foolmetwice | MONSTER MASH 2k19

[YELPS IN SURPRISE and stumbles forward, tail lashing]

Hey, what the he—

[when he whirls around and sees who it is, he stops]

Oh.

It's you.

It's Me. Now that I have myself together, I want to hear about you.

But I also want to play.

[ not a request, really. He still looks... fffairly human, but up close there are clear scales on his skin now, some darker than his skin color and some glimmering gold where they catch the light.

When he smiles, his teeth and too-thin and too-pointed ]

And I still kind of want to punch you in the face, so maybe we can come to some kind of arrangement?

[he pauses, though]

You seem a little different.

[and he doesn't mean the monster changes]

Ah, that's right. We haven't spoken since my game, have we?

[ waves a hand back and forth. It's somehow harder to care right now, while he's all... siren-ed up ]

If you know King and Yugi, or Nine and Anubis, it's somewhat like that.

[ steps closer, trying to drape himself on Mars ]

Now, play with me.

[steps back, trying to maintain a RESPECTABLE DISTANCE. personal space!!]

. . .

Well, that makes things a little less satisfying.

Give me something of yours to bury first.

My apologies for not being "satisfying"

[ he says with a sigh and slight eye roll, plucking a piece of gold-covered shell jewelry from his body - he's basically draped in it - and holding it out between too-long and too-pointed nails ]

Here.

I don't think you're really sorry at all.

[takes then piece of jewelry]

[. . .]

[wait how is he gonna bury it]

[. . .]

Hang on.

[BRB FETCHING A TON OF COSTUME CLOTHING FROM THE CLOSET]

Wow, you saw through me. You must be so perceptive!

[ dryly, and like, bitchy. But not... overly mean? If that's possible.

He crosses his arms while he waits ]

[SNORTS IN AMUSEMENT before he vanished. and when he returns, he drops the jewelry on the ground and buries it in costumes]

[SQUARE COMPLETED]

. . . eh. Good enough.

[ lauuuuughs ]

If you'd like to give it another shot, I have "walk on the beach with someone" - surely you could do a better job there.

Or, if that's too much time together, then we could do something briefer...and perhaps more fun.

[ offers his phone, his card up on the screen ]

I'm not aiming for quality here, just quantity.

[eyeing Malik's card thoughtfully]

[. . .]

[he makes a face]

Sure, we can walk on the beach. The rest of these are—

[jiiiiiii]

--Too intense for you?

[ that's what Mars was going to end his sentence with, right? But he takes Mars by the arm, claw-tipped fingers digging into his sleeve just a bit, and tries to draw him in the direction of the beach ]

[gives Malik a LOOK. he sees what you're doing!! but he doesn't pull his arm back nor protest when he is tugged towards the beach]

Too touchy-feely. I hate physical affection.

[no he doesn't]

[ loops his arms around Mars', touchy-feely ]

That's unfortunate. Have you tried exposure therapy?

[UGH GROSS]

No. And if you get too touchy-feely with me, I'll punch you. Alternate personality or not.

[he's so rude?? but he also doesn't sound like, overtly mean, much like Malik did earlier]