01 | @hearse

[wheft]

Is anyone willing to exchange Christmas gifts with me
I really don't want the one they gave me and I doubt they'd let me return it
If not I'll just burn it or shred it to pieces I don't fucking care

[ attached to the bottom of this post is a picture of a printed sweater. it looks innocuous enough, but... well. it's a lot to unpack honestly, and she'd rather throw out the entire suitcase. ]

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[wheft]

[ more blinking. no, it's more or less like an E.G.O gift they'd get from the mirror dungeons, right? ain't no way. ]

I... I guess it's cute. [ she reaches her hand out to touch it. ] Do you like playing with it?

[cleansewithfire]

[ She seems to be thinking on it... ]

I do. It is soft, and it wags its tail when you pet it.

[wheft]

[ i... okay?

she's going to put that to the test now, giving the toy a little rub on its back. ]

[cleansewithfire]

[ True enough, with a bit of stroking, the tail on the toy starts to wag back and forth. And Sunrise, despite not being very expressive, has this distinct aura of happiness watching it. ]

[wheft]

[ yep, she... sure is a young teenage girl. girls like her would like cute things like these, but ishmael can't help but be reminded of meursault anyway with the lack of expressions. meursault with gap moe....... ]

You, uh. You sure like this toy, huh.

[ sunrise's gap moe... ]

[cleansewithfire]

I do not normally get to pet cats. This toy lets me do it without distressing a real one.

[ Gap moe indeed. ]

[wheft]

Do cats hate you or something...?

[cleansewithfire]

They are afraid of me.

[ She's visibly deflating. ]

[wheft]

[ oh, that's sad. hmm. ]

Maybe if you tried smiling a little...?

1/2

[cleansewithfire]

[cleansewithfire]

[ There was an attempt? There was an attempt. It's the sort of attempt that comes from someone who has absolutely no idea how to smile on demand. ]

[wheft]

[ uhhhhhh ]

How about toning it down a little? You know what, just don't force it too much.