The Fast and the Furryest

"They all seem nice" said Tez, taking a sip of beer, before turning back to look at Neo "is that some kind of initiation ritual?" He said, referring to the roughhousing between the two newer centaurs.

"You make my life sound so boring" said Tez, with a cheeky smile in response to Neo's question about what he did for fun "But yeah, for fun. I work at a bar in the city at night. After that closes up, sometimes I wander up into the hills next to the academy and just watch the stars. I enjoy cooking, but my food's never as good as I imagine it to be. I've got a whole raft of gordon ramsay and jaimie oliver books. I also do a whole bunch of origami. Like i have a closet full of little cranes. It keeps my hands busy."

Tez laughed at this, but he looked slightly sheepish. He looked more embarassed about this than the fact he was wearing a dress. He had taken up origami to keep his hands busy. He'd also heard the belief that if you folded a thousand cranes, you got a wish. It hadn't worked, but it had kept him occupied. One piece, made of many pieces of paper combined into the shape of an large eagle, had taken him several months.

"I also watch movies and TV a lot, usually the fantasy and sci-fi stuff. But also comedies. Hot Fuzz is one of my all time faves."

That was a bit more normal at least. For some reason, Tez was really enamoured with how the narrow realities viewed the world of fantasy. It was all swinging swords around and casting magic. They cherry-picked the more interesting bits, and twisted them into fantastical tales. And comedy well... who doesn't love a good laugh?

"And what do you for fun? Is it all chores and track in your life?"

@Nikki

"Yeah I get that. Never understood why people found violence attractive." Tez had never really went out to start arguments. He'd got in a few fights during his school days sure sure, but that had been mainly his aura's fault. In high school, Tez had been kinda lazy. He skipped classes, to go smoke. He'd finished school with entirely mediocre grades and little to no job prospects. That's why he decided to go back. He'd decided to no longer be a passive observer in his life, but to take control.

"If i'd have known i'd have you looking after me, I'd get hurt more often" said Tez, with a laugh, before taking another drink of his beer. It was weird. He hadn't been on a date since his last ex. That hadn't ended well. It never did with Tez. His aura made all those little annoying things, Tez's compulsive fiddling, him feeling more comfortable in his alternate form than his humanoid one, into huge issues. But hey, if it was one thing Tez and Neo had in common, it was shitty exes. It was nice here. Neo was honest to a fault. There was no lying with her, and Tez was honest back.

"The space station is fantastic and strange" said Tez "I brought a trinket from there last year for about five bucks cos I thought it looked cool. like a shiny silver glowing ball on the end of a pin. Put it on a shelf in my kitchen. Woke up next day and It was spinning around like a top. Turns out it was designed to detect humans, and my next door neighbor was home, and it was detecting him. Still, cool little trinket. I know when I can play loud music without my neighbor complaining now"

The markets on the space station always were a menagerie of the bazaar, and Tez sometimes worried about bringing things home from there. He had heard a story of a guy who had brought home what he thought was a statue, and the next day he found it in the fridge, having devoured all his food. Turned out it was an alien animal in it's hibernation state, and the warm atmosphere of earth had woken it up.

"I'm sure working out and chores are enough to fill your time, but if you ever want to chill and watch a movie with me, i brought myself a great TV for my flat. I've been meaning to watch the new Star Wars movie, when it comes out on DVD."

@Nikki