Day 218 [Open]

[dontyoujustwish]

Who: Anya and anyone
Open: Open!
When: 218, throughout the day
Where: All over the Bastion
What: Unsolicited sex-ed
Format: I'll match
Warnings: Anya has no filters.

Anya does not normally spend much time on the Skyway, but anyone might have noticed she's been going out more than usual over the past week. Sometimes alone, sometimes dragging certain Nobodies along because it is in their best interest.

The goal of all this? Safety and education. She is being awfully generous and using the resulting shards to buy a large quantity of condoms. Not just for herself, but for the Bastion's population of should-be-hormonal teenagers and the like.

If you look like you've been through puberty, Anya is liable to approach you. She's not going door-to-door or anything (she doesn't care that much), but if she sees you around the Bastion, better be prepared for a probably awkward conversation.

Comments

[dontyoujustwish]

It is subjective.

Say in order to save ten lives, you have to kill one person. No matter which choice you make, some people are going to think you're a bad person for making it. You were willing to kill someone for any reason? Terrible. You let people die because your morals prevented you from making a sacrifice? How dare you.

You might think there are scenarios where no one would disagree with you, but a lot of "bad people who do bad things" don't see it that way.

[dontyoujustwish]

[Well, that's a more sincere expression of gratitude. Anya appreciates it. Maybe this boy is not completely stupid.]

You're welcome.

[amnesiadragon]

But -!

[Now he just looks distressed. His expression flattens, and he jerks his head to the side like he's been punched.]

But... they were...

[... The memory of killing those people, of losing control, is still fresh and it still hurts.]

[oursomalink]

Mm-hmm... I hope the rest of your, ah, endeavors go well!

[ As awkward as the presentation was, Shing can't really fault Anya for trying to be helpful in her own way...

Either way, at this point he's going to give her a nod of gratitude - a sincere one, mind you - before he heads back inside to train. And try not to have erotic images of Kohaku in his mind's eye while doing so. Somehow. ]

[four_quarts]

[To have an awkward conversation about the proper usage of condoms, the participants would have to have a sense of shame about the subject.

Shame just so happens to be one of the traits Ghaleon is lacking in.]

Ah, Anya. Having a pleasant day, I hope?

[dontyoujustwish]

[Anya looks at him for a moment before she thinks she's figured it out. She reaches over to pat him on the shoulder.]

There, there.

I'm sure you haven't killed as many people as I have.

[dontyoujustwish]

It's had its ups and downs.

[Anya offers him a handful of condoms.]

Here. I'm sure you won't be so deathly embarrassed about safe sex that you need to threaten bodily harm.

[amnesiadragon]

... I didn't mean to. I didn't want to! I wasn't... I couldn't control it!

[dontyoujustwish]

[Okay. "There there" didn't work. Now what?]

It sounds like you have plenty of excuses that would absolve you morally. I'm sure it's fine.

[four_quarts]

[He accepts them with a grin.]

Some used to believe me incapable of feeling embarrassment. They may not be far off the mark.

That said, what do they make these out of now?

[Ah, to be from a world with somewhat schizophrenic tech levels.]

[dontyoujustwish]

Latex. They're definitely an improvement over what we used to have to work with.

[amnesiadragon]

[He takes a deep breath, trying to squash down his fear.]

S.. sorry.

[four_quarts]

True. Even the best herbal remedies can only do so much.

[He pauses a moment to examine one of the condoms more closely.]

So what precisely is this "latex" substance?

[dontyoujustwish]

Oh, I was thinking of black magic.

[It's too long ago for her to remember, but it was probably an added incentive for learning magic. After doing horrible things to men, of course.]

I think it's some kind of rubber.

[dontyoujustwish]

Don't worry about it.

But maybe you should talk to a friend about it. Or a shrink. I hear that helps.

[amnesiadragon]

How would shrinking help?

[dontyoujustwish]

It's a colloquialism for a psychiatrist. Literal shrinking would only help in that someone might squish you, and you'd probably be facing different problems once you were dead.

[amnesiadragon]

... What's a psychiatrist?

[four_quarts]

[He nods appreciatively. Ah, the wonders of invention.]

I meant more in the case of those who don't have the ability to use magic, but I suppose this is less of a bother. Most humans from my world have to chant to use spells, and I'm sure you can imagine how quickly that would become irritating.

[Being around a bunch of teenagers who've become confident enough to test this method and having very good hearing can be problematic at times when one of the better reading spots is near a popular spot for student romance. Seriously, one could do so much better than a rarely used storage closet for that sort of thing.]

[dontyoujustwish]

Not many humans have the power to do much spell-casting without incantations, but the irritating part is when they can't pronounce the Latin.

[dontyoujustwish]

They basically seem to be doctors who get paid to listen to you talk about what's bothering you and then ask, "So how does that make you feel?"

At least that's how they are on the television. If it's that easy, I bet I could do it, but you don't have any money, do you?

[amnesiadragon]

I have shards. I guess. I used to sell the fish I caught at home.

[dontyoujustwish]

That's true, shards are basically currency here, and I just spent most of mine on condoms.

I think we can come to an arrangement.

[amnesiadragon]

It's kind of complicated, though. All of my... stuff.

[dontyoujustwish]

That's why we'll take it bit by bit, in weekly sessions.