Wolke

-As he jumps about, he accidentally zones out a little too much and ends up dropping into a bush instead of the ground, making a loud yelp that mixed into the rustles of the plant.-

“OWWWWWW-“

( @realmflora （╹◡╹）)

The sudden noise nearby certainly caught Wolke's attention. And though she doubted she'd be any help at all, someone should still investigate someone possibly being hurt. Maybe they could sit together until Adi returns..? Adi's good at helping. And can actually touch people.

Carefully, Wolke rose to her feet, grabbing her current stick to help her way out of her little corner and to whoever was rustling around in some plants.

-It takes him a moment to actually register that somebody was Out Here, and he looks over with a slightly narrowed eye while his lower arms begin plucking leaves off of himself.-

Turning to the new direction that the boy's voice came from, Wolke shrugged a bit. Readjusting her hold on her stick so she could properly cover her hands with her sleeves.

-There’s the sound of light scratching(??) as he attempts to unlodge a small branch from inbetween one of his metal claws, and it is- luckily for him- successful. And good, because he did NOT need anyone on his case today.-

She tilt her head in thought, sunrays showing off the iridescence of her goopy tears.

"..waiting... ...for my friend."

-After getting as much of the leaves and whatnot that he could see off of him, he then goes to look back at the smaller kid and slightly tilt his head in return.-

The question had made her feel the tears rolling down her cheek before she realized what she was doing and put her hand down. Covered in its sleeve again and holding the hem of her sweater to keep the tears from hitting the ground.

“Liiiike- sick physically, or does it do something to you mentally? Because I doubt mental sickness can staaack..”

-No he probably shouldn’t. Buuuuuuuuuuut- he can say it was for science.. ew no then he sounds like Rhea. But mmmmm. His arms are made of metal he doubts it’ll do anything. Why’s he actually contemplating this.-

Saying such things to a stranger probably wouldn't be any good. How to simplify...

"..i'm not sure.... I think they.. still are...? it just... ..takes longer. I guess."

Wolke lightly tapped her foot against her stick.

"..wood eventually rots.... even if it's not alive. So..?"

“Huh. Interesting and weird, cool. So anyways, what’s your name? If you have one.”

-His lower set of ears momentarily perk up, and he pauses.-

That's the first time anyone's ever viewed her goop as such. Then again, he hasn't had anything ruined by it just yet, so maybe that's why. That would make sense.

"um.. It's Wolke... like the clouds.."

Wolke shifted her weight a little. (Are anons around.? Hm.)

-He does smile purely on instinct, though- after tilting his head a bit more, she probably can’t see that. Hm! Funky.-

Twice, she rose to the tips of her toes in subdued joy. Almost like a hop that never got off of the ground. It's been a while since she's spoken to anyone outside of Adi. She forgot how nice it was, when people chose to talk to her.

"mhm..! It... ..'wolke' is... is 'cloud' in Mond.."

-Another pause to listen, then an eyeroll and something muttered in another dialect before the focus is back to Wolke.-

Leaning against her stick for a second– before remembering that doing so will make her poison the ground and promptly stopping that action– Wolke hummed in thought.

"mostly..? I just... sit."

A shurg.

She pointed out. The momentary change from the presence of shifting cloth and metal to a complete absence of it visibly confusing her for a moment until he came back.

"....yyyou fell into the bush."

Seems she wasn't going to verbally question it for now.

-An exasperated sigh to replace the shrug he would’ve made.-

She can't really offer him anything to eat without it being an unintentional poison attempt. And she probably can't play anything Chero might find fun to make his fall into a bush worth it.

"...do you see.. a small aranara house..? That's where I was... was staying..

-Suddenly feeling something sharp lightly pierce into his ankle, he makes a small, barely audible ow and looks down. A little white snake was nibbling on him, and he shakes his leg to send it off. Fucking bitch.-

“Yup, all good here. Just some pesky snake- it comes and goes. And hopefully doesn’t decide to come back.”

-A momentary growl before he shakes himself out a little.-

"Snake..?" Usually she'd hear something like that.. Shaking her head, she chose not to linger on the topic. @realmflora could've been metaphorical or insulting a bug that bit him instead.

