You have just entered room "notthedoctor."
PapatymisonN has entered the room.
Lithaladhwen: We can invite other people once they can, you know. Play.
Lithaladhwen: For now, just the two of us?
PapatymisonN: Just like Not The Baby? *hits self with frying pan, laughs*
PapatymisonN: Sure.
Lithaladhwen: Seems like to do otherwise is a bit of a tease.
Lithaladhwen: Also, just like the Alanis song.
Lithaladhwen: "Too much to ask for and I am not the doctor."
PapatymisonN: Unfamiliar. And you sure do like Canadian culture, don'tcha?
Lithaladhwen: She had a stint in America.
PapatymisonN: True. But I cite Lexx as precedent.
Lithaladhwen: This is fair.
PapatymisonN: Indeed.
Lithaladhwen: But you people need to get the fuck over La Femme Nikita.
PapatymisonN: <rp!>
PapatymisonN: (Agreed.)
Lithaladhwen: (That's still playing in Canada, last I checked.)
PapatymisonN: (It is. But in our defense, it's at 6 in the morning.)
PapatymisonN: (Anyhoo.)
Lithaladhwen: (To avoid font confusion.)
PapatymisonN: *It's the Ivory Horn. Quinn has been asked here by her "friend", Kae'Oss, so they can have a talk.*
Lithaladhwen: (Red works just fine for now.)
PapatymisonN: *He makes it clear that it's just a talk.*
Lithaladhwen: *sits down next to him, looking profoundly entertained by his invitation*
PapatymisonN: Hey.
Lithaladhwen: Hey, kid. How you been?
PapatymisonN: Eh... good. I guess.
Lithaladhwen: You guess? Don't want to make sure?
PapatymisonN: ... I'm not sure myself.
Lithaladhwen: I could make sure. But you don't seem to be in the mood. That's not like you.
Lithaladhwen: What's up?
PapatymisonN: I... don't think we should be "knowing" each other anymore.
Lithaladhwen: You invited me here just to tell me that?
PapatymisonN: Thought I at least owed you the courtesy.
Lithaladhwen: Well, that's sweet of you. But it's not that big a deal.
Lithaladhwen: You can't precisely call us lovers, now can you?
Lithaladhwen: We aren't in love.
Lithaladhwen: There's...really nothing at stake.
PapatymisonN: But... I can at least be polite, right?
Lithaladhwen: You can.
Lithaladhwen: While you're being polite, indulge my curiosity.
PapatymisonN: Kay...
Lithaladhwen: I wouldn't ask if you hadn't made a point of discussing it...but is there a reason?
PapatymisonN: It's... getting weird for me, honestly.
PapatymisonN: Don't get me wrong, it's GREAT, but...
PapatymisonN: ... I... it's just getting weird. o.o
PapatymisonN: *doesn't quite know how to answer*
Lithaladhwen: *smirk* Why? Is it because my daughter lives up here now?
PapatymisonN: ... it doesn't help that she's my age...
Lithaladhwen: Oh, pfft. *dismissive wave*
Lithaladhwen: I could have had her a hundred years ago and she'd be old enough to be your grandmother.
Lithaladhwen: Would that be awkward, too?
PapatymisonN: ... yeah...
Lithaladhwen: Whatever. It's not like you're sleeping with Zea.
Lithaladhwen: You two aren't even really friends. Not in the conventional sense.
PapatymisonN: And she's made it clear she's on Pure's "side", too...
PapatymisonN: ... but even then, she's not my type, so...
Lithaladhwen: Oh, sides. She's a woman. They do that. But I know my girl. If she really had a problem with you, you'd know.
Lithaladhwen: And I mean beyond a shadow of a doubt.
PapatymisonN: ... so I'd be dead?
Lithaladhwen: *sigh* One of you would be.
PapatymisonN: ... she's hardcore. It'd be me.
Lithaladhwen: *smirk* You flatter.
PapatymisonN: I know chicks to not mess with when I see them.
