005 » Text; UN: Persephone - forward dated Triple Moon

[ragingnature]

Has anyone found their Moonblessing transformation drastically change from what you’ve grown used to after several months? If so, how did your transformation change?

More importantly, has anyone’s transformation left them in need of aid getting around?

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[ragingnature]

Oh. [ She has a hard time imagining what that might look like given everyone she knows flies using wings or in the same manner as herself. ]

That's really neat.

[burningfree]

Oh, thanks. It was really useful, albeit it made me pretty conspicuous if I wasn't careful.

The second time I ever met my partner, actually, it was because he spotted me flying. I guess I looked like a pink shooting star from far away.

[ragingnature]

I imagine so.

I think that would certainly catch anyone's eye.

[burningfree]

In retrospect I'm glad I caught his eye. I'm not sure I'd even be alive right now if I hadn't. But it wasn't ideal at the time.

Impressive looking or not, he saw it as a threat and came after me with his gun drawn.

[ragingnature]

That certainly does sound a bit messy. But it also sounds like you got very lucky.

[burningfree]

Lucky that he didn't shoot me?

He was the lucky one. :P I'm not sure what he was thinking coming after me with only a little toy gun like that.

Actually, odds are he wasn't thinking at all.

[ragingnature]

You said you weren't sure you'd be alive if not for him. That's what I meant.

I know someone like that.

[burningfree]

Oh, right.

Yeah, I am lucky. Actually, I'm positive I'd be dead right now if it weren't for him.

You were saved by someone, too?

[ragingnature]

No, I kind of saved him. I mean, he probably would have been fine. Eventually. I just helped speed things up.

But I don't think he actually uses his brain very often.

[burningfree]

Hah, so you have an idiot, too.

I was foolish enough to end up falling in love with mine. What about yours? Is he like that for you, or just a friend?

[ragingnature]

We kind of had a thing but it didn't last long because he lied to me.

Now he's just kind of a nuisance. Like how I would imagine a sibling to be.

[burningfree]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Lio couldn't even conceive of Galo ever lying to him... the very idea kind of punches a hole through his chest.]

Is he here with you?

[ragingnature]

[ Ares had his reasons but they were dumb reasons. ]

It's fine. It wasn't like I had feelings for him. We just kissed once.

No. I've been alone here for about half a year.

[burningfree]

It's still an awful feeling to have your trust broken like that by someone you care about. But I'm sure you know that.

Alone for half a year? God I can't even imagine being in this place without Galo for a single day, let alone for half a year.

You're managing okay by yourself?

[ragingnature]

I wouldn't say I cared about him. I didn't really know him well enough for that. He just claimed he couldn't read or write so he could get closer to me and I was teaching him like the gullible idiot I am.

I'm fine. [ It's not like she's gone from being completely sheltered and always having others around to being completely alone or anything. ]

[burningfree]

I don't have all the context, but it sounds to me like he was taking you for granted. Don't blame yourself for that.

[Lio had never had to comfort someone over shitty relationship woes before. They weren't exactly commonplace in his life. But he didn't like the thought of someone treating anyone like that.]

Are you?

[Not that he wanted to pry but... she seemed nice. And Lio had a bad habit of caring too much sometimes.]

[ragingnature]

Maybe sometime I'll tell you the full story. Though there's not much else to tell from there.

Yeah. [ It's so much easier to lie over text. ]

[burningfree]

I mean I'm just some Sanguis stranger trying to help you out with your Sanguis related problems, you don't owe me a full story or really anything.

Alright, if you insist.

I just know I wouldn't be fine.

[ragingnature]

Okay. [ She just finds it to be entertaining because it's probably the most exciting thing that's happened while she still lived in the Mortal Realm. ]

I think it's been long enough now that I've grown used to how things are.

[burningfree]

I mean if you want to tell it someday, you can, I just don't want you to feel obligated.

You're stronger than me, then. I'm hardly doing a great job adjusting even with someone I love to help me out.

[ragingnature]

I wouldn't say I'm all that strong, just resigned.

[burningfree]

I guess it depends on how you look at it.

I wouldn't see it that way.

[He's also choosing to believe her when she says she's doing fine, though.]

[ragingnature]

[ And that's making her feel guilty about lying. ]

Well, that's how I look at it.

[burningfree]

[The way she was speaking negatively about the way she was handling being in this place was causing him to suspect, actually. But he wasn't going to call her out on it. That wouldn't do anyone any favors.]

I'm not the kind of person that focuses on others' weaknesses. I try to find their strengths and help them learn to use those strengths.

[Which made him a hypocrite since he had a lot of trouble seeing his own strengths, but that's really what Galo was for. With that in mind:]

It sounds to me like you could use someone that doesn't look at you and sees 'resigned,' especially if you aren't happy with feeling resigned in the first place.

If you want, I mean.

I'm usually free to talk or listen. You don't have to put up with everything this place does to us by yourself.

[ragingnature]

[ She probably should be called on it. ]

I'm really good at growing flowers, so that's certainly my biggest strength.

[ She's purposely trying to shift the conversation away from how she's dealing with things here. ]

I'll keep that in mind.