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Who: you. Right there.
When: Day 24, Noon-ish
Where: the happy funtimes express

[Right, so. Yesterday was a Lot for several of us! There was a trial, some of us have more tokens to use, we’re all hurtling towards a possibly inescapable doom, it’s great.

But instead of focusing on that! Today in the lounge, one can Lucien and Naeva with a basket full of paper flower charms, made so you can hang them on your wrist or in your hair. The flowers are...well, Naeva’s doing her best to make them, and she bought a great deal of pretty origami paper for this.

Of course, when you take one, there’s affirmations attached to them. And the large princely Licorice may give you one directly. Such are the wonders of life on the Fun Train.

You may also just choose to mingle about the train, whatever, live freely.]

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[There's a lot to unpack here but the most important thing is--]

That's how you make nicknames?!

[SHE THOUGHT N WAS JUST BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE SPOT.]

[ NO, HE'S JUST VERY BAD AT THIS ONE PARTICULAR THING. ]

Yeah, what about it?

[ He sees no problem here?? ]

The first initial of your name? As though no one's ever going to names that start with the same letter?

[CROW GET IT TOGETHER.]

It worked out just fine, I don't see the problem here.

I thought you had more imagination than that! At least put some effort into it!

It's simple, it's easy to remember, it's efficient.

It's boring.

[Why are they on these sides of this argument.]

Would you rather something like "The Obnoxious Miss N"?

In the first place, why give me a codename that easily identifies me, Crow? Something like calling you a 'Stray Cat' would be more appropriate.

Alright, Jackal Queen, but I still maintain there was nothing wrong with those codenames.

Can we not remind people I'm a monarch, Crow?

[Pls. SHe does sigh though.]

No accounting for taste, I guess. Not like you could change them here.

Sorry, Your Highness.

[ He couldn't resist. ]

I wouldn't change 'em anyway.

I know.

[She pauses, eyeballing him.]

Try to put more effort into any pet names you give Rean, though.

[ HEY??? ]

Who says I intend to give Rean any pet names?

You know how you were teasing me for flirting egregiously in public, Crow?

[You know you two have been like, here in the lounge? The whole time???]

Yeah but I'm not flirting.

[Words cannot possibly describe how much doubt and judgement is contained in the look she is giving him right now.]

Don't look at me like that, I can talk to people without flirting.

Yes, when they've asked you not to or they're obviously too young. I've never seen you do so elsewise.

[A pause.]

Did he ask you not to?

No, but not everything I say is automatically flirting.

Sure, but that all certainly looked like flirting.

[You put flowers in each other's hair, Crow.]

It's okay for you to be wrong.

You put flowers in each other's hair.

[Crow. Buddy.]

That was the idea with the flowers, wasn't it?

[Holding up her wrist.

With a flower attached.]