2nd ♱ [Action - Backdated to the 3rd]

[crybabyofdeath]

[Dear Luceti, you may notice a dirty little orphan kid on the edge of the woods today, nesting pretty comfortably on a pile of leaves. Seemingly just now discovering that it's actually pretty comfortable as opposed to laying on bare ground. Casually reading the little scribble note left behind the previous day. It would be so much easier to pretend

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[corrinesbell]

[What is it with all these kids turning up? The experiment should be over...

Sheena stops a few yards away from the kid and his leaves.]

Hey. You lost?

[crybabyorphan]

[Ah, sorry Sheena, he was sort of wrapped up in his own little world for a moment. Now that he realizes she's here though he'll turn to take a look, he's honestly amazed that she even cares about him.]

Not really.

[Just because he might as well be a newfeather with no sense of where he is doesn't necessarily mean he's lost, after all. Especially in his mind where he has nowhere in particular to go anyways]

[corrinesbell]

...You just look kinda confused, I guess. Need any help?

[crybabyorphan]

[He was confused, but at had less to do with Luceti, at that partiular moment. However he is still at the point where he legitimately does not think he is worthy of help or.... anything for that matter.]

I'll be fine.

[ever_deceptive]

[Oh, he has that look about him--that wide-eyed look of a newbie. Or relative newbie, considering that no one's really appeared for a while, at least as far as Yeager's heard. Being the troll curious person he is, he approaches the kid when he spots him near the plaza, smiling aimiably.]

Are you looking for something~?

STRANGER DANGER okay no

[crybabyorphan]

[He is surprised that so many people in Luceti are so.... nice, if only because he is generally used to people treating him like dirt. Barring that one happy time in his life at the orphanage.]

No... just looking.

[Honest and to the point, but also very... empty, too.]

THEY SEE ME CREEPIN'

[ever_deceptive]

Ah, all right. Luceti is a rather pretty place, isn't it?

[crybabyorphan]

It is.

[unfortunately he's really not the talkative type.]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia is walking alongside the river when she notices a kid by it. There's plenty of kids around in the village so that's not unusual, but it's how the kid looks that catches her attention. Very familiar in a way that shouldn't be.

She whistles softly as she approaches, smiling warmly at him.]

[crybabyorphan]

[This kid is currently a little preoccupied tossing little brightly colored leaves in the water and watching them drift downstream. He might look a little bored with it, if only because he genuinely doesn't care about.... anything, really, and yet despite that he seems to be focused on it. Things like rivers were still pretty good at fascinating and capturing his attention even if he couldn't emotionally appreciate them.]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia crouches down next to him, keeping some space between them, and watches him and the leaves and the river. After a little longer, she takes out her notepad and writes out a message for him to read as he pleases.]

Are you enjoying yourself?

[crybabyorphan]

[Once again, he discovers that she can't talk, but at least he's still pretty good at reading! And unlike Razlo, her handwriting wasn't an abomination, so that makes it a lot quicker and easier for him to read. For a minute the question struck him as a little strange, and he had to assess himself to see if he was actually enjoying this mindless activity. In the end he just shrugged.]