♖ 006; voice.

[elementally]

All this... snow. And the ice. They remind me of home.

[There's a long pause.]

I was trying to think of this place as a mercy, even with all the stuff I heard about, but... [he trails off.]
Maybe it's naive to try and give this place any kind of label. They never seem to fit.

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[girl_unlocking]

It's not all bad. But ...sometimes it's just... [sigh]

[Pause.]

...do they have ice skating where you're from?

[elementally]

I know what you mean. It's not all bad, but it's... definitely not all good. [His voice drops a bit:] Nothing is, I guess.

[And a pause from him, too. Next he speaks, his voice is back to normal.]
Yeah, there was a rink at Palumpolum.

... why?

[girl_unlocking]

...cause there's one in the park and it would be fun and we should go.

[Okay so it's not a rink proper, but it's frozen over and Anatolians are skating on it.]

[elementally]

Go?

[. . .]

And... skate?

[brb, mild horror. He can barely walk without falling over.]

[girl_unlocking]

Go. Like ....there. With our feet. We don't have to skate. I kinda suck at it, but its fun? Or.

[She hears that hesitance, Hope. Because she is not on happycandy drugs or full of magic alcohol.]

We could have a snowball fight? Or build snow people.

[elementally]

I'd like to go. I don't... [ think I'd do too well skating. But Dawn's been sad lately, right?]

We could try it. I haven't ever done so great at it, but... it sounds fun. And the snow stuff sounds good, too. Count me in.

[girl_unlocking]

We should! I'm not so great either - Buffy's the skater. We can hold each other up.

Awesome! And if we suck, we can just do all the other snow stuff. But we won't suck. We're too cool for that.

[Hope sounded sad before, too. So, lets make some non shitty memories of this place. Even the odds a little.]

[private]

I mean, seriously. It can't be worse than the uh ...alcohol, can it? Because walking and standing up were nobody's friend, there.

[elementally]

That sounds like a plan.

[Too cool?] Ha, yeah. Too cool, that's... us all over.

[All for this plan. None of this sadness!]

[private]

[A quiet wincing sound, and an awkward laugh.] Right. I'm pretty sure we can do better than that, at least.

[girl_unlocking]

Then we're the man with the plan. Of half a man. Or whatever.

Anatole doesn't even know what to do with all this derp cool.]

[private]

Oh, god I hope so. [Fit of embarrassed giggles.] Never again.

[elementally]

How about a... duo with a plan? It doesn't rhyme, but it's accurate.

[They're going to create a black hole of flail one day]

[private]

If not we might have to start worrying. [And a beat.] I hope none of the others ever hear about that...

[girl_unlocking]

Sounds like a plan. From a duo! [Laugh!]

[They are. It will be shaped like derp. A derpocalypse, even.]

[private]

Well, they're not hearing it from me. I. Euurgh. We can bring alcohol free cider this time.

[elementally]

[And a quiet laugh from him.] Exactly. We've got this covered.

[private]

Or me.

Maybe there's somewhere we can get hot chocolate around there, too. It'd be good in the cold.

[girl_unlocking]

[private]

That. Would be. Amazing. It's kinda good anytime. But yeah, extra good in the cold!

[elementally]

[private]

Good. Then we have a plan. Shall I-- come get your after work tomorrow?

[girl_unlocking]

[private]

Yeah! That'd be great!

[He almost sounded formal! Shall I. Very Giles-y!]

[elementally]

[private]

I'll see you then.