11 ✿ i believe in shrinking hi-jinks and huge crabby crabs.

[spiraldoll]

[[she didn't have the fun of being snatched and put into a pod, or having a drone take her place. no, she was lucky, only having to deal with the confusion on her not!friends wandering around and passively agressively attacking her. not like she really noticed the insults, though. still, certain drones were obviously not her friends, which caused a

Comments

B

[heteropennae]

I'm... not sure that's a costume, Nia. -Though Dizzy seems to be reaching out for that zipper.-

Re: B

[spiraldoll]

But... why does he have that large zipper, then?

[[before there is a response, the crab turns and clicks his large pincers. nia laughs, clapping a little.]] Good show! That is very convincing!

Re: B

[heteropennae]

Perhaps part of it is a costume, but some of it is natural?

[spiraldoll]

[[a pause.]]

I do not understand? [[the crab scuttles closer, snapping at her. now confused, nia quickly steps away from it.]] You are not a person in a costume? You are, indeed, a large crab?

[[the crab doesn't give her an answer, only a rather threatening noise.]] I see. I am sorry, Mr. Crab, but I do not wish to be pinched by you! [[with that, she jogs a fair distance away. she continues to speak to dizzy.]] Still, I wonder if that zipper is functional...!

B

[float_like_a]

Nia, be careful! Those aren't just costumes!

Re: B

[spiraldoll]

They are not costumes...? [[the crab give out an angry gurgle and snaps at nia, who jumps back slightly.]] Oh!

[float_like_a]

Get back! I'll help!

[Lyon sort of ushers Nia over to stand behind her, pulling out her sword and pointing it at the crab.]

[spiraldoll]

[[and she is easily ushered. when the sword comes out, nia perks up a little.]]

You are going to fight it?

A

[perfectvoice]

[Strange fluff ball, meet tiny singing robot who is trying to avoid being squashed as well. She seems cheery, though, for being stuck in a situation like this.]

Ah, hi!

[spiraldoll]

Oh, hello! You are small as well!

[perfectvoice]

Yeah, it's really weird.

[spiraldoll]

I do agree with that.

This is a rather dangerous situation, being so small...

B

[imjustpicky]

[Why... why was that girl not running from the crab monster? Why was she approaching it?!]

Hey! No! That's dangerous! No!

[Swinging a stick, the 8 year old boy darts forward. He has to help! HE CAN BE THE HERO.]

[spiraldoll]

Oh! [[she stops in her tracks, watching the smaller boy run over, swinging a stick like there's no tomorrow.]] Dangerous?

Then you should stop as well, yes? [[she reaches out for the boy's arm, hoping to grab it.]] How is it dangerous? It is just a costume, is it not? [[she points to the crab.]] It has a large zipper on it...

[imjustpicky]

[...well, she has a point. All he has is a stick. And it's a GIANT CRAB. So just as he comes up alongside Nia, he stops, arm grabbed.]

A costume? But the ants weren't costumes, and the grasshoppers weren't costumes!

... [He peers closer. But not too close. And he keeps his stick out in front of him.] That is a zipper!

[spiraldoll]

You mean the large bugs? They are not costumes...?

... I wonder why the crab has a zipper, but the others did not... [[she looks over. the crab is heading over now, rather crabby looking AHA HA HA but no seriously.]]

If it is not a costume, then... We should not be so close. [[she pulls the other back, calmly walking backwards and away from the crab. she's been trapped in a pair of pincers before, and she would rather not go through it again!]]