014 ♐ Text: Get e%tremely flustered over something trivial.

[musclebeast]

D --> I will not stand for this any longer
D --> Stand for f001ishness upon one hundred thousand prior, equally unsolicited f001ishnesses
D --> No, my keyboard does not need to be fi%ed
D --> Yes, I choose to type in this fashion, gosh darnit
D --> I canter e%actly understand why that concept is so e%tremely difficolt for you all to cram into your ossified mind compartments but perhaps it's because most of you revolting juveniles can barely use your diaperstubs let alone properly make use of your communication devices
D --> I am a troll, and like my fellow Alternians, I use a te%t quirk to properly e%press my individuality and perhaps e%emplify my bucking interests in a visual fashion
D --> I am coltsiderably perple%ed and quite frankly, ine%cusably teed off by this continuing damper on my forced thralldom here
D --> So stop asking or for fiddlesticking sakes ask me here and now and discontinue this e%cessively annoying line of questioning in the future

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[musclebeast]

D --> I don't have to be
D --> I already am
D --> I am being completely genuine, what are you trying to say Nepeta

[moirailcompass]

:33 < im saying that sometimes i f33l that you arent
:33 < that you hide things because you think it wouldnt be appropriate for someone of your caste
:33 < are you absolutely sure you dont do that?

[musclebeast]

D --> I'm not sure I know what you're talking about

[moirailcompass]

:33 < well simply put
:33 < how often do you hold yourself back from doing something youd like
:33 < just because you think it is something a blue blood should not do?

[musclebeast]

D --> I'm not sure we should be talking about this
D --> It's make me
D --> Sweat

[moirailcompass]

:33 < well then ill get you a towel
:33 < but i think its very important to talk about!

[musclebeast]

D --> Not here
D --> Not like this

[moirailcompass]

:33 < not here then
:33 < where to?

[musclebeast]

D --> Oh
D --> You mean
D --> Right now

[moirailcompass]

:33 < are you busy?

[musclebeast]

D --> No
D --> I should just make myself more presentable

[moirailcompass]

:33 < huh :??
:33 < its just me equius
:33 < theres no n33d silly x33

[musclebeast]

D --> Still
D --> Give me a short while and then head to my workshop

[Because seriously he's been putting robots in 'kill mode' out of commission for hours now, he needs a blasted shower.]

[moirailcompass]

:33 < ok ok if you insist fuddy duddy
:33 < ill be at the shop in twenty minutes

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[musclebeast]

D --> Fine

[Twenty minutes, well alright then, that gives him enough time to shower. As for the fighting cage he was in full of still smoking robots? He'll leave that to tend to later.]

[moirailcompass]

[Nepeta doesn't have much else to do so she is there a little earlier, hanging in Equius' shop and seeing what he has laying around. Predictably when he opens that door, she greets him with a pounce]

Hey!

[musclebeast]

[Try not to mind how he's dripping a little, though it's just water, no need to get all skittish from how gross he is, gosh. His hair is still a bit soaked though, and he has a towel around his neck, well- was, till he's tackled to the floor hard and the towel soon lands a little ways away from him. Some would think such a thing would anger the easily angered troll, but Nepeta greeting him in this fashion is nostalgic, and if anything, makes his lips twitch is what could eventually be a smile.]

Greetings Nepeta. [Said with a slightly hoarse tone from her sudden weight and the feeling of being smashed to the ground. If he had wanted, whenever this happens, he could've purposely stood his ground and played brick wall to her pounce. Yet- having Nepeta tackle him as she does almost makes him feel- well- less strong, and in a good way, even if he adores his extremely imposing physical prowess. Sometimes it's nice to feel like you won't crush someone just by embracing them.]

You arrival was extremely prompt, remember early is sometimes just as deplorable as late. But I won't fault you for being eager for my company.

[moirailcompass]

[She gives a small roll of her eyes at the chastisement.] Whatever you say, Captain.

[She rolls off him, flopping down on the ground right next to him.]

You feeling better?

[musclebeast]

[Equius sits up a little as soon as she moves off of him, his knees bending up, arms going to rest against them, body curled forward.]

Hm, yes I suppose the shower helped relieve me in some manner, and with extensive use of my robots I've been at peace more these last few days. [A huff, titling his head away from her a little.]

And of course with your assistance since your arrival. [Even with Vanadi for the most part, expunged from his life now, it was hard to dwell too much with Nepeta right there. Lowblood or not, even just her presence did wonders for him.]

[moirailcompass]

[It really did make her happy to hear that. Equius deserved it after the troubling days he had had not too long ago. She leaned against him and smiled.]

You know I'm always happy to help--that I've been able to help. I'm glad that you've been feeling better.

[She still had her doubts about how suited she was to being Equius' moirail right now...but she wanted to do her best. She wasn't going to give up, and to hear that she'd been of help really touched her]

[musclebeast]

[His face is mostly hidden behind dripping black strands but- he's smiling when he feels her weight shift against his side.]

Yes, much better, still with some reservations about, my entire Vanadi conundrum, but I'm just not sure about that anymore. [A sigh, smile fading. He closes his eyes, focusing on the small amount of weight against him.]

I'm beginning to think such affectionate romance is something I'm not meant to experience... [Twice now it's fallen flat, he's sure, not that his heart doesn't still beat for both Aradia and Vanadi, he really needs to work on his attachment issues.]

[moirailcompass]

Is...are you guys still trying to make it work or? [From the way he spoke it didn't seem like it and she supposed given what he had told her about Vanadi's reasons for trying to break up with him she shouldn't be too surprised. Still. She had been hoping it would work out for his sake.]

[musclebeast]

I'm not- exactly sure. I see him extremely often and as passionate as our encounters can be- they are incredibly compendious. [And if the glimpse of his face along with those words is at all readable, glasses on or not, it's a very obvious 'no'.]

[moirailcompass]

[:((]

Hey, if it didn't work out, I'm sad to hear that, but we're still way too young to be thinking that way. [Even if Nepeta had done the same thing at times]

Getting together, breaking up--that happens a lot and I'm pretty sure that applies to everyone. It's not many who get it right the first and in a way it helps us to figure out just what we want and need in a partner. There'll be others, Equius, who will see what they have in you.

[musclebeast]

Yes, you're right, here anyways. [He'll live out a long life here, perhaps, though once he's sent back to his time line he'll either be a doomed version ir die as he's supposed to... How nice.]

See what in me, exactly. I don't think I know what I want really. [He certainly knows what excites him but... that's not really working out.]

This would be so much easier if Megido allowed me to force her to love me.