A talk in the coffee shop!

[cyansky]

Considering how amusing Kiel can be as demonstrated with this post at reply #13:
www.cityofanimus.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hospital&action=display&thread=319&page=1

We've decided as an experiment to see how funny an argument between Kiel and Veronica can be. Kiel here is corporeal, so it can effectively communicate with Veronica.
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Kiel pulled Syl along the streets, happy that it could finally (physically) be with its sibling.

"Hurry up, Syl! There's a cute little shop here that I want you to see!"

Syl let itself get pulled along with little resistance. While it was skeptical of Kiel's choice in shops, it trusted its sibling enough to follow it anywhere.

"What coffee shop?! They all keep changing their signs!"

"To me they don't! Now hurry up! There's only a few hours left before it closes, and I want to be in for a good, long conversation! You need to have a good long talk with someone other than that bastard Chains! If you didn't have a brain, that psychopath would have gutted you on the spot, you know."

Syl stumbled after Kiel as the streets and buildings passed by. They all looked the same to Syl, but Kiel appeared to be as adept at naviguating as a homing pidgeon.

"Yes, I know Kiel, but why are you so worried?"

"Because he's dangerous, dammit! And he's a psychopath! Anyone with a brain can put two and two together to figure out that you shouldn't be hanging out with him. If it wasn't for your other side, you would have been screwed!"

"I know, I know! Just please don't worry about me, I can handle myself!"

Kiel let go of Syl's sleeve as they entered the store. It kissed Syl on the forehead and guided it to a table for four, still holding its hand.

"Come on, I know a spot that's near the window."

Syl grinned happily and followed Kiel. It seated itself gently near the window, while Kiel more or less threw itself into the chair right next to it.

A mindless waitress soon approached, saying her usual 'welcome to our dandy little coffee shop' with all the enthousiasm of a robot on the mechanical equivalent of sedatives.

Nonetheless, despite annoying the hell out of Kiel, it gave her a pleasant, friendly smile.

"Gives us lots of water and juice, any juice. Lots of sugar. Those little packets. Gives us lots of them. No food unless anyone else shows up."

Quick as lighting, it stood up and grabbed her by the collar, still smiling pleasantly.

"Oh, and do inform your boss to hide whenever that Mr. Psycho guy shows up. I've noticed that brown-skinned waiter's head on the streets with that guy's name carved into it. I wouldn't like it for service to be cut short!"

It let her go, and as quick as lightning, was back in the chair.

"That said, do have a FUN time serving us; I'm sure that you have no idea that we're so damn peniless."

Kiel burst into laughter as the waitress wandered off for their drinks and sugar. It sounded more like a joyful bird's call than an actual human laugh. Oh, how it loved humour, and cherished the irony of the situation. Kiel loved irony and humour, and it took personal joy and pride in being able to assess any situation and come up with a long and comprehensive analysis of it and how to get out of it.

It turned to Syl, still smiling pleasantly.

"Ah, what a nice day this is, huh, Syl? Ah, the afternoon sun! The sight of the trees swaying in the wind! If there were any outdoor coffee shops, I'd love to visit them! Just so I could feel the breeze rather then get stuck in this claustrophobic little building. But the juice is worth it!"

Syl grinned and hugged it tightly.

"... Yeah... You know what, Kiel?"

"What?"

"What will the others think of you?" it asked softly, "I... really... I mean... you're my sibling... what if...?"

Kiel laughed and ruffled its siblings hair affectionately. Syl was also so sweet to it, and was lovable to be with in general. It actually found its concern for it touching, but hid that behind a a huge grin. It didn't need to show - Syl would instinctively know how it felt due to the connection they had.

"No worries, Syl! You worry so much I dunno whether to call it adorable or troublesome! Never doubt me, Syl! I always have a back up plan!"

It lifted its sibling's chin up and gazed at it in the eyes, its grin now become a gentle smile.

"Enjoy this evening, Syl! If anything happens, I'll protect you!"

Syl grinned back, as it turned to look out of the window.

"You know, Kiel... I've always wanted this, really... I know that you can help me understand humanity, like those human defecation machines, this thing called 'sex' and all these wierd human concepts like technology and all... It's all so fascinating!I'm so excited! Can you tell me?"

Kiel grinned as the waitress arrived, arms laden with plenty of water and juice, as well as piles upon piles of sugar packets. Kiel split the orange juice cups in half so that they both had three. It then started pouring the sugar into the container with water in it, saturating the water to the limits of its solubility, resulting in an extremely sweet taste. It then did the same with teh orange juice. Kiel, like Syl, had a huge taste for sugar. Honey, maple syrup, coke... if it was liquid and sugary, it was on their menu.