"..Aranara are little..... plant people..? I think? .they sound like plants, at least..."

-Their babbling momentarily throws off his senses, causing him to not notice @adi-cat-anon as of yet.-

"I think they like to hide.."

She scratched her ear a little in thought, leaning back ever so slightly as she did.

“Yeeees? I think I see it. Probably. My vision is bit wonky, so.”

-He then suddenly frowns- now that They’ve shut up, he’s taken a moment to listen about. Then slowly turning his head towards @adi-cat-anon and full on flinching (accompanied by a large split second flash) before he exhales.-

YOU SHOULD BE MORE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS IN GENERAL, CHERO.

[It stretches as it gets to its feet, trotting past him to loop around @bnuuy-anon, careful not to touch at her past request despite wanting to nuzzle her in greeting.]

Wolke turned towards Adi, confused.

"..you know each other?"

“Well, I wasn’t expecting you to be here. And with Them talking nonsense and stupid snakes coming out of nowhere how the [——] am I supposed to focus.”

-Shaking his head to clear his annoyance at himself in particular, he sighs before realizing Wolke asked something.-

[With another mental nudge to let @bnuuy-anon know it is moving, Adi starts leading the way back to the aranara house.]

She frowned lightly, beginning to slowly follow Adi in the direction their voice was leading. Stick softly swishing through the grass.

"I have to alway... always listen to what's happening.."

As far as she can remember, she spent more time tripping over herself when she could see than when she couldn't.

-A scoff as he simply flops into a bit of light and reappears at @adi-cat-anon side- the sound of the grass crunching was the only indicator that he had moved. Noticeable lack of footsteps.-

IF MORE SENSES ALWAYS CORROLATED TO LESS AWARENESS, I WOULD BE OBLIVIOUS TO THE WORLD. EVEN IF NECESSITY ALTERED YOUR AWARENESS, WOLKE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT YOU STILL PUT IN THE EFFORT TO TRACK YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

[It looks forward again.]

...AND I DO NOT TRUST THE MOTIVATIONS OF THOSE I DO NOT SEE OR KNOW. THEY WILL TELL ME IF IT SUITS THEM, BUT IT IS NO GUARANTEE.

She turned around again, with @realmflora now seemingly next to Adi. Evidently still not used to his moments of complete absence from a spot.

But, since he now apparently was ahead, she continued following both of their voices.

“Yeah, yeah, touche. Just messing with ya. And also the anons are really evil so many of the times. There’s a good reason- besides obvious extrinsic motivation- that I haven’t hopped back into their-“

-A vague circular hand gesture with one of his lower hands.-

“Whole. Thing. Whatever it’s called. But whatever, I’ll work on being more aware or something.”

Counting the steps mentally, Wolke carefully made her way back into the little house. Going to the corner she usually sits at.

"...is.. is there enough.. enough space for @realmflora to stay here for a little..?"

-Frowning as something tells him he’s jinxing himself with that statement, he just lightly “scratches” his ears to clear that thought off.-

“Or even if I do end up staying a bunch, I can just. You know, literally evaporate whenever convenient.”

[Adi shrinks a bit as they trot in after @bnuuy-anon, hopping up next to her.]

Crossing her legs and laying her stick over her lap, Wolke leaned against the wall a bit to be more comfortable. She'd play host if she could, offer foods and water. But oh well, something to daydream about instead.

"..have you known each other.. for- uh.... long?"

That's not how the language works. But oh well.

“Long enough, yeah. I’ve stopped keeping track of how long it’s been now, time’s never been my thing.”

She nods with closed eyes, because that makes sense.

"Adi and I have... also known each other for uh.. a time. But @realmflora and I just.. just met.. aaaannd i... don't know how to talk to people."

Despite her words, Wolke actually seems somewhat pleased. Turning towards Chero's current direction, she smiled a little.

-Momentarily raising a hand to cover Their mouth and shut them up, he shrugs. Just in general. Maybe he should learn how to fix the speaking issue.. he relies on gestures much of the time, and that won’t work with Wolke..-

“But it has definitely been the time of all times, however long it’s been!”

