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Hi! This account will just be used as a side blog in order to roleplay (primarily with Waylay-Management). I don’t have any rules other than no NSFW and provide trigger warnings when necessary.
The colors are what I’ll make their dialogue text but there’s no promises I’ll remember 💔
CHARACTERS
Elijah 🐚
Raelynn ⚔️
Natalie 🐇
Alistar 🕊️
Avarick 🥂
Cleo 🌙
Saris 📜
Kiersten (Abandoned for now) 🏹
Ezra (Currently abandoned) 💻
Cleo stared from his treehouse down at the grass where he saw a stranger messing around with his plants. Well, they technically weren’t his because he hated gardening but they were by his treehouse!
It wasn’t like he was being subtle either, the top half of his body dangling over the railing with dark curls covering his face. Cleo was hoping she would notice him up there so he didn’t have to go down there instead. It wasn’t like his voice was strong enough to scream down without damage.
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Even though Cleo was clearly staring, the kid didn't seem to be really acknowledging him. Actually, Ilyth'la appeared to not have even noticed him there, as she was too busy talking with the plants, deep into her play pretend world where the plants answered her and played with her...
Well, now if Cleo paid enough attention, it looked like those petunias and ivies had definitely grown bigger when the child commanded them to. She looked like she was five or six years old at most, deep dark skin just like the Manager's, and pitch-black hair that contrasted with her glowing red eyes. She looked almost human.
Almost.
"Grow grow grow grow! You ate a lot so now you have to give back to the sun by making more air and more leaves!"
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Cleo grumbled and decided to crawl down the ladder. Normally, he wouldn’t care but he didn’t sleep well last night so god forbid he was a little territorial. This was his property because he was the one who lived near it!
When he got to the bottom, he brushed off the mumbling and growing plants. That stuff was silly make believe.
He stood there tapping his foot on the ground, arms crossed like a disappointed parent…but it was hard to take a 4’5 child too seriously, even if the massive scars straight across his eyes were a tad spooky.
Ilyth'la didn't seem intimidated at all, though. She looked at him with big eyes, unsure for a moment before smiling. "Hi!" she approached curiously, and there was little respect going on for his personal space. The child basically scanned Cleo's whole form, especially his face, taking in the sight of his scars before stating: "What's your name?"
He was testing the waters, finger-spelling his name to see if she could understand, “C-L-E-O”
He gestured to her, silently questioning what she was doing. It wasn’t like he was unable to speed but it always hurt his vocal cords to do it so much.
"Cleo...." She repeated out loud before smiling wide again and waving at him excitedly. "Hi Cleo!! My name's Ilyth'la."
She pointed to the plants around the tree. "Those are my friends. This is Ms. Petunia and Miss Ivy. They said they wanted to grow so I'm making them grow."
His eyes widened, “You know sign?”
If so, his perception of her automatically went up. The percentage of people who knew ASL here was much higher back home but it was still primarily limited to the staff. Everyday he had to force himself to speak, which grew annoying.
“And did they speak to you?”
Ilyth'la seemed to need some seconds to put together his sentences. She looked confused... then gazed at her own hands to gesture slowly "Yes, a little."
"Rosa taught me a little bit," she spoke this part. "I don't know a lot. Just some. Because I'm learning."
She gestured with her hand, "Learning."
He smiled, “I can hear perfectly fine. My vocal cords are just damaged so it’s easier for me to sign if I can.”
Cleo cleared his throat and spoke, “Hello.”
It was clearly raspy and barely above a whisper.
“You don’t have to sign. I just wanted to make sure you can understand me.”
He adapted his own sign to be slower, easier for her to understand. He was so used to the quick signing he could do with Manny.
She nodded, slowly understanding Cleo's sentences. She didn't have a lot of chance to practice outside of her interaction with Rosa and Isabel during Kayne's invasion, which was what had kept her occupied most of the time then. But now Ily would have the chance to use her knowledge again! The girl seemed overjoyed. "I learn fast!" she gestured with some difficulty, but Cleo could understand it fine enough.
