why is there a word for that

[alicornucopia]

Finnah's just arrived at work to open the store for the morning shift; she has her apron on but hasn't put her hair up yet. She lets in the customer who always takes half an angle to determine that he wants four buttercreams, again, and then nips into the back to tend to her hair and check the overnight progress of the rock candy.

This isn't the back.

But that -

No, he's too tall to be Mial, if this is a Mial prank it's a stupidly elaborate one.

"Okay, I give up," she says, "what the hell?"

Comments

[isthisart]

"What an interesting variety we come in. I'm bisexual and the other Isabella is straight. No information on the toddler, of course."

[thisvorlunatic]

"And Solvei doesn't seem to break pattern for Mileses," says Miles. "But in our case it looks like there are straightforward causal factors governing the outcome."

[gloriousdawn]

"The outcome being...?"

[thisvorlunatic]

"We seem to be originally bisexual, but find our attractions suppressed to approximately the degree that they are frowned on in our culture of origin," says Miles.

[onceandforall]

"I don't know what Thule's like, but worldwide and in the country we live in there is some frowning. Although when I showed up and told the school gossip her reaction was 'wow, two entire lesbians', so there's obviously some enclaves of liberal tolerance."

[gloriousdawn]

"...And now I think I'm done analyzing why my bisexuality gets to shine unencumbered by social censure," says Solvei. "New topic."

[unmarred]

[middlingalong]

Ivan hands Solvei off to Jann. More hugs.

[gloriousdawn]

Hugs!

[abeance]

And now she has been hugged by all the Ivans. "There, that should be a supply for a while. If you require armed escorts to neighboring countries, rescue from dragons, or field bone-setting services, I imagine Milo'll loan me out."

"Different kind of dragon from me," clarifies Aurin, "that is not a thing on Elcenia."

[gloriousdawn]

"My bones are currently fine, seeing as they actually belong to Sis," says Solvei. "But thanks."

[abeance]

"No problem."

[gloriousdawn]

What a good bunch of strange boy Ivanas these are.

[onceandforall]

Meanwhile, Bella is explaining furball's offer to her alt. "...and inconveniently, anything I come up with I can't check whether I can power the idea, while I'm here, apparently, so help me figure out what's redundant with stuff you can give me and a really wide range of other useful stuff?"

[isthisart]

"Of course."