Syl grinned as Kiel sweetened its drink, gulping down the first cup of orange juice gleefully. It was nearly as good as Daemon's soup, which was outright delicious.

"This restaurant serves great-quality drinks for an establishment run by mindless. That's why I like this place."

It sipped a cup of orange juice as it rounded the empty packets of sugar into one big pile. It gazed at Syl intently as it set the cup down.

"So, Syl, where do we start?"

[citizenmike]

Veronica took her time walking through the city. The only thing she thought was missing was good music and a cup of coffee. Eventually, she stumbled into a little coffee shop. She motioned before the counter, looked at the mindless waitress and said, "I'll take anything caffeinated!"

Veronica turned around and saw Syl sitting against the window with a stranger. Veronica approached the two and said, "Mind if I take a seat?"

[cyansky]

Syl grinned and nodded vigourously at Veronica. It was glad that she was here, partly because it adored her for her character, partly because it enjoyed her company.

"Yes, please!" said Syl, as eagerly as ever, grinning like a little kid, "it's great to see you again, miss Veronica! How have you been?"

Kiel, on the other hand, observed Syl and Veronica with a calm and collected expression on its face. It sipped its sweetened orange juice quietly as Syl greeted Veronica. It looked her up and down, analyzing her every single move and confirmed to itself that this was the lady that Syl adored so much.

In truth, while she had Syl wrapped wround her pinky finger, Kiel wasn't so trusting. Not because she had done anything bad (other than smoking in front of Syl - unforgivable! she KNEW that smoking was bad for her health!)... but because she was human humans were selfish in nature. Ergo, she was selfish, whether she admitted it or not.

Kiel mainly tolerated Veronica because Syl did, and despite its mature appearence, would be reduced to acting almost like a kid around her. Its innocence was refreshing, and there were few people right now capable of it. Still, Kiel didn't trust anyone but Syl, and quite frankly, this lady would be interesting to converse with directly if she was able to make Syl act like this.

[citizenmike]

Veronica took a seat as the waitress served her a cup of coffee. Looking back at the mindless, Veronica smiled and said, "Thank you."

Veronica looked at Syl and replied, "I've been good. Keeping things up in the church. How are you? And who might your friend be?"

[cyansky]

Syl's grin grew wider, as it tugged at Kiel's sleeve and scarf.

"Miss Veronica! This is K-"

Kiel set down its glass and gave Veronica a pleasant smile.

"Kielleas," said Kiel, interrupting Syl, "or Kiel for short. Pleased to meet you."

It gave itself a mental chuckle at that. Quite frankly, it didn't want to meet anyone, but being corporeal had a price. If it wanted to protect Syl, it would have to forge relationships with the other residents.

"You must be Veronica."

Syl continued to tug at Kiel's sleeves like an eager little kid. It was so happy to introduce Veronica to the sibling it loved more than anything else.

"Miss Veronica, Kiel is my-"

Kiel gave Syl a withering glare.

"Don't give away personal information like candy, Syl! What are you, a little naive kid with strings on the ready for someone to manipulate you with?! A old lonely granny that gives sweets to any child that dares visit her?!"

Syl stuck its tongue at Kiel. Kiel still smiled pleasantly, pleased at the irony that Syl was not even aware of.

"I don't care! Miss Veronica's a friend, she should know!"

"Come on, Syl! We've been through this before!"

"I don't care! Miss Veronica's really nice!"

"You should! How will I protect you otherwise?! I only have one sibling here, not an army of clones!"

Syl threw its head back and laughed, its sound echoing through the store. Kiel grinned nervously, looking at Veronica, and then at Syl as it sipped its cup.

"Fine, I slipped, I admit it!" it said, sipping its orange juice, "but hey, I am of the opinion that you should laugh more often. No one but me ever sees you laugh nowadays. It's nice to have some humour here."

"You did this on purpose?!" laughed Syl.

Kiel simply gave Syl a confident smirk.

"You can always trust me to lighten up your day."

[citizenmike]

Veronica began to laugh. "This is cute, the back and forth between the two of you.". Veronica sipped her coffee and said, "Let me guess Syl, this is your sibling?"

[cyansky]

Syl grinned.

"Yep! Kiel's my eldest sibling!"

Kiel gazed steadily at Veronica as it sipped the delicious sweetened orange juice.

Unforunately, it almost dropped its cup as Syl hugged it tightly.

"Watch it, Syl! I have glass in my hand! This is breakable!"

Syl smiled and hugged Kiel tighter.

"I don't care, I'm just so excited for you to meet miss Veronica!"

