paradisa | ❀ Episode 03 ❀ [Dictated / Action]

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❀ Episode 03 ❀ [Dictated / Action]

[Rise wakes up in what feels like familiar surroundings, but doesn't look quite right. It's like she's on a huge fluffy cushion or something. This isn't still that Wonderland place, is it?! She doesn't feel like that... fairy groundskeeper or whatever she was supposed to be there anymore.

She rolls over to get up, but feels something weird, but oddly familiar. She's quickly distracted from that when she looks down from the cushion, though. It looks like the pattern on her bed's sheets, but much bigger!

... Uh-oh. Her wings give a little flutter as she starts to consider what that means.

Wait, wings?! Oh, crap!]

Okay, very funny! You can turn me back now!

[Her voice carries over the open journal, and goes almost-silent again for a moment while she uses all the practice she got with those wings in Wonderland to fly around and explore the room. It's definitely hers, and it's huge! She can't be bigger than her cell phone back home now! Actually, it's probably bigger than her.]

... And the door is closed?! Seriously?!

[Okay, she might be starting to panic a little bit here, but she tries to stay calm. She's been in worse situations before back home, all she has to do here is contact someone who can help.]

{ooc: Filter time!}

[Friends filter]

Hello? Can anyone hear me? This is Rise.

I'm kinda... stuck in my room right now. It's not urgent or anything, but could someone please come soon?

[People met in Wonderland]

Was I the only one acting weird in that mirror place?! And is everyone else back to normal?

[That other fairy girl]

Nora-san, was it?

Did you change back to normal today? ... Or were you always a fairy? I'm sorry, I'm still getting used to this magic castle thing.

[A slightly awkward pause.]

Anyway, can we talk?

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You know.

[He's gonna make her say it, isn't he?]

When we were in that place, and that... thing was chasing me.

[That's right, Pixy, she noticed.

In hindsight, she's not sure if they were ever in any real danger there. But in the moment, she was panicked as hell. In fact, that's probably the reason she's not panicking quite as much about still being a fairy.]

[Oh, that. He was almost surprised she noticed, but he wasn't paying attention to whether he was still in earshot of her when he went out there and likely got a few tail swipes for his endeavors.]

Forget about it. Just try not to do anything that could get you eaten again.

[He's sounding rather exhausted. His injuries so weren't thanking him for this.]

[Yeah, good job reminding her that she's still about the right size to get eaten by things.]

I'll, um... do what I can.

[She sounds a bit worried, but it doesn't stop her from noticing Pixy doesn't sound so great either.]

Are you okay? You weren't still injured in there, were you?!

[Glad to be of service, Rise.]

You think falling through a mirror would magically heal all wounds?

I thought you were gonna go to the clinic, at least.

[Her tone isn't really that harsh, since she's not assuming he didn't go. Maybe his injuries really had been that severe.]

I saw a couple of doctors before that madness started.

[Obviously that wasn't going to help what he faced in Wonderland, of course.]

[And he still helped her?! Man, now she really feels bad about thinking he's such a jerk. Even if he can be sometimes.

But along with concern comes the instinct to scold, no matter how she tries to keep it under control.]

You really shouldn't be moving around like that if you're still hurt.

[Okay, maybe less scolding and more concern this time.]

[Oh he's still a jerk, he just can be a bit less of one occasionally.]

And what choice did I have when that creature was out there?

[The answer to that is 'very little'.]

I mean you shouldn't have been walking around there in the first place.

[Slightly firmer tone there. Looks like you reminded her how easily you can rile her up, Pixy.]

[And then her tone softens again.]

... But I guess I'm glad you were.

[Time to turn on the totally-platonic non-jailbaity charm, Rise. Probably won't work on Mr. Grumpypants, but worth a shot, at least.]

Now, can you please promise me you'll take it easy for a while?

[He gives an annoyed sigh.]

What else was I supposed to do? Go to the axe-happy queen and ask for her hospitality for a few days?

[He'll be giving his journal an odd look then.]

