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]

[Venus is coming out after a few moments, trying to sneak a little in some footie pajamas, which is dumb because where is she even going to go after sneaking out of the dorm??? She has to come back sometime so she can't avoid the attention forever.

Might as well get it over with.]

H-hello...?

[earthquaked]

[ lounging in the catio living room, and looking up in surprise. ]

... another new kid? At least you're quieter than the last one.

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon's been napping on the couch, but he stirs and props himself up on one elbow to frown vaguely in her direction, eyes still pretty cloudy ]

Hello...? Who are you?

[showmelove]

Ah, yes. Sorry...

[Already apologizing. Good going, Venus. She mentally smacks herself a little for it.] Uh, I guess I belong here for now. Oh, this is a lot. [Mostly looking at so much animal print] N-none of this is real, right?

[earthquaked]

You're good, kiddo. But yeah, sorry, it's all real. And if you wake up in Wild City, you belong here.

[ a pause. ]

I'm Nychta. You'll probably hear some of the others call me mom, too. You got a name?

[showmelove]

"Mom"... You look too young to be a mom...? Well, maybe if your kids were very young.

Oh! But this is Wild City, then? The whole city isn't called that, is it? Uh, my name is Venus. My profile says something weird, but my name is definitely Venus.

[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.

[earthquaked]

[ huffs a laugh. ]

It's just a nickname. And nah, that's just the name of our unit.

[ pauses. ]

... do you remember everything?

[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]

What a nickname... it sounds like a responsibility... That's a lot.

[Venus scratches her head.]

Uh, more or less? There are some things I don't remember, but I think that's normal of most people, right?

[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. ]

[earthquaked]

Not so much in this place. Most people come in with nothing.

[ hums, thoughtfully, but ultimately decides to change the subject: ]

I don't mind the responsibility, anyway.

[showmelove]

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

[earthquaked]

[ for general mom-bothering purposes, though, Nychta is hanging out on the couch (probably with talon), flipping through pictures on her phone and gnawing on some of her imeeji-assigned ?questionable meat? sausages. ]

[iamverybadass]

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

[showmelove]

Oh... Sorry. That must be hard for you. O-or maybe not.

You did say they called you mom so I assumed you were at least alright with the nickname. Then, I guess you're the responsible one...?

[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.

[earthquaked]

[ barks a laugh; short, quick, wao she has sharp teeth. ]

Absolutely not. That's Silver.

But hey, I try.

[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]

[Cute... Venus can't even be weirded out, one of her girlfriends has a million ghost hands and the other one is "dark water". She laughs too! It is confused laughter though, what are they laughing about?]

Hahaha... Oh. Okay. Is Silver "dad"?

[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.

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon is also around for general bothering! He's lounging on the couch, either napping or listening to some audiobook he's loaded up on his phone ]

[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?