Peachy~!

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Book'd | Sasuke & Peach

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Somehow, he had been under the impression he’d hit someone…well, bigger. The ninja blinked for a moment when a woman dressed all in pink came around, huffing and puffing at him for the slip-up. He nearly reached to pinch himself, was she for real?

Cracking as pleasant a smile as he could muster at the scene, he paused long enough to at least set the book aside. That thing had already done enough damage, apparently. “I realize that, Miss. But… looks like I ended up hitting you, instead.” Not that it was necessarily any better, it was just the truth.

"Here, let me get a look at it." He gestured to the hand covering her nose. He wasn’t any expert, but at least trying to help was the least he could do here. Besides, how bad could it be?

[superprettypinkprincess]

Peach's eye opened wide for a moment. Was he trying to say that was better? It wasn't as bad but, it could be hardly called better to smack a Princess in the face!! She huffed out again, but paused when he said he said to let him look. So, slowly she started to take her hand away..

"Ahhh!!! Oh noooo!" Peach gasped out sharply, seeing that her pretty white glove was now spotted red, because her nose was bleeding! He'd hit her that hard! She flailed a bit, then brought both her hands up to cover her nose, sniffing lightly and then scrunching her face a bit, as the unpleasant taste of blood tingled in the back of her throat.

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Book'd | Sasuke & Peach

In his wanderings thus far, there were really only two areas of the city that managed to catch Sasuke’s attention. That is, in a positive light, anyway. The first was Gaulway Park, being the only sizable area he could find trees and other foliage. The other, for whatever reason, was the marketplace, out on one of the piers, likely thanks to the assortment of people from all around the city who would congregate there.

Today, though, that wasn’t quite what brought him to the pier. Whereas he would sometimes take to people-watching, this time he was there with something a bit more practical in mind.

At least, that had been the intent. Leave it to a stall full of books to get him sidetracked. He pointedly kept away from the busier area where the owner was occupied, and cracked open one after another, flipping through the pages for anything that might have seemed… well, relevant. Anything more concrete than the hearsay anyone could glean from the locals.

Who knew how long it was before he approached another stack, eyes skimming the covers for anything interesting. One word jumped out, in particular, on the spine of a large volume. “Demons…” He breathed the word more than said it, hand automatically moving for it, and ignoring that it was halfway down the stack.

Needless to say, one good tug sent not only the books atop it falling over, but his hand flying back, book and all. Sasuke froze when he felt an impact. That was probably a person he just hit, wasn’t it?

"Ah… sorry." Smooth. He couldn’t even bring himself to glance over his shoulder. Never mind acknowledge the other customers either shuffling to pick up the mess or chew him out for it."Guess I don’t know my own strength."

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Owww!" Her hands came up quickly to cover her face, her nose in particular, after the back of a hand smacked into it. That really hurt! Peach rocked on her heels as she tried to calm herself, but.. but that really hurt! And clearly he wasn't thinking about what he was doing and..! Ohh! 

"Y-you could have hit a child!" Peach scolded the man as she came around beside him. She didn't look as intimidating as she might like. Sure, she was scowling at the ninja, trying to look fierce, but only of of her fists was on her hip, with the other hand still occupied holding her nose. Besides that.. she was pretty adorable and very pink. He might be more likely to giggle at her than cower from her!

[superprettypinkprincess]

Princess in Distress

"I’ve been reading about the history of this city.. and about the people like us, who come here." After all she wanted information on if anyone had ever gone home! But she didn’t bring that up again for now,

"I’ve also been reading about the plants here! They’re so much different from the ones back home! They don’t even have fire flowers here.." Or ice flowers.. or actually, anything like a powerup as far as she’d seen! It was really too bad, because Peach could use the powerups, just like Mario and Luigi could.. So could Toad!

[pikorain-deactivated20150427]

Fire flowers? Flowers that were on fire? Made of fire? They must have been like a Celcius’ Tear. Burned everything they touched. What kind of gloves would you need to hold those? Or was it just too dangerous to hold? The way Peach spoke of it just made it seem like a normal thing. 

"What kind of things did you find out? You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want it. I was just curious."

[superprettypinkprincess]

"History.. A lot about the wall, and the demons beyond it. They sound really scary but.. It doesn't sound like they've been seen in a long time." Peach had to admit, she wondered what was out there too.. "A lot about the traditions here! Like their parties and festivals!"

