Overheard in a Bar

[forsyth]

"So why do succubi, is that the right plural, come to Earth, anyway?"

"To steal the souls of lustful mortal men."

"Well okay, yeah, the souls thing. But that doesn't explain why you're here so much."

The succubus raised an eyebrow. "Have you ever been to Hell? Not really somewhere you want to stay. And don't get me started on demons. They're all 'RAR! Look at me, I have bigger spikes than the others! Watch me inflict suffering!' Which is fine sometimes, but there's times a girl wants some cuddles, y'know? Demons don't grok cuddles."

"I guess that makes sense."

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[kalifla.livejournal.com]

"Wait a minute. Grok?"

"Y'know, like in grokamole."

"Oh. That makes sen - no it doesn't."

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

It's from Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land." Essentially, it means "to understand completely", but completely in a sense of inside and out, and know it on a bone deep level.

[dezro.livejournal.com]

I also do not think a succubus would say grok.

Unless maybe this one ran into a lot of nerds.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Oh, I dunno. Demons have long lifetimes, and nerds would probably be pretty good pickings for a succubus.

Or they're all connected to the Collective Unconcious or telepathic or something. Or they speak the language of demons, which like the language of angels, puts itself into the head of the person hearing it in the words that'd be clearest to them.

Or, y'know, 'cause I wrote it and I'm a nerd.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Fun fact: succubi, like all demons, are supposed to be male, hence the masculine declension.

Morrigan's got a secret...

[kalifla.livejournal.com]

I learn things from the intarweb!