THAT IS CERTAINLY A WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

If the act itself wasn't tiring, she would've liked to ramble about something unnecessary. Maybe @realmflora and her would've found things they both enjoy through that.

Absentmindedly pressing into the stick's wood (parts have started to go soft,) Wolke turned her head to Adi.

[As it says so, it drops them on the floor from its little pocket dimension, right by @bnuuy-anon's feet.]

I ALSO HAVE SOME STONE THAT I WILL NOT PUT DOWN HERE THAT CAN BE MADE INTO PLATES—SHALE, I BELIEVE IT IS CALLED.

"..liquid?"

That's new. Wolke had to remind herself to not grab it, despite wishing to investigate.

".it's nice that... the shell can be turned into stuff...."

Shifting away from it ever so slightly, she 'looked' over to Chero again.

“I mean, I guess I can? [Don’t think I’ve even consumed anything yet anywaysss-] But now that it’s a topic of convo, is the black thing like- in your mouth too? How do you eat.”

-A genuine question disguised as some semi-playful jab.-

Wolke carefully reached out until her knuckles came into contact with the fruit, pulling her sleeves over her hands even more than before, to pick it up. Not wanting to ruin it much more than she inevitably would, since Adi maybe wants to use it as a bowl in the future.

"...with a lot of effort.."

[Adi watches the two of them, though most of ita focus is on @bnuuy-anon in case she has trouble.]

"nh-nh."

She must've uncrossed her legs and put her knees against her chest while @realmflora was talking. Now resting her head on the knees and holding the fruit above her ankles.

“Eh, could be better.”

She scrunched herself together even more, thinking about the offer. But the more she did, the more discomfort she felt. The general idea of Adi pieces of their energy to her just... off.

-He seems oblivious- whether intentional or otherwise- to whatever @adi-cat-anon and Wolke were.. seemingly “fighting” about-?-

{Nope, don’t think on it, it’s not your business and thinking is how you start wanting to ask things.}

(ok hör auf.)

Taking a breath, Wolke forced herself to stop compressing herself so much and instead sat up a little, speaking with a small smile that was dubiously genuine.

“Eh, it’s just a bit sweet? Some other flavor of something else- it’s okay, though.”

Wolke gently swirled the remaining probably-good-tasting liquid within the fruit's shell. (..wonder if any goop got inside? It probably did. Hope the bowl-ness of the shell didn't get ruined too badly.)

-A pause as he stops drinking the fruit, then putting it in front of Them so They could finish it if wanted.-

“..why do you ask?”

Strands of hair shifted, dipping into the ink-like tears from Wolke's eyes. Stained in the process of her tilting her head, expression genuinely lost.

"...you.. @realmflora you kept... saying it could taste better, so.... since it's sweet, i thought you don... don't like because of that....???"

“Yeah, that’s fair actually. Though I’ll warm up to it eventually, most likely.”

With less things to consider for someone who– assumedly– can eat most things; it probably would make getting food much easier. Moving the strand of hair so it stops sticking to her face, Wolke put the 'bowl' down as well.

“Kind of? And you can do whatever you want ( @adi-cat-anon ), I don’t really mind? I think?”

[It butts its head against his shoulder, then heads towards the door, pausing to look back at @bnuuy-anon.]

"uh,"

Adi likes to help. Maybe giving them something to do would work as a nicer apology for earlier?

"m..... maybe..? If– if um. @realmflora doesn't mind?–, sssome.... fflowers..? ..they smell nice.?"

“That’d be nice, yeah! Not to eat, though. You can eat some if you wanna, Wolke.”

"..i would've liked to, when i was younger."

Shifting to lean against the wall (grabbing the bowl-fruit after finding it and shifting it along with her, so she doesn't lose track of it,) Wolke offered a small goodbye wave towards Adi.

-A small chuckle, ears flapping a bit- which causes Them to poke at the side of his head in amusement.-

Wolke stopped leaning against the wall, not sure why she should stop, but choosing to just go along with it for now.

