"Yeah," says Hyacinth softly. "It's like that."

She holds Sable gently, and is held in turn.

She smiles slowly. "I... I think I would be up for that."

"... I... okay. If you're sure."

She very gently kisses Sable.

"Let's sleep on it, okay? See if it still feels like a good idea in the morning."

She nods. "Smart. What size house-tent do you think we should do? A bigger one would provide options if we ever acquire party members we want to keep, especially for bigger and longer quests or dungeons."

"Knowing us, definitely a bigger one. We can split the cost fifty fifty."

"We've got savings from some commissions we did once upon a time, and a few other gigs, on top of UBI, so we can cover even the biggest one on our own, even. I don't mind splitting it, and I'm definitely going to mark it as joint-owned either way. I think I want to ask about customization options, too, see if we can add an overlarge firepit for your meditations. Among... other possible reasons."

She blushes a bit at the end.

"We don't have much over and above our UBI, but given that we're not planning to return to reality we can reallocate a good chunk of our food budget to ingame purchases. That'll cover our half of the tent, anyway."

Hibiscus smiles sadly. "We have a little bit of savings set aside from a summer job as well, so we're not going to break the bank if we spend a little. It's just that... we wanted to keep that, towards... whatever happens in the future."

Sable nods. "I think we'll be okay, then. I'll send the customization request for it, and you can transfer me your share after it's purchased. Any other customization y'all think we should ask about?"

"I mean. It seems foolish to get our own portable house in an 18+ MMO where it is understood that people are having sex and not even ask for a playroom in the setup."

"Hah. Good point." She adds that to the request she's typing up. "Any aesthetic requests for the house in general? Or d'you just want to let the automatic systems figure out our tastes, since they're good at that?"

"I've always liked the victorian manor aesthetic. Both as a matter of aesthetics and as a matter of kinks. I'm sure others will have had the same idea as me, but that's where the personal touches come in."

"Victorian is lovely. I'll add a note about that. With that hint, we should get something pretty great."

She notes that down.

And then has a thought, and blushes.

"Um. I. Am having thoughts about requests regarding the kitchen. But I don't know if that's the best way to handle that."

"If you're concerned you can content warning it and wrap it in a spoiler block? I'm pretty sure system messages support that. And I mean... If it would make you happy, I support it, you know?"

"I just get shy about this stuff. It's... Hailey took one of my hunches that I wasn't planning on acting on and used that to justify telling you about that kink, and the hunch was right, but if we'd been wrong that could've made one hell of a mess, and making a mess with admins of the game we're planning to live in scares me."

Hibiscus nods. "Yeah, I hear you. I'm not sure I trust every admin to be as cool as May is, not when Pagutum exists in this game."

She runs a hand through her hair, and pauses for a moment as the brush over her fuzzy ear sends a tingle of sweetness down her spine.

"It could be pushing it, I agree. It's an uncommon kink, and if you're talking about... kitchen stuff... you'd have to hit someone very cool. As much as I want you to have everything you want in our house... When I think about it, you might be right."

Sable sighs, then shakes her head. "Yeah. I can probably build a lot of the stuff myself if I put some time into it, and just ask that the kitchen be big enough and include the large firepit."

"Yeah. It's a little sad, but I'd rather we end up with something decent and not risk a ban, rather than get something perfect and do."

Sable edits the request a little further, nods, and then sends it.

"Okay, done." She leans against Hibiscus and squeezes her. "Still a bit shocked that you're this supportive of this whole thing."

"I'd be a massive hypocrite to judge you over one unusual kink after all the stuff I've done." Hibiscus shakes her head. "We'll figure something out together. I don't know if I'll ever get into kitchen stuff, but you absolutely have the right to have and practice that kink with people who'll be willing to."

She sighs and squeezes Hibiscus incredibly tightly. "Thank you."

Hibiscus hugs back. 

"Who knows," she says. "I might like it. I'm pretty sexually omnivorous, so..."

"I'll certainly do my damnedest to make liking it easy. Not gonna hold it against you if you don't, of course."

"'Course not. You're not that kind of person."

Hibiscus kisses Sable softly and snuggles in. Her skin is soft. 

"... I think it's time we slept," she says. "Hold me?"

She tucks into bed and wraps her arms and wings around Hibiscus, holding her close. "Gladly."