glockenspiel | [PSLs] Mixed Bag

I'm not blaming you. I'm just wondering, really, what kind of friendship it is where you guys just go at each other.

So fucked up that I'm actually embarrassed to be seen with her.

So she's not really your friend. [Aranea raises an eyebrow, taking another sip of Champagne. She doesn't really know that kind of shame, but it doesn't sound like friendship.]

[ She frowns at her wine. ]

It's... complicated.

[ It's not complicated Steph, you were just very horny and a bit drunk. She takes a few very large sips of her wine. She needs it. ]

[Aranea's eyebrow goes even higher, and she crosses her legs, leaning closer to Stephanie.]

If you say so. A relationship can be a lot of things without being a friendship, you know. Especially if they're complicated.

I know that. I just... I don't know. It's not important, anyway.

[It feels important to Aranea. Either it means Stephanie is too quick to call someone a friend - naive, or too trusting? Or it means there is more to the story she isn't willing to share. Either or, it's something Aranea notes, for herself.]

I wonder if any of my friends are here. [She looks around the room for a moment, then shrugs.] Although I can make plenty of new ones.

You'll just have to ask around, probably. If they're not at this party, that is.

Maybe I will. Or I'll check this dating app thing. Could find them there, right? Not that I want to date them, mind you.

[Better clarify that. She wouldn't mind going out with say, Ignis or Gladio, but she's far from sold on the same with Noctis or Prompto.]

You can check, but it's all random selection. In the mean time, though, it's a good way to meet people.

Yeah? Met a lot that way yourself?

[Aranea is not used to using any kind of digital network to make acquaintances, but she can work with it.]

Yeah! Some really good friends, too.

[ She has... not actually hooked up with most of them, because she is bad at one night stands. ]

Huh. Interesting.

[Aranea leans back on the couch after putting her now empty glass on the coffee table in front of them.

Then, she leans closer to Steph - not in a seductive way, but more as a need to keep things sort of semi-private, considering where they are.]

So I can be picky with whom I talk to, right?

[From what she's gathered, she can. But it's good to hear all of that stuff confirmed by someone who's been living here for a while.]

Oh yeah, that's the whole point! Just ignore anybody who sounds like a creep.

They let creeps come in? Although I guess there are different strokes for different people...

They'll let just about anyone in as long as they play by the rules.

Well, talk about a glowing review of the city, Stephanie. Do you think the rules are too lax?

I don't know, it seems to work. It's all very weird, you know? I'm just kind of rolling with it as much as I can.

Fair enough. Going to have to try and do that, myself.

It takes time. But I'm happy to help however I can.

Thank you.

[Aranea drops her hand lightly on Steph's knee, but removes it quickly.]

[ Steph smiles, glances down at her knee and blushes. She's still smiling though. She has a girlfriend. ]

I, um. Should probably mention I'm taken.

[ She has the bestest girlfriend!!! ]

Good for you. [She smiles as she answers, not offended in the slightest. Aranea wasn't exactly propositioning Steph, but it's nice that she's so smitten it's an immediate reaction.]

I hope whoever it is treats you well.

She does.

[ Forgive her, she's distracted by her own swooning. ]

But yeah! I don't exactly have tons of friends, but I know how to have a good time and who you can beat up for funsies.

Hey, as long as you're enjoying your time here, that's all that matters, really. Make the most of it.

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