homophonic ❆ alex

[bindings]

alex

I'll tell you when you're being weird.

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[camena]

You're allowed to be. It's not like—it's not like feeling angry is bad, it's more about what you do with it.

[bindings]

[I should not tell her what I did to him when he arrived, probably.]

I have been behaving.

[camena]

[ a long pause. it's. fine. ]

I'll take your word for it.

[bindings]

[help]

... It isn't so bad here, you know.

[camena]

Oh yeah? That's good to hear. I always kind of figured things would be kind of okay after the getting there part.

[bindings]

It is nice to not have to solve trials, but I won't... ah, brag about it. I know it's been difficult.

[camena]

No, what? You can brag! I want to hear it was better over there! I'd be happier the better things were for you.

[bindings]

[her lips twitch a little.]

There's a hotel. It's nice, I could have my own room if I wanted it. There are nice clothes, and everybody has always been kind to me. I had missed many of the people here.

Oh, and there's an extensive bookstore of fairy tales. I like it there.

[camena]

Oh, hotels and bookstores are great. Two of the best parts of going anywhere, for sure.

[ 'could' have her own room. ] You wanted a roommate, though?

[bindings]

I will have to tell you about Homestuck.

[moving on] I did, yes. I spent the first few days with... [thinking...] Matsui, Buzen, Hikari, Rin, and Yang Guifei, in the same room. And then Fei Du arrived, so I spent time alternating with him, the previous room, and sometimes with Count D and Rang's room.

[graveyard said we are within 10 feet of each other at all times]

[camena]

Uhhh sure? [ help. did shenhe read homestuck? alex has no idea what homestuck is. ]

Well that's pretty fun. Like a big sleepover! Hopefully with snacks and everything.

[bindings]

[she sure did read homestuck]

It was comforting, if a little stifling. I'm not used to being around a lot of people.

[camena]

[ she's so powerful and i respect her. ]

I get that. Like, being alone kind of sucks... but being around a ton of people can drive you completely crazy sometimes, too.

[bindings]

I don't like crowds. But it didn't always feel like one. Only sometimes.

[camena]

Crowds are fun sometimes. You can kind of disappear in them. But that feeling's just not always... good? And also people are annoying. People can be... so annoying.

[bindings]

[she looks like she VERY MUCH agrees with that last bit. yes. people can be so annoying.]

Like Rang. [yeah sure]

[camena]

He seemed awful at first, but he's not really that bad. ... But I guess you've spent more time around him than I have.

[bindings]

[this is funny because:]

I care for him greatly. But he is annoying. [rang's like one of her besties, she just cannot stop herself from catkicking.]

[camena]

Sometimes the annoying ones are the ones you care about the most. I know how that is. [ her deeply annoying best friend... ]

[bindings]

[a little smile.]

Someone here, or someone where you come from?

[camena]

Back home. No one here has been annoying in quite the same way, so it's been different.

[bindings]

[she looks amused.]

Understandable. [...] I didn't have friends, before I came here.

[camena]

I didn't have quite so many.

... Kind of sucks that it took being here to change things for you. But it'll be better when you get home.

[bindings]

Like I told Jonas, I'm glad that it happened. I've learned a lot, being here.

[...] I don't know that it'll be better when I leave, but I won't forget.

[camena]

If a random handful of people from other worlds can become friends—why not more people from your own world that you haven't met, yet? Plus you'll have Nahida and Kaveh, even if they might be a little far away.