thusia | (no subject)

Okay.

[Getting up and changing from pajamas to everyday clothes.]

[Meanwhile Becca changes in the bathroom. She comes out wearing her new punk clothes; she's much more relaxed in them than her sun dress. She heads for the kitchen and starts work on dinner.]

So I need to get flowers to get flour... And I definitely want to get eggs. Then I can make pancakes... Won't that be a nice treat?

Yeah...and that's a new look.

Yeah, I had some spare hides from butchering, so I got myself some clothes in my style. I really like these ones...

[And suddenly embarrassed fidgeting!]

I'm...sorry I'm not a cutesy girl...

No, it's fine. I've just never seen anything like it.

[She has to walk past him to get into the fridge for something, so she steals a kiss on her way.]

None of the gods do emo clothes, or I'd get those. But this is close enough.

[smooch]

"Emo clothes?"

It's my style, it's how I like to dress. I'll draw it for you some time.

If you don't mind, that is.

Don't be silly, of course I don't mind.

Great. I'd love to see it.

I'll draw you in emo clothes, too. You might like it.

[Watch out, she'll put eyeliner on you if you're not careful.]

I'll wait and see.

Tell me a story while I work?

Okay...this one's one that you tell around a campfire to be spooky.

[Do you know why they close the Parko Llana at night? I heard it's because of the fireflies. These aren't the regular kind of firefly, not by a long shot. They're as big as a carpenter's hand, like huge flying cockroaches. They like to crawl into your bedroll, or your shoes, or your hair, but that's not the worst of it. If you scare them, they explode like a firedust grenade. Its true! I had a friend who lost both of his legs below the knee when he kicked one in his sleep. Now you might wonder why Nexus doesn't exterminate them, and there's a very good reason: the fireflies eat the Choke-Vines.

Everyone knows about the choke-vines of Parko-Llana. It's a predatory plant that senses heat and strangles animals and people who stop too long in one spot. The Cinnabar District loses pets and children to them all the time. It's a good thing that fireflies like to eat baby choke-vines, otherwise there'd be a big problem.]

[She shivers, but giggles at the end.]

Then I'll tell you a scary story, too.

There was a girl at my school...super popular, super pretty, but really mean. One day, she got a big zit, right in the middle of her cheek. At first she hid it with make-up, but it kept getting bigger and bigger, it wouldn't heal at all. Then one day in the middle of the cafeteria? It burst open and hundreds of baby spiders came crawling out! It wasn't a zit at all, but a mama spider had laid her eggs, right in that bitch's face!

Heh, I think you win with that one.

I know some good ones. Want me to tell you another?

...And if we get scared, we can cuddle all night again...

Sure. Let's hear it.

Hmm...do you know what a radio is?

No, sorry.

It's a little machine, and when you turn it on, you can hear stuff. Not just anything...uhm...

There are places called 'radio stations', and they play music or make important announcements and stuff. And if you have a radio, you can turn it on and hear what's being said at the radio station no matter where you are. Make sense?

[wow]

That would be handy.

Yeah. So this couple was in a car... Uhm, it's kind of like a carriage, but there's no horses. It's a long story, but that's all you need to know about cars--they're like carriages, and they're made of metal and you can lock 'em, so it's really safe to be inside them.

This couple was in a stopped car, making out, y'know, doing what couples do. They were listening to the music on the radio when the music stopped and there was an announcement--a crazed killer just escaped from the prison, and everybody needs to be on the lookout for him. He's missing a hand, and wears a hook on that side, and it's sharp and he uses it to rip out his victims' throats.

The girl freaks out and tells the boy to take her home right away. He tries to convince her that they're safe in the car, but she won't have it. So he takes her home, but when he gets out of the car to open her door for her? He just stands there, white as a sheet, staring at the door.

Hooked onto the handle? Was the man's hook, torn off when they drove away...

They really had a close call.