"It wasn't what I was looking for, but those festivals sound very fun! I can't wait to join in~!"

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Princess in Distress

"Wow! It sounds amazing. I wonder if they have anything in Angelan…" She doubted it but, it was worth a try. "I really should try to go one of these days." Colette thought about when a good time to go would be. Probably later. 

"What kinds of things do you read?" 

[superprettypinkprincess]

"I've been reading about the history of this city.. and about the people like us, who come here." After all she wanted information on if anyone had ever gone home! But she didn't bring that up again for now,

"I've also been reading about the plants here! They're so much different from the ones back home! They don't even have fire flowers here.." Or ice flowers.. or actually, anything like a powerup as far as she'd seen! It was really too bad, because Peach could use the powerups, just like Mario and Luigi could.. So could Toad!

[sventilator]

i can talk [ᴏᴘᴇɴ]

[sventilator]

His smile was gentle. On one hand, this whole conversation felt painfully familiar: jumping worlds by boat and looking for a way home… but Alvin had given up on the prospect, perhaps even himself. His smile was gentle, but it was a manipulative kindness.

"I work freelance in information and manual labour." He put a hand into his pocket, but then remembered he didn’t have any cards on him, being just back from jail and all that. "So I can help you out if you ever need an extra pair of hands… though it does cost a bit of money. Do you have a pen on you?"

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Oh! Oh my, that could be helpful~" Peach smiled, rather interested. She didn't know anything about people who dealt in information! Not really.. But she looked down, about a pen. "Mm.. Toad?"

At the mention of his name, Toad jumped a little, and then felt at his chest. He reached into the vest after a moment, and then held out a fancy ink pen to Alvin.. a fancy pen, with pink ink inside. He looked quite pleased with himself, and Peach giggled happily. "I'll be sure to contact you if I need any help!" The money certainly wasn't a problem.

[zealouswilder]

"Yeah. One in particular…"

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Oh.. Do you have a special someone?"

"Don't worry.. you'll get back to them!!"

[zealouswilder]

"I take it you miss him, huh?"

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Of course I do, I miss everyone back home. Don't you miss your friends?"

[zealouswilder]

"That’s so sweet— wait. Mario? Is he your beau? Drat."

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Oh, no. Mario is just a close friend. He and his brother have saved me many times."

[zealouswilder]

"Oh man, do you bake? That’s a neat skill to have. You must know that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach."

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Oh yes! I bake all the time~! I love baking cakes for Mario~" What a bittersweet thought.

[zealouswilder]

  A hug from a princess, oh boy.

"Huh? Oh. Don’t mention it. I was just trying to figure out how that game worked, that’s all…"

[superprettypinkprincess]

"O-Oh, right.." Lets go.

"Well.. I think from now on, I'll just bring the cookies..

[zealouswilder]

"You’re all terrible people for making a princess cry."

[superprettypinkprincess]

Hugs Zelos!

"Thank you for resurrecting me..." Sniffles and takes a deep breath.

[superprettypinkprincess]

"I-I don't like this game!"

"I don't like it at all!"

[sventilator]

i can talk [ᴏᴘᴇɴ]

[sventilator]

After the slice of pie, he was on to eating the meal he got earlier.

FOOOOOOOOOOD.

Alvin smiled at her conviction. “Me? Nah, I haven’t looked into it much, but I have been trying to figure out what this city actually is.” Mostly because he was being paid to do it, really. “A wall on one side, the sea on the others, and no obvious way out… Kinda freaky if you ask me, but if we all got in somehow, there’s got to me a way out.” A shrug. “Just a matter of finding it.”

[superprettypinkprincess]

"I think.. that the answer must be the sea." She couldn't prove that yet, or know how to deal with it but, "Everyone who has come from another world, they all came from the docks. They came by boat so, I think, we must have to leave by boat, too." Not that it was safe to just go. but there might be a way.. to get around the dangers out there. Those dangers were the bars of the cell.

"I'm sure we'll find it though! We'll find the answer, and then we'll all go home."

[superprettypinkprincess]

Princess in Distress

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Colette watched Toad and giggled. It was really amazing that there was an entire town of creatures, or rather people, like him. 

