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[forgingfires]

"You have contacted the great Red Son! Leave a message after the beep and keep it brief. If this is about a repair job, state the object and problem."

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[forgingfires]

The problem with that is their fights are never just the thing they are actively fighting about. When I said Noodle Boy and you were the only hope I had to override their argument, I meant it.

The short answer is they're exes. The very, very, very short answer.

[sangreine]

[ Well, shit. ]

How many of their fights have you seen? And where did this one rank in the scheme of things?

[forgingfires]

I saw the memory of their break up fight. Part of a petty argument. Other interactions where there was too much happening to fight, not when the Noodle Boy needed them.

But if you know Wukong.

And see him around Macaque.

Its very apparent that whatever rules Wukong might have about interacting with people or protecting his own heart, Macaque breaks every single one, whether or not Wukong wants it to be so.

[sangreine]

[ This sigh is the sigh of a vampire who thinks she's bound to always be second to a monkey in the eyes of someone she loves. ]

Maybe helping get them past their issues and made up will help matters with his transformation, then.

[forgingfires]

I honestly think convincing Wukong to just let me science at him would be the far easier hurdle to jump.

The issues between Wukong and I look like a disagreement of what to have for dinner tonight in comparison.

[sangreine]

[ DOES EVERYONE FROM YOUR WORLD JUST COME PRELOADED WITH ISSUES THE SIZE OF A SMALL MOON OR WHAT, damn. She had to work hard to get her issues and she's far and away an extreme example on her home world. ]

Great. No wonder he likes me so much. It's not everyone who would call me a picnic, in fact I think it's exclusively people from your world.

[forgingfires]

[YEAH KINDA. His parents are the only relationship that fully has their shit together. MAYBE Pigsy and Tang if they're just like. Subtle.]

We're immortals who have stories about us that are known world wide.

Which really should say enough.

[No one shares stories about the well adjusted immortal.]

[sangreine]

You want to hear what the mortals on my world say about me? [ No excuses! At least not that particular one. ]

[forgingfires]

Does that not just prove my point?

[When the mortals know the immortals, the immortals got issues.]

[sangreine]

[ It doesn't but whatever, not the point. ]

I'll see if I can talk to Wukong about Macaque. You know how convincing I can be.

[forgingfires]

....are you going to be okay with that?

Because I would say take my idiocy with the Noodle Boy and times it by at least ten.

[sangreine]

[ She will try very hard not to be insulted by that. ]

I'm quite sure I can manage it without making things worse. Whether I can help at all is another matter.

He accepts comfort from me. It'll be fine. [ Sorry if that upsets you but ]

[forgingfires]

Oh, I'm not doubting any of your abilities. I know you are quite competent and any lack of helping is because they are a metaphorical trashfire.

I meant would you be okay? Emotionally?

[sangreine]

[ ...he really is sweet sometimes. ]

I want him to be okay. If he wants Macaque, I want that for him. Same as with you and MK.

I'll cope with my feelings on my own time. I can do that without making it everyone's problem.

[ She doesn't intend for that last statement to be pointed, only realizing afterwards that it kind of is. ]

[forgingfires]

[He knows his idiocy did not help her deal with him having MK feelings and Wukong and Macaque is So Much Worse, how could he not be concerned?]

[He does grimace at that and curls a bit more against her.]

I can listen if you need it. [He would Rather Not with Wukong, but he also knows that is a minefield and he won't abandon her to that.] And I can talk to Macaque. We have...an understanding.

So I am aware the situation is not hopeless for them.

[sangreine]

[ She strokes his hair and cuddles him the best she can while in wet sand. ]

An understanding? I figured you wouldn't sleep with him only to spite Wukong, but I wasn't sure how much of it was that.

[forgingfires]

I am rather certain Lady Bone Demon got to him, did get me, I thought I was Guanyin's disciple part of the night, and of course I couldn't find MK.

So it was largely a joke about being a bad Buddhist that quickly went downhill and we both decided rather quickly on the distraction.

Also I don't know if you've seen Macaque, but he is very hot. He'd do very well at your bar.

The thought it'd bug Wukong didn't come up until I was pinned to the wall, but Macaque can make his own decisions and Wukong has no official claim anyway.

[sangreine]

I saw him in a memory. At the beach. [ So yeah, pretty hot. Alas she has to stick him in the "this would hurt someone I adore" column, though as Red Son knows, the column status is forever in flux. Were it not for Circumstances she absolutely would ]

How was it? [ She needs to have some fun, okay? ]

[forgingfires]

So you get it. [Hot monkey.]

[There is a bit more steam in his hair.]

He melted my brain out of my ears. I can say as far as distractions go, he was incredibly thorough.

[sangreine]

I can see it. [ Though she's seeing it more with Wukong. She's being patient as he works on being open but also my god monkey cough it up. ]

I can see you getting on well, both in bed and aside from it. You share a common irritant. [ There's a reason it's a trope. ]

[forgingfires]

We do. We do also just have a far bit in common and know broad strokes of history. So easy to get to understandings.

[sangreine]

Just don't feed into each other about Wukong, it won't help anything. I know how these things snowball.

Your opinion is that Macaque wants to get back together with Wukong as much as Wukong wants it, I assume? Just making certain, the last thing I want is to set Wukong up for heartbreak.

[forgingfires]

We're not. If anything, it might be a proper vent.

Let me put it this way.

Even if Macaque would make the absolute perfect boyfriend and I was madly in love with him, I would say no to any romantic overture based purely on how not over Wukong he is.

[sangreine]

I can't argue with venting.

...Okay, then. Just a matter of getting over their substantial, long-term bullshit. Easier said than done, but it's not impossible.

Honestly, Wukong is eminently reasonable with me. You'd probably be surprised. I'll figure it out.

[ She scrubs at her face, though. You people are exhausting. ]

[forgingfires]

Hm, and without having to bad mouth him to his potential friends. [Or deal with someone invested in defending him. Which honestly may make it easier to admit his good points.]

Maybe. He may not want to complain about Macaque to Noodle Boy. You being more impartial may make it easier.

Just be ready for him to not be reasonable. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best situation.