The Deck | Sunday Afternoon

[kirked]

There was a ferret following Jim around. At first, he'd just thought the island was giving out pets again and he'd rolled his eyes. Then, the ferret had started talking. At that point, Jim thought maybe he'd gone on a bender he didn't remember and was still drunk

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[taseredagod]

Darcy had been so happy to finally have something weird happen to her - she wasn't counting the locker - that she had spent way more time than healthy talking to the ferret that had magically appeared.

Now, she was wandering around the school, with a ferret that was sticking his nose everywhere he could.

"Hey, you have a ferret too!" She might have been a smidgen disappointed.

[kirked]

"Unfortunately."

If Aesina could have rolled his eyes, he would have. "Yeah, I'm real happy with you too."

"Maybe your ferret's a little more tolerable than mine," Jim said. Aesina wasn't bad, not really, but still, it was a talking freaking ferret that kept talking about his soul.

[taseredagod]

"Aw, yeah, I like my ferret. He's entertaining!" Darcy said.

Adrastos perked up at this and trotted over to poke at something else he had spotted.

"And apparently not big on talking to other people? I don't know. Did everyone get ferrets?" She wondered.

[kirked]

"Don't think so," Jim said, watching Aesina watch Adrastos. His ferret had been lazy (pretty much on par with what Jim did on weekends) but now he was a little curious.

"Guy I was talking to earlier had a fox," he shared. "I still can't figure out the whole ferret thing for me though. Couldn't I have an eagle or something?"

"No, you couldn't," Aesina said, sounding bored. "And you'll figure me out soon. I have faith in your brain."

[taseredagod]

"Ferrets are curious and adorable?" Darcy tried. Adrastos preened at the compliment.

"Mine is nicer than yours." She decided.

[kirked]

"Hey, mine's nice!" Jim protested, glancing at Aesina. "You're judging a ferret by its cover. If this thing is really a part of me, it's not gonna jump for joy when someone comes along. It's too cool for that."

[taseredagod]

Darcy snorted. "Yours claiming to be a part of your soul or some such as well?"

"I'm not claiming, I am. You're just choosing to ignore." Adrastos informed Darcy and jumped on to a chair arm.

[kirked]

"Yep," Jim said, slanting a look at Aesina. "Part of me, part of my soul, part of a whole and all that crap."

"You've seen aliens, why is this so hard to believe?" Aesina asked him.

[taseredagod]

"Because aliens make sense." Darcy said. "Souls, if they exist, should not randomly break into speaking pieces."

"Hey!" Adrastos exclaimed. "I'm right here!"

"Sorry. But you're still adorable!"

[kirked]

"You turned into a girl a few weekends ago and you can't accept this?" Aesina asked, shaking his head. "And I thought you were open minded."

"Talking ferrets don't fall under that realm," Jim retorted. "And that's you."

"I bet if I was a lion or a cheetah, you'd be fine."

"Maybe."

[taseredagod]

"You turned into a girl?" Darcy stuck to the important part.

[kirked]

"Yep." Jim grinned because that was a pretty good memory. "I wasn't the only one either. But, I was the hottest boy turned girl."

[taseredagod]

Darcy considered this carefully. "Pics or it didn't happen!"

[kirked]

"There might be some pictures floating around," Jim said, shrugging. "I went to a party that weekend and lots of people have phones that take pictures. I don't have any on me though but I can assure you, it did happen."

[taseredagod]

"This school is so strange." Darcy said. It sounded like in her world, this was the best. Thing. Ever.

[kirked]

"I've been here like a month and I've picked that up," Jim agreed with a shake of his head. "Not what I expected when I decided to come here. Not that it's bad, it's just strange."