"It really is a nice place. There’s so many people and things to learn." Genis would have a field day. "How often do you go to the library? I’ve been meaning to go myself." She really wanted to see what kind of information Thalassia had within their walls. 

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Most nights, unless I'm too tired. I've been exploring the city a lot, but it's so big! It seems like there's always something new going on!" It was a little tiring, but mostly interesting. She loved finding new things to do, new shops to try, and most of all new and interesting people. Although.. she knew she ought to be more careful.

"It's very nice, and big! There are so many books.. I don't think i could ever get through them all!"

[aquaflora]

(confused haru noises)

[aquaflora]

[ Well, that made sense. At least he knew why it sounded so depressing, now. And even then, that upset him. Just a little. He had hoped that the people there weren’t actually upsetting! If they were, he’d at least try to help them. Even if he didn’t know them, but… ] 

"Really?"

"That…sounds really upsetting…"

[ He frowned. But nonetheless, he followed her and somewhat clung to the back of her dress. He made sure that he didn’t make her uncomfortable any, but at the same time stuck a little too close to her. ] 

[superprettypinkprincess]

"Haru.." Peach noticed the way he was clinging to her dress. She was not unfamiliar with this behavior, so she did the nicest thing she thought she could. She paused, long enough to link one of her arms with his own, and smiled at him reassuringly.

"Don't worry.. it's not as bad as all that. People get by, and there's a clinic there now, where people can get help." She gave his arm a gentle squeeze as they walked along. The area was clearly getting a bit dirtier as they headed east, and there was a gradual shift in the look of the people here, but she decided they wouldn't go far in' especially not so far as the wall, or the dung holes. Those might be a bit too much for him. 

[superprettypinkprincess]

Princess in Distress

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Colette was amazed at Toad. He did a lot of things so quickly, just like any human could. It made her happy. 

"There’s quite a few people where I’m from. There’s Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, Dwarves, Spirits, Katz and Penguinists. I think that’s all of them, but there could be more. Those are just the species I’ve met, aside from monsters. There’s a lot of them." Colette smiled fondly at remembering all the different people she met on her travels. "None of them are really like Mr Toad, so I was just surprised. The only things that look even close to him are monsters." 

"I don’t think that’s true. Even humans are all very different. I’ve learned a lot about it. It’s really interesting how there’s even so many different humans than I’m used to."

[superprettypinkprincess]

Were Penguinists like Bumpties? Peach almost asked, but they would both have to try to explain a race the other had never seen and that would be confusing, just like it was with Toad! "There are lots of Toads in the Mushroom Kingdom.. My castle is even in Toad Town!" Peach smiled as she looked towards Toad. He was using a stool for most of what he was doing because.. well the counters weren't designed for someone as short as he was. It was a bit like watching a child do it..

"..You're right! I've just been out of sorts." That was probably understandable though, most people probably would be, their first few weeks in a new place, right? "I have met so many interesting people since I arrived~! I've been learning a lot, too, at the library." The goal was to learn something specific, but well, that didn't mean she couldn't be picking up more information. 

[superprettypinkprincess]

Princess in Distress

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Colette realized her mistake and scrambled for an apology. “Oh! I’m so sorry, Mr Toad!” Colette apologized, looking very red faced. That was rude of her… “I’ve just never seen someone like you before and, um, I’m really sorry.” 

"Oh, um, sure." She really flubbed that one. She hoped he wasn’t too mad but, she did just accuse him of being a monster… And he did look upset.

[superprettypinkprincess]

Toad peeked back out, and then smiled brightly. he was really good at bouncing back! He was just very happy that she didn't really think he was a monster! "Okay!" He laughed in his giddy, child-like way as Peach lead them out into the kitchen and, without being asked Toad started to set the table for the two of them, and started preparing the tea for them.. It was like a reflex for him.

"So.. There aren't many types of people in your world?" Then again, most of the 'people' in her world, besides humans and toads, would come off as monsters to most. Koopas and Goombas even: there were many who served Bowser, but there were others like Goombario, and Kooper, who were as much people to Peach as Mario or Toad. 

"There don't seem to be many kinds of people here in Thalassia hmm? Hehe.. I guess that makes me the odd one, hm~?" Peach giggled as she sat down; it was such an odd feeling, knowing they all had such different backgrounds.