-Now simply pushing Them away and out of the little house, he then sighs and turns back to Wolke.-

“Not you, you can go back to what you were doing. Stay out.”

-Another glare at the entrance to the house where They sit before he simply shakes himself a little with a frustrated mrrp.-

“Anyways, that’s interesting! I think you’d like my home region, despite the goop. Lots of flowers, we used to kind of revolve around them. Our written language is actually based off of flowers too! Spoken as well, but it’s a lot less finicky- I said you cannot come back in stop that.”

Even while straining her hearing she couldn't hear anything like a cat or a bird. No Aranaras seem to be around either, as far as she could tell. So it has to be something small. (Adi wouldn't come back without making noise, either...)

Instead of going back to what she was doing, Wolke instead leaned a bit forward. Tilting her head in hope it would help her figure out what's going on.

-Sounding more genuine that annoyed (in her direction), he goes to sit criss-cross with another sigh.-

(like a ghost...? mm no you can hear those.)

Wolke went back to sitting normally. Momentarily contemplating whether or not she should greet the friend, but since they hadn't made themselves known this long; they probably want to stay that way. So no attempts of conversation there is probably best.

"that... that would probably help...! I can.. hear you turn and stuff. But... people like to do that while talking.."

“Okay then! I’ll try- so no teleporting, and direct referrals.. doesn’t seem too bad so far.”

"..thank you for wanting to try. You don't have to, you know.."

(flowers...? Flowers, right.)

-He tilts his head a bit at the question.-

What would that be like? Rustling and soft crackling? Wolke leaned back, trying to picture a language like it; though seemingly only confusing herself the more she thought.

-A shrug while his lower arms accidentally scratch against each other as he crosses them.-

Hoping her flinch to the noise wasn't too noticeable, Wolke shifted her posture a bit to sit more comfortably.

(that still sounds a little like a code. Though i guess every language is a code just a little bit,)

-His ears lightly flap a bit with a hum.-

"you.... You're an– can be an anon, too?"

-He shrugs a bit, now leaning back a little.-

Lightly shaking the the thought away, Wolke smiled while shuffling her feet for a moment.

Remembering the fruit bowl of juice, Wolke sighed while picking it up. Scrunching her nose and ""staring"" at it for a long moment before taking a breath.

Slow, (but somewhat swift for her average movement speed,) she forced the rest of the juice down. Pressing her face into her knees for a few seconds as she took another breath, before sitting back up normally and putting the bowl-fruit away to the side somewhere.

‘Contemplating what could and would have been is useless, and will only result in pointless guilt.’

With a small shudder does he dismiss that quote from his mind, then making a small chirp in response to Wolke’s question.-

"mm.... now i'll know you if you... if you visit me some time."

(Now that's a nice thought. Let's not get too ambitious.)

-If it wouldn’t produce the most horrid noise known to man, he would have lightly rubbed his hands together with a little snicker.-

-He then pauses to listen..-

“Ah- They’re right, Adi wouldn’t be too pleased. Buuuut as long as it isn’t hurting him, it should be fine!”

-Can you tell he’s still bitter?-

"...as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.."

Then she straightened up a little, processing his words. Her smile settled into something much more clear as she turned her head, fidgeting with the end of her left ear.

“Annd yesss, as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody… blegh, pacifism!”

-He laughs.

Actual giggles managed to get out this time. Poorly muffled by an attempt to habitually cover her mouth a little, to not be too noisy.

"...and yes, pacifism.. I want to be nice if we're being mean.."

-He rolls his eye with a scoff.-

"well... you were very nice to me.. And i don't think it was very hard."

A small shrug, then, as she leaned into her legs happily.

-He seems to have shifted a bit. While Wolke wouldn’t be able to see his smile, or the flapping of his ears, she would be able to hear that smile in his voice.-

Before she hid in her knees; a snippet of overwhelming joy was visible on her stained face. The chattering back, accompanied by another shuffle of her feet.

(!!!)

Occasionally, it sounded like she tried to speak, but then only ended up chattering even more.

"yyyy,,!! !!!!!!!!!!! yyou m-mean it?! (!!!)"

