abnormalizes | Seasons: IC Contact/Continuations

[Evangeline tears off a small piece of lettuce and offers it to the bunny-sun.]

Okay. Can you explain why it's scared of you, then? Because it's not scared of me.

[The sun-bunny sniffs at it gently, pauses for a moment like that, but does actually start to nibble at it.
While still keeping its eye on Purple, of course.]

- Oh. As I mentioned, it was fought and killed before.
It was the method we used to finally destroy Everhood altogether, and cast everyone into the Abyss.

Perhaps it can sense my spirit from that time...? I did not make a pleasant spirit to look at, I can assure you.

...So, to be clear. You helped kill it, or at least encouraged somebody to kill it, and you have no idea why that might make it scared of you?

[PURPLE.]

I did assist, yes. But we had no other choice -
Surely it did not want to remain the only living thing in all of Everhood.

[The scowl that would be on their face if they could do that can be heard plainly in their voice.
As if they really don't get why this is a big deal.]

[Oooohhhh my god. Evangeline inhales deeply. Exhales.]

Being killed is terrifying even if you understand the reason for it - which you cannot guarantee that it does understand, because it is an animal in addition to being a star.

[How smart are stars? It kind of varies??]

If you want to keep it, the first thing you need to do is apologize.

[- Purple actually pulls back at that, as if they're surprised they're being told to apologize.
Which they kind of are. Her logic behind it is sound, they understand, but they can't help but feel a sting of offense at being told to do so.]

... If it does not understand the reason for its death, why would it understand my apology for having a hand in it?

[The rabbit pauses in its munching. Just for a moment.]

'Immortality becomes harmful after long enough and a life completely alone is not worth living' is a complicated concept. 'Being killed is scary and painful' is a simple concept that any animal can grasp.

[Purple is a good friend to her, but they are also capable of untold amounts of denseness.]

[Not just denseness! They unfortunately struggle a bit with self-importance, too.
Sorry, Evangeline.]

If its thoughts are so simple, what effect would "I am sorry" have on such a creature? Would it not see me as a predator animal despite my attempts?
What difference would it make?

It isn't as though I plan to harm it if it hates me.

One: it would make it feel better.

Two: if you don't apologize, I'm going to take it home with me where it won't be scared all the time.

...

You plan to bar me from the very sun I lived beneath for over three million years?
Surely, you're joking.

The sun is alive and scared of you, so yes, I do plan to.

[She cuddles the rabbit sun-to her chest while maintaining eye contact with Purple.]

... Perhaps I ought to have asked someone else.

[The eye contact is mutually returned. Meanwhile, the rabbit holding the last little bit of unnibbled lettuce in its mouth, blinking at the Mage across from her.]

I have already reassured it many times that I have no plans to harm it. If it did not care for that, then I have no reason to believe it will care for my apologies.
And so, I'm going to have to ask you to return it to me. Along with my robes, please.

Yeah, maybe you should have asked someone that wouldn't care about the sun's happiness and well-being.

[This is important!]

You haven't even tried apologizing. Of course it can't trust your promises when you won't even do that much.

[...but they are entitled to their robes, so she will unwrap it the rest of the way and hold out the robes to them.]

Because I have no need to. I am not the one who killed it. Why should I apologize for a death that was not at my hands?

[Those robes of theirs are, of course, magically taken from her rather than physically.
They're quick to drape them back over their shoulders, too.]

Even if it hates me, that does not mean it will have no happiness, here. The others in Everhood enjoyed their lives, even when Gold Pig sent me out to be a part of them.
I will provide and care for it to the best of my abilities, no matter what it holds in its heart toward me.

If I told someone to kill you, would you not be even a little upset at me about it?

[Genuinely, why is this so hard for them...]

I did not tell Red to kill the sun. It was the decision of the Court of Lost Spirits.
I merely helped in giving Red the power to do so.

[Because they're a Mage... frankly, she's lucky they haven't just yanked the rabbit out of her arms with magic.
Probably because they promised not to hurt it.]

Again, I ask. Please return the rabbit to me.
If it doesn't yet understand that its happiness here is guaranteed, it will grow to understand this eventually. No matter what words I say.

You helped. You were part of it. You need to apologize.

[She holds the bunnysun closer to her chest.]

I don't understand why this is so unreasonable for you.

[Again, they're visibly taken aback by her words. She's just surprising them all over today!!
Not in any good ways. But still.]

I do not want to apologize for a necessary death that was not at my hands!
There is enough in the world I regret, already - I do not need the feelings of a rabbit to be another tally upon that list!

If you don't want to consider their feelings, then you don't need to keep them as a pet, either. That's a necessary part of caring for an animal.

[Maybe Purple just shouldn't have pets. Especially this one.]

... A pet?

[For some reason, they're once again stopped in surprise.]

Is that what it would be considered?

-Yes? You brought an animal here meaning to take care of it and keep it in your house, right? That's a pet.

[Did. Did they not know that.]

I thought such a word was reserved more for the likes of dogs...
Something stupid enough that it would consume a well known poison so long as it enjoyed the taste. [Like Rob, perhaps.]

... Would that mean I ought not give the sun its own room?

[They were thinking more along the lines of roommates.]

Rabbits are common pets, too. [Giving it a scritch under the ear.]

I recommend sharing a room, if you really intend to keep it.

Would it have enough space for itself, sharing my room?
I cannot say that I mind, as I share it often enough as it is [- don't think about that too hard -] but I do not wish to deprive it of space and privacy if it isn't necessary.

[... Meanwhile, the sun starts to munch a bit more on that lettuce it's been holding onto.
Just a little.]

[Evangeline tears off a bigger piece of lettuce and gives it to the sunbun.]

I don't know about suns, but rabbits are usually happy enough having their own space much smaller than a room. I'll send you pictures of what a pet rabbit's enclosure would usually look like and we can try to figure out what works for the sun and what doesn't.

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i cannot BELIEVE its a rabbit that's actually causing them to argue

>|!!!

... i didnt realize the hard part of this would be choosing icons tho,

f.

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