♈ Aradia: Be the bitty.

[psych0p0mps]

[Why, what's this wandering the halls today? It's a little girl, maybe four or five years old, who happens to also be an alien. She seems distressed, and so sounds the little voice picked up unwittingly by the journal.]

hell0?
is anyb0dy there
m0mma im l0st where are y0u

((Aradia's a wiggler! Headed to work but will respond asap.))

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[teds_out]

[Aradia, where are you? He needs to give you your shelf. The one that he had to make twice because the first one fell apart as soon as he picked it up.

He doesn't have it this moment, at least, but while he's on the way to the room, he comes upon a little wiggler.

A little wiggler named]

Aradia?

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia gasps and hides behind the nearest potted plant. On Alternia it is safest to assume that anything bigger than you (and many things smaller than you) are trying to kill you all the time.

But... she peeks out. The strange creature doesn't seem hostile, and it knows her name somehow. dkslaj WAT DO?]

[teds_out]

Uh-- hey!

[Ted holds his hand out helplessly. He can see little parts of Aradia sticking out from behind the plant. Why was she hiding? She was a lot smaller... and, younger, it seemed?

...Ted had a feeling he knew what was going on, but he thought it best not to jump to conclusions.]

Aradia? It's me, Ted.

[psych0p0mps]

[Bitty Aradia peers up at him, shy but curious.]

h0wd y0u kn0w my name

[teds_out]

[Oh, good, she still has her necklace on. He hadn't thought she'd left and come back as opposed to having a loss, but it was always a comforting reminder.

He tries to give a disarming smile.]

I'm a friend.

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia hesitates a moment, then emerges from behind the plant, holding the necklace as if she's just realized she was wearing it.]

what happened t0 y0ur h0rns

[teds_out]

Oh, I'm not a troll. I'm a human.

[But little Aradia from Alternia wouldn't know what a human is, would she?? Ted thinks for a moment...]

I'm kind of uh... like your replacement lusus!

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia looks skeptical of that. (To put it generously.)]

i d0nt want a replacement
i want my real lusus

[teds_out]

[...oh. Oh. Right in the feelings, little wiggler.]

Um.. you'll be back with your lusus soon, okay? I'm just taking care of you while they're away.

[psych0p0mps]

[HMMMM.... she is still a little bit skeptical and scared, though.]

where did she g0
i d0nt kn0w where i am
why w0uld she leave me here al0ne :(

[teds_out]

It's okay! She's just busy.

[Dangit, how is he going to convince her? ...oh!]

See that necklace around your neck? I made that for you. She put it around your neck before she left to tell you that you're okay with me.

[wow this is kind of a longshot and also he feels vaguely like a pedophile right now asldfkj]

Tedobear. (that is all.)

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia glances down at the necklace. Well- it's true she has no idea where this came from. And she is so confused right now that any explanation is better than none.]

y0u made this?

:|

[teds_out]

[He nods.]

Just for you.

0u0

[psych0p0mps]

[She considers....... then takes a couple of tentative, pigeon-toed steps forward.]

umm
0k
when she c0mes back im g0ing with her
but until then
i will wait with y0u
0k?

that looks stupid

[teds_out]

[He nods.] Got it.

[He kneels down and grins.] So like I was saying... My name's Ted. [He offers a hand for a handshake.] It's nice to meet you, Aradia.

your face looks stupid :[

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia sticks her hand out, too, imitating him but not really understanding what he's trying to do.]

why are y0u pink?

[TACT, SHE HAS IT.]

no u

[teds_out]

[Ted takes her little hand and shakes it! and then lets her go to lightly fold his arms on his leg.]

Well, I'm not a troll. I'm something called a human.

no u times infinity!!!

[psych0p0mps]

[W E I R D . . . His hand is so big compared to hers sklafj.]

is a human a kind 0f space alien

+1 B||||||

[teds_out]

Uhhh, yeah, kind of. I mean, we don't live in space or anything, but... yeah, sure, let's go with that.

hey infinity already encompasses all possible values you can't PLUS ONE it who do you think you are

[psych0p0mps]

well yeah but like
0n an0ther planet

+ALL THE ONES, BUTTFACE.

[teds_out]

Yeah. We live on a planet called Earth.

YOU WILL FIND IT IS YOUR FACE THAT IS BUTT!!!!!!!

[psych0p0mps]

whats it like

[teds_out]

Well, it's very green. -- and blue. Because most of the planet is made up of water, you know?

[psych0p0mps]

[headtilt]

y0ure sea dwellers?

[teds_out]

Uh, no, no. I mean most of our planet is made up of water. But there's a lot of land too, and that's where we live.