I was never a child. [He wants this to mean he is refusing to acknowledge Kim Dokja about the debuff, but really it just means he never had what could be considered a childhood.] I answered your question, so answer mine.
But oh, the mention of Dextera manages to sober Dokja up real quick, and there's a ripple of discomfort through their Communion. He and Dextera had known each other since the very first day, back when they'd arrived in another land called Horos together, so to lose him now is quite the blow. ]
... Yeah. It was about time for him.
[ Dokja's voice grows quieter as he says this. So many people have left at this point. ]
[Dokja... He's surprised by the sobering, but maybe he shouldn't be. He does not wish non-existence on anyone, least of all Dextera... yet, he has been alive, much like Dokja, for so very long... that this is simply a thing which happens. On and on.
People die. People disappear.]
He may be back again. [He isn't TRYING to be hopeful; this is very clinically stated.] Eustace left and returned.
[He also is not aware Dokja and Eustace know each other. His conversation with Eustace had just touched on being here, being gone, and being back once more. It was interesting, he thought.]
[ This is not something that he wants to talk about, so as soon as Eustace is mentioned, Dokja latches on to the subject change like a lifeline. ]
How do you know Eustace?
[ NEVERMIND that they are all on the same side and will eventually run into each other. Dokja likes that two people he gets along with (ish) are now familiar with each other!!
... Unless D and Eustace hate each other? But it doesn't sound like that's the case. ]
[FOR NOW. He's looking into the camera like he's on The Office.
How does he answer this question truthfully when the answer belies how unusual Eustace was apparently acting now that he's been dubbed "stoic bastard"?
Hm.]
He was willing to compromise since I was also looking for some things which had been lost. Is he a friend of yours?
[Dokja said "serves him right," but D is raising a magnifying glass to that.]
[ Oh... Look. "Friend" is a very heavy word for Dokja, and one that he almost never uses. He practically flinches back from it, subtly felt via Communion, before quickly recovering. ]
I guess... something like that.
[ In truth, they are friends, but things have taken a strange turn with their relationship very recently. Dokja doesn't know what to call it. ]
[Well, nothing Dokja feels or says screams "friends," and unfortunately for Dokja, D is actually quite emotionally competent unlike all of the rest of the people I usually play.
The way the space of his mind feels is rather I See.]
Companions.
[There is no judgment, and his voice is still the soft monotone he usually uses... but there is... a very pointed way this word is dropped into the lap of Dokja's brain-pan with quotes around it. Dokja and Eustace are just very good friends, like a lot of men in Earth history.]
[It's better this way, honestly. Dokja just agrees, too. He knows what you are. He can feel the metaphorically vigorous nodding.
D does not think he will ever admit that Eustace smooched him now, not that he had plans to anyway.]
We got along well.
[Because........ Eustace was in love with him, BUT LISTEN. They get along okay regardless!!! This is just funny to say to Dokja who keeps dunking on Eustace. Unfortunately, D is a similar brand.]
[STOP. He got along with Eustace aside from the weird infatuation, so he would hate to offend Eustace by gossiping about an extremely embarrassing moment. Maybe it helped that Eustace apologized.]
Do we?
[Tell him about the YJH flavor of your boyfriend and your adopted son.]
[NOT HIM TAKING UP FOR EUSTACE OUT OF SOLIDARITY. It's very empathetic of Eustace not to skin you alive, Dokja. He is being invited to dinner which means, unfortunately, he will not be rude and reject the offer... but he... does not... eat food really.
[ STOP this is actually because all of Gray's CR is weird as fuck and Dokja thinks D is okay so clearly this is about getting her some normal company. ]
She's been on a pie kick lately. It's a good opening for a conversation.
[That is literally the worst conversation starter he can think of. Imagine some tall, gothic horror appearing at your door and then questioning you about pie? Seriously? DOKJA THINKS THAT MAKES HIM THE NORMAL FRIEND?
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[Annoying. A bit petulantly in similar fashion:]
I don't know what you're talking about.
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What? Are you embarrassed? You shouldn't be! You were a cute kid.
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I was never a child. [He wants this to mean he is refusing to acknowledge Kim Dokja about the debuff, but really it just means he never had what could be considered a childhood.] I answered your question, so answer mine.
[>:/]
I can't reach Dextera. He's gone.
