two "truths" and a lie. ( daemon: d. )

[ex_stony881]

2 TRUTHS AND A LIE
Preferred Alias: Kaz Brekker.

1. Before I landed here, I was hunted as a Grisha who could read minds.
2. My hands are disfigured, so I always wear gloves.
3. I inherited five million kruge when my parents died.

One Of These Is A Lie

Comments

[hasitsthorns]

For me it is!
Most of the time.
Is it not for you?

[ Don't say that, Kaz. Her mind cycles through, like, at least five inappropriate things to answer with before she decides it's probably better to just. Not. ]

Uh
「(°ヘ°)
How about... your time!
Just a little bit.

[ex_stony881]

[ using the text to make little faces is new to him; he picks up what it's meant to be this time, at least. ]

An expensive reward indeed. All right.

[ also he's just not. answering. that first question. the answer seems too complicated to try and write down where anyone can see it. ]

[hasitsthorns]

[ ... squint. Don't think she didn't notice that avoidance of the first question. Hm. Hhhmmm. ]

Awesome!
( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Have you been to the citadel yet?

[ex_stony881]

Not yet.

[hasitsthorns]

Then we should!
It's a date!

[ Then the likely repeatitive ding, ding, ding or vibration of multiple messages coming through in rapid succession. ]

wait
i mean
Not like
a date date
just a hang out date
that's totally a thing
i swear
i should probably stop now
before i make this worse than i have

[ex_stony881]

I've never been on a date before.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Oh, that's

not the turn she was expecting this conversation to take. Also, she might now be mentally weighing the pros and cons of offering to be his first date. Hm. Hhhhhmmmmmmmmm. ]

They're pretty nice. Usually!
Also, not as big of a deal as I used to think they were.
My first official date was just a chill nature hike where all we really did was hold hands.
Most people think like dinner and a movie, but
It can be whatever. Just as long as you're doing something you enjoy and want to spend time with the other person, I think.

[ex_stony881]

[ This all feels outside the realm of Kaz's experience, too simple and nice for his brutal life. ]

I suppose I had better things to be doing.

But not anymore.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Sometimes, Rose still thinks that in regards to herself. But she also was extremely well-versed in faking it until she made it before so this isn't much different. ]

So you could totally go on dates now!
that is, like

[ Again with the ding, ding, ding ]

if you wanted to
i'm not saying you have to
or anything like that
i mean i wouldn't mind
if you wanted to
but also no pressure or whatever
not that i'm?? asking you on a date???
let's just start with a relaxed friendly hang-out
or whatever
that's probably for the best
that's fine
this is fine

[ If she doesn't answer, it's probably because she chucked herself into the ocean over her embarrassing inability to prevent nervous word vomit even via text. ]

[ex_stony881]

[ on the one hand: what the fuck.

on the other, he is suffering from what anyone else would recognize as homesickness, and she's so totally different from anyone he's ever known that it seems like an excellent cure.

("totally different" like her friendly enthusiasm doesn't remind him of jesper, whose crush he managed to steadfastly pretend to ignore for all the years of their friendship.) ]

I'll go to the citadel with you. When?

[hasitsthorns]

[ Rosie's current mental state: the sound of a tea kettle whistling indefinitely.

But he still wants to go! That means she didn't mess things up... too horribly. Just a little, maybe. ]

Uh!
Evenings are better for me.
Tomorrow night, maybe? If you're free.
if not that's cool
we can find a time that works better

[ Or just cancel it, pretend this whole awkward text convo didn't happen. That's an option too. ]

[ex_stony881]

Tomorrow night. See you then, Rose.