I won't be making any promises.

[Rise gives what is probably the most long-suffering sigh of her teenage existence. He shouldn't have been in the lobby getting sucked into the mirror if he was still hurt, and he should be taking better care of himself before he makes everything worse!

But she's still feeling indebted to him for at least trying to rescue her, so she doesn't say it this time.]

Fine. I don't know why I tried. No one ever listens to me anyway.

[Suddenly, she sounds all kinds of dejected. Good job, Pixy.]

[Can you just hear the eye roll, Rise? And hey, it's not like he went to the lobby with the intention of getting sucked into a mirror! Besides, if he doesn't get up, how else is he gonna get his own meals in this place?]

And why now are you getting depressed on me?

[Well, he could at least sound a little apologetic! Keep it together, Rise, just a little longer...]

Jeez, you're hopeless.

[So much for keeping it together. He had her dejected-little-girl act dropped in record time.]

Don't you ever regret hurting an innocent girl's feelings?!

[There may be a bit of an annoyed sigh, Pixy glaring at the journal.]

There weren't any innocent girls in the skies for me to hurt the feelings of.

[Meaning no, Rise. He doesn't regret it. Not that he's had experience hurting a girl's feelings before anyway.]

So, are you gonna keep lecturing me again, or are you going to pay more attention to your own small issue?

[Yes, he did put a half-hearted pun in there.]

[She hasn't said as much to him, but she kind of figured he knew she was still a fairy. She was pretty much screaming at the castle to change her back earlier.

But talking with Pixy has taken her out of the "panic" phase and into "righteous indignation". She feels like she could stay in this room forever, just to avoid asking him for more help!]

Like I said. You're hopeless.

[Not closing the journal on him, but she's pretty much done talking now. Back to sulking and being tiny.]

And you're naive. I think you should be paying attention to your own problem right now before worrying about someone else's.

[He doesn't have a harsh tone about it, if he came off that way it was just out of exhaustion, but he gives a sigh. He doesn't even know if she's there or not right now, so he could be talking at a wall, but if he was he wouldn't really care.]

But I guess I should be grateful that you're showing concern at all.

[A pause. And then...]

You should.

[She sounds like she's teasing, though. Not that she doesn't think he should, but she's not remotely scolding him. At least he figured it out.

But what does he expect her to "pay attention to her problem" for?]

It's not like I can do much about this.

You can at least take care of yourself and get better. But I can't think of anything that'll change me back before the castle just... does it.

You have an entirely new body to adjust to, with additional problems that you never faced before. Tell me how that's not a problem to be concerned with.

[He won't say anything about his own medical issues. It almost feels weird to him. Belkan civilians taking him in to let his wounds heal, now this girl that he just met being that concerned. He wasn't really sure what to think about that.]

[She hates it when he makes sense.]

I know that. I just mean I'll be back to normal when it's over.

Besides, it's not entirely new. I've already been like this for a week.

{ooc: Fairy pride. 8|}

[That pride's gonna get you killed, you know?]

I think your way of living in Wonderland is going to differ greatly than how you do here.

[Dammit, Pixy, stop telling her things she already knows! Not that she'll say that out loud yet. Instead she'll opt for the obvious comeback.]

Yeah, there's no crazy Queen ready to chop off my head or weird dragon things trying to eat me! I think I'll be fine here for a little while.

Edited 2013-01-25 21:38 (UTC)

[He'll stop telling you things you already know when you stop actin' like a daft blonde.]

I wouldn't eliminate those possibilities yet if I were you.

[And she'll stop getting annoyed at you when you stop finding completely opposite reasons to treat her like a moron.]

That sounds a lot like things you'd see in a magic castle.

[That's right, Pixy. She hasn't forgotten.]

[I never gave you permission to sass, missy.]

It's almost as if I wasn't able to figure that out for myself.

[Filtered forever blah blah you get the drill]

[And just what if I DON'T know the drill, huh? Bc]

[Well then you do now!]

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