mythr;

[wrasseful]

mythr

Nen ▐ 1,187

Sea god. I teach magical relics and artefacts, which is not apparently a substitute, catalyst, or correlate for discipline. If you are a student, it's unlikely I will express reciprocal sexual interest, although I have a long and impressive history of mutual aversion with low-achieving children.

😍 FLIRT <span style="font-family: bell mt; font-size:40px;">😍</span>

😃 FRIEND <span style="font-family: bell mt; font-size:40px;">😃</span>

😕 NOPE <span style="font-family: bell mt; font-size:40px;">😕</span>

Comments

[ehye]

I haven't actually tried to breathe underwater yet.

[wrasseful]

What prevents you?

[ehye]

When I was a kid it was because I thought I might drown, and what a fuss that'd be for my caretakers.

Now? I'm not sure! I just hadn't thought of it recently. Hold on, let me fill the sink.

[ about 5 minutes later... ]

VERDICT: I can't breathe underwater! And now my nose stings.

[wrasseful]

This is an inadvisably small sample, but in the interest of less fuss for your current caretakers including myself, we do not need to repeat it.

I will take you to the sea.

[ehye]

Will you? 😃 That would be wonderful! Thank you, Professor!

[wrasseful]

You're welcome, little darking.

You should know that flattery will get you everywhere with gods, especially when the everywhere you want to go puts you entirely in their sphere of control.

[ehye]

Do you want to control me, Professor? Because if you do, that's very flattering!

[wrasseful]

Not particularly, but I do control the ocean. Which is where you would like to go. And I welcome you in part because you have successfully flattered me. Well done!

[ehye]

Have I? It's been my pleasure!

[wrasseful]

Well aren't you adorable. Very good.

You can pick a few classmates to come with. I should make some appearance of being academic and unbiased about the whole thing.

[ehye]

That sounds fun! Can I bring people even if they aren't students? I'd like to ask Nurse Rosie along!

[wrasseful]

Yes I am in favor of Miss Rosie in particular.

[Well done, son of tentacles!]

[ehye]

Oh? In particular?

[wrasseful]

Yes. I like her. And I need to try to take her out on activities where there is less temptation to accidentally discuss my dead family. I tend to underestimate the emotional reactions of others.

[ehye]

That's wonderful! Nurse Rosie and Professor Nen.

[ The school would likely be buzzing about this in a matter of hours, Ainsley never could keep his mouth shut. ]

Emotional reaction to dead family? Oh! People get "sad" about that, right?

[wrasseful]

Yes, apparently that is the phenomenon that happens.

It isn't conducive to sex.

2/2

[wrasseful]

Usually.

[ehye]

I'm discovering that! It's interesting because with my people it's a celebrated occurrence. The story of my mother consuming my father is one of the most romantic I've ever heard! But many don't seem to understand that...

[wrasseful]

I imagine your perspective on romance has evolved since studying here. People seem to crave continuity of relationships, even if ingestion of one's lover feeds equally important appetites.

[ehye]

Evolved? Yes, I think so. My first few dates felt really short, even though I was consuming them as I was supposed to. I remember wanting nothing more than the opportunity for a second date.

Now that I've had second dates I want a third and... well, you get the point! Maybe one day I'll find the one I'm meant to be with forever.

[wrasseful]

Perhaps you are destined to be with someone who is intangible. Or regenerates. With very little susceptibility to nerve pain.

[ehye]

But pain is the best part!

[wrasseful]

Masochist then.

A profound streak of it, anyway.

[ehye]

[ brb looking that up in the dictionary-- ]

Oh! No, I don't care for experiencing pain, myself.

[wrasseful]

Oh no, not you! I think perhaps your partner, though. You might like a bit of that in them?