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]

[She gestures to the dress.]

And yet you need to wear clothes even for temperate days.

[bowtiedbones]

That's just modestry and personal taste. It wouldn't hurt me to go naked, I just don't want to.

[daydreamshimmer]

....then why did humans start having it be a thing?

Like I get extremes, ponies need to dress for extreme colds too, but most of the time we just do it when we want to dress up.

[bowtiedbones]

We're very adaptive. Being able to dress up or dress down in layers lets us take advantage of a very wide range of environments beyond the savannah-type area that we evolved in, where being naked and sweaty was more useful.

[daydreamshimmer]

So you didn't have clothes then?

[bowtiedbones]

I think we must have figured out clothes quickly, but there was probably a long period of just being naked and sweaty all the time.

[daydreamshimmer]

Still seems like fur would be simpler.

Got more squares?

[bowtiedbones]

I do! Want a compliment?

[daydreamshimmer]

Sure.

Wanna trade clothes too?

[bowtiedbones]

This is a challenging situation, but you've been adapting admirably!

Sure, want my shirt?

[daydreamshimmer]

....people keep saying that, but it's pretty impressive you say that when I had a break down on you.

Probably need to be shirt and pants. [Or skirt, WHATEVER ELIZA IS WEARING.] I only have the dress with me and the hat isn't actually mine.

[bowtiedbones]

The whole outfit? Well, okay.

[she's actually wearing cute overalls today]

[daydreamshimmer]

Hey, it's you guys who have a thing about covering up stuff. [Shrugs.]

[Those are very cool overalls, Sunset approves.]

[Real violence is terrible, but bones for style are cool.]

And probably shouldn't change in the open either... [Gestures over a place out of sight to go switch clothes.]

[bowtiedbones]

Probably.

[not that Eliza minds, but she follows after.]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Solar trying to figure out how to these societal things.]

[Have a Senna dress and Sunset can have shirt and cute overalls.]

....huh, you know, am kinda for the goth vibe.

[bowtiedbones]

[swishes the skirt, wheee]

It's necromancer chic~

[daydreamshimmer]

Certainly do like the black.

[And looking at her card and....]

[It's right there.]

[Sighs.]

By the way, I'd totally be willing to kiss you. There, another square.

[Listen, she's limited on what 'kinks' she could guess at.]

[bowtiedbones]

Oh, thanks! This isn't a kissing game, but those do happen.

[daydreamshimmer]

....lovely. [H-haha.]

I bet you I could find a seashell before you.

[bowtiedbones]

They're actually kind of fun.

You're on!

[daydreamshimmer]

....I'm still getting over 'humans look weird' stage.

Awesome.

[Off to the water to look for a seashell.]

[bowtiedbones]

Ohh, right.

[searching!]

[daydreamshimmer]

[This is why kissing Eliza is a 'kink.' It's like kissing an alien.]

[Takes her two minutes to spot one before scooping it out of the waves.] Found one!

[bowtiedbones]

Ah!! You beat me!

[daydreamshimmer]

I did? Yes!

[Grinning.]

[She likes winning, okay.]