-The chattering noise does amuse him a bit, and he unknowingly puts out what could be called a ‘purr’ in return, but just for a moment.-

Only after a good amount of time passed did she manage to settle into her joy. Wiping the inky tears from her face (as useless as that action is) after coming out of "hiding." Smiling brightly while managing to still the chattering for a moment.

“No problemo! Just being how I naturally am. Heard it’s good for your mental state or somethin’.”

-He stares down as his glowing claws for a moment, lightly flexing them before lightly shaking himself out again with a mrrrr (which causes his light to glow significantly brighter for a moment, and the room to become warmer for only a second or two at most).

"..you... you wanted to mess with someone as anons, right..? ... do you have.. um... anything planned..?"

She hasn't actively gone out of her way to prank anyone since she was a child. But the thought does sound really fun, Plus it was something he suggested in the first place, meaning it would be something he'd enjoy, too!

“Well, not yet, I have to draw myself a like between slipping back into my old ways and actual silly banter, so that would take some thinking.. we could start planning now, and then once Adi comes back we tell them and we go?”

Fingers curled in so that she doesn't actually stain anything more than needed, Wolke bapped her legs in thought. Tilting her head slightly while trying to think of what "pranks" would be possible to perform as an anon.

She shrugged, unsure.

"..don't know how fun that would be, but i've seen other kids do that."

"Oh, if you know how, we... we could also put stuff around him! We could cover him in feathers or something..."

Wolke sat up a bit, miming around a little with her hands as she spoke.

-A shrug, then a pause followed by a headtilt and a curious chirp.-

"Well..."

Wolke shrugged.

-He glances up at nothing for a moment before looking back to Wolke.-

"..I was kind of... 'pushed' in? I.. don't know how to explain it. ..Wasn't very nice, though..."

Hugging her legs, Wolke squished her cheek into her knee for a moment, before turning her head straight and resting it on her knees normally.

-Sounds like something [she] would’ve been interested in- as interested as she could’ve gotten.-

"I don't know the... history(?) behind the realm. Don't think anyone does? But it.. goes anywhere there's people, i think."

-He hums as well.-

“If it wouldn’t probably mess you up, I would’ve tried to take you to the Rhealm and see if I could’ve tried to find anything to help you out- or anything on the anons. Maybe she poked at them without me knowing..”

She blinked. Confusion and uncertainty mixing into one thing.

-He shrugs, ears flapping a little.-

After a moment of thought, a small huff escaped her. Choosing to be amused by the idea instead of unnerved.

"It would.. probably be weirder for you, then... if you got your hands back, i mean."

Wolke opened and closed her hands for a moment before tucking them away by crossing her arms on her knees and using those a rest for her head now, instead.

-As he jumps about, he accidentally zones out a little too much and ends up dropping into a bush instead of the ground, making a loud yelp that mixed into the rustles of the plant.-

“OWWWWWW-“

( @realmflora （╹◡╹）)

The sudden noise nearby certainly caught Wolke's attention. And though she doubted she'd be any help at all, someone should still investigate someone possibly being hurt. Maybe they could sit together until Adi returns..? Adi's good at helping. And can actually touch people.

Carefully, Wolke rose to her feet, grabbing her current stick to help her way out of her little corner and to whoever was rustling around in some plants.

-It takes him a moment to actually register that somebody was Out Here, and he looks over with a slightly narrowed eye while his lower arms begin plucking leaves off of himself.-

Turning to the new direction that the boy's voice came from, Wolke shrugged a bit. Readjusting her hold on her stick so she could properly cover her hands with her sleeves.

-There’s the sound of light scratching(??) as he attempts to unlodge a small branch from inbetween one of his metal claws, and it is- luckily for him- successful. And good, because he did NOT need anyone on his case today.-

She tilt her head in thought, sunrays showing off the iridescence of her goopy tears.

"..waiting... ...for my friend."

-After getting as much of the leaves and whatnot that he could see off of him, he then goes to look back at the smaller kid and slightly tilt his head in return.-

The question had made her feel the tears rolling down her cheek before she realized what she was doing and put her hand down. Covered in its sleeve again and holding the hem of her sweater to keep the tears from hitting the ground.

