behave

[mrmage]

There's a total lunar eclipse two weeks later, the first one since January 2001. That semiquarter and most of the next pass without much more noise. Jackson is occasionally sad because of his dom's electric toy, and he's occasionally more stripey than he wishes to be, but there's not a whole lot Sadde can do about that. Against his hopes, Mason doesn't dump Jackson, and nothing gives.

Sadde continues socializing with people, but no one new. And as the semiquarter approaches its end and summer break gets closer, Sadde receives an email from Tobias, saying that he fully expects his daughter to come home and tell everyone all about her first half year at magic school.

The email tells Sadde to behave.

Sadde is not in a good place.

Comments

[alicornucopia]

"Cthulhu?"

[mrmage]

"Dread outer god from a series of fiction books by a guy named Lovecraft."

[alicornucopia]

"And strength training is, what, weightlifting?"

[mrmage]

"Yeah. To build muscle mass and such."

[alicornucopia]

"Eh."

[mrmage]

"That's more or less how I feel about it."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, thanks anyway I guess."

[mrmage]

"You're welcome!" He's unusually talkative isn't he? "Any objections to making this a thing, then?"

[alicornucopia]

"I dunno. I mean, I need a shower now and stuff."

[mrmage]

"Right, I don't mean again today. Just, couple o' times a week or so."

[alicornucopia]

"Thanks for trying but I don't think it does the thing for me."

[mrmage]

"It could work after a few times, but you could also do it just for the bonding experience and general health benefits of exercise."

[alicornucopia]

"Or not."

[mrmage]

"Or not," he agrees. "Up to you. I'd enjoy your company but won't push anymore if you're sure."

[alicornucopia]

Shrug. "I'm gonna go take a shower."

[mrmage]

"Alright. I should, too."

[alicornucopia]

They live in the same hall, so they don't wind up parting ways in the course of this activity except into different stalls.

[mrmage]

And then it's lunch time. Is Isabella around?

[eclipsi]

Yup, there she is, getting a burger.

[mrmage]

"Gonna have lunch with Isabella. See you around!"

And after her he goes.

[eclipsi]

"Hi, pet, how are you?"

[mrmage]

"I'm alright. My plan to make Jackson happier by exercise didn't end up working, but I had fun anyway. How're you?"

[eclipsi]

"I'm just fine. Alex got into a fender bender though."

[mrmage]

"Oh, is he alright?"

[eclipsi]

"He's fine. Car's dented, guy yelled at him, but only superficial damage and Alex is the one who got rear ended so insurance will pay out for him."