Group Intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: new kids
When: Day 57, Morning
Where: Shrine area
What: Arrivals

[More delicious fresh meat has been shipped in]


[Rapunzel | Subaru]

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[tonewlengths]

[...Sits down on the good sofa, fiddling with her hair and looking down at her feet]

[overclocking]

[Pauses

Debates...

Debates...

...

Holds out a hand, tentatively]

You know that I won't hurt you, right?

[tonewlengths]

I- [Hesitates, because she doesn't know, staring at that hand]

[overclocking]

[It's a small hand, all things considered; probably even smaller than your own, with familiar-looking remnants of paint and glitter still on some fingers. He just leaves it there, nonthreatening, letting her think it over]

[tonewlengths]

[Tennntatively brushes her hand against his fingertips, avoiding that paint]

[overclocking]

[He curls his fingers around hers carefully, giving her the chance to pull away if she wants to]

[tonewlengths]

[NOT... PULLING AWAY]

[overclocking]

[Okay. Okay. I'm going to be super daring

And very, very slowly and tentatively pull you into a hug. A very light hug that doesn't restrict any movement and would be very easy to pull out of or hit me with a pan, but a hug nonetheless]

[tonewlengths]

[Whoops wrong icon. OH GOSH SUPER TENSE SUUUUUPER TENSE b-but not pulling away or moving much at all]

[overclocking]

[STILL BETTER THAN EXPECTED I expected blunt force trauma to the head

Also note how he is carefully not touching your hair at all]

[tonewlengths]

[Good job bro that is nicely done. Welp. Time to break down crying again.]

[overclocking]

[Good. Yes. This is what I was aiming for]

It's okay to be scared, and it's okay to want to go home. It's okay to cry.

[tonewlengths]

[Okay good because that is what I'm going to do ;;]

[overclocking]

[I WILL JUST PATIENTLY HUG YOU WHILE YOU CRY. This might be for me as much as it's for you but you don't need to know that]

[tonewlengths]

[We are such emotinally healthy people]

[overclocking]

[Completely healthy. But cuddles and crying go a long way, in my experience]

[tonewlengths]

[After a looooong time, pulling back and rubbing her eyes]

S-Sorry, I'm sorry...

[overclocking]

[Restoring your personal space]

No, no. I'm the one bullying hugs out of you.

[tonewlengths]

You're not bullying me.

[overclocking]

[Settling down on the floor in front of the couch]

I guess I wouldn't be a very effective bully, anyway. I'm a bit of a pushover.

[a pause]

... You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, but... I'd listen.

[tonewlengths]

I...I really just want to go home.

[overclocking]

... I know.

Tell me about home?

[tonewlengths]

O-Oh, um... [No I don't want to tell you about my tower and never seeing anything else]

[overclocking]

[Headtilt...]

You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, of course.

[tonewlengths]

...It's just a small place, it's quiet but it's nice and peaceful and safe...