I8DT - At least the lock was fixed.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:29 pm

"Topic change it is, then. I could always shift back to meeting your parents," she smirked faintly.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:39 pm

"Sorry, not many good topics right now, eh?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:45 pm

"It's okay. I mean, I understand it's a bit of a minefield."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:54 pm

"Certainly is. But I guess I can't just ignore all of it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:58 pm

"And I know even the most mundane things seem a bit surreal now."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:02 pm

"Surreal, pointless, ridiculous. Kinda depends."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:24 pm

"Given that I haven't worn trousers since we got back, I can't say as I entirely disagree."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:30 pm

At that she bursts out laughing and doesn't stop for a while.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:33 pm

She put a gentle arm around Nailah, laughing along as she leaned her head against the sphinx's.

"See now, I knew I was good for something."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:40 pm

"Yeah..." she says, still letting out the occasional chuckle. "Yeah I think surreal is rather spot on for all this."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:48 pm

"And I mean... I get that. Maybe not quite to the degree that you do, but there is this sense that a goddess being headmistress of a school is rather like Hercules deciding to get his accounting degree."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:57 pm

"It's not even that. I mean it is bizarre but despite being the Morrigan you're still Samantha McManus, headmistress." she shrugs slightly. "You still see reason in what you do."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:00 pm

"And you used to see more than a little sphinxish mystique in knowing all the tongues of men and preserving the great written works."

"You certainly could again."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:07 pm

"I'm not saying I won't, but... I don't see it. I'm not seeing it not happening either. It's just one grey mush right now."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:30 pm

"And you're used to always seeing the path forward."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:33 pm

"Maybe not the path but a path at least. And it's not like it's entirely gone. It's just my own future..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:36 pm

"Colored by your perceptions right now."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:38 pm

"I'm not delusional enough to deny that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:40 pm

"But I'll rephrase. You're used to knowing what to do."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:48 pm

"To some degree, yeah. At the very least I always had an idea of the things that might happen..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:51 pm

"And you've spent a whole year with a plan going like finely oiled machinery, only to have it come apart at the end, with us escaping by the skin of our teeth."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:56 pm

"Not quite but... close enough."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:58 pm

"And to go from that to something with no outside pressure to keep you running? It's hard, I can tell."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:03 pm

"There's no goal, nothing to work towards except some blurry 'Getting better' that's based on what people think is normal."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:07 pm

"So let's scrap what other people think is normal. What do you want?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:10 pm

"Pretty sure if I knew that I'd be seeing more than blurry mist."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:11 pm

"It doesn't have to be realistic. Pie in the sky, here."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:19 pm

"To just move past all this? Actually have a goal..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:25 pm

"Love, even if your goal ends up building your own stone temple, I've got your back on this."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:31 pm

"Do you know how much sandstone blocks we'd have to import?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:51 pm

"Aye, but I did say pie in the sky, didn't I?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:59 pm

"Sure. Place it right on the Victoria Embankment. Mass every other day at sunrise."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:03 pm

"And that's the thing, isn't it? Things don't have to go back to 'normal' if you don't want them to."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:07 pm

"No. No they don't. They never will entirely anyway and trying to make things how they used to be can only fail..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:16 pm

"And something will work for you. It might not be the same thing, but you still fit here, love."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:32 pm

"I'm certainly not planning to leave right now, though I'll be honest and say that summer break certainly helps there. I may not start building a temple but I won't promise you'll still have a linguistics professor next semester either..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:50 pm

"I don't necessarily need an answer now, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:53 pm

"No. But I will have one for you and if 'making a decision' is my goal for now then that's one step above no goals."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:18 pm

"As long as it's yours, aye? That's what matters."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:06 am

"I might make an exception for yours." she smiles weakly.

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