#maatae rp

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Maatae, You tend to ask to walk random people to their hive?

"I led my classmate to a coffee shop, thank you very much...."

"Girl's clearly got a lot of issues, but I'm pretty sure I've seen her on my trainers Insta, so I figured I'd make sure the girl didn't get murdered by some pathetic incel."

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Put a “∞” in my ask box and I’ll shuffle my music player combined character/RP playlists and give you my favorite lyric from the song that comes up.

Who taught you To look at the ground, Said that it would be better To love carefully? Don’t think that you would be The only one who is afraid Here is another one And that other one is waiting for you

If you could see Like I see you You would never have to hide again

— Sinun vuorosi loistaa ("Your Turn to Shine") by Juha Tapio, trans. by ever-searching (full lyrics)

Aha! This song is on my big RP and character playlist because @ever-searching once listed it as a theme song for Lumien Chaunollet.

I chose the lyrics above (and arranged them a little bit out of order for poetic effect) because both Amande and Mama Dee have taken notice of how self-effacing Lumien can be. These lyrics mirror their thoughts -- with a heaping helping of irony for both of them, really.

I've said before, jokingly, that between the two of them, Amande and Lumien have about 1.5 bravery -- but in truth, I think it's more that they each are more adept at believing in each other than at having confidence in themselves. It's an interesting dynamic.

Thank you for the ask, @spiderkiss!

(⬇ Video embed and lyric excerpt in the original Finnish below ⬇)

Kuka opetti sua Maata kohti katsomaan Että parempi ois Varovasti rakastaa Älä luule, että ainut Oisit, jota pelottaa Täs ois toinen Ja se toinen sua odottaa

Jos katsoa sä voisit Niin kuin minä katson sua Sun ei koskaan enää tarvitsisi piiloutua

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You're dating a no grass touching gamergirl? does she use reddit? Did u find her incel acc?

"I think she uses Reddit? I don't really pay attention unless she wants to show me something.... You're being awful rude, and I'm not entirely sure what an incel is... But I do know Mel doesn't like being called that, so I'd ask you to kindly refrain...."

Their tone isn't quite threatening, but they're clearly loosing patience with you making jabs at their girlfriend.

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fuck that does sound cute. but what you mean with getting better?

"When I first went to her place the only floor you could see was a small path from door to computer to bed. With our dear roomba things aren't getting as messy."

"And even if I do help, she does end up cleaning when I'm there."

"Also I make her go outside and she only complains a little now. Thinking about taking her out to a park if the weather will hold, actually. One of the more woodsy ones. Quiet and secluded for some grass touching time."

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Melody seems like a mess dude.

"She is."

They chuckle.

"It's cute sometimes, and she's getting better. Since we started dating she's been making steps, and I'm really proud of her."

"I mentioned I knew sword fighting from being in the Fleet and the way her eyes lit up melted me.... If we're calling her a mess, at least she's a cute mess."

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Maatae heard you filled a rugby spot! You like good enough to handle that? I heard they almost kill eachother every day

"It's pretty dangerous yeah, but with fleet medical tech it's actually fairly safe. Guy who's spot I took trained me, and he's is pretty good at making sure I don't end up fully flat as a pancake."

"My bones are a tad fragile from the whole burning out thing, but I've been fine for the most part. The metal spine from the ship ports means the most of my organs are safe thankfully."

"Feel like hell after a match though, but I'm pretty sure that's universal.

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Monotony

The blank stare that Vayu typically gives her laptop while in classes breaks when her professor announces a group project. Vayuya starts packing her things away into her bag as her eyes roll; who would be most tolerable to partner with for this-

Ah. 

Assigned partners.

A night later Vayuya's group meets, the rest of them having picked a place unfamiliar to her to study. While uneasy, there are enough people around that her nerves are steady. Though it being a bar, even in the quieter hours, is still a bit uncomfortable.

Project breakdown, division of work, and an outline are established in a short few hours, Vayu deeming herself the groups scribe and choosing to not bring much up herself. This is a required course, not one she even has much interest in, so why bother at all when others are excited about it.

Her mind begins to drift as talk moves away from class work to personal life, beginning to pack things away once again out of habit. A tapping at her shoulder breaks her autopilot, her mouse nearing dropping to the floor but the stranger catches it.

"... What?" Vayuya is clearly startled as she hisses the question; looking the other to get a general idea of them and quickly they’re deemed not the kind of person she'd typically enjoy the company off just by the vibes running off their smile alone.

"Oh, sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to startle you; here." They hand her mouse back, and skitter out of their chair when Vayu immediately tries to beeline for the door. "H-Hey! I was gonna ask if I could walk you out! You're always alone unless it's like, one or two people so I figured I'd be ni-"

"Nice?" she spits the word, hand on the exit door as she wheels around, her eyes growing darker as they narrow. "What's nice about following me the full length of the bar when I clearly don't want to talk to you."

"Well. You didn't hear me out so I wanted to explain-- You didn't really say anything so I wanted to make sure-"

"Fucks sake- Can you not just leave me alone? Seriously?" Her lip curls up in disgust at just how insistent they are, opening the bar door and slamming it shut behind her to end the conversation. People from her school almost never want to actually be kind to her. Not people she's in classes with. The term had started months ago, there's no way someone had avoided the rumors for that long.

