Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

[notzubats]

Who: Everybody! It's a planet mingle!
Broadcast: If You want!
Action: On the Holding Hands plant!
When: From June 23 until whenever we need a new mingle.

[At long last, the fleet has arrived to a new planet. This means it's time for a mingle guys! Get in! ]

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[huaaaaagh]

I can go pretty fast in a pinch! I've caught people before, so don't worry about it.

[flickerflash]

I feel much safer, then. What if I jump deliberately?

[Innocently.]

[huaaaaagh]

[u punk shitstarter. he loves it.]

Then I will deliberately let you fall until it puts the fear of god in your heart, and then catch you at the last second like the coolest hero ever.

[flickerflash]

Oh, well then.

[She waits until he sets her down on the branch proper, then links her hands behind her and... steps backwards off the ledge. Bye!

She'll shriek all the way down, just for you.]

[huaaaaagh]

[you

horrible gremlin of a child

Kirito lurches, wings flailing to catch up to her head start. There's only a little bit of panic until he catches up to her, honest.

Once he does, though, all bets are off.]

Hahaha... I can't believe you really... oh man. So how's the view?

[He'll ask whether she's still screaming or not.]

[flickerflash]

[She stops screaming immediately, peering up (down?) at the ground.] Very blurry! But if you give me a minute I'm sure I can take a closer look--

[Are we playing chicken because at some point she'll end up saving herself. But he caught up so fast she's genuinely amazed. And amused. Grin.]

Help?

[huaaaaagh]

I dunno, you don't look particularly god-fearing.

[The ground is coming up, though - even kids fall fast, and the tree is tall but not that tall - so he closes the distance between them and grabs her hands, flapping his wings and aiming them upwards to slow her descent.]

[flickerflash]

[She might have been holding her breath at the end there, letting it out with relief as he finally slows her down. I mean yes, she can stop herself, kind of, but where would the fun in that be?]

I'm sure I'm terrified of God. He's very scary and his voice makes my ears ring. [She sounds a bit winded, but giggles even so.] That wasn't fun at all. I've learned my lesson.

[huaaaaagh]

I'm not sure I believe you.

[He floats them back over to the tree and deposits her on another branch, then perches next to her, rolling his shoulders a bit.]

[flickerflash]

[She's not kidding about the God's voice thing, though she told it in a skewed kind of way. There's an echo of memory there-- of a modern enough church under a dark grey sky, tolling for mass. She'd had to tear her hands away from her parents and run, hands cupped over ears with a small shriek because it hurt it was loud, and maybe it's hysterics that make her think God is rejecting her, but when she pulls her hands away they're covered in blood.

It doesn't bother her now that she knows why, but sorry. She didn't mean to share. Katie settles on the branch and won't jump again. Once is a prank and twice is just mean.]

Thank you for saving me. My hero!

[huaaaaagh]

[Whoa, whoa, hey. That... was kind of disconcerting. He glances down at his hand, then at her, then back to his hand, and then finally the tree. This thing again... geez.]

Er... right. Yes! Hero. I'm very heroic. Um.

[Should he ask about that? Maybe he shouldn't. The hand-holding thing is kind of invasive to some, isn't it? THIS PLANET...]

[flickerflash]

Are you okay? [Headtilt. You're acting kinda weird.] Did you go too fast for your headspace? You should sit down.

[huaaaaagh]

Yeah... haha... yeah, maybe.

[He sits down, because his head is just fine, but that's a convenient excuse.]

What about you? Any problems? Weird... flashes?

[flickerflash]

No. I'm used to falling out of trees. Sometimes I even hit the bottom.

[#clueless]

[huaaaaagh]

[Okay, well... that's a bust. But he should at least be grateful she didn't get any of SAO out of him.]

That doesn't sound particularly safe.

[flickerflash]

It's not. I break my legs every time.

[huaaaaagh]

[Dark. Yikes.]

I'm... glad I was here to catch you this time, then.

[flickerflash]

[If she ever actually breaks her leg, she might stop saying that.]

Me too! It would have been awkward to have to limp all the way home. I'd probably get eaten.

[huaaaaagh]

Do you usually climb trees around things that'll eat you?

[flickerflash]

Sometimes climbing a tree will stop you from being eaten!

[See. Logic.]

[huaaaaagh]

That doesn't really answer the question.

[But then, it's Katie, and he's sort of getting used to that.]

[flickerflash]

Doesn't it? [She gives him an innocent look then pats the tree.]

Shall we look for secret doors?

[huaaaaagh]

Sounds like a plan.

[With a dismissive shrug he hops closer to the trunk of the tree, knocking his hand against the wood as he begins to climb down. They're not too far from the bottom, and if they're going to find anything, it'll probably be down there, but it can't hurt to check.

And whatever that was, he'll just... file it away for future reference. Just in case.]