[ Oh, this conversation. Condoms are no longer a thing where he's from. The supply chain has completely broken down, and unless people begin resorting to old-fashioned types of condom, well... He's aware of what they are, at least, and so he doesn't have to ask that particular question.
Anyway, he'll be honest about it. ]
Celeste and I don't use 'em since neither of us has anything. Lycanthropy and vampirism ain't spread that way, either, if that's a worry.
[ He's not even sure a heroic spirit can get those. ]
I wouldn't be against them, I guess? I mean. They aren't being made in my world anymore. Kind of low on the list to get a condom factory up and running again over, you know, farms and oil refineries and shit, but I know what they are.
[ McGillis... sighs. He looks less existentially exhausted than he could, which is owed to the fact that Izou is in his lap and it's kind of hard to look very serious when that is the case. ]
There are... decent reasons not to bother with them.
[ He cannot believe he is saying this. ]
But if we forego them, I want all of us to be certifiably free of diseases - and if either of you choose a different partner at any point, I want that certification to be repeated.
You take a blood sample in the privacy of your own home and you mail it into a clinic rather than going in person. For security measures, we can use a post box as a result return address - your name won't be attached in any way.
If they freak out about something in the blood, they won't be able to pin it back down to us and... I'll give up, I suppose. Very begrudgingly.
[ And if they do freak out and he gets no results?! ]
Sorry. If I were back in my world, the clinic wouldn't give a shit. I mean, they've never mentioned my blood being funny? Or maybe they're just used to seeing lycanthropy in samples...
I didn't survive living in a brothel just to catch an STD in my afterlife. That would just be ridiculous.
[ There is no guilt tripping in his tone, he's just good-naturedly exasperated with you guys!!! Izou and Celeste already know anyway, so like. Eli can know as well, it's whatever at this point. ]
But if you'd all like me to start a detailed database about your habits and strengths and weaknesses, by all means...
[ McGillis is... honestly kind of relieved that the whole 'just the four of us' appears to be the framework from the other end as well. He's not sure he'd be able to handle a sprawling friends-with-benefits polycule. ]
I trust you on the matter.
[ Celeste would be meticulous about this for the same reasons he himself is, that's something he is certain he can rely on. ]
[It certainly had the potential to spiderweb out wildly, initially, but they'd all locked in on one another so quickly that 'just the four of us' makes the most sense, now.]
Thank you. If you ever do change your mind, let me know.
[He certainly won't be upset about it. McGillis is meticulous, and he's the one here taking the biggest risks, what with being a normal human.]
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Anyway, he'll be honest about it. ]
Celeste and I don't use 'em since neither of us has anything. Lycanthropy and vampirism ain't spread that way, either, if that's a worry.
[ He's not even sure a heroic spirit can get those. ]
I wouldn't be against them, I guess? I mean. They aren't being made in my world anymore. Kind of low on the list to get a condom factory up and running again over, you know, farms and oil refineries and shit, but I know what they are.
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We haven't had to worry about them, but if it is a concern of yours, then it isn't as though using them would be a hardship.
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There are... decent reasons not to bother with them.
[ He cannot believe he is saying this. ]
But if we forego them, I want all of us to be certifiably free of diseases - and if either of you choose a different partner at any point, I want that certification to be repeated.
Celeste, you probably already got tested?
[ Since... same hat, on many things. ]
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[ There are OTHER concerns about letting a purely human hospital handle that??? ]
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[BEING SUPERNATURAL CREATURES IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BEDGILLIS, APPARENTLY.]
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[ YOU ALL AND YOUR NON-HUMAN BODIES. ]
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[ HE CAN'T HELP IT??? ]
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If they freak out about something in the blood, they won't be able to pin it back down to us and... I'll give up, I suppose. Very begrudgingly.
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[ And if they do freak out and he gets no results?! ]
Sorry. If I were back in my world, the clinic wouldn't give a shit. I mean, they've never mentioned my blood being funny? Or maybe they're just used to seeing lycanthropy in samples...
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He's a little embarrassed but also. The lap does somehow make it harder to feel that flustered? Paradoxically.]
Here I woulda thought you'd say yer the only one who's allowed ta give me mana.
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Mana? The fuck does that mean?
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[ Saying this just to be a shit to Izou. ]
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Ah, I see. You're so graciously allowing us to be an option so he doesn't drain you dry.
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[ POSSESSIVE. ]
But it seems hard to enforce and also like you'd complain about it.
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[Izou please don't say those words so close together.]
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[ Reluctantly. ]
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I don't intend to choose a different partner, aside from any of us in this room... but I was tested not so long before I arrived here, yes.
[Just because he can't actually... get sick... doesn't mean he can't carry or spread things, because shit's weird, man.]
If you'd like me to be tested here, so you can add a paper report to your file, I will, though.
[Okay, he can't resist teasing him about this a little bit.]
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His sex file....
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cw casual reference to underage prostitution.................
I didn't survive living in a brothel just to catch an STD in my afterlife. That would just be ridiculous.
[ There is no guilt tripping in his tone, he's just good-naturedly exasperated with you guys!!! Izou and Celeste already know anyway, so like. Eli can know as well, it's whatever at this point. ]
But if you'd all like me to start a detailed database about your habits and strengths and weaknesses, by all means...
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I trust you on the matter.
[ Celeste would be meticulous about this for the same reasons he himself is, that's something he is certain he can rely on. ]
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Thank you. If you ever do change your mind, let me know.
[He certainly won't be upset about it. McGillis is meticulous, and he's the one here taking the biggest risks, what with being a normal human.]