crystal.

[byblow]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Alistair
RECIPIENT: All y'all
WHAT: Innocent and totally random question
WHEN: Now
NOTES: Threadjacking is cool, kiss kiss.

What's a reasonable amount of time to stay angry with someone?

[ There is a fairly obvious difference between Alistair's I have a serious question voice and I am trying to cause trouble voice, for those who know him, but in this case his tone falls somewhere between the two. ]

Obviously it depends on what they've done to make you angry, so let's talk about the full range. How long can I stay angry with someone for borrowing my sword without permission before I'm unreasonable?

Or what if they left everyone I cared about to die?

Just for discussion's sake.

Comments

private, later

[doneisdone]

That went well.

[byblow]

You can see nugs. They aren't invisible things inside you.

[ So there. ]

I'm sorry. About your people, I mean.

private

[byblow]

I thought so.

private

[byblow]

Fine.

[ HE'S NOT AFRAID OF YOU, is the only reason he's agreeing. ]

I'm in the stables.

[byblow]

[ Would he do that. ]

I wouldn't be surprise if she picked your pockets.

[byblow]

Oh. Oh. That man.

This explains so much.

[byblow]

It should also come with a fancy stick. I'll make you one.

[wardeneructate]

I want it carved to look like a man stick then. Then I can smack people with it and get extra satisfaction with it.

[Are you sure this is a good idea anymore, Alistair?]

[elegiaque]

Is there nothing he can't do?

Really, though. No one gets to tell you when you stop being angry.

[byblow]

A... man stick?

[ Not sure, no. ]

[wardeneructate]

A meat rod. An iron rod of thrusting. A length of pleasure to fill a pulsing flower.

[You probably shouldn't have questioned what he said, Alistair.]

private

[mactears]

I will see you there.

[He hangs up.]

[byblow]

... No. No, it's going to be a stick with the top carved to look like a nug's ass.

[wardeneructate]

You know that on a stick that's just going to look like what I asked for, right?

You ever seen a hard tip before? Got that crack in there to let that good stuff spill out.

[Do you regret everything yet? Do you?]

[byblow]

[ He sighs. ]

Why are you like this?

[wardeneructate]

People keep asking me that. Can't say I've got an answer yet.

Might be that sticks look like the things they rhyme with though.

[byblow]

Kaisa is in for a long decade, then.

[ This is all his own fault—being furious but unwilling to actually talk about it with anyone here, so it's left to leak out in pissy comments and then get swept under a rug made of shitty jokes. There is so much piss and shit that it's really no wonder Oghren showed up. ]

Do you mind if I come by tomorrow? I'll bring you and Kieran something.

[ichaer]

Just push them both out a bloody window.

[ wait, back it up. ]

I mean I guess it depends on if your sword comes back as it was. If not, you'll need to figure out from how high up the window needs to be and if they'll be falling toward the ground or the water. [ a beat. ] And as for the second bloke, a window above an active volcano is always nice this time of year.

[elegiaque]

You're always welcome.

( the only exception to her warden ban. nevermind that if anyone asks she says no exceptions. she's an aristocrat and a twenty-three year old woman and reserves the right to view consistency and transparency as other people's obligations. )

[limier]

It is one thing to hold anger, it is another to hold the sword.

[ are you planning to stab anyone, dude ]

[aforethought]

[ it's never been a riddle or a joke or a metaphor when she's asked yet and that's the only thing keeping her from doing so now because really, what.

bluntly: ]

You ain't dead.

[ probably. very likely. do you care about yourself, alistair? ]

[gatheringstorm]

I'll be there, starting a rock collection. You'd better get over here before I make people nervous.

[byblow]

No, I don't think that's it.

[wardeneructate]

Pretty sure they do look like them.

[That's not what he's talking about and you know it, Oghren.]

[byblow]

Do we have active volcanoes? I think I'd have to go north, and I hate north. It's so hot.