[Cloudy rushes into the room, hair an absolute mess]
Antares! Look what I found!
[She smiles, holding out a rock towards it, proudly]
- Cloudy
[laughs softly and gently cups her hands]
Oh? And just what have you found, sweetheart?
@cloudytheshifter
[She happily rocks back and forth on her heels]
A Rock! Well, more so it found me, but yeah! Here!
[They happily hand them a green rock with red on the inside, a crack nearly going through it]
[smiles]
This is really cool! What do you mean by "it found you?"
[tilts its head]
Isn't it? Oh! I rolled down a hill, and the rock was just kinda sitting nearby!
[They smile happily]
[laughs softly]
Was it an intentional roll? Are you scraped up anywhere?
[flips over the rock as they talk]
[They continue rocking back and forth on their heels]
Oh no! I was on top of the hill one second, and then bam! I was rolling, I'm okay.
[She pulls out another rock, there's a few different colors on this one, and the crack going through this one appears deeper then the previous Rock]
Alright, as long as you're okay.
[grins]
Aww, the rock has a sibling!
I am! Thank you for asking.
[Smiles]
It does! I didn't originally see it at first, but when I noticed it was there as well, I couldn't just leave it there.
That makes sense! You can't just take one and leave the other!
[gently pulls them into a side hug]
Yeah! You don't want one to be alone, that would be sad.
[Hugs it back, gently putting the other rock in it's hand as well]
[smiles]
Do you want to keep either or both of them?
[They think about it for a moment]
is there somewhere we can put them? But! They have to be kept together, 'cause you don't want them to be alone, that would be sad.
[nods]
Sure! There's the side table in the living room, where I've got the pictures and flowers? That could be a good home for them!
[Gasps]
They'll have more friends! That sounds like a perfect spot for them!
[laughs softly and holds out the rocks to them]
Do you want to find a good home on the table for them?
[She nods and happily takes the rocks]
Oo! And maybe we can bake something? I picked some berries as well!
[smiles]
Of course! We could make something with the berries, like a pie, if you'd like?
[They put the rocks down on a spot on the table and nod]
Yeah! Oo and if there's leftover berries, maybe muffins as well?
[grins]
That sounds delicious! Let's go make some baked things!
Yeah! Let's go!
[She runs into the kitchen, taking the berries out of their pockets and putting them in a bowl and cleaning them off]
[laughs softly]
I think there's a frozen pie crust, so it shouldn't take too long. Also I have terrible luck when making crust from scratch, so we can guarantee this one will be edible.
[goes to get the crust and smiles]
[Finishes cleaning the berries and puts them to the side]
I tried to make pie crust before as well! A couple of times, actually! The first time uh..it certainly happened, that's for sure!
[They start pulling out things for the pie]
[nods sagely]
That certainly does happen.
[starts finding the rolling pin and pie pan]
[They nod back]
Yeah! I got distracted by some pretty clouds, and then when I looked back... I actually wasn't quite sure what I made? It was fun, though!
[smiles]
Do you want to try doing a design on the pie, or just a lattice?
[smiles]
Yeah! That sounds super fun!
What do you want to do? We could do flowers, an animal face, something else creative?
[tilts their head]
Maybe a mix? Do you have any ideas?
[She rocks back and forth on her heels]
We could do something in the middle with a flower border? Like a landscape or your favorite animal?
Yeah! Maybe I can do half of the flower border and you can do the other half? Animal wise...I'm not really sure! Um..maybe a forest animal?
That sounds fun! What's your favorite animal?
[smiles]
One of my favorites are weasels! Such silly little friends.
[Nods]
[grins]
Weasels are adorable! We could do a weasel face for the middle, if you'd like!
[Gasps]
Yeah! Oh, but the weasel needs a friend as well!
[giggles]
Two weasels, then!
[She jumps off the counter]
Two weasels! Yes!
[grins]
They'll be the best weasels ever!
The absolute bestest! The most fantastic weasels anyone's ever seen!