Five, in which Angel touched the wrong railing

[talks_to_fish]

They should have strawberries in the forest by now. Does someone want to go strawberry picking with me?

[ooc: She's affected by this and will be obsessed with your character for a few hours should she see them now (action or video). This will be creepy, but it won't entail any of the other options. Voice and text won't trigger anything.

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[exploring_game]

Ooh! Yes! I saw those strawberries just the other day and I figured they'd need just a few more days to redden up! Let's go!

[talks_to_fish]

We can meet up down in the hall, if you want!

[She looks back at the screen and smiles, everything as it would be normally - and then, for a moment, nearly too short to notice, something shifts.]

[exploring_game]

Great! I'll find a pail or my beach bucket, we can put them in that...

Or make strawberry jelly after! Or strawberry shortcake!

[talks_to_fish]

Strawberry shortcake sounds great!

[It also means that they can hang out longer.]

[exploring_game]

We can make strawberry lemonade too. Pink lemonade's the best.

[talks_to_fish]

I've never had that. Is it hard to make?

[exploring_game]

It's pretty easy!

[talks_to_fish]

You have to show me! Downstairs, alright?

[action?]

[exploring_game]

Okay, downstairs.

[Coraline takes a few moments to pull on a colorful pair of scrunchy socks and her outdoor boots, then heads down, swinging her pail at her side]

[action!]

[talks_to_fish]

Hey!

[Laughs and runs towards her, stopping inches before she'd crash into the other girl.]

Do you know a good place to start looking?

[action!]

[exploring_game]

Well, we can try out by the edge of the forest...there are bushes out there.

[action!]

[talks_to_fish]

Alright!

[Becomes calmer after a moment]

...What are your parents like?

[action!]

[exploring_game]

My parents? Um...they're...parents. Dad writes for a gardening catalog, and mom edits it, and they're usually very busy. Dad's a little bit silly, but he's tired all the time from working, and my mother's... she...she's nice too, when she's not really stressed.

...since we moved, she's been really stressed.

[action!]

[talks_to_fish]

Do you like them?

Re: [action!]

[exploring_game]

They're my parents.

Sure I like them.

I wouldn't trade them for my other-parents.

[action!]

[talks_to_fish]

It's that easy? You like them because they are your parents?