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[fateality]

Well, I gotta say, despite all of the little disasters peppering around here, it ain't all bad.

If I got my timing right, 'bout this time of year, I'd have just missed the Harrowing. Don't reckon any of you really know what it is, but it's a little year time tradition where I'm from -- and I'm all too happy to miss out on it.

[He chuckles to himself:] Shame about Snow Day, though, I suppose.

In any case. Thinkin' about it, I was a little curious if any of you were missin' out on some... festivities back home? Or did you dodge a bullet?

Since we have such a colorful bunch here, didn't figure it hurt to ask.

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[twinkle_toes]

[frowning]

You mean you were there? And you didn't stop them?

[fateality]

I think self-defense is enough in terms of a fight. What do you expect t'do against the undead? Kill 'em again?

[twinkle_toes]

[—oh. he's got a little more sense regarding things that aren't alive in the traditional sense (see: papyrus, koltira) but the term still throws him for a loop.]

I....don't know. There aren't really a lot of dead-but-not-really dead people back home. People usually just kinda stay dead. I thought that was how it was everywhere.

[fateality]

Different worlds, different rules, I'm finding. In the case of the Shadow Isles, nobody really entirely knows what their deal is. Just that once a year, for a week, they come to claim lives of those who live in Bilgewater.

I'm not real used to friendly undead, so Papyrus and Koltira have been a real treat.

[twinkle_toes]

You know Papyrus and Koltira?

[he brightens at that fact, more than happy to switch over to a topic of conversation a little less depressing than dying. nothing better to him than getting to talk about friends. ("""friends""")]

Did you know that Papyrus had never gone swimming until a few months ago? That's crazy!

[fateality]

Sure do. Papyrus is probably one of the most friendly people I've met, skeleton or otherwise. Real good soul in that one. Koltira's a good man, too.

[He does his best to not sound too warm about either of them, but it may have trickled through.]

Well, not everyone goes swimming, arrowhead. Bones or otherwise.

[twinkle_toes]

I guess not, but it still seems like something everyone should try, especially on a hot summer day.

[but 'arrowhead', that reminds him—]

Oh, my name's Aang. What's yours?

[fateality]

No thanks.

[Oh, good. Intros. A fine subject change.]

Twisted Fate. Just 'T.F.' is fine, if that's easier. Pleasure to meet you, Aang.

[twinkle_toes]

[what do you mean, no thanks????? what does this guy have against the water

he's definitely gonna get back to that point in a bit but first he's gotta comment on that name like literally everyone else in this game]

Twisted Fate? Really? That's so cool! [lookit those wide, shining eyes] Did your parents really name you that?

[fateality]

[He chuckles.] It's not the name I was born with. But by all rights of the river, it's my name now.

Glad you like it.

[twinkle_toes]

[it's a cool name, of course he likes it. but more importantly:]

What'd you mean earlier though? "No thanks"? No thanks to what?

[fateality]

[URGH back to this. C'mon kid.]

Swimming. Can't say that I'm a fan.

1/2

[twinkle_toes]

[he's persistent, ok]

Why not?

[twinkle_toes]

[actually, don't answer that, he's immediately struck by what has to be the obvious answer as to why anyone could possibly dislike swimming. smugly:]

Are you scaaaaaared?

[fateality]

Absolutely not. [YES.]

[twinkle_toes]

Then how come you don't like swimming?

[he doesn't believe that for a second BUT he'll be nice]

[fateality]

Maybe my idea of fun isn't gettin' soaked to the bone. I'd rather take a hot bath than plunge into a body of water.

[twinkle_toes]

[......]

Aren't you still getting soaked if you take a bath?

[fateality]

True, but it's hot and and way more relaxing. Why we still talkin' about this?

[twinkle_toes]

Because you haven't told me why you don't like swimming yet.

[the words are accompanied with a very expectant look. go on, tell him...]

[fateality]

Guess you're just never gonna know.

[NOPE.]

[twinkle_toes]

[wh]

Why not? What's so bad about it? I promise I won't make fun of you if you really are scared.

[fateality]

Look, kid. You seem nice, but this is really not the kind of thing I'm gonna chat about. Drop it.

[twinkle_toes]

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

[he'll get it out of you one day, mister. X(]

Is there anything you do like then, if you don't like swimming?

[fateality]

[n e v e r]

Just about anything else is fair game. Depends on what you got in mind.