7th Smile

[keep_smiling]

[BACKDATED to Father's Day Sunday because I'm a failure]

[Elmer knows what today is. His drone children woke him up to celebrate early this morning. And since Mother's Day was the day women had to listen to men... Now it's the other way, right?

It doesn't take long for him to figure this out. Time to use it for his advantage.]

[Action A: HELLO, LADIES. You're being followed by one (1) Smile Junkie. He's not trying to be sneaky or anything, but he is seems to be closing in on you. If you don't turn around to say something to him first, eventually, he'll be right in front of you, or keeping pace.]

Hi, there! Lovely day, wouldn't you say?



[Hey Grell. Grell. Where aaaaare you Grell. Not!hubby wants to talk.]

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Action A

[spitefulvitae]

[Off Natalie goes to stalk herself some drone-breakfast when hey! There's Elmer right behind her, totally throwing off her stalk. She stops, she turns... and she smiles.]

A lovely evening. It's been a while! How have you been?

[She's being so nice. So nice. Her smile is all full of fangs and her eyes are just a biiiiit too wide. It's creepy.]

[keep_smiling]

[But if it's a real, ernest smile, it's never creepy to Elmer! The smile is, of course, returned.]

Daytimes and evenings here are equally as lovely, eh? Especially on holidays!

[spitefulvitae]

Holiday? It's a... oh! Father's day, right, right...

[Her honest-if-horrible smile falters, then, replaced with an honest-and-still-kinda-horrible frown.]

I miss him so much...

[keep_smiling]

Ah, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories! Try to think of the good ones and smile again.

[spitefulvitae]

[Normally, she'd tell him to fuck right off, and go find a corner where she could sulk and think mopey thoughts about Father. But this is FATHER'S DAY. So her head gives a sudden sharp quirk to the right, and she smiles, and sighs.]

Alright. I will. I remember how he would always watch over me, even when we were apart. I remember him trying to teach me how to carve bone...

[Tip, and her head goes the other way.]

Aah, it's hard to think back on it...

[keep_smiling]

It's good that you could remember some good things, though. It's great to see that they can make you happy.

[spitefulvitae]

Do they really? Do they really make me happy? [She's smiling. He told her to smile, after all. And it even seems about as genuine as she can make it. There's even sweetness in her voice, as she continues.]

He's gone. Nothing left but ash and bits of bone and clothing! And all I have is a few years of memories. A few years! That's not really fair, he had decades of memories of his sire... but maybe that makes me lucky? Does it? Are those few years all the sweeter for it?

[She laughs. It's not a very healthy laugh.]

[keep_smiling]

Well, you know how the phrase goes. Better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all!

[spitefulvitae]

[Oh Elmer, she'd be frenzying on you SO HARD if the day had left her capable of it. Her smile just gets wider, instead. And she starts to shake a little. Is it with joy? Yes. Let's go with that.]

Yes, yes! I absolutely agree. I've certainly loved, and I've certainly lost.

[keep_smiling]

But you have the memories, and you can smile about it. That's great! I never even knew my dad, so be glad you got to have that experience.

[spitefulvitae]

Aah, aaah, there's my dad, and then there's Father. [Up goes an index finger, to scold him gently.] Although it's a pity you never knew yours... father figures are important.

[keep_smiling]

It's alright! I had my mother and a lot of other people around, so I'm still very lucky.

[spitefulvitae]

You are, you are... we have to count our blessings, don't we!