newbie breakfast

[sancrimony]

Who: 3+1 babies + sensitIVs
Where: @ sensitIV
When: Day 172, morning

[ for those who have lived in sensitIV for a while, they'll wake up (if they slept) to the familiar smell of herb and butter bread: lucifel's probably the only one who uses the tandir oven but he uses it pretty extensively! there's also the smell of toasted cinnamon, which is actually fairly unique to today, but maybe it has to do with how cold it is, and if anyone ventures in the kitchen when lucifel's not there, there's guymag in a large pot available for anyone to have a bowl to warm themselves up with.

of course, for the newbies, those are all probably new to one degree or another. hey, where the fuck are you?

+ there's also a cottage probably somewhere around sensitIV, in some corner. every sensitIV will have gotten a text on the night of 170/morning of 171 to inform them that lavender is spending a few days with them, and that the cottage is hers, so it's not alarming to anyone except those who didn't get the text. which would be like, three of you, so, ]

Comments

[bondsofsuffering]

See? See?!

[He keeps his voice hushed, but it's not that effective when he's still exclaiming it.]

Geeze. I wonder how they picked it?

[crystallinelore]

I cannot even begin to imagine, in truth.

[bondsofsuffering]

It has to have some kind of appeal, but it seems pretty niche to me... Don't you normally try to appeal to the biggest audience you can?

[Why does he think this way? Fushigi mystery.]

Unless it's more reflective of whoever set it up in the first place.

[Hm.]

[crystallinelore]

Appealing to a niche has its own rewards, especially if you can appeal to several at once. I suspect the other units have different aesthetics.

[bondsofsuffering]

I wonder who gets to do the real mainstream ones, then... No fair. I wanna be popular too!

[He looks a little jealous? What's the point of being forced into being an idol with zero memories unless you're popular???]

[crystallinelore]

I believe the point is to vie for popularity on our own merits.

[bondsofsuffering]

Oh, not here. Like... with a different group?

[Or whatever the case is here? The whole kidnapping thing makes it a lot more mysterious. The whole amnesia thing even more so, because he doesn't strictly know why he vaguely knows anything.]

Unless our units are seriously the only acts around.

[crystallinelore]

Oh, outside of this program altogether...? I suppose it wouldn't make sense, not to have others.

[bondsofsuffering]

Right?

[He nods to himself. He's totally right!! Except.]

...As long as this place abides by that logic, anyway.

[crystallinelore]

It is hard to say what logic it may abide by.

1/2

[bondsofsuffering]

[He nods to himself a couple of times, apparently taking this all quite seriously.]

There's way too many variables to consider...

2/2

[bondsofsuffering]

[-And then, looking up curiously again.]

By the way, are you planning to just live the rest of your life here as a blanket monster, or?

[crystallinelore]

I am afraid you may have to consign yourself to your fate of having a blanket monster for a unitmate.

[smiling, though, clearly teasing.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Ahhh, the scariest of monsters! How will I be able to cope?

[Look at your unitmate, Noah. This will truly be so hard on him.]

[crystallinelore]

[waves his blanketed arms, ghost-like, then actually takes down the blanket.]

Surprise!

[bondsofsuffering]

[Whoa, ears and crystal. He's successfully surprised!

There's a beat, and then he gets right up in Noah's space, I'm so sorry.]

Are those real?

[Ears!!]

[crystallinelore]

All of it is.

[quietly amused, if a LITTLE uncomfortable with sudden space invasion. he is staying still rather than backing up, at least.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Whoa...

[He's sticking close, because he wants to examine Noah properly, both the crystal and the ears. At least he seems to know better than to actually poke?

After a moment he steps back again, apparently satisfied for now.]

It's weird, I don't remember a thing, but seeing a person with cat ears... well, it's still surprising.

[crystallinelore]

Amusingly, my ears and tail feel pretty normal to me.

[bondsofsuffering]

That just means it's totally normal for you wherever you're from though, right?

[He hums.]

Even if we can't remember details like that, we still have certain biases, huh...

[crystallinelore]

It seems so. For instance....

[gestures to Kija]

His appearance isn't particularly unusual to me either.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Looking over at Kija again. Yeah, this is... definitely ringing out as "strange" to his mind, even if he has no way to know exactly why.]

Argh, this is so weird! It's like I know things I don't!

[crystallinelore]

Retaining "common knowledge" but not our own memories is... a bit strange, yes.

[bondsofsuffering]

What about you? What seems normal, and what seems odd?

[crystallinelore]

It is easier to say what seems odd in these sorts of circumstances, isn't it?