Saturnalia GP!

[goodfellow]

It was a good night at Saturnalia.

There was some b-list American rapper-slash-DJ who had shown up earlier in the day, and Robin was happy to throw someone on stage. It had gone over well right away, so he'd let him stay on. And now it was well into the evening and things were, as Robin understood the current vernacular to be, turnt.

In fact, at some point he'd thrown open all the windows so that the music blasted onto the street, and instructed the bouncers to let in whoever wanted in. He'd also instructed the bartenders to serve all the beer half price. The resulting crowd and frenzy was really something else.

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[winter_wisp]

"You were hugging owls without me! Sunny! Nooo," the pixie whined, looking positively dejected- Until he realised that wasn't what she meant.

"...Oh. Oh."

[akatawitch]

Sunny chuckled softly at this combined reaction, but once that little laugh was over her amusement faded and she shrugged and drank her water. "Yeah. It's for the best, though."

[winter_wisp]

Winter didn't know if that was true, so he didn't agree or even nod. Instead he leaned over again and hugged Sunny as tight as he could.

[akatawitch]

Sunny hugged him back. "No, really, it's fine. We're still friends and we do better that way..." Her voice dropped low, barely audible over the thumping music, "Though yeah, it sucks. A lot."

[winter_wisp]

"I'm still sorry," Winter said softly. "Even if it's good, it must hurt."

[akatawitch]

"It does rather make me wonder if I'm going to die alone," she said in a way that tried hard to sound like she was joking.

[winter_wisp]

"Never. I will climb into your deathbed with you. Phouka too. You'll be on the verge of death, yelling at me to stop covering you in glitter, and I will remain, because that's what best friends do. They smother you in glitter while you die. ...No, wait, that- That wasn't where I meant to go with that, sorry. I got sidetracked," the pixie confessed. "What I mean is, you could never be alone, because you are loved by many."

[akatawitch]

It was such a ridiculous image that Sunny couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Yeah, but not by anybody who will be a rabbit with me."

What? She liked the metaphor. It was easier for her to say than 'no one will fuck me.'

[winter_wisp]

"You don't know that. I bet loads of people want to be rabbits with you, Sunny. Maybe you just need to ask more people," Winter shrugged. "I mean, out of all the people who want to rabbit, you're going to find someone you want to rabbit with too, eventually."

[akatawitch]

Sunny sighed, and corrected herself. "Okay, there is no one currently I want to be a rabbit with who also wants to be a rabbit with me. And it's discouraging and it sucks."

[winter_wisp]

"Oh. ...Well, of you could be with anyone, who would you want to be with?" Winter asked curiously. "...Other than the owl, I mean."

[akatawitch]

Sunny was not going to say that she would let Phouka fuck her into a wall.

So she just shrugged. "Seems like most of the men I meet these days are gay."

[winter_wisp]

"We should get you on a dating website. I could help. I'm really good at talking to people online," Winter assured her.

[akatawitch]

Oh, dear God, no.

Sunny smiled as she tried not to show how deeply horrifying that idea was. "I'll look into it," she said.

And she might. But not with his help.

[winter_wisp]

"If you do, you should let me take your photos, I know all the good Snapchat filters," the pixie added seriously.

[akatawitch]

Sunny kissed his cheek. "If I decide to try it out, I'll remember you offered."

[winter_wisp]

Winter beamed at that, then leaned over and kissed Sunny's cheek in return.

"For whatever little it's worth, Sunny- Anyone would be lucky to be your rabbit. ...Also owls have to get frisky eventually. How else do they make more owls?"

[akatawitch]

Sunny shrugged. "Magic?" Honestly after what she'd experienced, she couldn't imagine Faizel getting frisky ever. The word barely stuck in her mind when she thought of him. He balked at being kissed more than once at any given time, she could only think that was years of progress away from anything remotely fun.

So... no, it wasn't impossible, but she didn't want to wait that long for a guy. Any guy. It wasn't worth feeling that rejected and sad and like a goddamn predator.

[winter_wisp]

"Magic owls," Winter said, a touch of wonder in his voice as he was instantly distracted by the idea.

[akatawitch]

"In my part of the world, owls are considered to be messengers of witches," Sunny said, encouraging this shift in focus.

[winter_wisp]

"I need a messenger owl," Winter gasped. "Do you think Philip would be cross if I employed one?"

[akatawitch]

"Naturally," Sunny answered grinning. "But he's cross whenever he isn't the star of the show."

[winter_wisp]

"Such a needy bird," Winter tutted. "I suppose I could just ask him to pass on messages, but he'd just get distracted by someone's chips and lose it."

[akatawitch]

"I'm sure he would try very, very hard," Sunny laughed, feeling free to laugh at Philip since he wasn't there to know.

[winter_wisp]

"He is a noble bird," Winter replied seriously, nodding once. "He told me the other day that he wants a nest. I wonder what for. ...Do you think he's made a lady friend?"