Lithaladhwen: Well. I may worry less, then.
PapatymisonN: Mm.
Lithaladhwen: My point stands. You and Zea barely know each other.
Lithaladhwen: That's not the problem, is it? Just knowing I have a child?
PapatymisonN: ... there was Pure, too... <.< I was with you a week after...
Lithaladhwen: Oh. I hate to sound callous, but it sounds to me like you couldn't have been too broken up over it.
Lithaladhwen: I know the monogamy types.
Lithaladhwen: You don't switch from one to another that easily if it really matters to you.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Kids.
PapatymisonN: ... got a point.
PapatymisonN: She was kind of like... wading my feet.
PapatymisonN: Proving to myself I COULD ... y'know...
PapatymisonN: Do that kind of stuff?
Lithaladhwen: *nod*
Lithaladhwen: She's a sweet girl. I could tell that much.
PapatymisonN: No doubt.
PapatymisonN: But I screwed shit up with her.
Lithaladhwen: And what? Are you hoping to patch things up? Prove to her you aren't a sex-crazed pushy sack of shit? Then what?
PapatymisonN: ... nah, nah. It's over, and that's fine.
Lithaladhwen: Get married? Have little half-kittens? Get a labrador and a white picket fence?
Lithaladhwen: Then that's not the problem either. It's not that I have a daughter, it's not that you had a bad breakup because that's apparently over.
Lithaladhwen: *sigh* What's the hangup, Kae'oss?
PapatymisonN: ... I dunno... I...
PapatymisonN: Maybe it... wasn't PURE that I was pining after...
Lithaladhwen: *eyebrow*
PapatymisonN: I'd... like to be able to do that kind of stuff with SOMEONE...
Lithaladhwen: IM: Gets interesting.
PapatymisonN: Y'know? Have a girlfriend? Someone like that...
Lithaladhwen: IM: Surface boys are no different from the women once you get down to it.
Lithaladhwen: I wouldn't know.
Lithaladhwen: My relationship with Zea's father was very different.
Lithaladhwen: Looking to me for advice on relationships may not lead you in directions you can handle.
PapatymisonN: ... anything's better than nothing.
Lithaladhwen: *sigh*
Lithaladhwen: Once about every ten years someone asks me about more than what I'll let them do to what part of me and when.
Lithaladhwen: But. If you really want to talk about it, I don't mind.
PapatymisonN: I'm guessing that you're good at this.
Lithaladhwen: I'm good at several things. What you seem to want is conversation with someone who isn't shy about it. One of my many talents.
Lithaladhwen: The closest thing I've had to a *fingerquotes* 'real' relationship, was with Zea's father.
Lithaladhwen: We connected, and quite well. He was fantastic in bed, and understood that liking sex and horrible gorey barfights doesn't make me some stupid broad you can just pick up and forget about later.
Lithaladhwen: I went with him on a few merc jobs. He welcomed the assistance and company, and I gave him my share of the pay in exchange for...*wistful gaze....grin* ...other compensation.
Lithaladhwen: One day I realized that he's only human. Someday he'll die, and it will likely be before I do. I didn't take it well, not compared to my usual reaction to the potential loss of an acquaintance.
Lithaladhwen: I....*shrug* I didn't want to lose him. But I couldn't keep him either. I wouldn't have wanted to. It wouldn't have been right.
Lithaladhwen: I appreciated Zeke too much to keep him to myself. A lot of women deserve his time at least as much as I do.
Lithaladhwen: So, I decided that I needed a third path, somewhere between keeping him on the kind of leash that would destroy him... and letting him go.
Lithaladhwen: I didn't tell him I was pregnant.
Lithaladhwen: We said our goodbyes, and it wasn't a big deal.
Lithaladhwen: We both had lives, and I respected his enough to leave him out of the whole....father...thing. You know.
Lithaladhwen: He'd hate it.
Lithaladhwen: I think he'd have run off and disappeared if I'd told him.