"What is a v o c a l c o r d ?", she spoke.
Cleo blinked in confusion, “Did you not understand? I can hear perfectly fine. Are you just wanting to sign?”
People typically saw his signing as more of a nuisance than anything else, or atleast, that’s how he perceived it. Someone willingly talking to him in sign was odd.
“And my v o c a l c h o r d s,” he fingerspelled it then showing what vocal chord’s sign is, “are basically what allow people to talk.”
Ilyth'la nodded. "I like to learn," she signed slowly. Then signed equally slowly, tentatively: "TALK" a few times. If she practiced enough, one day she would remember all the signs.
"Is this in our throats?" The smalled one spoke this time, then touched her own throat.
Cleo nodded and grabbed her hand, leading it to his own throat, “AAAAAAA!”
She could feel the tiny vibrations where his vocal cords were working extra hard to speak.
“Feel? Yes, it’s in your throat…sign is kind of weird though. Why do you wanna learn it?”
He hated the fact he had to be so reliant on a language many didnt know. He hated not being ‘normal’ and being able to shout and talk like everyone else. Sign language was a crutch that held him back in his own mind, despite it being the thing that let him communicate.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
*they nodded and left, going to Erodith. They opened the door and knocked softly.*
“Hey.”
Erodith hadn’t turned on a single light since she was placed in this room. The furniture, once pristine, has been torn and destroyed from both claws and teeth. Stuffing littered the carpet alongside the ruined nasal medication she was given, which left a soggy spot.
It was difficult to see her silouhette but they could make out the general mess of feathers and scales combined into one ball. She hissed as they came in, puffing up with talons and teeth bared.
“I wanted to apologize to you. I treated you like that was something you meant to do, and it was an accident. You were right. And I’m sorry.”
Erodith didn’t quit puffing up but she did finally respond in a firm tone, “that’s not what you came in here for.”
Her myscles were on the verge of lunging at them, talons itching to tear into skin.
“No. But I needed to do it.”
*they sat down.*
“I want to know how to help you.”
“You didn’t need to do shit. People like you don’t apologize to those like me,” their words were no reassurance to them.
“You want something else out of me. You’d finally leave me alone if you actually cared. I’ve told you plenty of times how to help me. You pretending to give two shits does nothing for either of us so let’s stop beating around the bush.”
She pressed herself farther into the wall.
“That is what Saris says, yes. I don’t believe that. I believe everyone deserves apologies if they’re wronged. And I want you to be safe, as I said before. And that means I need to know whether you want to talk it out or punch me until the bad feelings go away.”
“Really fun,” she scoffed.
“You all think the same, it’s just a matter of its conscious or subconscious and whether or not you try to hide it. You’re hilarious if you think for a minute that you’d actually let me punch you.”
“Do it.”
“You can’t make me do shit,” she spat. “Let me leave and get out of here.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
*they nodded and left, going to Erodith. They opened the door and knocked softly.*
“Hey.”
Erodith hadn’t turned on a single light since she was placed in this room. The furniture, once pristine, has been torn and destroyed from both claws and teeth. Stuffing littered the carpet alongside the ruined nasal medication she was given, which left a soggy spot.
It was difficult to see her silouhette but they could make out the general mess of feathers and scales combined into one ball. She hissed as they came in, puffing up with talons and teeth bared.
“I wanted to apologize to you. I treated you like that was something you meant to do, and it was an accident. You were right. And I’m sorry.”
Erodith didn’t quit puffing up but she did finally respond in a firm tone, “that’s not what you came in here for.”
Her myscles were on the verge of lunging at them, talons itching to tear into skin.
“No. But I needed to do it.”
*they sat down.*
“I want to know how to help you.”
“You didn’t need to do shit. People like you don’t apologize to those like me,” their words were no reassurance to them.
“You want something else out of me. You’d finally leave me alone if you actually cared. I’ve told you plenty of times how to help me. You pretending to give two shits does nothing for either of us so let’s stop beating around the bush.”
