Garage//voice//action

[synanthrope]

[There's the sound of metal on metal, and then an odd clicking, like heels on cement. The singing is low and soft, like she doesn't want to be heard]

The itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Up came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy-bitsy spider went up the spout again.

[There's a pause, and a breath.]

The itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out...

[Her voice is technically very nice, but there's an odd flatness about it.]

Comments

[adamantined]

Why do you think that doesn't make sense?

[synanthrope]

Did he do it specifically to hurt you?

[adamantined]

Just because someone doesn't set out with the intention of hurting you or pissing you off, that doesn't mean both of those things won't happen as a consequence. It's not necessarily about that anyway. Anyone will tell you that.

[synanthrope]

Even if he does hurt you intentionally, that's only a reason to forget about him.

[There's a pause, but it doesn't seem quite unintentional]

If you sleep with someone else, it's not really a comment on your relationship with him. But if you stab him in the stomach, that would be reason to be upset.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

I'd be upset if anyone stabbed me in the stomach. You're asking because I went back home. Which, I did. That doesn't mean we've had a chance to talk yet. Can we get to that before you ask how it's going?

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

...Women.

[synanthrope]

I'm asking because I'm curious. If she didn't want to answer, she could say so.

Hello, Robert. I didn't know my sex made a difference.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

It doesn't.

You're always curious. Could you forget someone who hurt you intentionally? That's the kind of thing that tends to make them memorable.

[synanthrope]

Is my curiosity offensive?

I can't say anyone has hurt me. Not emotionally.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

I'm not offended.

Never?

[synanthrope]

Never. Why would I let that happen? It can't kill me. It certainly can't damage me.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

You were a teenager once. Not many of us make it through that unscathed. You have a family.

[synanthrope]

I did. People didn't take the time to try and hurt me.

Or maybe they did and I didn't notice.

And as for my family: you met my sister.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

I haven't met all of them. But I'll take your word for it.

[synanthrope]

Maybe you will.

[Pause]

By the time they all came into my life, I was already grown.


[ooc: LJ is being stupid slow for me, and I'm at work so logging in and out is annoying me, so I'mma focus on this thread for a while and then move to the other, yes?]

[adamantined]

No that'd be a reason to have me arrested.

[synanthrope]

Is that a joke? Because if it isn't, it's a stupid irrelevancy.

[adamantined]

It was a joke, not that I wouldn't be arrested.

[synanthrope]

Do you do that because you don't like this conversation or because you think it's actually funny?

[adamantined]

I still just don't understand how you don't think me being upset makes sense.

[synanthrope]

Because being upset with him for being cursed is like being upset with him for the sky being blue.

[adamantined]

Why are you so curious?

[synanthrope]

Because I am.

1/2

[adamantined]

That's not a reason.

[adamantined]

You were the one who sent me shoes a few months ago, weren't you?