Week 6; Friday afternoon; Roxy

[princessantly]

[ After so much laundry and trying not to find body parts, Alisha's finally got some time to catch a breather. And what does she do?

... Knocks on Roxy's door, because she may be a knight and a princess, but she's also a teenage girl, and when one needs advice... well, Roxy seems to know what she's doing. ]

Roxy? Do you have a moment?

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[muties]

[ Roxy seems to know what she's doing. Sweet lord help them both. ]

Hey, Ali Di. I do. In fact, I might even have several.

[ She steps aside and makes a sweeping gesture for Alisha to come in to her humble and vaguely messy abode. ]

[princessantly]

[ Girl, how many nicknames do you even have for her-- but Alisha somehow manages to look immensely relieved by this reassurance, and she's quick to step inside.

And then stand there for a good few minutes awkwardly, before she clears her throat. ]

How... experienced would you say you are, with... um... [ urgh. ]

... Matters of the heart?

[muties]

[ All the nicknames, all of them.

Roxy's eyebrows raise at the question. She's not sure what she was expecting Alisha to need, but somehow Love Advice didn't occur to her. It should have, clearly. ]

Oh, you know. Lots. My street name is Love Maestro. My heart skills are like, over 9000. Mad skills, bro. Just. Off the charts. Hella familiarized with the heart and it's ability to pump blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.

[ pause. ]

I've played, like. Several dating sims and confessed my crush to Hajime in a closet, so. Just over inundated with heart experience, here I am.

[princessantly]

You--

[ wait what ]

That closet game really does cause relationships to form?!

[muties]

[ way to hook on what was clearly the least interesting part of that spiel ]

Yes, didn't you know about the mystical properties of closet games that cause romance?

[ said with complete seriousness. then laughs. ]

No, it's not the closet game-- er, well I guess that helped. Since no one can run away. [ it's mystical properties are forcing people to share a private convo for seven minutes ] It's more about what you do in the closet game that matters, y'know?

[princessantly]

I... see.

[ Roxy... you're such a badass. ] I didn't know you'd done such a bold thing...

[ She'd accidentally hit Faize in the eye, it was truly romantic. ]

Did that... work out well? [ Because who wouldn't date Roxy, honestly. ]

[muties]

I wouldn't call it bold so much as terrifying...

[ fjkasfhj ALISHA........ ]

Yes. I mean, I think so? I mean, yeah, it did. Like, he said he liked me too and we made out, so really, a+ all around. [ Gestures vaguely to her friends in canon. And anyone with any sanity. ]

Really, you won't know what'll happen until you jump off the cliff into the oblivion of crush confessing. And what's the worst that happens? Ya get rejected, eat ice cream 5ever, but you survive.

[princessantly]

[ Alisha's nose crinkles a little at '5ever' because she is pretty much still in medieval times and she will probably never get all that Roxy says without consulting some sort of modern-day dictionary of slang or asking Rhys (but that is a terrible idea).

She does fidget, though, twisting her fingers together. ]

I just... theoretically, that is, if I had considered saying something regarding possible feelings... we are in a situation where the chances of our survival are uncertain every week. I'm not sure if admitting to something like that would be... wise.

[ TRYING TO BE SENSIBLE, IT'S HARD. ]

-- That's not to say that I'm not very happy for the both of you! Hajime is very kind, and you deserve someone like that supporting you in such a manner!

[muties]

Well... think of it the other way round. Any of us could die any day, which is trash, do you wanna die thinkin' "gee, I wish I'd gotten to tell the space elf that I want his wizard dick. now he will never know, and I'll never know if he wanted my princess--" er, you get the point.

[ Shrugs.

And then has to get all blushy herself. ] Thanks, Lish. Tho, honestly, he's way outs of my league, so I was pretty... surprised. [ that he was not also after faize's wizard dick, or at least not Solely after the wizard dick ]

On that note, though, if you do tell Faize you like him and he rejects you I will personally break his pretty face for you.

[princessantly]

I-- that's not-- [ wizard dick?? ROXY CAN YOU NOT... Alisha's face is already glowing a bright pink, and it's all she can do not to bury her face in her hands. It's not like that?? ]

Please, don't break anything... he is well within his rights to reject me.

[ ... She can't even pretend this isn't about Faize, huh. ]

[muties]

I'm just messin' with you. I know you're after his wizard heart. [ Shoulder pat... she is sorry, friend. ]

Well, maybe, but it'd still be really stupid.

[ It's like. Illegal to reject a princess. ]

[princessantly]

Truly... [ she manages a smile, at least. ] I wish I had your confidence.

[ What if she dies? What if he dies? Confessing to him now would only make it hurt worse if such a thing came to pass, wouldn't it?

But as Roxy had said... if that happens, what sort of regrets would remain if she doesn't say anything? ]

[muties]

I don't have any confidence, I just shut my brain off sometimes and it occasionally works out.

[ shut your brain of, who needs it anyway. ]

So maybe try not worrying about what might not happen. And if you do die... well, it might maybe not be permanent? [ we hope?? gestures vaguely ] So then after everything's unfucked, you could go off to your castle and have the purest wedding ever.

[princessantly]

I, er... really don't think things will progress that far...

[ ROXY PLEASE. ]

But... thank you. [ Being teased aside, this has actually helped. ]

[muties]

Aw, no royal wizard babies anytime soon? I'm shocked.

[ roxy sorry ]

No problemo, girl. I hope I haven't somehow completely fucked your view on le romance.