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[hot_mess_express]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, Nighttime
Where: The clearing, now no longer a beach

[ The beach fades away, leaving everyone back in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of the clearing and their-- beloved?-- train. There are some new stars in the sky, twinkling in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple, senna terracotta, jasmine blue, and clover pink.

The sound of a giggle fills the air and leaves behind bubbles-- touching one will give the uncontrollable urge to hug the nearest person. They will persist throughout the night. ]

Comments

Bond

[schrodingerscockroach]

I'm sure your important people understand. [Reaches up and gonna ruffle her hair affectionately.]

I think you might just have that way about you. You're easy to get along with.

[Nods.] He's very...concise about that kind of thing? Help simplify things.

[bluediligence]

[ Ducks her head a tiny smidge, but rather than shake him off or bat his hand away ... She reaches up to loosely hold it. ]

... I'd like to hope that I am.

He's ... he seems sensible. Level-headed, you know? It really helped.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He smiles a bit and lets her keep his hand.]

Seem to be doing good so far.

It does. [Even if he can be incredibly cynical too, but hopefully Faito doesn't have to provoke that like he ended up doing.] Also a bit of a coffee fiend if you want to surprise him.

[bluediligence]

[ Some of the tension eases from her shoulders. What happened was Awkward, but it doesn't have to be a big deal. This is Fine and Nice and Okay. ]

[ and they can hopefully just let the whole thing go ]

Coffee, huh? You guys ... [ Shakes her head. ] Maybe I'll make some coffee brownies or a coffee cake or something.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Just gotta let go of the awkward, only way to go.]

[Not like anyone got hurt, lot easier to brush it off.]

I still prefer hot chocolate. I wouldn't quite put my enjoyment of coffee anywhere near his level.

Coffee cake would be nice. Might even be able to work in Clover if you want, I put in a request for an expansion.

[bluediligence]

Hot chocolate is the best! We could make some later ...

[ she'll never say no to sweet things, ok ]

If you wouldn't mind! Ginger's is still tiny. The only expansion we have is the hot spring.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Sure. I have supplies already.

How does a hot spring inside of a car work?

[bluediligence]

We're on a magic, bigger on the inside space train. [ Shrugs, swinging their hands. ] So it's probably magic.

[ get with the program dusk ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

No, like.

Does it have a sky?

[bluediligence]

Oh! There's a skylight where it looks like you can see it, and wooden fence with a ... garden? Or something? You can't get to them.

[schrodingerscockroach]

To the fences?

[bluediligence]

No, you can get to the fence; it's part of the room. I think the rest is an illusion.

[ Which is still cool as HECKIN HECK ]

D'you wanna see it?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Ah.

...sure. Should we pick up hot chocolate first?

[bluediligence]

Sounds like a plan.

[schrodingerscockroach]

All right. Want to head back now or walk a little longer?

[bluediligence]

... A little longer? If that's okay. Ginger's usually quiet anyway, but ... it's nice out here.

[ takes a deep breath of the sea air, sighing it out slowly ]

Unless you want to head back.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[...yeah, Ginger would be. Sob.]

Nah. You're right, it's nice out here. Lot cooler now at night.

[bluediligence]

Don't remind me of the heat, I'd almost managed to forget about it.

[schrodingerscockroach]

[He chuckles.] Sorry. At least it's nice enough now?

[bluediligence]

You should be sorry!

[ HARRUMPH ]

Honestly ... I’ve barely gotten anything done these past couple of days.

[schrodingerscockroach]

I've been mostly cleaning glitter. And memory catch up.

[bluediligence]

Ah! Have you remembered anything good?

[ She'd been about to say "interesting" ... ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[WELL I MEAN]

Made friends with Delta and helped York sleep. That was nice.

[bluediligence]

What're they like?

[ tell faito about ur friends! ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Very logical. Delta's an AI, so he's mostly about facts and figures and analyzing things. He's partnered with York, whose more of a laidback kind of guy, lot more emotional intelligence to help balance out.

Delta is also pretty good to make fun of York with, he seems to get how fun ribbing it and York gets banter pretty well.