anise [spacecoast]

[verminous]

anise can do anything she wants forever

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Week 1, Monday

[sexyasmieu]

[ Anise can be found exploring the new planet! She's on the outskirts of the city, looking out over the red cliffs and beyond. I'll say that she was smart enough to put on a coat for this and maybe I'll find a cute image later or something. ]

Wow... this really is an alien planet!

[ squinting at the winding paths below... ]

I wonder if there are monsters down there...

[verminous]

Looks like the kinda place they'd hide.

[he's in a coat already, a uniform one modified to fit his arm, with a wider right sleeve.]

Rough hike back up from there, though...

[sexyasmieu]

Yeah...... I guess it'd be too much to hope there's a cave full of treasure or anything fun like that out here...

[verminous]

Probably. City like that would've had it excavated by now... but it still looks pretty interesting.

[gesturing to the paths worn into the ground-]

Wanna walk a bit anyway?

[sexyasmieu]

Sure! And if we run into any trouble, you'll protect me, right?

[verminous]

Yeah. Might not exactly have weapons, but I think I could still give a monster or two a run for their money.

[and if not, he also knows when to retreat...]

[sexyasmieu]

Ooh, so you're confident, huh? [ she sounds impressed! ]

[verminous]

Well, I've got experience with it.

[they'll be fine! probably.]

[sexyasmieu]

[ looking at him curiously as they walk... ]

That arm of yours can be used as a weapon, right? ... Has it always been like that, or...?

[verminous]

[it takes a second to answer, but:]

Yeah, it's been like that as long as I've had this thing. Less of a weapon here, though.

[sexyasmieu]

How long has that been?

[verminous]

Well, y'know-- I've had it longer than I was without it, at this point.

[which isn't a very specific answer, thanks greg.]

Look at the view over here, you can still barely see the bottom even from this close...

1/2

[sexyasmieu]

[ she'll run up to the cliff's edge to look! it's a little reckless, but she does stop on a dime. ]

Wow, it's so deep! Maybe it goes all the way down past the planet's crust!

[sexyasmieu]

... You're trying to change the subject, aren't you?

[verminous]

Ah, that obvious...?

[she's a perceptive kid, huh. he reaches up to rub at the back of his neck.]

Some stories aren't great to tell or hear. That's all.

[sexyasmieu]

Well, I guess it's fine. Everyone has things they don't like talking about.

[verminous]

Yeah. Figure we all do. Let's just say I'll be fine regardless and leave it at that, eh?

[and in turn he won't press if anything comes up that she doesn't want to answer.]