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[viva_la_materia]

So, um. What's with the giant fruit?

I mean, I wouldn't ask, 'cuz it's probably asking for trouble or tempting fate or something really terminally stupid, and usually nobody knows anything anyhow, but it's been hanging everywhere for a day or two now and it's kind of creeping me out. It's like, when's the other shoe gonna drop?

[Pause.] You know, if fruits were shoes.

Not that I think these ones are gonna actually fall off the Tree. At least, I hope not. They look majorly heavy, and I like visiting the islands without wearing a helmet.

Comments

[its-me-hooray.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with wearing helmets?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Well, for one thing, it looks dumb, and for another thing, they're a pain in the neck, and anyway nobody could see my cute face if I wore one. :) Who's this?

[its-me-hooray.livejournal.com]

But your brains stay in your skull thanks to them. Don't let me catch you trying anything risky without one, so says the Mighty Nightlaser!

They're there for your safety!

1/2

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

[She stares at the paper for a long moment. Helmet. Risky. Preachy. Nightlaser.]

YOU! YOU-- [The pencil jerks to a halt. Think. Thinkthinkthink...]

2/2

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

[She has to grit her teeth, but the pencil starts up again.] GENIUS! You are so totally right about helmets. I get it now! Super important. Definitely.

Sooo, I guess you wear one all the time, huh?

Re: 2/2

[its-me-hooray.livejournal.com]

Good to hear!

No, only sometimes. It gets hard to milk the cows or keep the machinery in top shape while wearing one. Some of the livestock get really mad if you hide your face, especially the rooster.

Don't... don't ever piss off the rooster.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

The rooster, huh? Gotcha. [Thinking some more. Thinkthinkthink.]

I bet it's really hard work taking care of the livestock! All those cows and stuff. You must be a pretty tough guy. Hey, do you work at the farm most of the time or do you do anything else, too?

Why so gullible, Night. Why.

[its-me-hooray.livejournal.com]

I also work at the flower shop! Spring flowers are pretty nice, though looking at them sort of stirs something in my head. Can't pin down what!

Don't feel bad, Night! She /is/ a future professional spymaster!

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

[Something stirs in her head, too, at the mention of selling flowers. She hesitates, suddenly feeling slightly guilty about this - then gives her head a shake, wondering where that came from. This is no time for weird pings - it's time to make her next move!]

Wow, that's amazing! Flowers, chickens, cows...you can handle just about anything, huh? [Except unicorns, she thinks to herself - and now, if she's remembering this dork right, the real suckerpunch. Nyuk, nyuk.] You sound like a real hero! I bet you're pretty cute under that helmet, too. So, what kind of face should I look out for, next time I need a daring rescue? ♥

[its-me-hooray.livejournal.com]

[Flattering! He could get used to compliments! The connection just fliiiies right by him.]

Cute, eh? I can't pass up the questions of an adoring fan! I'm almost devilishly handsome, so watch out for that, and I have short green hair and yellow eyes. I'm told I'm not too hard to spot.

Aha, but I will keep my eyes peeled, for there is always a fan in need of a rescue in this weird place!

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'll keep my eyes peeled for you, too!

[She means that quite sincerely. Green hair and yellow eyes sounds super-easy to avoid. Just as planned!]

[forgotmyforge.livejournal.com]

Maybe this is what the Tree does in spring!

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Is it? [Pause. She was born in the fall, so it's not like she knows.] Did it do this last year, too?

[forgotmyforge.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I wasn't here then. But some people have mentioned it blooming, so maybe this comes first.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Maybe? I dunno, though. Don't fruits come after flowers?

[forgotmyforge.livejournal.com]

I think they're supposed to.

I hope they don't start falling on people.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

You and me, both. Those things look big enough to squash somebody flat. Splunch!

[forgotmyforge.livejournal.com]

I think everyone better be looking up when they go out.

[fangsofnewyork.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't try eating them. Too many colors. I think that means they're dangerous.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

What? [Pause, while she works that one out.] No, I know not to eat the little crazy-looking ones. I mean the big ones. The ones that look kinda like the coc

[The pencil pauses. Then, hesitantly:]

You don't think there are people inside, do you?

[fangsofnewyork.livejournal.com]

What? No, that would just be crazy.

[a pause]

Scratch that, you're probably right. This place is crazy.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Well, I mean, if they look like the birth cocoons...then what if they are birth cocoons? Maybe there's gonna be a huge load of people born all at once and there wasn't room in the hatchery!

[fangsofnewyork.livejournal.com]

In that case, I feel sorry for the poor bastards who are gonna have to deal with them.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

No kidding. There'd be a major towel shortage, for one thing.

[desertshadows.livejournal.com]

I'm simply hoping they don't drop. You might need more protection than that.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Yeeeah. Like a building. [Pause for thought, then she adds:] With a strong roof.

[desertshadows.livejournal.com]

Makes it hard to move around, though. And what if you were about to walk into someone?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

...walk into someone? :/

[desertshadows.livejournal.com]

Well, if you were inside a building- But then, the best thing to do would be to stand by one of the windows, so you would see oncoming traffic.

[truthtouched.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should try eating one if you find one on the ground.

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Um, my theory right now is that there are people inside.

[truthtouched.livejournal.com]

People? Seriously?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They look a heck of a lot like the hatching cocoons, don'tcha think?

[truthtouched.livejournal.com]

[A long, long pause.]

Yeah. They do. Why are they out there, though?

[viva-la-materia.livejournal.com]

No idea. All I know is, I'm not eating one. And I might buy a helmet. Or stock up on towels.

[truthtouched.livejournal.com]

Probably a smart idea.