A Partridge In A Pear Tree

[showmelove]

Who: WILD CITY & any visitors???
Where: WILD CITY dorms
When: Day 185

[Hey fanmail is pretty cool, right? So you definitely won't notice new people in the dorm, right? Right.]

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[showmelove]

Um... Sorry... I didn't mean to wake you up, I just didn't want to startle anyone. I'm Venus? [Why does she seem confused by that? She knows who she is.] Uh, I am part of this um, club. Now.

[iamverybadass]

[ Sits up more properly with a groggy sound, scrubbing a hand over his face ]

Don't apologize for that. I prefer to be awake for new arrivals anyway. And we are more than some mere club; we're a team.

[showmelove]

A "team"...

Um, well I look forward to, uh, working with you? Oh gosh. I haven't done any team stuff since the Summer Scouts. What exactly is our team supposed to do?

[iamverybadass]

Summer scouts? Do you have your memories then?

[ He is just not gonna address the question yet. Like a brat. ]

[showmelove]

Oh yeah! I mean. The ones from home, anyway... That's not normal, right?

[iamverybadass]

It is atypical, but you are not the first to arrive with memories of home. None of Hell though?

[showmelove]

Uhmmmm... [She pauses, and thinks about it. She REALLY thinks about it, scrunching her face up and tapping on her head.]

I remember it hurt a lot. Ah, it hurt so much! But maybe that was just dying? I had to have... known more though... Before? Ah, it hurts my head to think about it so hard.

[iamverybadass]

Maybe what—

[ H. HM. PERHAPS HE SHOULD NOT HAVE ASKED ]

Do not answer that if it is causing you pain. Do you need to sit?

[showmelove]

Huh?

[She is not even aware she said something odd.]

Sitting down wouldn't be bad. I don't think I wanna go anywhere in my PJs.

[iamverybadass]

[ He clicks his tongue and gestures at an open space on the couch ]

Then sit. You can consider what color and animal you want to select for yourself instead. Once you've chosen both of those, your closet will open and you'll be able to change into regular clothes.

[showmelove]

[She takes a seat... at a respectable distance, not because she doesn't wanna touch him but because you know. Manners.]

Oh. That's all I have to do...? That's not too hard.

What are your color and animal?

[iamverybadass]

I chose a shade of black for myself, and my animal is a bat. You can choose anything you like though. As long as it's an animal, it's fine.

[showmelove]

A bat...

I wanna be something cute. [She's that kind of girl, ok.] Maybe something fluffy like a bunny...? Hmm... maybe not, rabbits can be really scary, too. A bird might be good though.

[Her color is gonna be pink though and that's just how it's gonna be. No need to debate that.]

[iamverybadass]

A bunny is a little... [ Defenseless. He's getting the impression he shouldn't be too blunt with this newbie though. Better leave the warnings to Silver. ]

A bird would be a good choice. You have a wide range of options with them.

[showmelove]

[She smiles, looking at him expectantly when he trails off. She gets it.]

I wouldn't really be able to help anyone as a bunny, would I? Haha...

At least a bird can fly.

[iamverybadass]

[ Oh good this means he can sigh in relief ]

You wouldn't be able to help yourself as a bunny. Flight is an excellent option for escape, should you ever need it.

[showmelove]

... Escape, yeah. [Venus' ideas behind flight are a little different, but she doesn't say it, no matter how she might briefly look like she wants to say something.]

Do you fly?

[iamverybadass]

I can, yes. Silver's also capable of it.

[showmelove]

You can, but do you? Have you done it a lot? What is it like?

1/2

[iamverybadass]

Ah...I see.

I don't actually fly often. Under-utilizing the skill means that people forget I have it, and that has a strategic advantage.

[iamverybadass]

But I do race across the heights of the city even without flight, and that is exhilarating. You just want to know what it's like to go as high as you like, when you like, right?

More than anything else, it is...freeing. It's my favorite place to go when I wish to relax.

[showmelove]

[Venus smiles then, softer, warmer. That's more like what she wanted to hear.]

I used to fly. Only for a little bit though, so I never really got to do it as much as I'd like to.

[iamverybadass]

Used to, is it... What made you stop?

[showmelove]

Oh the um. Dying! Hahaha...

I only had wings for a little bit, but that's okay. I'm here now.

[iamverybadass]

Oh—ah. I apologize... I should have realized.