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Muka seemed to thrum suddenly, excited to know she was just as confused. "I also believed it to be a bit recreational! Though only for adults. I never was quite sure where the ahh.. hmm.. they call it desire I think? Where that came from?" He didn't know about the whole joining for life thing. He'd never seen anything like that.

"Well I have umm.." Muka giggled, almost uneasily. "Done it now." another giggle.

"Yes tonight.." He bobbled again and cooed thoughtfully. "It's unlike anything I have done before." He seemed to be looking for words but he wasn't much of a speaker. "My father seems to think that you are supposed to do it on prom night. Did you know there are things called prostitutes? And they have sex for a job? You just pay them and they will have sex with you or someone else!" He was so amazed. "And they seem to like it! And they take all sorts of precautions to prevent those diseases Nurse Crickets talks about!"

He was now away from the juicy meaty details. "Don't worry they, umm it was a boil and a ghoul actually. He called both or me. They were very nice though they acted strange at first. I talked to them for a while and it was much more comfortable." He giggled. "I wasn't sure what they had come for at first!"

"And I suppose I still don't know about boils or ghouls? It didn't seem to matter much, logically. It was all nice." He giggled. "I am not sure I got the hang of it but they are good at their jobs!"

Muka scratched his beard. "It's physical. Very. And hmmm.. feelings. I can;t describe it. Warm? tingling?" His head turned and then popped back to place. "I think this is another step to adulthood maybe?"

"Well hmm..." Muka scratched his chin. "There's touching and hands and lot of mouths. But I didn't do that they were concerned about my teeth." He said honestly. "The male organ becomes swelled and essentially is put inside of the female.. or male.." He pointed to the below the belt area. "It's very sensitive like that." His staring eyes blinked but his tone was informative, like sex-ed class.

"It does feel good. But don't worry. They assured me that it's only optional for prom. And usually.. couples? I had a lot of questions.. " He giggled. "I think perhaps it did not go as smoothly as expected? They told me that unless you are very very sure about feelings, that it should only be done with a professional." They were professionals so why wouldn't he believe them? He wasn't sure he could mimic their actions. Their hands were skilled.

"They kept mentioning feelings though.." His jagged smile faltered a moment in puzzlement. "I am still a bit unclear on that part. Feelings are just a weak point of mine!"

"Ah.. hmm.." Muka scratched his head. What sort of things had they spoken of? In retrospect a lot of it seems a blur towards the end. The beginning had been slow and full of questions, answers and instructions. His 'teachers' had been kind, if not a bit impatient at times, but even towards the end his own ever-whirring brain had shut down and he'd been abandoned to animalistic instincts.

They'd seemed to like that better.

"Well they asked very often if I was attracted to them but I couldn't say. They couldn't hmm.. stir me until they touched me." He didn't know a better more polite way of saying that. "After a certain point it all becomes very ahh... hmm.." he hooed with more thoughtful noises. "Carnal? wild? Like animals in nature.. You sort of forget things like propriety.." He giggled.

He honestly had a hard time imagining any classy ghoul abandoning herself to such things but it also helped him understand why it was kept so private.

"Well.. hmm yes I suppose." The strix scratched his neck, long and exposed more than usual. He wasn't used to his bare neck to the wind, usually wearing ties and ascots. "As an adult it is a form of recreation.. amongst consenting parties." So he was told. So he'd observed over the years at his father's 'get togethers'. "Did you know that sex is how human's reproduce?!" The idea blew him away. "Apparently they cannot do it any other way!"

He was very interested in humans. It had always been his wish to go to the human world. Their habits and trinkets interested him. But lately he was finding that interest was waning. His experiences with hunters had soured the appeal of humans. Yes, he wanted to give them terror, but the fanciful ideas he had of humans had melted away.

"Apparently there is a thing called a 'sex drive', some sort of want to do it often. Finding your thoughts drawn to it.. wanting it? I am not sure I have that." He tapped his chin. "I was told that sex can be purely physical but if you have the uh.. feelings.. it's better?" Another round of giggles. "I don't know!"

"I am not sure! Humans are strange!" Muka giggled with her amazement. Perhaps he could ask someone at the school. Would Nurse Cricket find it strange if he inquired about human reproduction? Did he care if she thought it was weird?

Of course then Needle asked a very direct question. Muka had no problem with it, really, and logically he couldn't find any reason to say no to her. But his mixed up mind over this whole 'sex' experience, as well as his own uneasiness about what was proper and what was not, made the strix pause. He didn't want to disappoint her by saying no, but he also didn't know if it was right.

"Hmm well you know.. for young people like ourselves. You don't just hmm jump into it like that." Muka tilted her head. "Also I am not very confident in my abilities and I would be very sorry if your experience was not enjoyable."

Muka reached out though and patted her hand. "Perhaps we can try this whole experience? This adulthood exploration? The prom.. perhaps maybe a date? I am told there should be kissing at some point though I have issues with lips.." he giggled. "Plus I believe I would like those tattoos..." Muka grinned and the moonlight actually set them off, making them glow brightly even for her poor eye sight.

Muka was interested in all the social aspects of this part of his life. New feelings, new sensations and the tiniest experiences in emotion. "Perhaps as friends we can try things together? Not courting. Courting is for those ready to make a permanent commitment." The strix giggled at the idea. It was still a foreign one. "But perhaps as friends it would be a fun project?"

Muka of course was now very interested in Needle's kissing experiences. He was very glad she agreed to attempt these things with him as friends. He wasn't sure what else they could be attempted as but the ghoul was pleasant and attentive and she didn't seem to mind his oddities.

"Who are you kissing Needle?!" He giggled with surprise. "Was it a lot of kissing? Did you do the tongue kissing?" He leaned in, wide eyes pinning her with his undivided attention. "I find lips to be strange.." To which he demonstrated the awkward stretching of his mouth down around his teeth, him forcing them into a pucker. His face different without the grin, younger perhaps, even with the beard.