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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

[voreaciously]

[the bubbles do not want to listen to her and so she is trying to avoid touching them BUT yeah sorry they're fucking bubbles they're everywhere and she inevitably does.

but she...does not feel any different? huh.]

[bluediligence]

[ WELL. ]

[ That. Went well. Yeah. ]

[ Faito doesn't hang around long, instead making a beeline for a moonlit walk on the beach. ]

[daydreamshimmer]

[Someone is going for her memories!]

[And well, at least she's not crazy when she says she's a unicorn. There is so much pastel, bouncy, magical ponyness going on right now. Also going to the Restricted Section for some kind of Problem and the Princesses are involved????]

[Which just makes her next memory weirder because she sure is a high schooler taking a driver's test?????]

[And everyone is indeed all the colors of the rainbow.]

[schrodingerscockroach]

[THERE YOU ARE]

Faito?

[bluediligence]

[ holy fuck she almost jumps out of her skin, and for a second it distinctly looks like she's going to bolt ]

[ But. No. Okay. Turns to wave sheepishly. ]

Hey. I was just heading out for a walk.

[schrodingerscockroach]

.... [What is with the wanting to bolt.]

Mind if I join you....?

[bluediligence]

[ She's an awkward nerd sometimes ]

Sure.

[schrodingerscockroach]

So, how'd you enjoy the game?

[bluediligence]

[ Clasps her hands loosely behind herself as they walk, breathing in the (unfortunately warm and humid) night air. ]

I met some cool new friends, so that was fun ... but I think I don't like parties as much as I used to. Or, uh. I don't like parties where you have to cuddle so much, for so long.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Yeah, that does get pretty awkward after a while.

[bluediligence]

... It's easy with you. With anyone else, it's ... [ Awkward. To say the least. ] And I hated some of the questions.

What about you? Did you have a good time?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Some of the questions really were awkward. [That kink one though.]

...kinda. Terrorized Eliza a bit, that was fun. 80H was a fun talk [In a very SIGH tone of voice] but Five and I bonded more I think.

[bluediligence]

Mmmmmhm. [ HUFF. ] The one about "my favourite person" annoyed me.

[ But she perks up at the mention of Five. ]

Oh! Five! We talked a lot, he's really cool.

[schrodingerscockroach]

Why's that?

He is certainly an interesting fellow. [They have so much in common, it's terrible.] You seemed to leave a good impression on him too.

[daydreamshimmer]

Hey, 80H. Did you want to talk about dollcraft now or tomorrow?

[Approaching person.]

[bluediligence]

It's mean. Different people are important to me in different ways; it doesn't have to mean one is more or less important. [ Her hands go to her hips. ] And what about the people who don't get mentioned? Even if they're not there to hear about it ... it sucks to be left out.

[ drops her arms again, half laughing and half sighing. ]

He's really cool and interesting, and nice - not polite, heck no, but in here. [ Taps her heart. ] He's smart, too. And he gave me some good advice.

[schrodingerscockroach]

True. It was really hard to pick just one person to talk about. And then there's having emotions for a person without really knowing why.

...he does have a pretty good heart. Definitely not polite.

Did he? What about?

[bluediligence]

Yeah ... [ Wrinkles her nose. ] I ended up just talking about Kaito because it was easiest. But ... it felt wrong to do it at all.

[ She smiles again, though, when they talk about Five. ]

He's kind underneath the prickliness. [ Nodnod. ] But it's not like he's hard to get along with.

I told him I was worried about my memories.

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.

[time5kip]

[ He's got his first win and token so honestly, he's in a much better mood than usual. It's also time to test some shit so he'll be sitting at a table with some pieces of his other sets of clothes laid on it, and while it's some blink-and-you'll-miss-it shit, they're each changing position and being switched around after being surrounded by a blue light ]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Got one of your powers back, I see.

[time5kip]

Getting something more substantial would have been better. I feel like I'm four again.

But it's a start.

[schrodingerscockroach]

They always got to make it drawn out. Some things can be big, other things are just laughably small.

So is it just teleporting small objects?