[lost carnival] this is dumb

[dontpokethat]

Who: Ginko and Foster
What: Ginko has questions and Foster has somewhat questionable answers. Also talking about the nature of happiness or something
When: early in Heartstone
Where: Ginko and Foster's room
Warnings: Foster van Denend explaining BDSM

The thing about being friends with Ginko - or even vaguely positive acquaintances - is that the more time you spend around him, the greater the chance of him abruptly broaching potentially-strange questions about whatever happens to be on his mind. In this case, something that's been on his mind for a good while now, but... well, he's had a lot of other stuff to think about.

So now, in a relatively low-stress moment, sitting on his bed and staring at the ceiling for lack of better ideas for things to do, he turns to Foster.

"...What was that that Sans mentioned? A dominatrix?"

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[criticallyfucked]

Foster is also spending his time on the bed, but lying face down, his furry arms wrapped around his pillow--the better to mash his face into.

The only proof he's actually awake is the way he keeps running his claws back and forth over the fabric of the bedspread--think of the texture as a focus, keeping his mind there but off other things.

Until Ginko speaks.

It doesn't process immediately--there's a definite delay before Foster's head comes up.

"What?"

His brow is creased, but he's laughing.

[dontpokethat]

Okay so apparently he said something funny. Or Foster is being Foster. Either way, Ginko scowls over at him, his ears flipping back.

"What? I think that was it, but I'm not... what is that?"

[criticallyfucked]

"How long have you been sitting on this?"

Foster is still laughing, pinning his pillow down beneath his heavy paws. He knows other people's memories don't work like his, but--

He stops laughing and regards Ginko evenly.

"Do you really want to know?"

[dontpokethat]

"Hey, it hasn't exactly been the only thing on my mind. There weren't a lot of chances to ask about it, either." In other words, ever since Sans said it.

"...See, I'm pretty sure I do, but you asking like that makes me less sure. I mean, I can gather that it has something to do with your whole... fixation on being insulted."

[criticallyfucked]

Save for the cast of his mouth, Foster's heavy-lidded stare doesn't change at all--but his smile does vanish, leaving Ginko to weather a dispassionate demeanour.

"Is that what you'd call it? A 'fixation?'"

Hmm...

Mmm.

"Well... you're partially right." He smiles again, but this time a bit more wan.

[dontpokethat]

"Uh... yeah, it is, actually. Unless you've got a better word in mind for it." He raises his eyebrows at Foster, one ear flicking.

"'Partially', huh. So, what am I missing?"