tfln #4 return of the terrible choices

[muskeg]

you know the drill. have at it, swampians.

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[strewn]

i'm probably pickier about my animated shows and movies than live action, but i like both. it just depends. and i think genres has something to do with it.

i don't. i guess i haven't found the thing that i want to give that much to yet. if that makes sense.

[foxtwo]

okay, what's your favorite genre?

is there nothing you are passionate about?

[strewn]

of anime or just in general?

i'd like to think i'm a little bit passionate about a lot of things. i liked being in school and learning stuff, i just didn't do too great focusing on one thing at a time. nothing's grabbed me that hard.

[foxtwo]

in general

interesting. that seems so far from what i'm used to. back home, we nurtured the kids' hobbies and passions, until they usually picked one, and ran with it. i guess it's different in modern society, we've always been quite... old school.

[strewn]

tough one. am i allowed to pick a tie?

old school's a good school. i think my teaches knew i was kind of hard to pin down and they just let me do my thing. and it's easier to do that when you get to college. were you a teacher?

[foxtwo]

i'll allow it

in a sense, yes. more like a tutor.

[strewn]

okay, i like romances and mysteries. even better if they're paranormal ones.

interesting. that seems liked a pretty challenging job, honestly.

[foxtwo]

horror movies?

nah, it wasn't. not for me, anyway. came naturally to me.

[strewn]

i can get into horror movies, yeah!

do you want to do it again?

[foxtwo]

i like horror movies.

yes, i do. it's what i was born to do.

[strewn]

okay, what's your favorite?

i hope you can soon. ever thought of doing it here? what did you teach, before?

[foxtwo]

i never thought about it. hmm. the shining? oh! rosemary's baby! also loved evil dead when it first came out, but it aged badly. alien! alien is always a good one.

there are no children here. i taught everything. mainly the basics - reading and writing and counting, but also etiquette, and art, and everything else. I took care of the babies from birth, so I taught them how to clothes themselves and how to bathe themselves and how to brush their teeth and how to eat properly and how to play, and everything else. like... a governess.

[strewn]

lots of classics there! do you like any newer horror movies?

there's dal. he's sort of like a child in some respects. he knows some things, but other stuff, not so much. sometimes it's things you wouldn't think of. he once had to run into a bus station bathroom and push me out because he didn't know how to use the ticket machine.

i guess my really weird, roundabout point there is sometimes there's people around who need help you wouldn't expect. maybe you can still find a good way to use those skills? it sounds like you did a lot!

[foxtwo]

i haven't seen that many recent ones.

would dal be willing and open to be taught? i think that's an important question. he seemed willing when we were talking about sex, which he knows nothing about either...

[strewn]

i was going to say, mind if i introduce you to some? maybe i can rustle something up for later on when i stop by.

i think so. he's super curious about everything. it kind of doesn't surprise me he talked to you about sex. i mean, it sorta does, just because it's surprising he's being so open. but i can see how he'd feel at ease talking to you.

[foxtwo]

okay. like what movie?

i think he just wants to make sure he knows what he's getting into. he seems to be into the pianist. a lot.

[strewn]

tell me something you'd like to see in it and maybe i'll surprise you!

i think 'a lot' might actually be an understatement. he's never had anything like this before. i'm glad there's people around who can help him. i'm not exactly a huge help myself.

[foxtwo]

i don't know! um, i guess i like possession stuff, that's fun for me.

ah, so trying to seduce him would fail, do you think?

[strewn]

possession's a hot topic with horror movies today, that gives me lots of options!

i think if his pianist tried to seduce him, he'd probably do just fine. or are you talking about yourself??

[foxtwo]

i was just teasing. hasn't his pianist already seduced him?

[strewn]

seduction's something that happens over and over and over, not just one time, young grasshopper.

[foxtwo]

oh. right, yeah. i guess that makes sense, if you're going to see the same person more than once.

[strewn]

yeah, and i think dal intends to see myung lots, if you know what i mean. oh wow, what if he's the one doing the seducing?

[foxtwo]

would that surprise you? if he was the one doing the seducing?

[strewn]

would it? yeah, i think so. that'd be pretty surprising. he's kinda stoic.