[CLOSED] The March of the March

[bowtography]

WHO: March 7th, various.
WHAT: Various shenanigans (feel free to pm me for a starter!)
WHERE: Many places
WHEN: March 2024
WARNINGS: None yet!

Comments

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Sure. Do you like animals?

[gundemn]

When they don't bite.

[ Some of those auction hybrids had been cute. Others not so much. ]

[bowtography]

That's fair! They're a lot cuter when they're not trying to draw blood...

[gundemn]

I don't get rich people and their fascination with exotic pets.

[ It's like those pointless duels all over again, the boredom of the elites... ]

My turn, or are you still bursting with questions?

[bowtography]

We can switch off! It'll add up to three on both side in the end, anyway.

[ She's not too fussed about order here. ]

[gundemn]

[ Hmm... ]

Where are you from?

[bowtography]

Hmm...

[ She scrunches her nose up. ]

... Honestly, I don't know.

[gundemn]

You don't know? I mean, what was your world like?

[bowtography]

That's the thing... I travel on the Astral Express as part of its crew. It's a train that can traverse the galaxy, so I've been to a bunch of different planets.

I just don't remember my home one.

[gundemn]

You're Spacian.

[ Elan remarks, looking at her with new interest. Well, actually. She must be from a different galaxy because last time he checked flying trains weren't all the rage. He hums in consideration. ]

Heh, then we have something in common.

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Spacian...

... This is going to be a stupid question, so I probably shouldn't ask it, but I've never heard that term before.

[ But it seems to refer to space and you know what, she sure is in space a lot! ]

[enkefailin]

...I've never seen trees like this outside before.

[there's an abnormality similar to these trees, though, so while he's looking around in awe... he does also lean down to peer at the base of one, brow furrowed faintly.]

[bowtography]

Really?

... I guess they're kind of rare to me too, the way they're all flowering like this...

[ She trails off, though, watching with some perplexity as he investigates the base of a tree. Is he checking the roots? Seeing if it'll be a comfortable spot to sit and chill? With that kind of expression, though? ]

What's wrong? You're doing like a 30% frown...

[enkefailin]

There's percentages...?

[he didn't know this. march, your frown ratings.]

I was seeing if it's an Abnormality or not. Looks like it's probably a real tree.

[bowtography]

Sure! At least to me!

[ Thankfully, Netzach probably doesn't need to learn them if March is the only one who uses this system. ]

But an Abnormality... Malkuth told me about them. So they can even take the shapes of plants, huh?

[enkefailin]

We had one that looked like this. Grave of Cherry Blossoms. These are definitely different.

[he straightens up, then.]

They're not as vivid, but that's a good thing.

[bowtography]

Huh? What does them being vivid mean?

[ Go ahead. Weird her out. ]

[enkefailin]

The more blood the tree's been fed, the prettier it is.

[she did ask.]

[bowtography]

[ She fucked around and found out. ]

H-huh?! Wait, so you mean, it being vivid means it was feeding on people??

[enkefailin]

Yeah. They let it keep feeding, 'cause it'd help the employees' mental state when they went to look at it... if they had to sacrifice one every so often, that was acceptable.

[he delivers this tiredly, a touch of bitterness to his tone. if the benefits supposedly outweigh the sacrifice, it's always acceptable down there, isn't it.]

[bowtography]

... That's still... I mean, losing your coworker just for something like that can't exactly be good for a person's mental state, either.

[ ... They really had all gone through so much, hadn't they? The employees and the Sephirot who'd had to keep making it happen. ]

[enkefailin]

You think they told 'em? Nobody'd go back to work with the Abnormality after that if they knew.

Nah, they just 'mysteriously disappeared'.

[he doesn't actually do the air quotes, but you can practically hear them, anyway.]

[gundemn]

Is that your second question?

[ He says jokingly before answering her in a more serious tone. ]

Where I'm from, it means you've settled in space as opposed to remaining on Earth, but I'm guessing your world's different.

[bowtography]

Oh...

[ Her shoulders slump, slightly. ]

I'm sorry. The more I hear about it, the worse it sounds...

[bowtography]

It wasn't technically a question!

[ For the record!! ]

But I see... I know about Earth, but there's a lot of different planets out there, so it's just one of a ton of 'em. But I guess you could say as a member of the Astral Express, I do spend most of my time in space when we're not on trailblazing expeditions. And you're a Spacian, too...

... It's kind of nice. I haven't met too many people like that here.