[Video]

[burnt_offering]

[Ace is on a mission, absolutely set on finding an answer without harassing Marco about this. Twitterpated isn't a particularly common term, and he doesn't get it at all, it's not something he ever remembers hearing before this week. And it's eating at him, he's frustrated not knowing. He's well aware of his lack of formal education, and a lot of words are lost on him, but he hates feeling like he's stupid because of it.] Okay, so someone help me out here. I tried searching, asking around, and I didn't get any results.

What the hell does twitter painted mean? I guess it has something to do with spring? [Ace sighs.] Look, I couldn't find anything about what birds and paint have to do with anything, so if you? Let me know.

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[bigbadrose]

Twitterpated.

It means everyone is dopey and lovey dovey in Spring. It's worse for birds. And cutesy animals. And anyone sensitive to others' emotions or the atmosphere. Or showoffs. Especially showoffs.

Are you being all twitterpated? Did someone call you that?

[Video]

[guitar_hero]

It means love. It means passion. Joy. Your heart around your significant other sounds, to borrow a phrase, similar to 'doki doki'.

And it sounds [he brings out his guitar] A little like this.

[guitar_hero]

I know I am.

[bigbadrose]

[SUPER HAPPY BLUSHES DESU!!!!]

[This is what she means by showoffs, btw.]

I might be too. A lot. For you.

[burnt_offering]

[Oh, wait, this makes sense. And it was an easier answer than he though, although the word itself is a bit strange.] So why does spring do that to people? Animals I get but... Still! It's just another season.

No one called me that. [They didn't, but he's also not denying that he's being 'all twitterpated'.]

[guitar_hero]

[he claps a hand over one of his hearts and does a happy little spin]

Warn me before you're going to say something like that.

[Video]

[burnt_offering]

So it's just a feeling of love? That was pretty simple. I thought it had something weird to do with birds.

[Oh, that's beautiful music. Ace doesn't say a word until he stops playing.] It does sound kinda like how love feels.

[Video]

[guitar_hero]

Doesn't it? It's not mine. I am just the instrument for it. [he starts to play it again but softer] It does have to do with birds too. Birds sing for their mates in the spring. When the world is young and new. A time for love and, well, feathering the nest. [he bounces his eyebrows]

[Video]

[burnt_offering]

It's great. [It's not his normal choice in songs, but it feels right and the whole situation is stupid and mushy and he's just barely drunk enough to be okay with this talk with a stranger.] That's a hell of a lot nicer than what I thought when I heard twitter painted. [What is with those eyebrows?] So I guess feathering the nest means a little more than just lining it.

[bigbadrose]

Doki doki chu!

[Spins around and dances on the other side of the cities.]

[And digs out her bass.]

[Plays!]

I can't do my homework and I can't think straight~

[bigbadrose]

There's a debate some people are more in tune with biological rhythms of planet's turning. Humans have a year-long mating season, but even people from planets' with way different sun cycles can get all emotionally gooey from special triggers. And the more people around who are like that, it can be really infectious for others.

[burnt_offering]

So it's like a dumb disease? And people can get caught up in it? [It does not sound appealing particularly, but it might explain why Marco is being so weird about things.]

1/3

[bigbadrose]

[.... Ace.]

I mean...

2/3

[bigbadrose]

No.

3/3

[bigbadrose]

Love isn't inherently dumb. It's kind of annoying sometimes. Okay, a lot of times. But it can also be wonderful and a huge strength.

I got kind of dopey and gooey when my parents were happy together, and sometimes it was overwhelming and I had to run away too. It's like that.

["HELPING"?]

[burnt_offering]

No, it's not dumb. But it makes people act and feel dumb. [Himself, particularly. He's been saying and doing things lately that have made him look back and wonder if he's crazy. And then he goes and does worse, moments later.] I'm not running from anything.

[bigbadrose]

Yup. [NOD NOD!!!!]

Ah.

Good for you? I think? Is there anything you would be running from?

[burnt_offering]

Nah, I'm more of the run headfirst at kinda man. [This is his life's story, and how he's dealing with emotional nonsense here. Romance included. What's waiting, healing, emotional health and responsibility? Those things get left in the dust with Ace.]

[bigbadrose]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah...

I've done a lot of that...

You get your head banged that way.

[burnt_offering]

I just think life is too short to hold back. [Especially when you're fresh from the grave, that doesn't hurt on the impulsive front for Ace.]

[bigbadrose]

Totally! [Giggles in spite of herself. KINDRED SPIRIT AT LAST!]

Ahhh, but everyone I know and live with is centuries older than me, so they've kind of not got that sense of urgency. It's a real pain, yeah?

[burnt_offering]

You only get one life. Might as well enjoy it. [He snorts.] Unless you end up here, and that's another issue.

Centuries? Damn. I thought that I had older men hanging around me, but that's something else.

[bigbadrose]

[HUMS A CERTAIN SONG and plucks at bass chords.]

Well... that's something for them to get used to still. They're kind of like cats. With 9 lives. But way more than that.

[Giggles.] I might'a gone a teensy bit overboard in trying to rescue them. It's a looooooong story. [Get it? Because centuries??? Hahaha... it's a pun. Shut up.]

[Video]

[riddlemehiss]

Why, haven’t you heard? Birds make excellent painters! Second only to cards.

[burnt_offering]

[Ace snorts.] You have a habit about rescuing old guys? Everyone needs a hobby.