one has told me that because I normally don't tell people my age. I'm not exactly sure what it is.
But thank you. And thank you for teaching me, because you have made me wiser.
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[ Arya not knowing her own age breaks Cisco's heart, a small amount. ]
oh. do you have a guess? i was assuming you were about ten years younger than me, ish. just based on like, nieces and cousins of mine who look about the same age.
it's my pleasure, grasshopper. 😎
(that's a bug, but also a word for someone who is your student)
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I think I am two-and-ten, but I could be a year younger or older. I know I know for sure I was nine when I first had to run.
Why do you call them grasshoppers? We have grasshoppers where I am from, and they don't seem capable of learning much.
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'doritos' is the right spelling, and if i ever find any here you've gotta try them. what about red vines? twizzlers? licquorise?
that's around what i was guessing.
the grasshopper thing... i actually don't know the origin of that one. i'm pretty sure it's from a movie but it just became something people said, you know?
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[ ooooh, BURN ]
Then why does it not have three d's? The package boasted "3-D."
We do not have those. Are they like Doritos?
Oh, it's one of those sayings. I understand.
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3-D stands for "three dimensional"! [ Cisco lowkey can't believe they're having this important science moment over Doritos. Of all things. ] you and i are both 3-D because we have height, width, and depth. it's like... a square, just the shape itself, in a drawing? that's 2-D because it only has height and width. but a cube, one you could hold in your hand, is 3-D, because it's got depth as well.
this might be one of those things that's easier to explain in person and not in a text. the point is the chips are puffy so they called them 3-D because it sounded cool and they thought they would sell better.
they're kinds of candy. i'll make sure i have some stocked for movie night.
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[ The blond boy-king in the vision was a fuckboy and then some.
also, what the fuck is consumer culture. first vday, now this. ]
Are there four dimensions? What does one dimension look like. You can wait to show me though, if that's easier. I still do not wish to bother you too much.
Also, why would you want more air in your chips? Air doesn't fill a belly.
Thank you! I am excited to try them. 😎
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[ He doesn't even think that she might be referring to the vision. Generally he's been trying to avoid thinking about what he'd seen entirely, erasing it from his brain as much as possible. ]
you're not bothering me but it'll be quicker and simpler in person, trust me.
you're obviously too smart for that marketing strategy. 😆 lots of people will buy stuff just for the novelty.
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Joffrey Lannister was the name of the boy-king you saw.
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definitely a fuckboy in that case.
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Sansa uses the smiling little shit emojis, which is also very accurate. 💩
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sansa's totes got the right idea.
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Before everything, I had a teacher who told me that fear cuts deeper than swords. So I try to find ways to not be afraid, and sometimes they work.
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if you do find a way that works all the time, make sure you teach it to me.
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You will be the first person I tell.
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in the meantime, if something scares you, you can always come find me. for what it's worth.
[ He's not a speedster and he's not a therapist but dammit he can try. ]
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