[citizenmike]

Veronica took a packed of sugar and poured it over her coffee. Looking at the two, she stirred the coffee and asked, "So Kiel, tell me about yourself!"

[cyansky]

Kiel shrugged as it set its cup down and pushed Syl off itself, still smiling pleasantly.

"I'm Syl's sybling," it said, "we're very close, and I keep watch over Syl so that it doesn't do anything stupid, and if it does, to get it out there in one piece."

It grinned as it watched Syl gulp down the second cup of orange juice. It could easily tell that Syl loved them and savoured them, so much that it forgot to slow down to enjoy the taste.

"We talk all the time. So I've pretty much been explaining to it what makes humans tick and various other concepts about them that it seems to be fascinated with. How about you?"

[citizenmike]

Veronica smiled as she caught Kiel's grin at the sight of its younger sibling taking down the glass of orange juice.
"We talk all the time. So I've been much been explaining to it what makes humans tick and various other concepts about them that it seems to be fascinated with. How about you?"
Veronica turned back to Kiel and asked, "Wait one moment, was it you who explained to Syl what sex is?"

[cyansky]

Kiel's grin literally stretched from one side of its face to the other.

"Yes. Accurate, isn't it? Human sexuality and biology are such fascinating topics!"

[citizenmike]

Veronica's jaw dropped as she began to laugh. "No, it is not! Its far from accurate, I assure you!"

[cyansky]

Kiel raised an eyebrow.

"I assure you, they are accurate, unbiased and completely justifiable. Hence why Syl's better off with my explanation of it rather than yours."

It sipped its orange juice.

"'Sides, at my opinions are unbiased. I know first-hand how humans can never agree with each other. The vast majority of them can't get along, leading to wars, conflicts, politics and all that. My version is easier for Syl to understand because I observed it first-hand."

[citizenmike]

"While you may have a point, let me ask you this, have you ever had sexual intercourse?", Veronica asked, testing it. "I mean, from what Syl told me from your observations, you have quite an askew view of what it is."

[cyansky]

Kiel chuckled. Veronica was amusing. It had deliberately admitted to her that it had told Syl about human sexuality for a reason - she may be human, but she was quite intriguing because of how she had Syl wrapped around her pinky finger. This was going to be one interesting conversation indeed.

"Well, I've dated both men and women, watched them have sex, worked in the sex industry and even interviewed a porn star. Is that enough for you?"

Syl looked at Kiel, eyes wide, shocked. Kiel dated humans? It thought that Kiel considered all humans and human-like supernatural beings to be selfish bastards.

Kiel knew what Syl was thinking. I consider them all selfish bastards for good reason, thought Kiel, and if you had your memories back, so would you.

"K-Kiel? You dated humans?" asked Syl, in a wavery tone of voice.

"A sibling's got to do what a sibling's got to do," said Kiel, "it was for your own protection, Syl. Politics. If you want to survive, you need connections."

Syl lowered its head.

"I understand."

Kiel chuckled to itself.

"However, I worked in the porn industry for the heck of it. It was kind of interesting to shoot all these films"

Syl stared at Kiel. Its jaw dropped.

"But Kiel! How could you do that?! Work in the sex industry... Isn't it... icky? Don't people give sex to each other and all"

Kiel shrugged and smiled at Syl gently.

"You're the one who wanted to know about human sexuality and I'm the one that did the dirty work to find it out."

Syl hugged Kiel tightly.

"Thank you Kiel!"

Kiel was thankful that it wasn't holding any glass now, otherwise it would have dropped it. It affectionatally ruffled Syl's hair, smiling.

"I'll always look after you, Syl and if that happens to involve working for a bunch of selfish, corrupted and megalomaniacial bastards and dealing with spoiled, sex-crazed brats, so be it."

Syl tightened its hug on Syl, grinning in happiness.

"I'm so happy, Kiel!"

Kiel gasped as Syl's iron grip began to be painful.

"Agh! Loosen up, Syl! You're squeezing me too tight! What am I, your...?"

Kiel was cut off Syl only squeezed harder. It felt Kiel that after a moment, Syl let go, grinning happily as Kiel slumped back in its chair.

"Thank you, Syl."

It turned back to Veronica, grunting as it tried to straighten itself in.

"As for whether I actually have had sex, that would be a big huge NO. I don't do interspecies relationships for romantic reasons, and if any one selects for me as their next sexual conquest, I'll beat them until at least half their bones are broken. And if they try it on Syl, then I'll beat them until all of their bones are broken."

It then clasped its hands and smiled sweetly at Veronica.

"Did that answer your question?"