6th Fairy Tale § Voice/Action

[tehoniongirl]

[Jilly had been quiet since the love experiment and draft. It had been too much, in too short a period of time, and she’d needed to think. And one of the ways that she did that best was with her art. She’d gone out occasionally, little forays into town or the woods to stretch stiff limbs and replenish her dwindling supply of groceries, but

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[thedicearecast]

[Jilly's not the only one out in what most would call terrible weather. Amelia's reaction is far closer to amazement, however, than the sheer joy the other woman shows. She's staring up into the sky, soaked within minutes of stepping outside, but--how on Gunsmoke could she not? She's never seen anything like this in her life.]

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[tehoniongirl]

[catching sight of the stunned woman, she'll stop her giddy dance, stilling herself into something calmer...more observant. That kind of stunned awe...it's powerful enough that she watches for a moment, before moving to join her, a smile in her voice and on her lips] It's really coming down...

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[thedicearecast]

[Amelia's too caught up to notice Jilly until she speaks. She jumps back a bit in surprise, but quickly relaxes--at least back to how she was when Jilly first saw her, at any rate.]

Yeah. This--this is rain, isn't it?

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[tehoniongirl]

It is.

...I'm gonna guess it isn't common, where you're from?

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[thedicearecast]

Not at all. [Amelia frowns as she pauses. She's still new to the whole "different reality" concept.] I'm from a desert planet.

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[tehoniongirl]

It doesn't usually come down like this. Even where I'm from.

...It's kind of beautiful, isn't it?

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[thedicearecast]

Beautiful?

[Amelia usually doesn't look at things for their beauty; she's a practical woman at heart. Kind of necessary, given the life of a bounty hunter, and a female one at that. Still, it's not easy to dismiss the word from her mind, and she'll look up at the sky.]

Yeah, I guess so. It's definitely...different.

[tehoniongirl]

[giving the other woman a smile, she'll offer her hand]

I'm Jilly.

[thedicearecast]

[Amelia eyes the hand, then takes it with her own--safely covered with by a glove. She'll even smile a little back.]

Amelia. Thanks for telling me about the rain.

[tehoniongirl]

Of course.

...It's got to be pretty intense, if you've never seen it before. You really haven't? Not even a little?

[thedicearecast]

Not really. Maybe something manmade, but water is pretty precious. Just dumping it like that would be a waste.

[Amelia draws her arms around herself. It's getting colder, but that's not the only reason.]

Some of the stories I heard as a kid had rain in them, though.

[tehoniongirl]

[tilting her head back, she'll close her eyes a little at the feel of raindrops on her face before opening them to stare up at the gray sky]

It's still precious here...but for different reasons, I think. Water is a pretty powerful thing, even when you've got a lot of it.

[thedicearecast]

How so?

[tehoniongirl]

It's... a way of washing things clean. Starting over.

Stories, life, dirt.

I always liked the rain. [a small smile]

[thedicearecast]

[Amelia's eyes widen a touch when Jilly talks about starting over. Even if she doesn't know much about rain itself, that sentiment she can understand. She looks at the other woman in silence for a moment, then relaxes into a smile herself.]

You're right. That is powerful...and a good thing.

[tehoniongirl]

[pushing wet strands out of her eyes, she tilts her head in the direction of the stores] Sometimes, though, it's good to know when to get out of the rain and get something hot to drink. You want anything?