o5 . bone house mingle!

[necrolord]

Who: necrolord and CR!
What: Several teens move into the horrible necromancy mansion, and sometimes they bring their friends.
When: Early March.
Where: Bone House in Gaze.

Content Warnings: Skeletons, discussions of death and grief, violence where marked, vomit where marked. Note all the usual warnings of this character.

Comments

[peripheries]

[He smiles at her when she says that. It's good, he thinks, when two people are glad for each other's existence. So many humans (and himself) spend so much time wondering if their lives have value to others, that it's something that should bring relief.

He leans closer.]

Why? Because they're dead and have no emotions?

[lipochrome]

I mean - yeah? Like in real life, yeah, that's why. But if I just told you a real-life fact, it wouldn't be a funny joke. [ Gideon pauses, thinking. ] Unless you're from the Sixth, maybe.

It's because nothing gets under their skin.

[ Gideon waits for Kaworu to chuckle, at the very least, hoping that she won't have to explain this joke. It's pretty straightforward, she thinks. ]

HOW DID I MISS THIS DELIGHTFUL TAG

[peripheries]

[He blinks a few times and then opens his mouth to say something... and then it clicks. His confused expression morphs into a grin, clearly pleased with himself for catching it before he asked.]

Because they don't have any, right?

it's all good <3

[lipochrome]

[ Gideon claps Kaworu on the shoulder. Good job, dude! She then holds up Shinji-kun so that he can say congratulations to Kaworu as well. The lizard just kind of flops around. ]

Yeah, exactly. "Getting under their skin" has two meanings, one literal and one jokey, and that's why the pun is funny. Most puns work like that.

[peripheries]

[Well, Kaworu finds Shinji-kun's flopping around to be delightful and very supportive. He reaches out to give the lizard a good stroke on the head.

Shinji-kun remains rather motionless.]

I see. So it's a phrase that has two meanings. [He thinks about this. The biggest issue is probably his lack of life experience and only hearing of certain things second-hand.]

The phrases that humans come up with to mean other things are so curious. When I came back, Teacher said I was "under the weather" to mean that I was ill even though I hadn't gone outside.