7rings: sheila

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monday, week seven.

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[PC Café time! Sheila takes a whiff as she enters the room, crinkling her nose a little at the smell of freshly-brewed coffee. She isn't interested on the coffee bar side of the room, but... hello?]

Ohh, we got new computers?

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Computers?

[ Yuel is sitting at one, engrossed in whatever she's doing. ]

Is that what ya call books in the future?

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Oh, no. Books still exist.

[She peers over at Yuel's screen. What's she up to?]

Computers are like... the bigger, more powerful cousin of our phones.

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[ She's reading an epic fanfiction about the love between Pachilles and Atroclus.

She does not know how to navigate out. ]

So you can send messages? While you're reading? Seems pretty inconvenient...

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[She has no idea what a fanfiction is. Carry on.]

What do you mean? That's just multi-tasking.

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Multi-tasking? I just mean, carryin' this thing around.

[ she jostles the monitor ]

Seems kinda pointless when ya got a phone.

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Oh, no. Sweetie, you're not supposed to carry the computer. It stays right where it is.

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[ love when sheila calls her sweetie... ]

That doesn't sound that convenient. Ya can't curl up in bed with it like this.

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You're not supposed to. That's what laptops, tablets, and smartphones are for.

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[ . . . ]

There's a lot fancy machines where ya come from.

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Yeah. Sometimes, almost too many.

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But I gotta say, I don't read that much but I'm really enjoyin' this story. [ :J ] It's steamy!

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... You're reading porn in public?

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[ considers this ]

... Sorta? [ She winks at Sheila. ] There's a lotta long stares, and yearnin', and unmet desire.

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Oh. So it's just a dollar store novel.

[She sits down

and scoots her chair closer.]

Tell me more.

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[ Yuel has the expression of someone who's just reeled in a tasty fish. ]

Pachilles and Atroclus were roommates trainin' together until they got separated by war, but they were in love. It took 'em like five years to reunite, but when Atroclus finally finds Pachilles again... He's disguised as a woman! And he won't admit who he is!

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Oh, my god. There's crossdressing and mistaken identities, too?

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Ain't it exciting? It's probably a good thing ya can't carry these around, I'd be readin' all the time.

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Get yourself a tablet when we're out of here, and you can do just that.

[She is now invested in this romance. Keep scrolling Yuel.]

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[ She scrolls...

There's drama. There's intrigue. And there's eventually a scene where Atroclus confronts Pachilles and tears off his gown.

Yuel stops, wiping her forehead. ]

I think we got to the porn.

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[LOW WHISTLE...]

Don't stop now. Indulgence is key, and I would definitely call this indulging.

[Does it count as Gluttony indulgence if they become avid Atroclus/Pachilles shippers and consume the whole tag.]

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Weren't ya just judgin' me?

[ But she is invested. Incidentally, so am I. ]

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That was before I was emotionally invested.

1/2

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Well, if ya say so.

[ she scrolls... ]

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... To be continued...?