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[tenuefarfalla]

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[benhargreeves]

I guess I skipped some of the really basic stuff, huh? Oops.
Probably because I'm too used to assuming everybody's heard of her.

Allison is definitely, like, the successful sibling.
She's the only one of us who got married and had a kid.
She's divorced now and there's some custody stuff but still.

And she was always really good at handling all the media stuff when we were teens
Like giving interviews and dealing with fans and all of it.
(I know this is gonna shock you but I super wasn't)

[tenuefarfalla]

Deeply shocked. I'm clutching my pearls. Or I would be, if I were wearing them. When I get back downstairs to where my pearls are, I will clutch them.

[ Ben's sense of humour reminds her a little bit of Gabriel's, and a little bit of Kenneth's. Familiar on each count, but still uniquely his. It's easy to feel comforted by, even when she doesn't understand it, or reads the sacrasm wrong.

She doesn't want to touch on success or failure. She's pretty sure only one person in that family was an actual failure of a human being, and it certainly wasn't any of the kids. Not that she knows all of them. Not even half of them, actually, but she still feels pretty confident that they all deserved far better than they had. ]

Listen, don't worry about it too much. She might be a famous fashionista, but she's still your sister. She knows you, and she knows what you like, and I don't think she'll try to give you anything that you're not comfortable with.

If she does, just scratch your nose or something, and I'll tell her I hate it. Unless I don't hate it. I'll say something, though.

[benhargreeves]

[ Ben grins, glad at the way Cho is picking up on his banter and jokes, playing along. It’s good to be able to have light-hearted conversations with her, too. Show her he isn’t only gloomy. ]

I guess you’re right, she wouldn’t intentionally give me anything I don’t like.
But how’s she supposed to know what I won’t like in advance when I barely have any idea myself?

I’m gonna remember that nose scratching trick though so keep an eye out.

[tenuefarfalla]

None of us know. We're going to find out together. Don't worry, I promise I won't get intimidated, no matter how glamorous she is.

Besides, I'm sure she knows that people look their best when they're comfortable. It's maybe even more important than the clothes themselves - being comfortable in them.

[benhargreeves]

Okay. Thank you, Cho. Seriously.

I'll give you the details once it's all arranged.

[tenuefarfalla]

[ It takes Cho a long time to find the dancing panda gif on her computer, and even longer to figure out how to send it to the phone. She's not giving it up, though. No. Not happening. In the end, and with the help of the as yet unneeded extra cable half from her adventure with Qubit and changing the welcome party music, she manages it. Worth it. ]



So excited! I'll be waiting.