ic fmk: sing edition

[singhelpers]

Fuck (kiss), marry, or kill


— post your a toplevel for your character or throw three people's names out into the ether
— decide which one your character would like to fuck (or hug for the wee ones), marry, or kill
— respond appropriately
— shenanigans ensue

Comments

[desperate_times_right]

Just that you're underestimating what I can handle.

[The idea is only worse than the Chloe/Harry/Nate/Elena Nightmare Polygon because Elena automatically makes things a bit more wholesome by existing.]

[notarat]

He defecated on my bed before.

[ Just.

Just so you know, Chloe.

This does not turn Billy off, sure, but he's Aware of the optics. ]

[desperate_times_right]

In a good way or a bad way?

[That could either be a kink thing or petty revenge and it's hard to put either of those past Hickey.]

[notarat]

I am fairly sure there are only bad ways in this specific case.

[ Sure, Billy could be pretty kinky, but not in this way!! ]

[desperate_times_right]

You never know! When I was starting out I used to date a bunch of older guys and they were into all kinds of things.

[notarat]

.. older men?

I thought you liked women.

[desperate_times_right]

What I like and what I do don't have to be the same. But I like both, usually.

[notarat]

[ ....

You're giving him so much to process here, Chloe. He's going to need some time to think about this.

Like, a few years' worth, maybe. ]

[desperate_times_right]

Most people have at least one attractive thing about them, I think. Sometimes you really have to look for it, though.

[notarat]

I know for a fact there are men out there without a single attractive trait.

[ Trust him, Chloe. He's an expert. ]

Not to mention I find it even harder to imagine attractive traits about women. Nothing against you, Miss Frazer-- I do really enjoy your company, and I would not bother to engage with you this much if I did not find you impressive in ways as a person. [ It's just.. imagining something romantically or sexually attractive about Chloe? Impossible. How do some men do it, honestly. ] It's just that attractive is another thing entirely.

[desperate_times_right]

I think if you saw the types of men I used to play around with, you'd probably die. These days I can afford to be pickier.

[Is her ability to find something to like on any person inborn or a survival mechanism? Even she doesn't know.]

No offence taken! It's nice to not have to think about it sometimes.

[notarat]

[ To be fair, Billy's taste is absolutely just as bad.

Not that he's thinking about that. ]

Yes, please make sure to be pickier now. I don't enjoy the thought of someone treating you badly.

[desperate_times_right]

There was this girl back home I thought maybe... But I'm here now so that's obviously on hold.

I wonder where they all think we went.

[notarat]

[ Talk about a topic he doesn't want to breach for so many reasons at once. Which is why he's making absolutely sure to steer the conversation instead right back around to that first part. ]

What is she like? That girl.

[ Let's have romance gossip instead of thinking about how he died and no one will probably even miss him!! ]

[desperate_times_right]

[Luckily for him he's happened upon one of Chloe’s favourite subjects.]

We did not get along at first, let me tell you! She's so serious - she used to command a private army - and I'm not really a by-the-book kind of girl. But she's so brave, and fiercely loyal if she trusts you. Super cute too, she loves animals and was so excited when we got to see monkeys.

[notarat]

.. I have to admit I'm a little surprised.

[ Partially by the way Chloe talks about it. If she finds it weird that he's into marriage, then he finds it weird that she's so into openly gushing about the person she likes.

But that's not the part he wants to address here. ]

I did not imagine that you would like someone so serious.

[desperate_times_right]

It doesn't hurt that she's gorgeous. [From the stories Nate and Sam had told about her, Chloe had kind of been picturing an ogre woman, so seeing her for the first time on that rooftop had been a pretty big shock.]

We fought a lot at first, but she had my back when it counted. That means a lot.

[notarat]

So you are fond of reliable people.

[ Something to note. Not that he has any interest of that sort in Chloe, obviously, but he likes her well enough that he wants to make sure no one who doesn't meet these standards attempts anything with her here. ]

Though preferring someone easy on the eyes is something universal, I imagine. Who wouldn't want that?

[desperate_times_right]

I haven't always been able to rely on the people I'm with, for work or otherwise.

[Chloe still thinks a lot about the first time Nadine had called her by her first name - the fraying panic in a voice that's usually so controlled, the strong grip around her wrist stopping her fall, and somehow despite everything falling apart around them knowing in that moment that she was going to be okay - probably more often than either Nadine herself or Billy would want to know.

She smiles, though, at the rest of it.] I’d say. And strong, too. Before we met, she threw my ex out a window.

[notarat]

[ Briefly that last statement makes him think of Hickey killing Irving. Though-- he figures that likely hardly had anything to do with them and more with Hickey's own plans and annoyances, and then there's the fact he probably shouldn't bring up murder, huh.

So, instead-- ]

I hope I can be reliable to you.

[ Still a little bolder than what Billy would usually say, though! ]

Even if it is obviously not as lovers, but rather as.. [ .. Man who has never used the word 'friends' in his life and is terrified of slapping labels onto anything this concretely has to hesitate and think.. ] .. acquaintances.

[ Sure, Billy. Nailed it, dude. ]

[desperate_times_right]

[Trust is something both hard-won and not easily expressed for Chloe, but she won't soon forget Billy coming back for her during the fire.]

Sure, as acquaintances. We can rely on each other.