thislily adventure

[survivaltricks]

WHO: many thistles and one wayward lily
WHERE: the forest
WHEN: day 9, after thistle completes their maid work

[so after a morning of doing laundry and grilling fish and catching armadillos. . . thistle and their "normie" lily are finally venturing out into the woods to track down the plan that can be molded into extra limbs]

[what will they find, who even knows. it's a mystery to everyone]

Comments

[survivaltricks]

[a breathless laugh]

Fair enough.

Are you okay?

[9tenths]

My teleportation is a bit wonky. I couldn't scout ahead with it. Distracted me a bit.

[survivaltricks]

Hah.

[a bit wryly]

That's why Stormy told us to bring someone like Styx.

[9tenths]

Good advice. Glad to have him along.

[survivaltricks]

[a nod!!]

Me too.

[9tenths]

So this is what the maid business was about?

[survivaltricks]

[hah. his lips twitch]

I didn't expect Styx to help us for free, after all. Since his team got pretty fucked over during the latest "ritual," the trade was his help for ours.

So-- yeah. This is what the maid business was about.

[9tenths]

Nothing wrong with a fair trade every now and again. Hard to steal services, after all.

[survivaltricks]

Mmmm.

Plus, this way we don't owe him anything. Our debts are fully paid.

[quid pro quo!]

[9tenths]

Aww. Not even a dash of friendship? He seems like a swell guy.

[survivaltricks]

[a huff]

I'm sure he is. But I don't think we know each other well enough to be friends just yet.

[there's also a part of Styx that draws out Lupin's defiant side, sooooo]

[9tenths]

[ chuckles and shrugs, amused as he shakes his head ]

After all this time, I haven't quite figured out the timing yet.

[survivaltricks]

[curiously]

The "timing?"

[9tenths]

For friendship. It's been about four years topside. I'm still fine-tuning details.

[survivaltricks]

[aaaah. his lips twitch a bit]

There's no real "timing" when it comes to friendship. Some people hit it off immediately, and others. . . they need to get to know each other better first.

It differs, from person to person.

[9tenths]

Person to person. . . You guys have always gotta be so complicated.

[survivaltricks]

That's humanity for you. We're covered in layers.

[9tenths]

Yeah, I knew that one. Three skin layers.

[survivaltricks]

[omg]

And then muscle and connective tissue after that.

[9tenths]

Do those count as layers?

[survivaltricks]

Why wouldn't they? That's how we were taught in biology class.

[9tenths]

Muscles, sure. But organs are kind of a clump. And blood just goes everywhere. There's not a blood layer.

[survivaltricks]

True. Skin, muscle, and connective tissue are like one big bag keeping the organs and blood in place.

[. . . . . .]







I'm so tired.

[WHY IS HE TALKING ABOUT THIS]

[9tenths]

We've had a busy day.

[ gestures out of the forest, back the way they came ]

Let's get you to bed, yeah? When this is all done.