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[Ah, Valentine's Day. The one experiment a year Richard hates most, for a variety of reasons. Granted, this year wasn't TOO terrible, as he was spared the unfortunate fate of falling in love with anyone under the effects of the experiment... but that didn't stop other people from from falling in love/lust with HIM, much to his dismay. And that's left him with many things to think about, as have some of the reactions to the experiment that he's seen from other people. Which leads him to ponder...]

Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?

[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.

There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]

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Better that than getting upset over something that is bound to be temporary, given the nature of our captors. Besides, one could always shave it off if they found it to be that unpleasant.

Knowing the Malnosso, they'd make it so it grows back bigger every single time you try to shave it off. I wouldn't put it past them.

Most likely. They do tend to have a rather vindictive sense of humor.

In that case you should definitely keep your worst kind of nightmare to yourself before they decide to use that as a theme for an experiment instead.

Yes, I'm sure no one would want to deal with all of the tap water turning into chocolate syrup instead.

[ -- wait, what. ]

Your worst kind of nightmare is chocolate syrup? I'm not sure whether I should feel sorry for you or just be weirded out.

[Now Richard just starts laughing.]

I was only joking. I don't plan on sharing my real worst nightmares with anyone, just in case the Malnosso do decide to take advantage of it.

Hey, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was really true. Some people here are just really weird.

That's putting it mildly.

[He's met plenty of them for himself.]

Well, I've actually seen stranger things back home than in this place. Some people who would be considered "weird" here are more normal than the standard in my world.

You can't say something like that without giving examples, you know. Otherwise my imagination will be left to fill in the blanks, and I'm not sure you would like what it might come up with.

Honestly, I'm sort of curious just what exactly your imagination is capable of coming up with, so feel free to go right ahead and offer a first suggestion.

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