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Lost at Sea [Open]
Jul 4, 2020 11:04:54 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 11:04:54 GMT -5
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Some like the high road. I like the low road.
Some like the high road. I like the low road.
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Free from the grief and strife.
Free from the grief and strife.
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Maude watched the scene unfold with amusement. Seeing Nex this upset was almost funny. Had she thought he was actually being slandered then she might try and sympathize more but the situation was fairly harmless. If this was what Farrah and Jon meant when they said they liked seeing her angry, then she could kind of understand the appeal. It was all a bit ridiculous, but she kept that humor to herself to be polite. Instead, she nodded along to parts of Nex's rant supportively. Maude never had been quite sure why Nex acted so strange around her, not that she really could have known. She was not a master of interpreting social cues when they were plain and obvious, let alone with Nex. Like she'd said, she ended up just chalked it up to a strange character, but she had been willing to accept any explanation no matter how horrifying. Romantic feelings didn't end up being the motivation (goddesses bless) but fear was actually a fantastic explanation. She didn't even disagree or take any offense. Nex had every reason to fear Maude. I mean she was bigger than him. She was violent. She'd threatened him before, mainly because he was pursuing her daughter and he even admitted to doing so. She let a small, shocked "Ooooooh" slip out as the realization dawned on her. She'd never considered it before it was stated explicitly to hear, but it made complete sense. And now she could keep that in mind for the future for better or worse.
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It seemed that Nex and she had scared Maedhra off. Despite so clearly explaining that their relationship was nothing more than awkward at the worst, Maedhra had substituted one misinterpretation for another. Any cause for concern at this point seemed well beyond her. Still, it was very kind of the stranger to come to Maude's defense, even if Maude had turned out to be the real danger. Thus Maude still waved her hero off politely as she fleed quickly through stage right. At any other point in time, Maude probably would have agreed she needed better, less "shady" friends, but today she thought that wasn't entirely fair. Hearing why Nex chose to keep his distance from her, changed her perspective slightly. Despite Nex and Maude both disliking and floundering in social settings, the two seemed to just almost understand each other, or perhaps it was because of that. Neither had a solid grip on either the use or inferencing of communication, but their reasoning seemed very similar. Although, this similarity didn't seem to help them converse clearly with each other, it did provide a kind of foundational equally. They were both starting from the same place and often ran in similar directions, even if it wasn't usually the correct direction. One could get the impression that if they both stopped trying to utilize social cues that they were clearly unskilled in and simply spoke to each other in a way that made sense to them, they might have a such easier time getting along. What seemed obvious to others, was unclear to them and what was mixed signals to others might be very straight forward to them. And perhaps that was the route they were travelling down as they slowly became more familiar and less likely to try to be polite to each other. It was a peculiar kind of relationship they were developing, but it worked for them in a way. They spoke a different language so to speak and if they continued to become more explicit with their thoughts and feelings, they one day find common ground.
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That left the two of them together alone at the water's edge. Comfortable silence filled the air for a time, as nether necessarily felt the need to speak. Introverts were quiet like that, but Maude did have a thought she wanted to share, "I don't think her assertion was very unreasonable. It's very hard to understand some of your actions." It was probably not something Nex really wanted to talk about right now. In fact, hearing that it might be "reasonable" for people to believe he had an interest in Maude was truly as awful thing to say to anyone. Yet Maude of course had no consideration for these feelings and simply continued speaking her mind. "I didn't know you only shook hands for business dealings." It seemed all this back and forth about Nex's actions verses his intentions had made her curious about him. The only thing Maude had ever thought of other creatures that they often acted in strange ways that didn't align with what she'd been taught. However, now she considered that perhaps they simply had different ways of saying things than hylians. If a handshake mean something else to Nex than it meant to her then she wondered if there were other things he was trying to say that she hadn't understood before. Probably yes, but if she could know the differences between hylian gestures and zora gestures then maybe that would make things easier in the future. Perhaps not even Nex knew that his messages weren't coming through very well.
Maude watched the scene unfold with amusement. Seeing Nex this upset was almost funny. Had she thought he was actually being slandered then she might try and sympathize more but the situation was fairly harmless. If this was what Farrah and Jon meant when they said they liked seeing her angry, then she could kind of understand the appeal. It was all a bit ridiculous, but she kept that humor to herself to be polite. Instead, she nodded along to parts of Nex's rant supportively. Maude never had been quite sure why Nex acted so strange around her, not that she really could have known. She was not a master of interpreting social cues when they were plain and obvious, let alone with Nex. Like she'd said, she ended up just chalked it up to a strange character, but she had been willing to accept any explanation no matter how horrifying. Romantic feelings didn't end up being the motivation (goddesses bless) but fear was actually a fantastic explanation. She didn't even disagree or take any offense. Nex had every reason to fear Maude. I mean she was bigger than him. She was violent. She'd threatened him before, mainly because he was pursuing her daughter and he even admitted to doing so. She let a small, shocked "Ooooooh" slip out as the realization dawned on her. She'd never considered it before it was stated explicitly to hear, but it made complete sense. And now she could keep that in mind for the future for better or worse.
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It seemed that Nex and she had scared Maedhra off. Despite so clearly explaining that their relationship was nothing more than awkward at the worst, Maedhra had substituted one misinterpretation for another. Any cause for concern at this point seemed well beyond her. Still, it was very kind of the stranger to come to Maude's defense, even if Maude had turned out to be the real danger. Thus Maude still waved her hero off politely as she fleed quickly through stage right. At any other point in time, Maude probably would have agreed she needed better, less "shady" friends, but today she thought that wasn't entirely fair. Hearing why Nex chose to keep his distance from her, changed her perspective slightly. Despite Nex and Maude both disliking and floundering in social settings, the two seemed to just almost understand each other, or perhaps it was because of that. Neither had a solid grip on either the use or inferencing of communication, but their reasoning seemed very similar. Although, this similarity didn't seem to help them converse clearly with each other, it did provide a kind of foundational equally. They were both starting from the same place and often ran in similar directions, even if it wasn't usually the correct direction. One could get the impression that if they both stopped trying to utilize social cues that they were clearly unskilled in and simply spoke to each other in a way that made sense to them, they might have a such easier time getting along. What seemed obvious to others, was unclear to them and what was mixed signals to others might be very straight forward to them. And perhaps that was the route they were travelling down as they slowly became more familiar and less likely to try to be polite to each other. It was a peculiar kind of relationship they were developing, but it worked for them in a way. They spoke a different language so to speak and if they continued to become more explicit with their thoughts and feelings, they one day find common ground.
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That left the two of them together alone at the water's edge. Comfortable silence filled the air for a time, as nether necessarily felt the need to speak. Introverts were quiet like that, but Maude did have a thought she wanted to share, "I don't think her assertion was very unreasonable. It's very hard to understand some of your actions." It was probably not something Nex really wanted to talk about right now. In fact, hearing that it might be "reasonable" for people to believe he had an interest in Maude was truly as awful thing to say to anyone. Yet Maude of course had no consideration for these feelings and simply continued speaking her mind. "I didn't know you only shook hands for business dealings." It seemed all this back and forth about Nex's actions verses his intentions had made her curious about him. The only thing Maude had ever thought of other creatures that they often acted in strange ways that didn't align with what she'd been taught. However, now she considered that perhaps they simply had different ways of saying things than hylians. If a handshake mean something else to Nex than it meant to her then she wondered if there were other things he was trying to say that she hadn't understood before. Probably yes, but if she could know the differences between hylian gestures and zora gestures then maybe that would make things easier in the future. Perhaps not even Nex knew that his messages weren't coming through very well.
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