a family dinner for family announcements of a celebratory kind

[softlyfalling]

Who: Shrike Nero Jason Glory Raven Vergil
Where: Olive Garden
When: a convenient time

[ when you're here, you're family!!!

also shrike made some... well, the shape leaves something to be desired but the red velvet macarons taste right and there's a dish of chocolate-dipped cherries and strawberries also. ]

Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

That's fine. We can stick with me being Nero's older sister.

[mind_blown]

Still not sure how that one works, but I don't have any sisters, so I'll take your word on it.

[rollplayinghouse]

I'm not sure what's confusing about it. It works the same way you and Talon are brothers.

[mind_blown]

Talon doesn't claim he's the older one-- and I wouldn't claim I was older than Dick.

[rollplayinghouse]

So...? For most of our relationship together, I've been the one with more experience giving advice. No one can say for sure how old I am, and why should that matter more?

[mind_blown]

I don't really have a vested interest to argue it. You guys can do what you want.

[rollplayinghouse]

You do, though. You're part of the family too. If you don't feel like I am...

[mind_blown]

It's not that. I don't care about the 'older' title. To me, it literally just indicates age.

Dick's enough of an idiot, I'd never take advice from him, even if he is older. Much less from some of the 'older' people I know.

[rollplayinghouse]

You do act like you know better than "kids," though.

[mind_blown]

Eh, I have a problem with kids throwing themselves onto grenades. Which is just unfortunately common here.

[rollplayinghouse]

I'm not sure that's a problem exclusive to kids. Lots of people here are stupid or weirdly self-destructive.

[giving Jason and then honestly everyone in the room a look.]

[mind_blown]

True, but the difference being that kids should have a chance to grow up and figure out if that's the kind of person they wanna be.

Not have it thrust on them.

[rollplayinghouse]

Everyone should be able to figure out the kind of person they want to be. It's not like there's a time limit.

[mind_blown]

[he sighs.]

Sure.

[rollplayinghouse]

[also sighs]

...Anyway, Nero's my little brother. That's just how it is.

[mind_blown]

I never said it wasn't. He wants it to be that way, then he can do what he wants.

[rollplayinghouse]

...That's fine, I guess. I just thought you might want to understand it better.

[mind_blown]

"For most of our relationship together, I've been the one with more experience giving advice..." Or something like that, yeah? An experience marker versus an age marker.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Right. Or... well, I mean, it's not like we were both adopted by the same person. I wasn't born before him, or clearly older than him growing up. We're deciding on the relationship entirely by agreeing what we want and what it feels like to us. Both "sister" and "older."

[mind_blown]

Yeah, I figured it had to be something like that.

[rollplayinghouse]

...So... It's something important. To me, and to him too. It's not just... something that happened, or something we're doing frivolously.

[mind_blown]

... Okay? It's not how I think about family relationships, but I told you I'm not gonna stop either of you.

All of my brothers are adopted, and bound by shitty life experience. That's about all there is to it.

[rollplayinghouse]

I know it's not. That's why I thought you might want to understand how we're thinking of it better.

But if you want to just be like "do what you want, I'm not going to stop you," and then sit in Olive Garden like the very idea of family pains you, you can do that too, I guess.

[mind_blown]

[he shrugs.]

Sounds fine to me, thanks.

[rollplayinghouse]

Everyone is entitled to their own stupid decisions.