[ anon text ]

[truesight]

[ so! Alfheim. that happened. Rachel's still pretty tired from it all, mostly because she had to flex her power's abilities more than she ever had to since she got here. so she'd gone comatose for a little bit, figuratively speaking, landing face-first on Stiles' bed ( ... not like that! which is the point of this anon transmission, but we'll get to that ) and not getting up until she was sure she couldn't physically sleep anymore.

which just left her spending a lot of time with Stiles.

which is such a- it's really, really great. it's the greatest. Stiles is pretty much the greatest! and considering everything the city just went through, she almost feels bad making a whole post about this. but she's torn, okay. her best friend from home isn't here, and Stiles is her best friend here, so she can't really ask him, so.

here's this- ]

Hello, fellow Travellers!

I hope everyone is doing well.

I have a question! Well, a request for advice, more accurately.

Let's say, back home, you were in a position of power. Minor, minor power. More like you were gifted with an ability that nobody else had. It made you valuable! But that power, and those abilities, were a gift, one that you had to make a promise to a very powerful person before being presented with said gifts, even if you were the only person qualified to receive them. A willing sacrifice! To prove that you were worthy of the gifts. And if you broke that promise, the gifts would be taken away. And you would probably be cursed, somehow, but you haven't put much thought into it because that's seriously scary. Anyway.

Part of that promise was that you swore you would never- [ have sex. lose your virginity. do anything that could possibly spoil your 'maidenhood' ] -eat chocolate covered strawberries. Ever. Now, at the time, you never actually ate a chocolate covered strawberry before. So making the promise seemed pretty simple. You could handle resisting that temptation, of all things. No big deal!

But then you show up here, and you're stripped of your powers and responsibility, and all of a sudden you're presented with, you guessed it, chocolate covered strawberries. And not just the cheap, over-processed fake kind you see on the shelves around Valentine's Day, I mean freshly grown, freshly dipped, homemade chocolate covered strawberries. They're the real deal. [ "They are being offered to you by a really, really cute guy" ..backspacebackspacebackspace let's not be TOO OBVIOUS, Dare ] Juicy and sweet and perfect. Someone is here and they're offering you strawberries and you find yourself, for the first time, seriously considering taking a bite of that forbidden fruit.

My question is - do you break your promise here, knowing that the person you made the promise to might never find out? Do you take the risk of them finding out, somehow, once you return back home, even though you don't even technically have those abilities here so the promise might not count? Or do you hold true to your promise and resist all things chocolatey and strawberry-y, because you gave your word and that's all that matters?

Help!




[ ooc: all replies from Rachel will be anon unless stated otherwiiiise ]

Comments

[teenyoda]

That probably depends on the people involved. Have they talked about having strawberries. Is this something that's come up? If so, it's likely that the one waiting for the other to want to indulge in some red fruity goodness might have made sure that in the event of a chocolate strawberry emergency, there was a plan in place.

[truesight]

Yeah, we've talked about it.

And I might've mentioned that I'm bad with plans.

I'm not a planner.

He is though, he's good at plans.

But to me plans are like- boxes, kind of, sort of.

Not all bad! Boxes are useful. But sometimes they can be restrictive?

and the idea of there being a strawberry plan is kind of making me really nervous for no reason that was unexpected

[teenyoda]

I bet he's got a specific contingency plan that takes into consideration your dislike of plans if he's that good at planning.

[He hadn't before, but he was coming up with one now, dammit.]

[truesight]

Oh. Maybe. Yeah.

Or I could just take him completely by surprise and show up on his doorstep with a basket of strawberries, without warning.

Would his plans have taken that into consideration?

[teenyoda]

They might.

Maybe his contingency plan is to just eat the damn strawberries.

[truesight]

No candles or music.

Just chocolate covered strawberries.

[ and now for the least subtle thing she's said on this entire post ]

Napkins! We would need napkins. That's the only actual planning needed.

Where the hell does a girl even get napkins here?

The kind you use when eating chocolate covered strawberries, I mean.

[ she might've snorted a tinytiny laugh after sending that, but then she's covering her mouth with her hand ]

[teenyoda]

[Stiles hadn't heard the laugh, but Hale raised his head, looking at the door and letting out one of his little chirrupy squawks.]

Why the hell would you need napk

Oh. Yeah. Napkins.

Maybe a girl could be friends with someone that can draw her some napkins. Or I've heard they're not needed. Not that they shouldn't still be used, because napkins, but ah... rule of Asgard states that the reasons behind napkin usage aren't really a factor here.

[truesight]

[ no, hale, shh, hale. ]

there's a napkin rule?

[teenyoda]

[Hale is up now, waddling over to the door and giving it a scratch.]

So I've heard. Apparently travelers here can't get


Messy. They can't get messy from eating strawberries, so... no napkins needed.