She pressed herself farther into the wall.
“That is what Saris says, yes. I don’t believe that. I believe everyone deserves apologies if they’re wronged. And I want you to be safe, as I said before. And that means I need to know whether you want to talk it out or punch me until the bad feelings go away.”
“Really fun,” she scoffed.
“You all think the same, it’s just a matter of its conscious or subconscious and whether or not you try to hide it. You’re hilarious if you think for a minute that you’d actually let me punch you.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
*they nodded and left, going to Erodith. They opened the door and knocked softly.*
“Hey.”
Erodith hadn’t turned on a single light since she was placed in this room. The furniture, once pristine, has been torn and destroyed from both claws and teeth. Stuffing littered the carpet alongside the ruined nasal medication she was given, which left a soggy spot.
It was difficult to see her silouhette but they could make out the general mess of feathers and scales combined into one ball. She hissed as they came in, puffing up with talons and teeth bared.
“I wanted to apologize to you. I treated you like that was something you meant to do, and it was an accident. You were right. And I’m sorry.”
Erodith didn’t quit puffing up but she did finally respond in a firm tone, “that’s not what you came in here for.”
Her myscles were on the verge of lunging at them, talons itching to tear into skin.
“No. But I needed to do it.”
*they sat down.*
“I want to know how to help you.”
“You didn’t need to do shit. People like you don’t apologize to those like me,” their words were no reassurance to them.
“You want something else out of me. You’d finally leave me alone if you actually cared. I’ve told you plenty of times how to help me. You pretending to give two shits does nothing for either of us so let’s stop beating around the bush.”
She pressed herself farther into the wall.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
*they nodded and left, going to Erodith. They opened the door and knocked softly.*
“Hey.”
Erodith hadn’t turned on a single light since she was placed in this room. The furniture, once pristine, has been torn and destroyed from both claws and teeth. Stuffing littered the carpet alongside the ruined nasal medication she was given, which left a soggy spot.
It was difficult to see her silouhette but they could make out the general mess of feathers and scales combined into one ball. She hissed as they came in, puffing up with talons and teeth bared.
“I wanted to apologize to you. I treated you like that was something you meant to do, and it was an accident. You were right. And I’m sorry.”
Erodith didn’t quit puffing up but she did finally respond in a firm tone, “that’s not what you came in here for.”
Her myscles were on the verge of lunging at them, talons itching to tear into skin.
Cleo stared from his treehouse down at the grass where he saw a stranger messing around with his plants. Well, they technically weren’t his because he hated gardening but they were by his treehouse!
It wasn’t like he was being subtle either, the top half of his body dangling over the railing with dark curls covering his face. Cleo was hoping she would notice him up there so he didn’t have to go down there instead. It wasn’t like his voice was strong enough to scream down without damage.
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Even though Cleo was clearly staring, the kid didn't seem to be really acknowledging him. Actually, Ilyth'la appeared to not have even noticed him there, as she was too busy talking with the plants, deep into her play pretend world where the plants answered her and played with her...
Well, now if Cleo paid enough attention, it looked like those petunias and ivies had definitely grown bigger when the child commanded them to. She looked like she was five or six years old at most, deep dark skin just like the Manager's, and pitch-black hair that contrasted with her glowing red eyes. She looked almost human.
Almost.
"Grow grow grow grow! You ate a lot so now you have to give back to the sun by making more air and more leaves!"
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Cleo grumbled and decided to crawl down the ladder. Normally, he wouldn’t care but he didn’t sleep well last night so god forbid he was a little territorial. This was his property because he was the one who lived near it!
When he got to the bottom, he brushed off the mumbling and growing plants. That stuff was silly make believe.
He stood there tapping his foot on the ground, arms crossed like a disappointed parent…but it was hard to take a 4’5 child too seriously, even if the massive scars straight across his eyes were a tad spooky.
