052 - If I were to become tiger food (It would've been more noble)

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki is in the Astral kitchen, doing... well, it's not entirely clear WHAT she's doing. There are pots bubbling over on the stove, produce everywhere, piles of dishes in the sink and the oven is starting to smoke out of both sides as though attempting to cry.]

[Misaki squeaks and opens the door, releasing a black avalanche of smoke. She starts coughing, squints through the black fog, and her eyes go wide.]

[Very gingerly, she shuts the oven door, switches it off, and leans her back against it.]

...oops.

[And she proceeds to have a gigglefit.]

Comments

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

That men and women in a relationship necessarily aren't equals. That women are the weaker sex, and that she doesn't mind being controlled if it's by someone she loves.

[didorothy]

...What?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

You heard me. [Sigh] How long have you known her, Sam?

[didorothy]

A while? [grimace] I don't know, time works differently here. I have no idea of anything but the calendar back home, and I don't think that matches up to this place.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

And you didn't notice that she thought that way? You didn't... [She sighs and rubs her temples.] I'm not blaming you, I want you to know that, but...

[didorothy]

Except you are.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

All right, fine. [She frowns.] I want to know how you can be so apparently close to someone and not realize she thinks it's a woman's natural state to be a tool.

[didorothy]

It's not exactly something that comes up over dinner. "Hey, Diva, so now that you've divulged the horrors of your past, tell me your thoughts on sexism."

[also he doesn't like talking anything relationship-related with her]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Facepalm.] God, men!

[didorothy]

[pontification finger of poncyness]

Stereotyping. And stereotypes lead to prejudice and prejudice is what creates sexism.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She throws another rag at him.] Sam. Stop wagging your finger at me and listen.

[didorothy]

[catches it]

I listened; I just don't want to listen to a lecture. She has problems with dependency, I know that. I've known that for a while. And I... know that she puts a lot of it on me.

I thought it had more to do with her Chevalier than outdated social beliefs.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, Sam. She's particularly sensitive on this issue. Even her DAD, at one point or another, has tried to turn her into the NPA's dancing PR bear.] Did you ask her to apologize to me?

[didorothy]

I told her that my forgiveness didn't matter, because I'm not the one she hurt.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She pinches the bridge of her nose, looking a bit tired.] I'm sorry, it's just... [Sigh] I don't meant to attack you. I'm just used to arguing about this.

[didorothy]

Sexism, or forgiveness?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

The former.

I get a bit... aggressive.

[didorothy]

I haven't noticed.

[folds his arms, frowning] And to think, you're a bit ahead of me and it's still a problem.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Time does not in fact heal all ills. Sometimes you need a bit of aggression too.

[didorothy]

I will give you that one easily.

[looks at her with consideration]

You're holding off on the marriage-and-kids thing because of that, right?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[jasdkjl wat] Where did that come from?

[didorothy]

Sexism 101 training on the force. And that thing about you and adopting and that. And the fact that your married life apparently meant you had to have a desk job enforced on you by your heart problem.

[his eyes widen - it's likely that heart problem still exists]

Have you checked on that?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

The desk job wasn't forced on me. I-- [Gah she hates even thinking about it] I didn't take it until it was clear to me that staying in the field would put my team in as much danger as it did me.

[a pause] And it's not like even that kept me away. Not really.

[SAM YOU KEEP CONFUSING HER.] Checked on what?

[didorothy]

[as if his topic jump made PERFECT SENSE] Your heart. Maybe if the doctors can get to it now, you can prevent future complications.

[hilariously, Sam is as much 'MISAKI NEEDS TO STAY ON THE FIELD' as he is 'NO MISAKI CANNOT DIE.' Because not-being-able-to-pound-the-streets = not-being-able-to-police = death.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She honestly hadn't thought about it. She was just glad to be back with her team. And now she doesn't WANT to think about it.] I didn't-- that took years of exposure to the Gate. I'm fine.