❄ tenth reminder

[echidna]

[ action ; 1338 benny ; morning ]

[ so the previous day you likely noticed that Jade was a happy, cheerful drone! fortunately, today she is back to her normal self, up bright and early and just a little confused, all things considered. but for now, she's settled herself down at the breakfast table, humming and working at a bowl of cereal.

everything seems pretty normal, save for the pair of dog ears she's now sporting. ]

[ phone ]

Hi Mayfield, it's Jade! [ wow she sounds super excited! breeeeathe! ] I have so much to tell you!

I went home! I'm not really sure how, or if that kind of thing happens a lot but I went home and I don't think I remembered being here or what but it's really weird! I'm also not sure why I'm back but I guess I'm kind of glad because now I can tell everyone-- or maybe I'm not supposed to say anything! Does anyone know anything about that, I mean, I don't want to spoil anything for my friends who don't know what's going to happen.

Timelines are getting kind of difficult to keep track of, maybe I should make a list.

Anyway, does this going home thing happen a lot? Because I keep getting pulled out at kind of inconvenient times!

[ action ; around mayfield ]

[ Jade is quite active around Mayfield today, once again having donned her girl scouts uniform, but without the wagon of cookies in tow. She's chopped some holes into her hat to accommodate her newly regained ears, and is approaching just about everyone, be they girl or otherwise, with the intention of recruitment. ]

Hi, did you know that you look like you would make an excellent girl scout?

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh! It's nice to meet you, Jade.

[Lucas noticed the dog ears some time ago, but he's actually not especially bothered by it. It's not like he hasn't seen more bizarre.]

My name is Lucas. Actually, I was thinking about joining the Boy Scouts when I first got here, but they were all mostly drones...

[echidna]

[ gasp!!!!!!!!! girl scouts is suddenly forgotten!!! ]

Wait, Lucas, do you know someone named Tavros?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[That shocked look... Lucas looks slightly embarrassed in response.]

Y-Yes, I do. ...I guess he told a lot of people about what happened, eheh.

[echidna]

He did! I'm his, uh, friend, and I am also a moirail. Not his, obviously, since that's you, but another troll's.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[wait slow dawning comprehension Lucas turns even redder for some reason.]

Ohhh, you're Jade! I... I've heard a lot about you, eheh. Um. It's definitely nice to meet you in person!

Ah, I'm glad to hear that! So it's not that unusual, then... Maybe I can ask you for advice sometime.

[echidna]

You have? [ she probably shouldn't be surprised by this. she just wonders what exactly he's heard. ]

Well, I think it is still pretty unusual, but since we are in the same position we can definitely help each other out.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Do you mind if I ask who it is your... moirail is? [The word is still unfamiliar. It doesn't roll off the tongue well.] Besides Tavros, I've just met Karkat. And Vriska. But yeah! Tavros has a lot of nice things to say about you.

[echidna]

Oh, okay. [ She seems a little relieved by this. Not that she thought Tavros would trash talk her, but- ]

My moirail is Eridan. He's pretty, uh, well, you'd have to meet him. Karkat is really nice, and he knows a lot about how quadrants work.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I've heard that name before. [He pauses to think about how to approach this carefully. Obviously, if she was his moirail, she cared about him quite a bit.] ...There's something important about his blood, right?

Karkat was a lot of help in trying to explain the whole thing. I was afraid I was going to get it all wrong.

[echidna]

Sort of. His blood is kind of like royal blood? And it means he's a sea dwelling troll.

Yeah, he's helped me a lot too. I know what you mean about getting things wrong, especially with something important like this.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. ...I don't know if I like the idea of judging people based on something they're born with. It'd be like sorting us by blood type even though it doesn't mean anything.

Anyway... I never thought about it before, but if you knew all of them from home, then they did have humans, wherever they came from. Do you mind if I ask how it is that you met them?

[echidna]

Yeah, he's... well, he's getting better.

Ummm, that's sort of complicated! Or just weird. They made our world, basically.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

...What?

[echidna]

Told you it was weird.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

...Not that Tavros isn't my good friend or anything, and not that the other trolls aren't all very nice, but I'm not sure if I trust them to make anything much more complicated than maybe... um. A house.

[echidna]

[ okay yes that is actually pretty hilarious to her. ]

Tell me about it!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

How is that even possible?

[echidna]

Would you believe me if I said a video game?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Um. Maybe.

........What's a video game?

[echidna]

It's called SBURB. Have you ever heard of it?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Sburb? ...It sounds like something a chimera would be called.

[echidna]

A chimera? The mythical beast?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Like... two or three things mashed up together. A bird and a... scarab. Sburb.

[echidna]

Oh, I get it! This is just a regular video game though. Well, not regular since it destroys worlds and then makes new ones.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Lucas still doesn't know what a video game is, but he'll roll with it.]

But what about all of you? How could a game be so complicated to make real people and everything?