Ilyth'la didn't seem intimidated at all, though. She looked at him with big eyes, unsure for a moment before smiling. "Hi!" she approached curiously, and there was little respect going on for his personal space. The child basically scanned Cleo's whole form, especially his face, taking in the sight of his scars before stating: "What's your name?"
He was testing the waters, finger-spelling his name to see if she could understand, “C-L-E-O”
He gestured to her, silently questioning what she was doing. It wasn’t like he was unable to speed but it always hurt his vocal cords to do it so much.
"Cleo...." She repeated out loud before smiling wide again and waving at him excitedly. "Hi Cleo!! My name's Ilyth'la."
She pointed to the plants around the tree. "Those are my friends. This is Ms. Petunia and Miss Ivy. They said they wanted to grow so I'm making them grow."
His eyes widened, “You know sign?”
If so, his perception of her automatically went up. The percentage of people who knew ASL here was much higher back home but it was still primarily limited to the staff. Everyday he had to force himself to speak, which grew annoying.
“And did they speak to you?”
Ilyth'la seemed to need some seconds to put together his sentences. She looked confused... then gazed at her own hands to gesture slowly "Yes, a little."
"Rosa taught me a little bit," she spoke this part. "I don't know a lot. Just some. Because I'm learning."
She gestured with her hand, "Learning."
He smiled, “I can hear perfectly fine. My vocal cords are just damaged so it’s easier for me to sign if I can.”
Cleo cleared his throat and spoke, “Hello.”
It was clearly raspy and barely above a whisper.
“You don’t have to sign. I just wanted to make sure you can understand me.”
He adapted his own sign to be slower, easier for her to understand. He was so used to the quick signing he could do with Manny.
She nodded, slowly understanding Cleo's sentences. She didn't have a lot of chance to practice outside of her interaction with Rosa and Isabel during Kayne's invasion, which was what had kept her occupied most of the time then. But now Ily would have the chance to use her knowledge again! The girl seemed overjoyed. "I learn fast!" she gestured with some difficulty, but Cleo could understand it fine enough.
"What is a v o c a l c o r d ?", she spoke.
Cleo blinked in confusion, “Did you not understand? I can hear perfectly fine. Are you just wanting to sign?”
People typically saw his signing as more of a nuisance than anything else, or atleast, that’s how he perceived it. Someone willingly talking to him in sign was odd.
“And my v o c a l c h o r d s,” he fingerspelled it then showing what vocal chord’s sign is, “are basically what allow people to talk.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
*they nodded and left, going to Erodith. They opened the door and knocked softly.*
“Hey.”
Erodith hadn’t turned on a single light since she was placed in this room. The furniture, once pristine, has been torn and destroyed from both claws and teeth. Stuffing littered the carpet alongside the ruined nasal medication she was given, which left a soggy spot.
It was difficult to see her silouhette but they could make out the general mess of feathers and scales combined into one ball. She hissed as they came in, puffing up with talons and teeth bared.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
*they smiled.*
“No reason to be. You’re cool, and talking to you is nice.”
She perked up, silently asking ‘really?’. Her eyes scanned over for any signs of lies just to find nothing but the truth. Another chip of her soul restored but she stayed quiet, not wanting to keep them here for too long.
Erodith was worse than she was right now. Keeping them here would be cruel.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Do you want me to come back after I talk with her?”
She nodded, “Sorry.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
*they patted her shoulder.*
“Thank you.”
*they stood, going to the door.*
“I’ll go check in on Erodith, okay?”
She smiled, “alright. I’ll just be here.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Of course. As long as you promise that you’ll try and be happy. You don’t have to succeed. But I don’t want you to fight it if you want to smile, okay?”
“I’ll…” she shifted, uncomfortably. “I’ll try.”
She didn’t want to be miserable but it was comfortable. It was familiar and a tiny part of her reveled in that.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“I can put up with it.”
“Just keep me in the loop, please?” She smiled softly.
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“I know. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break. But sometimes different people need their peices put back together in different ways.
