enchanted forest . mingle

[misconceived]

WHO Forest planet occupants!
BROADCAST N/A
ACTION Enchanted Forest / Spa Time
WHEN Upon reaching the system (Jan. 4) to leaving it (Jan. 31)

[ It's another day, another planet for the Drift Fleet to explore. Whether it be relaxing in the landing field, checking out the spa (and subsequently getting urged to enter the woods), or taking on the Enchanted Forest's game, there's enough to do for stir-crazy Fleet members.

Just remember one thing: make it look good. ]

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[SO HE'S BASICALLY IN TROUBLE. he smiles.]

You got it. No weird looks or anything.

[ino]

[ basically, but this is just so awesome that she honestly can't be assed to punch anybody. She's content to sit and float for a moment, soaking up the warmth, before -- ]

I was beginning to lose hope that I'd ever be able to take a hot bath again.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

You're telling me... [he's absolutely going to go back to lazing against the side of the pool, bringing up his arms and laying his chin on them...] I haven't had a hot bath in... worlds, actually.

[ino]

[ a little laugh ]

Worlds? You mean besides the planets we've passed so far?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Hah, yeah. I'm not talking planets.

There have been a lot of... Mm, places where people are collected from all over the galaxy, all realities, you know... [he gestures vaguely.] And the last three or so? Barely any hot water to be found. A real tragedy.

[ino]

[ so there's others, besides Paradisa and Exsilium ... well, and here, apparently. ]

For the longest time, I guess I just assumed there was only the one that I was in. [ a bit of a wry smile ] I guess that's pretty self centered, but finding out that there were more ...

Still, the ones you went to must have been pretty shitty.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

I thought the exact same thing about my first place... And then I went to two more before winding up here. Two and a half if you count an odd jump to the future.

[REALLY, from his point of view... it doesn't make any goddamn sense. but that's game-travel, for you.]

A friend of mine told this theory he heard from someone else... That once you're uprooted a first time, it's a lot easier to get moved again.

[ino]

In a weird way, I guess it makes sense.

[ she sinks into the water, looking up towards the sky ]

Talk about irritating, though ... who wants to be yanked around by all these "causes" and "higher powers"?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Not me... The mysterious "higher power" on my own world was bad enough. At least they kept to themselves most of the time...

[he's still really bitter about that, but the parents who never show up are better than the in-laws who go HA HA and torture you, passive-aggressively, forever.]

[ino]

Wish I could say the same.

[ fucking Naruto elders, killing people left and right to cover up their own bullshit ]

Still, it was never as bad as a shitty TV show.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

What are your higher powers like? May I ask?

[glancing over politely, leaning on the edge of the pool so that he can prop his head up.]

[ino]

You could ask.

[ a knowing smile ]

It's not very interesting, though. Mostly just a lot of men who are afraid to die.

Or do you mean it literally, like a deity?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[that gets a laugh out of him, very quiet.]

I've met my fair share of those already. I was talking deities, yes.

[ino]

There's none that I know of, or at least none that most people believe in, other than I guess our ancestors and loved ones watching over us after they die.

I did date a death god once in the last place I was, though.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[OH NO this laugh is less quiet.]

Were they cute?

[ino]

[ it's okay Robin, you can laugh. It's funny ]

You know, I can't remember. I think he had some nice tattoos though.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Tattoos are pretty cool... [and that implies he had, like, skin. so not this creepy skeletal "death" that all those Earth books keep portraying.] Why don't you remember, though?

[ino]

Yeah ...

[ daydreaming about tattooed abs. I mean wait what that was an important question. One that's actually been bugging her all around ]

... I don't know. I'd like to say it's the last place somehow continuing to be a pain in the ass even after I'm gone, but who knows if that's even possible ...

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[he might have had a momentary daydream about tattooed shoulders but that's not the point.]

What, like memory distortion?

[ino]

Something like that. The last place I was, it could give or take away memories at the drop of a hat. Sometimes you could get them back, but other times ... It was permanent.

The mind works in strange ways, if you fiddle with it enough. I just hope they'll come back to me eventually.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Hm... [that's... a little bit distressing.] You're very calm about it.

Pardon my awkward brackets /cries

[ino]

I had a good seven years to freak out about it. [ a grin ] You missed that part.

they are forgiven

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Wooow... [he didn't mean to look so surprised, but all the same...] I thought that my three were bad.

[ino]

After the two or three year point it doesn't get much worse from there, if that's any consolation.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Ah. [that he gets.] You probably stop being surprised by things, huh?