The Nineteenth Trial

[hot_mess_express]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, evening
Where: The Mermaid's Beach

Come on, come on heroes...! Come hither!

[ There's a playful giggle and the sound of splashing as the Mermaid's beach appears in the clearing. ]

Let's play a game...!

Comments

[daydreamshimmer]

....that sounds like a really cool compound. [And kind of....familiar? Sorta????]

[Okay, no, can't think of that, what does she LIKE about herself?]

[Like she would say her smarts, but that was apparently useless for her.]

[Um]

[Geh]

My ability to....take action? Yeah, I guess that. [Just because things were fruitless, at least she was trying and that's good!]

[voreaciously]

It is. Acting decisively is an admirable trait and you do not seem the type to rest on your laurels. [she nods.]

[daydreamshimmer]

Yeah.

Yeah, definitely. I don't want to sit around just doing nothing.

[voreaciously]

As for myself, I am punctual.

[daydreamshimmer]

[....that combined with some of the other stuff....]

Well, timing is important.

[voreaciously]

That it is.

[daydreamshimmer]

...right. [Empath has suspicions.]

So I need cuddling.

[voreaciously]

...Very well.

[daydreamshimmer]

[So she propositioned someone else, but then got a new card that still needs cuddling.]

Excellent.

[Gonna find somewhere comfortable to sit and gestures for her to sit down.]

[voreaciously]

[80H hesitates a moment before joining her.]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Studies her a moment.]

[And then she's going to wrap her arms around 80H's shoulders and pull her close for a cuddle.]

[voreaciously]

[this is very heterosexual.

she's stiff, very stiff, but she relaxes a little as time goes on and reaches for one of her hands.]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Oh 80H.]

[She's from My Little Pony, nothing about her is ever heterosexual. Bisexual at best.]

[Will let her have her hand though, she needs handholding too.]

[voreaciously]

[She starts to hum very, very quietly, as well.]

[daydreamshimmer]

A serenade?

[voreaciously]

A poor excuse for one, but yes.

[daydreamshimmer]

Why not do a better one?

[voreaciously]

I cannot sing.

[not all of us are magical ponies okay!]

[daydreamshimmer]

....ah, doesn't work when it's on purpose, huh?

[voreaciously]

...Pardon? What does not?

[daydreamshimmer]

You know. On purpose bad singing voice.

[voreaciously]

I am simply not good at it.

[daydreamshimmer]

Yeah, exactly. [Clearly they are talking about the same things.]

I need to do a confession. Wonder if it should be different from a love confession this time....

[voreaciously]

[Clearly.]

Whatever you wish.

[daydreamshimmer]

[Considers a moment.]

Oh!

Yes. Yes, I absolutely must confess. You see, I've been hiding the truth for so long now that I...

Am a witch.

[Said with cheesy dramatic tone like this is a dark secret, a hand over her heart even as the other remains over 80H.]

And I stole your voice. I'm sorry, it was too beautiful to resist!