The sudden acrid taste in her mouth snaps her back to reality, glancing down at the ruined black polish on her nails as her feet slow to a stop. Turning her attention back to the world around her, the street she's on is unfamiliar; likely a side street she's never had to use in this part of town.

Pulling her phone out to check the GPS she feels a tap at her shoulder again, pointedly ignoring it as knowing one of these interactions is coming is always the worst. Scarbucks isn't too far since this was a college bar, but checking her phones calendar she curses. Levyil isn't working tonight.

"Hey- I'm sorry, but after what happened in there I wanted-"

"Oh, yeah, be honest with what you want. I know even though you won't get it, you'll tell people you did."

She doesn't even turn from her phone, just starting to head off in a direction at random.

"Would you stop that!" Vayuya nearly falls to her knees at how hard her arm is pulled back, glancing up at the green and pink bangs covering this trolls face. She hadn't even realized their voice was different from the others.

"I wanted to see if you were okay. That guy took off after you. I wanted to make sure you were fine." They huff, finally letting her go.

"Oh. Yeah. I'm fine." Vayuya glances away, a pit growing in her stomach at the misunderstanding. She can feel her posture changing to be less standoffish and more nervous for a moment, but after a shake of her head she's back to her normal self. "You can go now."

"I'd rather not, actually. They're probably still out here looking for you. Can I walk with you to somewhere you can stay safe for a while at least? I'll leave after. Promise."

"Uh. Yeah. Sure."

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Ma'atae, did you have any female role models growing up? What did they mean to you?

"I'm sure my mother was a role model, but I don't actually remember what she was... I'm sure I have pictures somewhere, but finding things that old at this point would be hard... Maybe Mel can find something if I asked."

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maatae, what would your younger self think of you now? how would they feel?

"I.... I'm not sure, actually. Some of my brain got scrambled in the burnout, so I'm not sure about my younger years."

"From what I can recall they'd be sad. I don't think anyone with psiionics really wants to burn out. But that's the reality of my caste, lets be honest here.... We just have to hide or hope we survive to burn out."

"Very few other rare options exist."

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"Have you ever actually sat down and listened to the whole sound track of Phantom of the Opera. Because there's maybe 5 good songs in there."

"It's like that one french musical movie."

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Being nice then, what do you do together? and, like does she indulge your interests?

"I don't really have hobbies if I'm honest, but Mel does show up to my rugby games, even if I can tell how violent they are gets to her a bit... She doesn't have to, but she does."

"Often times we're sitting quietly enjoying each others presence. She's good at art, and while I can't really do it myself, she still tries to include me in it."

"I'd try to get her interested in chess but I have a feeling she'd call me a normie again."

"She's a massive distraction when it comes to studying, but I don't mind too much. She encourages me to keep going, at least."

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ATAE. is it true that you have a roomba as a pet?

"Hahaha, yeah! I got it for Melody to try and help her keep her room clean."

"She has a hard time remembering to clean up, so it yells at her when it finds something in it's way"

They chuckle, pulling out their phone to make a reminder to empty the lil guy later.

"It's.... Kind of working, I think, but It'll be a while before Mel is picking up without being yelled at by it I think."

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hey maatae how do you like to unwind after a rough day?

"Rough day huh? Probably go bother Melody..... She's usually the one bothering me, but I can be a menace when I want to be. You've heard of cats turning off your computer, how about your matesprit unplugging your router so you'll go outside with them?"

"Spending time with Mel tends to help a lot, as tiny and angry as she is~"

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Hey Maatae, im suprised the fleet is helping you. I expected them to not be so kind. Considering this is the same fleet that uses trolls as batteries till they die.

"Yeah... I got pretty lucky. I got a decent recruiter who helped me argue that if I did survive, they'd pay for me to go to higher education. They'd only fund specific majors, but I like the idea of civil engineering anyway so it was fine."

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"S.... Sir your. Your tits...."

"They're bigger than mine, for fucks sake...."

"I'd say you'd give good hugs but you seem... Antagonistic at best.... I guess being a manager would do that, though. Keep people at a distance for your and others safety."

"I do like your aesthetic a lot, even if I can't exactly pin point it. I tried the whole coat draped over the shoulders thing, but it uh... Wouldn't really stay on for me. Maybe you could share the secret to keeping it there?"

-> a boy band manager?

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"Prosthetics...? How familiar are you with fleet tech...? I get free maintenance since it's from them but uh.... Sometimes I doubt they actually know what they're doing...."

"At least whatever lost you those limbs and gave you those scars clearly hasn't dulled your smile. You're clearly happy with who you are, and want everyone to know it. It's cute."

"Meanwhile... Ah..."

"You're... Also clearly very comfortable with yourself.... I'm neutral with clowns, but you feel... Sly. We agree on more desaturated colors for our hair, though, it matches your eyes really well."

"I don't think I could... Ever pull something like that off, but looking at the actual design I can only assume you're either kind of important, or you're important in your... Carnival? Church? I don't know what it would be. You feel like you'd enjoy lovecore as an aesthetic...."

A freelance prosthetics mechanic and a carnival performer.