Lithaladhwen: As far as he knew, I disappeared for several years.
Lithaladhwen: Saw him again just before Zea came to the surface to find him.
Lithaladhwen: He was.....*wide grin* ...like I remembered.
Lithaladhwen: He knows about her, now.
Lithaladhwen: Before the little incident with the cult, she told him who she was. Zea seems to think it went all right, so I guess I was correct in my judgement all those years ago.
Lithaladhwen: Better this way.
Lithaladhwen: And that's basically my relationship with the father of my child.
Lithaladhwen: Learn anything profound?
PapatymisonN: ... uh... hmm.
PapatymisonN: ... find someone who shares your interests?
Lithaladhwen: Find someone who understands you. Without denial or deception on either end.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe I loved Zeke. Maybe I still do. But I understand what both of us need. Denial doesn't help anyone.
Lithaladhwen: If Pure couldn't handle being with you, or you couldn't handle being with Pure....shit happens.
Lithaladhwen: You move on. It wasn't right.
Lithaladhwen: Other people will be. It's not the end of the world.
PapatymisonN: ... *smirks* You are very smart. Even smarter than I pegged you for. And I pegged you as easily smarter than me.
Lithaladhwen: *chuckles* I see.
Lithaladhwen: I've been around for a while. I've broken up enough relationships to know how it happened.
Lithaladhwen: That's all, really. But thank you for saying it. I appreciate it.
PapatymisonN: ... you're older than my aunt, right?
Lithaladhwen: How old is she?
PapatymisonN: ... uh... something like... 180?
Lithaladhwen: *nod*
Lithaladhwen: I might be.
Lithaladhwen: Honestly, I stopped counting after 100.
Lithaladhwen: I could look it up. I have the year I was born written down somewhere.
Lithaladhwen: *shrug*
PapatymisonN: Heh. She only remembers because some god reminded her.
Lithaladhwen: Heh. I don't bother with gods. They don't bother with me either.
PapatymisonN: (Shelby: You make me sad. v_v)
Lithaladhwen: (Quinn's spreading your message all over the world. Just...in her own way.)
Lithaladhwen: (She's trying to help. You hush you.)
PapatymisonN: (*goes off in a corner*)
Lithaladhwen: It works. The gods and I exist in the same universe and that's about it
PapatymisonN: I hear that. I don't need any allpowerful guys in my space.
Lithaladhwen: Well. I might let them in my space.
Lithaladhwen: But they haven't offered and I haven't had the chance to ask.
PapatymisonN: (Resh: ... oh no, I can't handle her. Talk to Marduk, though. He loves getting girls in that tower of his...)
Lithaladhwen: (*snort*)
Lithaladhwen: I have no idea if me running my mouth for that long has helped any.
Lithaladhwen: Hear anything useful?
PapatymisonN: I did. That last part was really good.
PapatymisonN: You could almost do this for a living.
Lithaladhwen: Heh.
Lithaladhwen: Well, let me tell you one more thing.
Lithaladhwen: Women are crazy, but they aren't stupid.
Lithaladhwen: You should tell them things.
Lithaladhwen: Don't tell Zea I told you this, but dishonesty is what got her dirtbag little ex killed.
Lithaladhwen: No matter how good you are, they find out. Women are crafty and sneaky little monsters, and they always weasel it out.
PapatymisonN: ... Gotcha.
PapatymisonN: Lucky they look good, or else men would never be with them.
Lithaladhwen: It's true.
Lithaladhwen: They're too pretty to ignore. I've tried.
PapatymisonN: Me too.
Lithaladhwen: So? What are you going to do about the girlfriend situation?
Lithaladhwen: Keep looking?
PapatymisonN: Yeah, I guess. I'll find something.
Lithaladhwen: So, you looking for several somethings, or are you going to be one of those? *smirk*
PapatymisonN: ... don't know yet. My uncle's dumb ideas may have been ground into my head without me knowing.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe.
Lithaladhwen: *stands* Well, good luck on that, whatever you decide to do. I'm not going to bother worrying about you.
