Not Again | Catch All for Steph

[applechemist]

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[applechemist]

[ this is all very confusing. ]

[vigilantics]

I was flirting with you.

[ steph has learned so much about this girl in such a short time frame. ]

[applechemist]

By being friendly...?!

[vigilantics]

Yes!

[ she points at her. ]

There are certain touches that are definitely romantic. If I touch your knee while you're sitting, or place my hand on your waist! Certain ways of touching your arm when it's not needed! Flirtation!

[applechemist]

[ sounds fake but okay ]

[vigilantics]

[ ESCHA YOU VIRGIN KINNING FUCK ]

If someone wants to kiss you, there's a certain energy about it!

[applechemist]

An... Energy about it?

[ thinks about the Enforced Horny curse they had on the ship for one week. ]

I see...

[vigilantics]

[ do you. do you see. steph is not convinced, but she has agreed to teach escha about being brave about smooches, so here we are.

but she will reach over to cup one of escha's cheeks with her hand. ]

Right.

[applechemist]

[ thank god she isn't fucking dense enough to not understand this. it's a miracle.

escha's eyes tentatively meet steph's, dart down to her mouth, then back up. ]

[vigilantics]

[ steph is so intensely relieved that escha at least got this one, because she was starting to intensely worry about how the hell she managed on the fuck boat.

one step closer to letting escha be able to live her best life. nice. ]

Like this!

[applechemist]

[ ......... ]

This situation seems very specific and uncommon.

[vigilantics]

You'd be surprised, actually.

[ ... ]

But it seems like small signals go right over your head.

[applechemist]

[ x doubt ]

It's not my fault that they're ambiguous.

[vigilantics]

I mean, usually if someone is at least attracted to you, you'd be able to tell even a little unless they are actively going out of their way to hide it.

[applechemist]

[ Escha concludes that this means... No one is attracted to her? Or else she would have noticed? Hm. ]

Oh...

[vigilantics]

[ you're killing your steph ]

That does not sound like a happy 'oh'...

[applechemist]

... Maybe it's just that no one has been attracted to me before.

[ she laughs. this is. fine. ]

[vigilantics]

[ NO THIS GIRL'S CONFIDENCE ]

No way! You're super cute. Maybe you just confused flirting for like, friendly touches? Or they didn't want you to notice.

[applechemist]

[ .... after all this she can kind of buy that she might miss it because of her Priorities, but. But still... Why would anyone want to keep it a secret... ]

I guess...

This stuff is really complicated.

[vigilantics]

It can be, yeah. The mating rituals of people can be rather complex.

... but sometimes it's super obvious and you'll know right away. I knew Hikage was attracted to me pretty quickly, since he was bad at hiding it.

[applechemist]

... Isn't it kind of unfair that Hikage has to wait on Belph? When he was brave like you were and confessed?

[ Escha, with no idea how to do a romance and also barely an idea of who these people are. But in her defense: Escha, who has been drinking. ]

[vigilantics]

[ ... ]

It's pretty unfair, yeah. I'm not really a nice person, I guess.

[applechemist]

I'm still talking about Belph, not you!

[ She's just focusing the blame entirely on him. ]

[vigilantics]

[ that surprises a laugh out of her?? she wasn't expecting that. ]

Belph's a jerk, I guess.

[applechemist]

[ Nods. ]

Yep.

[ That's her diagnosis of the situation that she knows Very Little About. ]