❄ 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

[echidna]

It's not a girl's uniform, it's just a uniform! This one is only a girl's uniform becuase it's mine, and I am a girl. If you had one it would be a boy's uniform.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Except even the boy's uniform is pretty girly.

...Do I have to wear the uniform?

[echidna]

Hey, the uniform is very important.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and so are the clothes they put prisoners in. It reminds them they're just a number now.

No uniform or no go.

[echidna]

Fiiiiine, I guess we could make an exception.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Well shit. He wasn't expecting you to actually go with his demand. Now he's kind of caught. He gives a false start to try and find some way to object, and falls flat before simply harumphing.]

...I don't work well with others.

You're better off not recruiting everyone you see.

[And now he's going to try and leave.]

[echidna]

Maybe being in girl scouts could help you get better at it!

[ yeah she's just gonna...follow you... ]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Yeah. He is just...facepalming before turning back on Jade.]

I don't want to work well with others.

I don't want to be around others, especially right now.

I just want to be left alone.

[echidna]

But you said-- [ frowning. but. ] Um, are you okay?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[He says a lot of things. Its kind of a crapshoot when he actually means any of it.]

Yeah. I'm fine.

Just tired.

[echidna]

[ She's actually a little hesitant to press the issue... ]

Are you sure?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Completely.

What's up with the ears?

[Time to change discussions.]

[echidna]

If you're sure... [ but surprisingly enough, she doesn't press it further. ]

I regained them this morning.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

So, what, you're part dog or something?

[echidna]

No, I'm still all human, just with dog ears.

[ as far as she knows. ]

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

So you were born with them or something than?

[Which, really, wouldn't be too weird as far as the things he's seen.]

[echidna]

Nope! Actually, I went home yesterday, and that's when I got them. Then I regained them when I got back here.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Huh. Fair enough then.

So are you actually planning something with recruiting all these people into the girlscouts, or are they just going to be girlscouts?

[echidna]

I think girl scouts is really fun, so I want to help other people have fun too. There's a lot of drone girls in it right now, so it would definitely be nice to have less creepy company.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[...Pokey actually visibly recoils and looks away a little when Jade mentions the drone girls still in the girl scouts, but he tries to readjust and show himself as unbothered.]

You could just, you know, quit the girl scouts and do the stuff they usually do with your friends instead of trying to bring others into an organization filled with drones.

[echidna]

[ no pokey you don't understand.................... ]

But then I wouldn't get badges.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Pokey just stares at Jade, his face going into a tight, thin little line.]

...Are you serious?

[echidna]

[ stares back.

points at the couple of badges she's already earned.

you bet your hot butt she's serious. ]

Yes.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Staring. Just staring a bit more. He opens his mouth once, trying to say something, then closes it shut. Quick. Quivering a little as his lips stretch into an angry smile before he starts to turn away and leave again.]

Oh. Well great. Have fun.

[Not annoyance now. Genuine anger.]

[echidna]

[ w a t.

how did that happen. ]

Why are you mad??