[truesight]

[ Rachel is literally on her hands and knees crawling away from the door as soon as she hears that okay. so there's a pause before she answers- ]

Is that absolutely positively accurate?

[teenyoda]

[Nope, sorry. Hale hears mommy and mommy better come do something before Stiles has to get off the bed to see what his draggy is doing.]

It's what I've heard. You might want to ask around about that, but, yeah.

1/2

[truesight]

[ but she's like, down by the bathroom door now ( because she wasn't about to stop in front of Scott's door or Dadinski's door ), ready to tuck and roll herself in there in case Stiles does end up leaving his room. like a ninja. for now she's kind of just crouched on the floor, listening ]

Gods, you can't just go around asking people if those kinds of rumors are true, that's how people earn bad reputations.

[truesight]

God**

ha ha ha like there's more than one god

or i guess there is here, so nevermind.

[teenyoda]

[Okay, he's laughing in his room now, outright laughing at that very obvious slip up. Then he gets up and goes to pick up Hale, clucking at him to get him to calm down.]

You are the worst anon to ever anon.

[truesight]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[ noooooo Stiles' laugh. she has to scrunch her face up to stop herself from smiling too big and laughing too, because it's kind of contagious, that laugh. she really loves that laugh ]

but thanks for all your advice i really should be going though bye

[ time to retreat to the bathroom!! ]

[teenyoda]

[He's still laughing as he brings Hale back to his bed, closing down the transmission and wondering if he was going to get some sort of strawberry discussion from Rachel.

God, his girlfriend was a goof.]

action!!11

[truesight]

[ no but she is turning off her comm too, then waiting a second before flushing the toilet, like she's just. been in there this whole time or something, then yawning all very audible as she heads to his room, like it's normal. everything's normal. quietly stepping inside, heading over to the bed to crawl right in there with him.

nothing happened.

just went downstairs to read for a while, and now she's back.

oh hey, hale. ]

-- Hi.

[ how she doesn't burst out laughing is a serious mystery ]

[teenyoda]

[He's got a smile that's taking up his whole face as soon as she walks in. He's not fooled for a second and he, unlike her, is terrible at keeping that off his face. She climbs into the bed, Hale flipping a wing out over her like 'hey there, moms' and just tucks her in there against him.]

You are such a dork.

[truesight]

Shh, no I'm not, shuddap.

[ THEY ARE SO NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS

but at least she's learned to get comfy around Hale. not that he made her nervous, but sleeping with a dragon is kind of scarier than ..thinking about eating strawberries for the first time. Stiles was protected from any accidental fires he might cause in his sleep. Rachel? not so much. but he's alright. and Rachel's kind of nudging at Stiles to see if he'll let her be big spoon ]

Were you doing something? I didn't even ask first. Oh well, we should sleep, bedtime.

[teenyoda]

[Stiles is now laughing, which is pissing Hale off because his body was jiggling and the dragon was going along for the ride. There was a very indignant squawk before he left Stiles and climbed onto Rachel, who was clearly the more sensible of the two. God, dad.]

Yes, you are. And I kind of love that about you, so don't ever stop being a dork.

[truesight]

Yeah? Do you love it, really-truly?

[ she's just being a brat, or as the grownups call it, trying to deflect. she's also stuck on her back now, for as long as Hale feels like using her for a pillow. at least he's warm, so she takes to petting him, clicking her tongue in that way he responds so sweetly to. happy dragon! ]

And shh, you're going to wake people up. Best behavior, remember? I refuse to have to deal with you being grounded for any period of time.

[teenyoda]

[If he gets grounded, it's her fault.]

You started it. God, could that post have been anymore see through? You realize we totally ruined the thought of strawberries for anyone, right? And it just got worse.

[Napkins? Messy? Really? REALLY? But he was turning towards her, arm finding a place around Hale and over her that was sort of comfortable.]

[truesight]

You're the only person that knows about my oath. Besides Leo. ..And Nico. But they're oblivious, so. That just leaves you. And maybe I thought you'd be asleep. Like maybe people get that I wasn't talking about strawberries, but nobody knows it's me. So.

[ just gonna stare up at the ceiling yup kind of smiling, mostly blushing ]

Can we not talk about this please?

[teenyoda]

Why not? I think the fact that there's a potential possibility for strawberry enjoyment is a pretty... it's a pretty big deal. I mean, it's a big deal for me. Isn't it one for you?

[truesight]

[ tiny bit rushed- ] Of course it is. But, you knew there was a possibility. That's not news, is it? Because we've talked about it. And actively stopped ourselves from- going there. [ okay now she'll laugh, just a little laugh ] I guess I just needed to get that out of my system first. The wondering. [ she looks over at Stiles for a second, but really just a second because she ends up blushing more ] You make it hard to think. Not in a bad way, just- I suppose I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being the bad kind of impulsive. [ hhhhhuff ] I'm probably not explaining this right.