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[strangelic]

I want to--Um...

I feel like life would be improved here if we all played more games, and... [ Kate, why are you making him do this? ] I-I wanted to ask if anyone else had any games that they could teach us. Party games, this time, not card games. Like Twister.

[ He glances off screen cautiously, then looks back, trying to seem more courageous on the subject than he is. ]

Kate thinks that life here would be much improved if we all played more together, and I have to agree with her. Play is important...for the well being of people, especially those who don't have anything else to occupy their time.

So...that is to say, if we could organize a...party, I suppose, everyone would be invited. We could hold it at the bar.

[ Yep, that's it. ]

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[truthvalue]

Well, no ... but it can make things awkward.

[strangelic]

Between friends?

Does it have to? Can't a kiss ever just be a kiss?

[truthvalue]

[He's visibly startled by the question, thinking first of the Jaunt in Melasurei and the demon he became while he was there, the way he used touch and feigned affection to manipulate lost souls into giving him what he wanted - power. Souji brushes the memory aside, fixing an apologetic smile on his face.]

I guess it could. But I'm not a very good person to ask.

[strangelic]

[ Castiel hesitates, briefly, at Souji's expression, and he falls a little quieter himself, considering. Obviously it wasn't so innocent a question as he thought. ]

Of course. Perhaps a question for another time, then.

[truthvalue]

[It's not a bad question, but it is one that suggests inexperience - he can recognize that. And it's nothing to feel bad about, either - that wasn't Souji's intent, so he quickly offers an explanation:]

What I meant is that you should probably ask someone with more experience. Or maybe better experiences.

[Again, he gives the camera an apologetic smile. He does have a couple of his own experiences - Mason, when they came back their real selves after Melasurei, and Wanda, in the Fleet. But neither of those instances were just kisses; both meant much more.]

[strangelic]

I imagine most people would assume that others have better experience of relationships than them. Or kissing. In my case it would most certainly be true.

The person I'd usually ask this kind of question doesn't seem to be very willing to answer them at the moment.

[truthvalue]

Why's that?