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[h_hollister]

Enter one fed-up crazy woman.

"So. Single mum. Used to it. Raising two boys, all has been well for the last twelve years."

She pulls a pack of Rothmans out of the back pocket of her jeans and lights up, a true sign that she's at her wits' end. She never smokes in public. Like....less so than she drinks in public, which is saying a hell of a lot.

"Except now puberty is hitting. Suddenly I'm getting hormones along with the sass. Suddenly my sweet little boys are turning into aggressive little men. Should I douse myself in testosterone to establish dominance? Or should I find a better outlet for my little hellions?"

This marks the first real question Hippolyta Hollister has asked in many, many years. Pay heed.

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[gorogorogoro_chan]

The smell of nicotine wafting through the air lures another smoker. Majima already has his own cigarette lit and in hand. "Speakin' as a former shitty teenage boy, whatever ya do to keep 'em in line, ya gotta make 'em think it's their idea. Hit that age, and they start thinkin' they're grown-ass men already. Masters of their own fate."

[h_hollister]

"Ugh. I never was good at the whole reverse psychology thing. I'm much more of a 'direct approach' sort of gal. Can I touch you for one?"

Hips jerks her chin at the cigarette in Majima's hand. She never ever ever smokes at home, after all. She really shouldn't be smoking here, either. And yet.

[gorogorogoro_chan]

Majima wordlessly obliges her request, flipping open his pack. "I mean, ya don't gotta do mind games per se. Maybe just let 'em fuck up a few times. Learn a few hard lessons from their own stupidity."

[h_hollister]

"I'd be okay with that....except that I'm not okay with letting my sons make stupid mistakes."

She takes the cigarette, lights it with a smooth gesture.

"They're better than that. I really need to believe they're better than that."

[gorogorogoro_chan]

"The mistakes ya learn first hand are the ones that really make you get your shit together. 'specially when you gotta cut through that cloud of puberty hormones."

He sighs out a puff of cigarette smoke. "But I ain't a parent. That whole 'not wantin' yer kids gettin' hurt' thing is pretty powerful, huh? Guess you got no choice but to put the fear of god in 'em yerself."

[h_hollister]

"And here's me without a single god on hand. Shame, really."

So far everybody seems to be saying that she needs to let her kids out from under her big broody hen wings, and she's just not quite there yet. Ugh.

"Let's just say I'd be happiest if they simply avoided all of my particularly egregious errors. Because they were egregious. And big. And one of them actually started a war here, as a matter of fact."

Sort of.

[gorogorogoro_chan]

Majima casts his eye around the Nexus. "Pretty sure I seen a few gods wanderin' around this place. Maybe they'd be willin' to help."

He raises an eyebrow at the war comment. "I hope stakes ain't that high for a couple pubescent kiddos. I was thinkin' more 'doin' stupid stunts on a bike' or 'playin' hooky from school.'"

[h_hollister]

"Home schooled," she corrects absently, still puffing away on that cigarette. Yup. Somebody get her poor boys out of the house. Er. Castle.

"But...I suppose you're right. I just don't quite know how yet."