RP: Is this Heaven?

[rainbowmods]

There is a reception area, and at first glance, it looks to be like most reception areas: there is a front desk, a hallway that leads away, boasting a row of doors appearing to go on forever; there are two other doors immediately visible, one bearing the words Conference Room and the other Committee Chair, both etched in fine glass. All of the décor is elegant, if cold: everything is done up in blues and whites, and the chairs and couches provided look like they were chosen more for their appearance over their actual functionality.

If not for the sense of other in the room, it might seem like an ordinary office building.

It isn’t.

Welcome to heaven! Feel free to explore. A very freaked out Gabriel will probably greet you at some point.

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[bookblather]

"Oh," she said, and smiled a little sheepishly. "I'm sorry. I'm autistic. I thought that's what you meant."

[sarcasticsra]

"Ah, I see. I can understand how you might find the situations somewhat comparable," Gabriel says, thoughtful.

[bookblather]

She tilted her head to the side, a little confused by that. "Is it comparable? Or am I extrapolating too far?"

[sarcasticsra]

"Perhaps a bit," Gabriel says. "The socialization implications seem similar to me, but I'm not sure about the physiological differences autistic people often encounter, regarding, for instance, taste, or texture."

[bookblather]

"Oh, yes." Summer nodded. "Do you feel things? I don't mean..." She stopped, worried suddenly that it had been a rude thing to say. "I mean. If that's not rude. You don't have to answer it if it's rude."

[sarcasticsra]

"I don't think it is," Gabriel says, frowning thoughtfully. "I do feel things, although I often have difficulty in the expression of them."

[bookblather]

"Oh, that isn't what I meant." She bit her lip. "I meant like, heat and cold, soft and hard. Things like that. Obviously you feel things or you never could have soothed Thomas."

How she knew that, she didn't know. Maybe that was what it felt like to be neurotypical.