Fifth Floor Common Room, Sunday evening

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After getting back from Colorado, Bruce got some dinner from Ching Tai. Unfortunately, they gave way too much food, so he set up in the common room. If people were hungry, they could take. He could have done that and gone to his room with his food, but he figured that would prevent him from seeing how other people were reacting to the gender switch. And really, his want to be left alone was easily overruled by his curiosity.

While he was in the common room, though, he wasn't touching the TV. It would end up stuck on the Style Network or something if he did. He could deal with being a girl, but that was asking too much.

[OOC: Open like a gender-neutral common room.]

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[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

China was a country! He knew that much, at least!

Blackagar smiled back, shoulders slumping a bit in resignation as he fished out his notebook from the pocket of Medusa's jacket to write out:

Thank you. May I ask who you are?

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I'm Quinn," Quinn said. "So you're ... one of the ones who doesn't talk. And you aren't wearing a huge scarf."

Give her a second. "Blackagar?"

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Blackagar smiled wide at that, even if it did take a moment, no one mistook him for Humphrey.

Taking a careful seat on one of the couches, he scribbled down another note to him. Her. I suppose this is better than the other things I have heard about.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Better than the one where you get saddled with a brat for a few days," Quinn answered. "And much, much better than going to a world with giant scorpions. Still not ideal or anything."

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

...oh sure, bring up one he hadn't heard about.

Children?

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh," Quinn nodded. "I mean, I took a whole vow, I'm not going to have kids until I'm way older and married, but the island doesn't care. So we have that to look forward to."

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Blackagar gave her a very concerned look for that and leaned over for a sympathetic pat.

Then wrote out, Will your partner also be chosen for you?

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Quinn said, sounding concerned. "I didn't really hear how the -- other parent thing worked."

She didn't totally mind the pat.

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

He could only hope he was allowed to marry Medusa since she was the only one to actually understand him without writing things down. And, well, he was ridiculously in love with her.

Shhhh. Don't tell the Genetics Council.

How do you choose then? You said you made a promise, he wrote back.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I made a promise not to sleep with anybody until I got married," Quinn explained. "Not that any of the degenerates at this school would appreciate it. I'll pick my husband by ... I guess I kind of feel like I'll just know."

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Oh. He already knew, but that wouldn't alter facts about his raw power and the danger of it being passed onto any progeny.

How does one know? he wrote, looking far too serious about it.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Quinn answered. "I'm not some big expert on love. Why, are you seeing somebody?"

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Blackagar ducked his head, rubbing the back of his neck in a way that totally screamed yes. But shook his head no. Because that was totally believable.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"I totally believed that," Quinn told him. "Don't tell me, yours is a forbidden love?"

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Well...

The council back home would not approve.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

"You have a council?" Quinn asked, surprised. "Like -- a church council? That's kind of freaky."

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Church?

Yeah, there was no religion beyond genetics, thank you.

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn sighed. "I'll explain later," she promised. "It just kind of sucks that you don't get to pick."

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

They have always chosen, he wrote, even if he did seem more than a bit saddened by it.