02 - I hate kissmass

[heavenlymisandrist]

Your Admiral subjects his prisoners to indignities like this mistletoe, and you claim it is in the name of redemption.

[ Ceres' voice is bitter, if not furious. She didn't promise she wouldn't lecture. As it turns out she can't just send Aya home and be done with it. And as Aya is slow to point out, Ceres does owe her for finding the Mana, even if they didn't quite make it to retrieval. ]

Must I truly lower myself to such baseness to leave this place?

[ Aya did say she should socialize more. This is probably not what she had in mind. ]

Comments

[deadly_ned]

I find it less worrying than the actual current things to worry about. Wondering about surprise kisses as directed by a plant are sort of small sugar compared to what we usually face.

Not to make light of a dire situation. I'm not.

I'm only offering one man's perspective in the hopes of shedding light.

[heavenlymisandrist]

You are a man. I'm sure being forced into such a position against your will seems trivial in your perspective.

[deadly_ned]

I'm not sure anyone would find being forced anywhere to be a trivial thing. Regardless of. Gender.


But the mistletoe isn't hurting anyone. Except for dogs. I think I remember reading that it was poisonous to dogs, which is another good reason to have it hung high.

[heavenlymisandrist]

Would you know if it was? Had you even considered the possibility? Or were you too concerned about the local dogs to think of anything else?

[deadly_ned]

As an owner of a local dog, I'm very concerned about his susceptibility to mistletoe. He's had a few close calls and I don't think I can bring him back from the dead.

Again.

The point is I don't think the mistletoe is hurting anyone.

[heavenlymisandrist]

And so great is your conviction that it becomes fact.

[deadly_ned]

No one's getting hurt by it. I'd say that's a pretty safe bet to make.

[heavenlymisandrist]

Then you are an arrogant fool.

[deadly_ned]

Usually I get 'hopelessly naive.'

And I don't think I was being arrogant. At least I was trying not to be. I was trying very much to be wishing for the best given the general observations made in the days since the mistletoe appeared.

[heavenlymisandrist]

In your wishful thinking you ignore the reality of your circumstances and overlook those who cannot help themselves. I am not impressed with the standards for wardens thus far.

[deadly_ned]

Do you want me to help take down some of the mistletoe?

[heavenlymisandrist]

It would be better if all of it were taken down.

[deadly_ned]

How about a compromise.


I'll take it down near your door and the doors to the left and right of you.

[heavenlymisandrist]

It can be found in the dining and shower areas as well.

That is not the reason I sent out this message.

[deadly_ned]

And you can't just. Take them down yourself.

[heavenlymisandrist]

As I said, that was not the purpose of my query. I am more interested in the requirements for graduation.

[ She just. Likes giving men a hard time. ]

[deadly_ned]

There's no one requirement. Everyone's different. Everyone has to do different things.

It'll be easier when you're assigned and someone is working with you.

[heavenlymisandrist]

I will not sit complacent waiting until the Admiral decides he should grace me with an assignment.

[deadly_ned]

Please note that I'm saying this not out of any attempt to be mean or cruel but to look at your current situation as realistically as possible in order to tackle the problems at hand:

I don't think you have too much of a choice.

I'm sorry.

[heavenlymisandrist]

I see.

[ She is furious enough to tear him apart atom by atom. Luckily she doesn't have the power just now. ]

The evils of man truly know no bounds.

[deadly_ned]

I'm sorry.