Mingle: For a limited time only...

[hearsthesea]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Anywhere on the hub
When: Days 134-139
Open/Closed: Open mingle goooo!

[Copper, lizards, and vines - oh my! With the recent installation of 9S and co.'s scanning equipment and the also recent, significantly wetter rainstorms there's quite a lot to check out on the island right now. Plus, the monitor robot still needs a name. You're not going to leave them nameless forever, are you?

Too bad Genette's put out word that everyone's about to be moving location soon. That means these are the last days the coven has for a little while to get everything in order, whether it's to take things to the next destination or to leave them behind. Get your bags packed and your huts cleaned, everyone!]

Comments

[rootandbranch]

...it sounds like... a lot to be anxious about. I guess I can't help with that kind of thing, after all. I've got tons of that stuff.

["it sounds lonely" was what he first thought, and he's not entirely sure why. isn't keeping each other well what he and Vern do? but he doesn't feel besieged on all sides together with Vern; instead, Vern opens up a whole new world to him. he hopes Vern feels the same...

it's said with a grin: partly to indicate that it's not unfriendly, or a withdrawal of the offer, per se, and partly just to cover up that Geir suddenly suspects he's out of his depth again. he thought "poor kids" back in the dream, and felt an urge to... protect them, somehow? but trying to take care of Vern notwithstanding, what he is isn't really made to protect anyone, much less people for whom he might be poison? Geir's not really sure how the metaphysics of that works, but he knows it's probably not anything good.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Actually, you have far less of it than any dragon I've ever met at home. Though you do have some. A lot of things tend to.

[he rolls his head slightly to peer at Geir's expression, with a soft whuff of bemusement]

...thank you for the concern, though. It means a lot...? And you did help.

[rootandbranch]

I'm glad...

[Geir isn't quite sure what he did that was so helpful, but he peers back at Mikleo, also bemused.]

...I think talking about it is important, so I'm glad you two got to.

[he has that much experience with Vern, at least.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Yeah.

[wryly]

We're working on that, as best as we can.

[rootandbranch]

Maybe you're more used to it, since you grew up with it, but it's really hard.

[Geir sighs and closes his eyes, putting his chin back on his tail properly. take this conversation, for example.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Which part?

[rootandbranch]

[he really thought that this one was universally relatable...]

...trying to figure out what you're feeling, and the other person is feeling, and then talking about it...?

[oneandmikleonly]

Mmmm. I don't know. I haven't felt all that good at it for a while, with Sorey. Maybe because the past several months have been terribly drastic -- even before we came here.

[rootandbranch]

Maybe it's just hard for everyone, then.

...you two must have been through a lot. Pretty different from when you were growing up.

[things being different from the expectations you're used to is certainly something he can relate to, even if it's probably unimaginably different for Sorey and Mikleo.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Maybe...

Mm. If I'd known what Sorey was in for the moment we left the village, I don't know that I wouldn't have sat on him to keep him from leaving altogether.

[it's a joke, but with a tired edge]

[rootandbranch]

[there's that "the kids aren't okay" feeling again. Geir watches Mikleo, weighing the echo of truth in that joke. it's obviously not the choice Mikleo would actually make, but he's just as obviously burdened enough by the situation that there's some real feeling behind the impulse.]

--You'd be a lot heavier if you sat on him now.

[oneandmikleonly]

[--laughs at that one, with real, startled humor]

He would complain so much.

[rootandbranch]

[Geir's snickering, now]

Take it from me! When a dragon sits on something, it's not going anywhere!

[oneandmikleonly]

I believe you.

[he seems to lie easier in the water after that, something more relaxed in his attitude]

Thank you.

[rootandbranch]

Eheheheh...

[Geir could ask "what did I do?", but he doesn't. he might not be exactly sure, but he feels like part of him knows in some dim way, and that's enough for just now. (and isn't that strange?)]

You're welcome.