abnormalizes | Seasons: IC Contact/Continuations

Not everyone's world has monsters, maybe it was just improvising?

I guess so? Disease can be pretty scary if you don't have the resources to get it treated.

[nod nod] Especially if you're far from a hospital or something. At least we have those here.

Yeah, so it's not a big deal here.

...I would like to see someone try to fight a mosquito with a sword or something.

I would do that if I took one of those small potions! Or shrink again some other way.

[Rinku points to the tattoo-and-piercing parlour, a thin building with a sky whale on the sign. Majestic animal, I guess.]

There it is!

[She grabs Evangeline's hand tightly before going to go in.]

[Squeezes her hand! She's mostly here for moral support, she'll let Rinku take the lead on asking for a piercing and stuff.]

[Rinku takes a breath and walks up, asking for the appointment. The receptionist says it won't be a long wait, and they can wait in the front waiting room. Rinku lets out a breath when the receptionist turns away to do some desk work.]

I shouldn't be scared, you're right, but it's still kinda...

What are you scared will happen? Maybe we can talk it out so you don't have to worry as much.

Hm... I dunno if I'm scared of something specific, just that it's kinda a scary thing. Though when I think about that, maybe that means it shouldn't be scary.

If you can't think of anything bad that will happen, then there's nothing to be scared of, I think? It'll hurt for a second and then you'll be fine.

Thanks, Neechan. It's kinda dumb to be scared, now that I think about it, but...

It's okay! I'm scared of lots of things that are probably harmless, too. Like the Pokemon vending machine.

[Rinku nods.] I remember that. The machine is pretty good, I wouldn't trade Mecchan for anything, but it's okay to be scared of things.

I'm glad I was able to meet Misu without having to deal with it.

[She knows intellectually that nothing in there is going to hurt her, and yet.]

Misu-chan's so cute, I don't blame you! I wouldn't want you to not have your friend.

She's a sweetheart. I should show her how to use the mirror pathway so she can play with Mecchan and Hina and Mimi.

I bet she'd have fun! Can she use crayons? I know she doesn't have hands, but Hina-chan doesn't and sometimes she draws anyway when the others are, to feel included.

I've seen her use a crayon in her mouth before...

[Not well, but that's not really the point.]

I'll ask Mecchan and Hina-chan if they want to share their colouring books! Hina-chan isn't sure what to do with them, but she colours when the others are colouring. I wanna show her when she evolves and grows eyes.

It's rough being a kid with no eyes or hands.

Yeah, I feel bad that she needs help with more things. But she can do other stuff really well! Like she can navigate a room and usually not fly into anything, and even if she does hit something, she gets right back up!

[That's her baby, she's so proud.]

That's so good! She's a strong kid, even though she doesn't fight.

I wonder if she'll want to eventually? Maybe I should try taking her on a quest. I did that with Mecchan once to see how he liked it, and he got scared.

That's not very surprising. Maybe Hina will like it? She does like biting things...

Maybe! She'd probably try to drink the monsters' blood. I wonder if that tastes good to her, I know she likes blood normally.

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