Flowey December Catch-All

[friendlyflower]

WHO: Flowey & Kris, Eleanor, Aegiomon, others
WHAT: Questing
WHEN: Throughout December
WHERE: Tenna's TV Studio, around Bottlecap Bay
WARNINGS: Flowey's typical warnings (child death, depression, depersonalization, unreality).

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[notyourbloodymessiah]

[ dog eaters, huh? where's she heard that one before. ]

But the dog-eaters wear human-- er, Pokemon-- skin. So they look just like us. [ she pauses. ] You don't need to prove yourself to anyone, you know. It's not worth the stress.

[friendlyflower]

[Her second comment makes him pause. If he wasn't working hard to prove himself, what would he be doing? He's come so far already. And he's just enough of a little contrarian to know about the sunk cost fallacy, but still.]

... interesting thing you said about dog-eaters. [Maybe that's easier to talk about.]

[notyourbloodymessiah]

So I've been told, since I was a girl. [ she offers a shrug, moving ahead slightly to see if she can spot any mushrooms to point out. ] That's something my...

[ a pause. ] ...my mother used to tell me. I never believed in it, so I looked for myself. How could they be any different to me, I thought. And I was right - they weren't.

[friendlyflower]

[He catches that hesitation around 'mother'. Interesting-- and not a sentiment too foreign to him.]

... They aren't. [Suddenly, he feels a certain weight on his back.] Smart of you to have figured that out so young.

[He seems a little awkward, then. He points out a few good mushrooms for her to pick.]

... What about a father?

[notyourbloodymessiah]

It's complicated. [ the topic of subject delta is still pretty sore to her, even if it has been a little while. ] I never knew my "real" father, I don't think I ever had one.

[ she shuffles over to pick some of the mushrooms, tugging them out of the ground with her flippers, before shuffling back over. ]

I had a father of sorts, he was probably the closest I ever had. His name was Delta.

[friendlyflower]

[This certainly feels like a complicated subject-- he should probably consider it a testament to the bond they formed during the blizzard that she's telling him at all.

Since she's opening up, he might as well offer a token of information also in kind.]

... yeah? Sounds like he was important to you. [He catches the use of past tense.] I had parents, once, but not anymore. They... haha. Let's just say they turned out to be 'dog eaters' of a sort, too.

[notyourbloodymessiah]

That always seems to be the way of it.

[ that's what happened to her mother, after all. and so many before her. she's gone ahead a little bit, having a bit too much fun finding and grabbing mushrooms. like a scavenger hunt! ]

I'm sorry that... whatever happened, happened. [ she's not one to pry too much. she worries she's already said too much already, even without much context. ] Is that why you said you didn't want to go home?

[friendlyflower]

Heh. That's part of it. My 'parents' stopped being my parents a long time ago. It's more that there's just no place for me in that world. [This is said very matter-of-factly.] At least here, I've got something to do. Things I can accomplish. [He picks another mushroom and sets it aside.]

... And don't think you have to pity me. I don't want it. Sometimes, this is just how things work out.

[notyourbloodymessiah]

Most people don't take such things in stride. I probably wouldn't. [ she didn't, even. more mushrooms for the basket. ] Besides, if you've found purpose here then your family doesn't matter.

Oh, um. We're going to sort through them later, I'm guessing?

[friendlyflower]

Yep! Hee hee! [... Somehow, that may not be 100% convincing.]

... Anyway, enough about all that! It's another beautiful Winter day! How are the new Guild accommodations?

[notyourbloodymessiah]

Not bad, all things considered. I'd forgotten how much I missed sharing. [ having her own space was. never a good thing. ] The rooms, I mean.

[ she's dragging the basket over to a rather large bounty she's found all the while. ] Between you and me, yours is a bit nicer.