Inbox (super_deduction)

[sweetsleuth]

Comments

like two am

[tigerpoet]

[It is definitely late enough that Atsushi should be asleep, but he is not. He is laying awake in bed next to Ranpo, who either hasn't fallen asleep yet either or was woken up by Atsushi's tossing and turning.]

Ranpo? Do you think plants have feelings?

[sweetsleuth]

...don't you think that's a better question for Steinbeck-san?

[He's still awake, sneakily looking at his phone under the covers while pretending to sleep... might also be snacking, ignore that rustling.]

[tigerpoet]

Once abilities become involved, it's no longer an accurate reflection of the average plant.

[Also John isn't in bed with him at 2 AM.]

[sweetsleuth]

Well, I don't think the average plant is capable of enough intelligent thought to process emotions. So I don't think this is something you need to worry about.

[tigerpoet]

But they're still alive, aren't they? Do plants feel pain?

[sweetsleuth]

Not everything that's alive can feel pain. Like... amoebas and stuff. They're alive, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't wash you hands, right?

[tigerpoet]

Amoebas aren't germs, Ranpo.

[sweetsleuth]

Of course they are! Haven't you ever heard of that brain-eating amoeba? If it's microscopic and gross to have on you or in you, it's basically a germ.

[Foolproof logic]

[tigerpoet]

First of all, naegleriasis isn't actually caused by an amoeba, it's a eukaryote that normally eats bacteria but ends up eating neurons if it's inside of you.

[why do you even know this]

[sweetsleuth]

[...]

[Gonna turn back over in bed.]

I don't want to hear science from Mister "Do Plants Have Feelings".

[tigerpoet]

Isn't that more of a philisophical question...?

[sweetsleuth]

Not really? Whether something can process feelings like pain or emotions depends on how developed their brains and nervous systems are.

[There's nothing romantic about this answer at all??]

[tigerpoet]

...Do animals have emotions?

[sweetsleuth]

Humans are just really smart animals. Nevermind Watty-- have you ever seen Karl's face when Edgar doesn't let him eat something? It's basically the same one I make when you tell me to eat more vegetables.

[He's tired, and "Edgar" slips out without thinking.]

[tigerpoet]

You call him Edgar now? Cute...

1/2

[sweetsleuth]

[FLIPS OVER TO FACE HIM LIKE]

[sweetsleuth]

Well... it'd be weird not to call my boyfriend by his first name, right?

Atsushi.

[POKES HIS NOSE FOR EMPHASIS]

[tigerpoet]

[He is Poked.]

So you're official now? That's good to hear.

[sweetsleuth]

Mm. We finally talked about it a little while ago.

[Among other things, but ongoing threads are ongoing--]

[But on that note.]

...should we be talking about that stuff? It's not like I was keeping it from you. I just don't know if you'd wanna hear about it or not.

[tigerpoet]

I don't mind. Do you want to know who I'm seeing?

[It's Ranpo, so he might already know already.]

[sweetsleuth]

I think I've already figured it out, but I'd rather hear it from you!

[Because it doesn't bother him at all -- if anything, he finds it a little exciting to talk about.]

[He just typically doesn't, since he knows at least some of his own partners are the more jealous types.]

[tigerpoet]

[Atsushi has to actually think about it for a second.]

Well, besides Tiger... My only boyfriend who's explicitly said that we're boyfriends is Atsushi. But then there's Osamu, John, and the other Atsushi, and Ryuunosuke... Avicebron, Manuela. Inaba once. Colress I've moonlaced with once or twice, same with Nakahara and Kunikida... Dazai has a standing invitation to help with his Iris heats... Lucy and Nyuu... Lovecraft once. Jakob once, during Sanguis. Mikuni recently...

I think that's all of the people who are still here?

[sweetsleuth]

[...]

[He wasn't expecting an entire fuck-list, but now he's grinning.]

Ehhh, Atsushi has almost as long a list as I do!

But I think I'd only count the people I go on regular dates with. Otherwise we'd be here all day.

[Since he absolutely did list everyone he's banged in Prisma back during the hot springs trip, but that list included a number of Prismals as well.]

[tigerpoet]

[It's even longer if he counts people who've gone home.]

Then... I think it's just you, the Atsushis, Ryuunosuke, Osamu, John, Manuela... And Lucy and Nyuu, or at least I don't feel right just calling them friends with benefits.

It's still kind of long.

[sweetsleuth]

Hmm... a little longer than mine, but there's nothing wrong with that. You deserve to be loved!

[And surely between all of them, one of them is going to convince him of it!!]