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✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: A Star is Born :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧

Who: ??? and fellow flowers
Where: LiliS dorms
When: Day 450, evening

[ If you should happen to be in the LiliS dorms this evening you may notice that there's an extra room that wasn't there earlier this afternoon.

...oh and you can't get in or out right now. H m m m.]

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Mmmmmm-- I don't have anything like that yet. Well... nothing but the name that I was assigned.

[Which isn't a real name but-- at least it's something.]

The name you were—? [ There's a flash of something less than happy in his expression, before he gets what she means. ] Oh, the thing on your 'profile', right?

Yeah, mine's uh...

[ Well, he's going to take this opportunity to very gently extricate himself from her embrace and turn her to face the 'TV'. ]

That. The little cartoon wolf head.

[ Releasing her! ]

Not much of a name, right? Probably makes sense that I started out calling myself 'Wolf'. When Tenn first said I was 'breaking the theme', I actually blew him off.

Edited 2022-03-17 07:15 (UTC)

Because — well — I didn't pick my profile name, so I wasn't the one who'd broken the theme.

[ Sort of a long pause. Lupine rubs the back of his neck. ]

It took someone else explaining that we don't actually have to make a name out of whatever junk they put in our profiles. We can name ourselves anything we like. If you want us to call you [ a glance at the flashing line ] 'Phoenix', we totally will.

Edited 2022-03-17 07:21 (UTC)

—But, well. Flowers aren't so bad, right? And it's not like I was all that attached to 'Wolf'. When Eichi got transferred on my second day, I... asked him and Tenn and Emi — she used to be on LiliS, too — to help me pick a flower.

[ Beat. He still appreciates this, because he was absolutely offering them a chance to name him something like Daisy, and he'd been a little bit of a pain, and instead... ]

They went with one that still means 'wolf'.

[Peering at his profile--]

Oh--!! A little wolfie!!

[It all starts to make sense as he explains his experience with his name.]

I think flowers are really cool! There are so many different shapes and colors-- each one is super unique. But it's even MORE exciting when you put a bunch of different kinds together! When you can see how they all fit together to make something even BETTER. I think that's really special. And pretty, too!

[Fists clenched eagerly!!]

So... I want one too. I wanna join your group!

[ ...are all their newbies going to do this to him, damn girl. ]

Well. We're glad to have you.

[ He looks up at the screen again, then back at her. ]

Okay, first things first — you might've noticed that your closet was locked?

Edited 2022-03-17 15:17 (UTC)

Heeeeeh?! That's right!

[HOW DID HE KNOW?? Amazing...]

...I wonder if I forgot where I put the key...

[ oh no ] [ Lupine, keep it together ]

No, you definitely didn't, it's just what happens when people show up here. Your line's flashing on the screen like that because it wants you to pick a 'position' color.

[ Beat. ]

Make sure it's something you like, okay? Once it opens, the clothes in your closet are gonna be mostly green, white, and whatever color you pick out.

Edited 2022-03-18 05:53 (UTC)

[WAO...]

That's like-- that's like magic!

Heh. Maybe? There's definitely some magic at work around this place.

[ Anyway, he'll move over to the 'TV' and do some more helpful pointing at things on its screen. ]

Like I said, this one's me. As you can see, my color here's black, although... well, that's not a big part of my outfit right now, but this is actually an outfit from a different unit's section of the department store. We can go over how that works later.

I picked black when I was new for a lot of reasons — thinking it'd go with anything, that it'd be easy to keep looking okay... but I've got a couple memories back now, and I wore a lot of black back home, too, so maybe it also just felt right.

...That's amazing-- I wonder if I can figure out what color I liked to wear best too.

[She looks at the selection screen-- at all the colors. She squints, nose wrinkled in deep concentration.]

Hmm.... mmm...

[Her eyes do immediately go to the brighter colors. But she goes back and forth a lot... before finally landing on a vivid orange one.]

Maybe... this one?

[ ...Boy, they sure did wind up with a lot of dark colors, didn't they. Lupine blinks, then turns a smile on her. ]

If you like it, it's perfect.

[ Beat. ]

And you probably can — as you buy memories back, you'll start picking up on things. Uh... that part's gonna be a bit of a long story, but I'll tell you everything I can?

I do like it. And... I think it'll look nice with the green we already have.

[Because making sure they look good together is important too.]

Oh yeah-- but it'll be a while before I can do anything like that, won't it? I don't have any money and I don't remember anything about a salary either...

Yeah? [ He doesn't know anything about colors, really, but he angles a green sleeve in front of the 'TV' for comparison. ] I think so, too.

[ As for that, well.......... ]

We've got some shared points saved up, actually, for newbies. You should be able to access our 'bank' on your phone and use some of 'em.

[ ...thanks, Rene. ]

[~~Can't believe I'm benefiting from myself indirectly~~]

...really?

[On one hand, she doesn't want to take too much but... it could come in handy.]

Mmmm... okay. But! I promise I'll repay it and then some!!

[ ♥ ]

Hah, that's not how it works. When you've got more points than you need, that's when you start donating to the fund. I'm putting in a thousand points every week or so.

[ every ~10 days, or once an OOC month ]

Plus, you having all your powers? That's just good for everyone. You'll need them for some games.

[Wow!!! But as she listens, she gets it.]

Mrrrrr... well if it's good for everyone...

[She can't argue with that.]

How much do I need to get them all?

They're a thousand each.

[ Grin! ]

And it definitely is. Plus, some of our powers? Pretty cool.

[ Demonstratively, he plucks a sprig of lupine out of his hair, and holds it gingerly at her eye level. Concentrates for a few seconds, and then— ]

[ —the little sprig comes to life in his hand, its stem extending, more buds blooming, to coil around his wrist like a very pretty snake. ]

See?

Edited 2022-03-21 06:15 (UTC)

[You would think she was watching the most exciting thing ever; her eyes are SPARKLING!]

I wanna be able to do that too!!

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