“For instance, if Raelynn were in this situation, she would probably curse me out a whole lot, maybe punch me, and then we’d have an emotional discussion followed by more punching me.”
She laughed, “Erodith may be a bit of the same way but she’s a bit of a wild card. Me being a human..sorta? May trigger her to be a more punchy.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
*they smiled.*
“Kindness isn’t against nature. Not for us. We were made to interact with things. We were made to be kind.”
“I don’t know…the hierarchy is natural though. Just be careful with her alright? Treat her like how you treat me.”
She let go from the tight hug she had on them.
“She’s fragile.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
“I will be civil, but I won’t be kind until she learns how to apologize. If we have any hope of rubbing off Saris’s teachings that humans don’t deserve her apologies, we have to start here.”
“Start with what? Being rude? In a way, humans don’t deserve their apologies. It’s a wonder you treat me the way you do,” she sighed.
Clearly, she had plenty of her own teachings that needed to be rubbed off as well.
“You’re just trying to force something against nature.”
“Yeah! I mean, during the Avarick stuff it wasn’t the best stuff but you know when she threw that fork at Saris? She was grateful for you helping her sort that out. Raelynn knows you guys might not always agree on certain things but she knows you’re there for her. ‘Their heart is in the right place, even if I wanna strangle them sometimes’ is her words.”
Natalie laughed.
“She’s said more but that’s off the top of my head.”
*they smiled.*
“I’m glad. I tried it make the right impression, but sometimes I seem a bit… set in my ways, I guess.”
“Raelynn is as stubborn as a bull as well. She won’t do what she doesn’t want to do and believes what she believes very strongly. It’s nothing on you. You ever try to make her go on a Ferris wheel? She refuses. Shes absolutely terrified of them.”
Another chip repaired within her soul. They were at an amusement park, something that neither of them has ever done.
Raelynn dragged her on all the rollercoasters, as giddy as a kid in a candy store, but the Ferris wheel? She stared at it like it might roll over and kill her that instant.
Natalie tugged on her arm, “C’mon, let’s go on that one!”
She stood rigid and shook her head, “no, no, we shouldn’t. The line is long.”
She could recognize that expression from a mile away but she was certainly confused to say the least. She could go upside down but not on a Ferris wheel..?
“Rae, are you scared right now?”
“No!” She exclaimed louder than she meant to before clearing her throat. “I mean, no, it’s just…look at it!”
She chuckled, “I am looking at it. It looks lovely.”
“I’m not going on that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Why not?”
“I’m just not,” she scoffed.
She tugged her arm again, “I’ll massage your shoulders later. I know your muscles always get so tense.”
“Hell to the no,” even if that was tempting.
She sighed with a playful grin, “Alright, you win.”
“Oh, I love Ferris Wheel’s. I don’t think I could ride a roller coaster though. I feel like I’d pass out.”
“She always thought she was going to roll away in them or something as if a roller coaster might not fling you off worse! I don’t mind roller coasters but fearing Ferris wheels is definitely a new fear,” she laughed.
A realization dawned on her and her face quickly soured, voice becoming hesitant, “How’s Erodith..? I can feel part of her emotions and it’s been…weird recently.”
*they thought for a moment.*
“She… got a checkup to try and stop the thing where metal comes out of her. Metal started coming out of her though, and Daisy gave her something to stop it without warning her first. She was surprised, which is fair, it was a nasal spray. And she kicked Daisy. Really hard.
“She didn’t mean to, and she is feeling an insane amount of regret. For possibly the first time in her life. Daisy should be okay. It might take a while, but she’ll be mostly fine.”
“That’s what I feeling from her,” she nodded in agreement. “And…I can tell you with certainty that she’s felt this regret before. It might not be more story to tell but we did share a body and memories for a long time. I think the familiarity is making it worse.”
She frowned and glanced away, “I think she might need more help than me right now. It’s hard to tell now that we just have fragments of each other but be nice to her, okay? She needs it. Shes a product of her environment, even if it’s annoying.”
