second bubble; video/action. FOURTH WALL.

[timelymaid]

video;
[ Someone's certainly happy today. Aradia has absolutely no clue what's going on, but she knows when it's going on to exact degrees and she's a god tier troll again. Life is good! Although she's also apparently doing spontaneous teleportation, at least going places is a lot easier! She has all the time in the world.

May as well ask about whatever is happening, even if it's mostly happy. ]

This isn't normal, right? I've been to several different places without staying for very long, and I stopped taking my map out about five stops ago. I don't think I can check them off as places I've been if I only stay for a handful of minutes at a time, right?

Oh, but I'm a fairy again! Well, a troll. [ If that was not incredibly obvious from the video. Gray skin with a reddish tint when she flushes, curling horns, and yellow whites of the eye... ] I missed flying!

Is everyone else doing okay?

action;
[ Alternately, catch Aradia as she's ported through to different places, although you might have to make do with a quick chat. Hopefully she doesn't catch you in an awkward position. She'll eventually end up at Violet City, where she'll be for most of the event. Happy lazy coincidences! She'll be flitting around town and poking at anything interesting and talking to whoever. Indy the Gastly is going to be out and flying with her for the duration of the event, because she pretty much never puts him in his pokeball. ]

Comments

[timelymaid]

[ Wow don't make her punch you again. ...Except she sort of laughs too. ]

You're a jerk! Anyway, which one of these are we seeing again?

[viiru2alert]

The one with the explosio-- ...wait.

[They all have explosions.]

It was the spy movie, I think.

[timelymaid]

Oh, the sky one!

[ She's located a poster that looks appropriate, anyway. So now they just need tickets and snacks. She'll beeline for the ticketline, expecting Sollux to follow along. ]

[viiru2alert]

[Dayum gurl, you run fast. Sollux's physical capabilities have increased greatly since he arrived here, and he now doesn't look quite so awkward with those broad shoulders now that he has some actual muscle underneath them, but he's still panting harder than he should have been once they get on the line.]

Jesus Christ.

[timelymaid]

[ When people actually leave their hives in childhood for fresh air and exercise, they tend to acquire capabilities like running fast and crossing chasms conveniently located in their back yards. She just shoots Sollux an amused look as he catches up. ]

Tired already?

[viiru2alert]

Go... [Pant.] ...fuck... [Pant.] ...yourself. [Pant.]

[timelymaid]

[ Wow, rude. Or it would be rude if it weren't Sollux and par for the course, which is why the only reaction he gets is laughter at his expense. ] Still better than before, though - not that you really ran when you could float.

[ ...Actually, that does get him a startled glance, since he could have. ] I think it's fun to walk together, though!

[ And she's totally going to pay for the tickets now. ]

[viiru2alert]

Flying was... faster. [He seems to be catching his breath again.] And it's not like I had anyone I had to walk with.

[He dusts off his clothes before they get to the front of the line, and promptly goes back to folding his arms like any old surly teenager.]

[timelymaid]

Lazier, you mean. [ But she's only teasing, since she doesn't actually mind. With the tickets in hand they can leave one line to join another.

Humans sure do have a lot of lines for things. Aradia never waited in any lines back on Alternia, really. ] Does it seem a little crowded today?

[viiru2alert]

Faster, I mean.

[As they wait, Sollux notices that they're getting a lot of funny smiles from people around. He glares distrustfully at all of them to combat this.] Yeah. And they're all trying to make a spectacle of us, apparently.

[Uh, two teens walking into a movie theater without a parent? Do the math, Captor.]

[timelymaid]

If you say so! [ Not that she says that in anything but a teasing tone, so it's not that convincing.

Aradia glances around curiously when he mentions that; for all that they look like trolls again, she hadn't found any of the humans living in Johto reacting that oddly to her, unless they were non-natives. It had to be another weird game mechanic.

...They're not frowning, though. Give her a second to catch on. ] ...Oh! I don't think that's the case, Sollux.

[viiru2alert]

Then what is it?

[Trolls aren't that funny to look at. They should be cowering in fear at these two grey alien creatures with horns. Blar. Look how scary.]

[timelymaid]

[ Sollux please. ]

They probably just think we're on a date, don't they? I don't think anyone has been reacting to seeing trolls otherwise, which is a little strange. But then again, so is suddenly being back to normal! There's no reason to glare at people, anyway.

[viiru2alert]

A date?

[Sollux stopped glaring just long enough to look back at her, a little bit confused underneath the perpetual annoyance.]

We're not on a date, are we?

[Child. Child, stahp.]

[timelymaid]

[ Why is he asking her? Aradia...laughs. ] I think for it to be a date one of us has to actually ask the other for it to be a date? Which we didn't!

I think it's just because of our ages, and the humans have the female slash male thing as the norm, so they're assuming? [ Humans Are Weird. ] And they only have the one quadrant, so they think we're on a flushed date, I think?

[viiru2alert]

That. Is fucking weird.

[He glares at them a bit more for good measure, and then -- whaddya know! -- they're at the register. Thank god. He doesn't want to spend any more time with these weirdos than he has to.]

...How about I pay the tickets, you pay the snacks?

[timelymaid]

Stop glaring! [ Honestly, Sollux. ]

And deal!

[viiru2alert]

Why? [...he asks as the ticket salesman gets pretty sassy with that 700 Poké.]

[timelymaid]

[ Really, Sollux. Really? Aradia's giving him a Look, capital letter and all. ] Because you're being silly! It's not as if it matters what anyone else thinks.

[viiru2alert]

Yes it does, but whatever.

[He rolls his eyes and takes the tickets, but stops glaring at everything. Aradia has chastised him successfully.]

[timelymaid]

[ Aradia levels up! ...Except not really, but she does chuckle and go to pay for the snacks. ]

Why does it matter?

[viiru2alert]

'Cause it just does.

[Said through a mouth full of popcorn.]

[timelymaid]

Should I be offended?

[ She's teasing, and is looking at the board to figure out which theater they're heading towards. Okay, this way. ]

[viiru2alert]

Don't ask me! An Aradia's mind works in mysterious ways.

[He's smirking again.]

[timelymaid]

Are you sure that isn't a Sollux's mind?

[ She quashes the impulse to throw popcorn at him, but barely. ]