Introduction

It's important to be likeable.

That's how you get friends... that's how you get understanding. Compassion, empathy, care - all rests on likeability. Any sort of... bad parts of yourself... can be forgiven if the rest is likeable enough. That's how the world works... as Srce thinks. Intense emotions to him are not merely feelings to suppress, but intense physical manifestations - his body twitching and breaking, turning into monstrous manifestations of his inner turmoils. So it's important to be likeable... to be forgiven when he loses control.

It's hard to be likeable, though. The intricacies of boundaries and overstepping them still elude Srce, and he finds himself accidentally overbearing - talking too much, giving too much advice, imposing himself on others. And it's hard to hear that... when shame and guilt might overpower his senses and instill regret in whoever dared to criticize him. But still. He's trying.

The easiest people to be around are Quantum, Polly, and Affine, who find Srce's motherly smothering more of a relief than a chokehold. A friendly rivalry with Prav, too, over romance and relationships eases some of Srce's worries about being accepted. And Zehneck's reassurance that he is not the monster he feels he is... is more like a platitude, but you can't win it all.

Just gotta keep truckin'.

Tidbits

Songs: Taste / Applesauce / Laughing Hieroglyphic
Powers: Hanged Man / queen anne's lace / pi / to evoke love
Zodiac: Libra / Scorpio / Aries