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But oh, the mention of Dextera manages to sober Dokja up real quick, and there's a ripple of discomfort through their Communion. He and Dextera had known each other since the very first day, back when they'd arrived in another land called Horos together, so to lose him now is quite the blow. ]
... Yeah. It was about time for him.
[ Dokja's voice grows quieter as he says this. So many people have left at this point. ]
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People die. People disappear.]
He may be back again. [He isn't TRYING to be hopeful; this is very clinically stated.] Eustace left and returned.
[He also is not aware Dokja and Eustace know each other. His conversation with Eustace had just touched on being here, being gone, and being back once more. It was interesting, he thought.]
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How do you know Eustace?
[ NEVERMIND that they are all on the same side and will eventually run into each other. Dokja likes that two people he gets along with (ish) are now familiar with each other!!
... Unless D and Eustace hate each other? But it doesn't sound like that's the case. ]
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Someone had stolen something from him in the garden when we ran into each other.
[Will he say Eustace was in love with him severely too? No. Eustace lucked out in having this happen to the one person who won't gossip.]
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Serves him right. Did you get to help him or was he being a stoic bastard about it?
[ DOKJA LIKES THIS GUY? ]
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How does he answer this question truthfully when the answer belies how unusual Eustace was apparently acting now that he's been dubbed "stoic bastard"?
Hm.]
He was willing to compromise since I was also looking for some things which had been lost. Is he a friend of yours?
[Dokja said "serves him right," but D is raising a magnifying glass to that.]
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I guess... something like that.
[ In truth, they are friends, but things have taken a strange turn with their relationship very recently. Dokja doesn't know what to call it. ]
We live together.
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The way the space of his mind feels is rather I See.]
Companions.
[There is no judgment, and his voice is still the soft monotone he usually uses... but there is... a very pointed way this word is dropped into the lap of Dokja's brain-pan with quotes around it. Dokja and Eustace are just very good friends, like a lot of men in Earth history.]
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Yeah, companions.
[ If this hadn't been through the mindscape, he'd be vigorously nodding his head in agreement. ]
Go easy on him, okay? He can be a little hard to get along with.
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D does not think he will ever admit that Eustace smooched him now, not that he had plans to anyway.]
We got along well.
[Because........ Eustace was in love with him, BUT LISTEN. They get along okay regardless!!! This is just funny to say to Dokja who keeps dunking on Eustace. Unfortunately, D is a similar brand.]
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Anyway, Dokja would be saying these same exact things to Eustace about D because he's a shitstirrer at heart. ]
Yeah? Maybe it's because you guys have so much in common.
[ The YJH flavor. ]
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Do we?
[Tell him about the YJH flavor of your boyfriend and your adopted son.]
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Maybe stoic people just don't recognize each other... ]
Come on, seriously? You guys both have that dark, brooding thing about you.
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I don't know what you mean.
[Said in the way where he knows, but refuses to... acknowledge it.]
He might be offended to hear you say that.
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I've said worse things about him.
[ They used to be at each other's throats all the time and not in the sexy way. Even now they get into arguments at the drop of a hat. ]
Swing by one of these days. We'll... I don't know. Host a dinner or something. [ How domestic. ] Do you know Gray?
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You should be kinder to him.
[NOT HIM TAKING UP FOR EUSTACE OUT OF SOLIDARITY. It's very empathetic of Eustace not to skin you alive, Dokja. He is being invited to dinner which means, unfortunately, he will not be rude and reject the offer... but he... does not... eat food really.
So he will have to push it around on his plate.]
I don't.
[Know Gray, he means.]
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Moving on. ]
Well, she lives with us, so you should get to know her.
[ That's natural, right? That's what people do? ]
I'll be nicer to Eustace if you go and introduce yourself to Gray right now. Ask her what her top three favorite pies are.
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Dokja gets a very ...?????????????? feeling through the communion, like he's saying, "Pardon?"]
Gray may not want visitors. Why do you want me to ask about pie?
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She's been on a pie kick lately. It's a good opening for a conversation.
[ He is HELPING. ]
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Dokja can perceive the Doubt a little.]
You should make her some.
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She's been making enough pies to feed a small nation.
[ Is this an exaggeration who knows it's not like Dokja would ever lie. ]
I just think you guys would get along.
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D still thinks it's weird to... just appear before Gray and heckle her about pie. Why would he do this? He barely talks to people as it is.]
You can introduce us after I come.
[He did not say yes to the dinner invite outright (of course), but this is his acceptance.]
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