Lithaladhwen: You'll be fine, and I have my own kid's social life to worry about.
PapatymisonN: How's that going? She do something stupid yet? *smirk*
Lithaladhwen: By stupid do you mean that incubus in her house?
Lithaladhwen: I certainly hope so.
Lithaladhwen: Man. The girl is such a workaholic. Probably be good for her.
PapatymisonN: ... oh yeah. She's... a reaper now. Crazy.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. *proud smile* She set her heart on that years ago.
Lithaladhwen: I knew she could do it. She's obstinate like that. Something she somehow picked up from Zeke.
PapatymisonN: It's good for her. Suits her, having seen her house.
Lithaladhwen: *nods, leaning on the table* Yeah. Hopefully she can take that as an opportunity to fix a lot of things, too. Like the ghost bit.
PapatymisonN: Ghost bit? o.o
Lithaladhwen: I really don't know what to do about that sometimes.
Lithaladhwen: She never introduced you to her admirers?
PapatymisonN: (... did she?)
Lithaladhwen: (Kae'oss saw a ghost in her house once. It wasn't "her" ghost per se, but it was there.)
PapatymisonN: ... one, I think...
Lithaladhwen: She attracts them. At least now she can tell when she's talking to the dead. It was hard for all of us when she was a kid.
Lithaladhwen: I'd really rather they not bother her at all.
Lithaladhwen: But she doesn't seem bothered. She should be, but she isn't.
Lithaladhwen: All she knows, I guess.
PapatymisonN: That's good.
Lithaladhwen: Whatever. She'll figure it out. She always does.
PapatymisonN: (*coughjohnnashcoughcough*)
Lithaladhwen: (Yup. When she met Jethro, she asked Solis if he could see the man before she even said hello to her new teacher.)
PapatymisonN: (I remember that.)
Lithaladhwen: ("Hold on. Solis, can you see him? ....Yes? Okay. Anyway. Hi.")
Lithaladhwen: Anyway. Was there anything else you needed to talk about?
PapatymisonN: ... I'm good, actually.
Lithaladhwen: We've discussed you and Pure, me and Zeke, Zea and her little demon boyfriend, and ghosts.
Lithaladhwen: I think we've covered everything.
PapatymisonN: ... meaning of life?
Lithaladhwen: *grin*
Lithaladhwen: I'll tell you when you're older.
Lithaladhwen: And when you aren't pondering monogamy.
PapatymisonN: Yes, teacher. :P
Lithaladhwen: Ooh. Haven't heard that one in a while.
Lithaladhwen: *wink*
PapatymisonN: Oh well. Lost opporturnity..
PapatymisonN: *opportunity
PapatymisonN: *puts money on the table* Here. Money or booze is on me.
Lithaladhwen: You can pay for booze as long as you promise not to take advantage of me. You are such a rakish young thing. I fear for my virtue.
Lithaladhwen: *smirk*
PapatymisonN: Heh. That's fair.
Lithaladhwen: *chuckles* I'll see you around maybe. Good luck with whatever.
Lithaladhwen: You know where to find me if you change your mind.
PapatymisonN: Yeah, I do. *gets up*
PapatymisonN: I'll catch you around, Quinn.
Lithaladhwen: </RP?>
PapatymisonN: </rp>
Lithaladhwen: *ahem* Font.
PapatymisonN: I am hungry, Mother William.
Lithaladhwen: Go eat a wildebeest.
Lithaladhwen: It'll help.
PapatymisonN: But they're so gamey...
Lithaladhwen: Then make jerky out of 'im.
PapatymisonN: How about a gazelle? They're tender!
Lithaladhwen: *bites the back of the gazelle's neck and suffocates it for Charles*
Lithaladhwen: *drags it down*
Lithaladhwen: Here, kid.
Lithaladhwen: Everyone knows the womenfolk do the hunting.
PapatymisonN: ... thanks! You're the greatest! *chow down*