“Liiiike- sick physically, or does it do something to you mentally? Because I doubt mental sickness can staaack..”

-No he probably shouldn’t. Buuuuuuuuuuut- he can say it was for science.. ew no then he sounds like Rhea. But mmmmm. His arms are made of metal he doubts it’ll do anything. Why’s he actually contemplating this.-

Saying such things to a stranger probably wouldn't be any good. How to simplify...

"..i'm not sure.... I think they.. still are...? it just... ..takes longer. I guess."

Wolke lightly tapped her foot against her stick.

"..wood eventually rots.... even if it's not alive. So..?"

“Huh. Interesting and weird, cool. So anyways, what’s your name? If you have one.”

-His lower set of ears momentarily perk up, and he pauses.-

That's the first time anyone's ever viewed her goop as such. Then again, he hasn't had anything ruined by it just yet, so maybe that's why. That would make sense.

"um.. It's Wolke... like the clouds.."

Wolke shifted her weight a little. (Are anons around.? Hm.)

-He does smile purely on instinct, though- after tilting his head a bit more, she probably can’t see that. Hm! Funky.-

Twice, she rose to the tips of her toes in subdued joy. Almost like a hop that never got off of the ground. It's been a while since she's spoken to anyone outside of Adi. She forgot how nice it was, when people chose to talk to her.

"mhm..! It... ..'wolke' is... is 'cloud' in Mond.."

-Another pause to listen, then an eyeroll and something muttered in another dialect before the focus is back to Wolke.-

Leaning against her stick for a second– before remembering that doing so will make her poison the ground and promptly stopping that action– Wolke hummed in thought.

"mostly..? I just... sit."

A shurg.

She pointed out. The momentary change from the presence of shifting cloth and metal to a complete absence of it visibly confusing her for a moment until he came back.

"....yyyou fell into the bush."

Seems she wasn't going to verbally question it for now.

-An exasperated sigh to replace the shrug he would’ve made.-

She can't really offer him anything to eat without it being an unintentional poison attempt. And she probably can't play anything Chero might find fun to make his fall into a bush worth it.

"...do you see.. a small aranara house..? That's where I was... was staying..

-Suddenly feeling something sharp lightly pierce into his ankle, he makes a small, barely audible ow and looks down. A little white snake was nibbling on him, and he shakes his leg to send it off. Fucking bitch.-

“Yup, all good here. Just some pesky snake- it comes and goes. And hopefully doesn’t decide to come back.”

-A momentary growl before he shakes himself out a little.-

"Snake..?" Usually she'd hear something like that.. Shaking her head, she chose not to linger on the topic. @realmflora could've been metaphorical or insulting a bug that bit him instead.

"..Aranara are little..... plant people..? I think? .they sound like plants, at least..."

-Their babbling momentarily throws off his senses, causing him to not notice @adi-cat-anon as of yet.-

"I think they like to hide.."

She scratched her ear a little in thought, leaning back ever so slightly as she did.

“Yeeees? I think I see it. Probably. My vision is bit wonky, so.”

-He then suddenly frowns- now that They’ve shut up, he’s taken a moment to listen about. Then slowly turning his head towards @adi-cat-anon and full on flinching (accompanied by a large split second flash) before he exhales.-

YOU SHOULD BE MORE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS IN GENERAL, CHERO.

[It stretches as it gets to its feet, trotting past him to loop around @bnuuy-anon, careful not to touch at her past request despite wanting to nuzzle her in greeting.]

Wolke turned towards Adi, confused.

"..you know each other?"

“Well, I wasn’t expecting you to be here. And with Them talking nonsense and stupid snakes coming out of nowhere how the [——] am I supposed to focus.”

-Shaking his head to clear his annoyance at himself in particular, he sighs before realizing Wolke asked something.-

[With another mental nudge to let @bnuuy-anon know it is moving, Adi starts leading the way back to the aranara house.]

She frowned lightly, beginning to slowly follow Adi in the direction their voice was leading. Stick softly swishing through the grass.

"I have to alway... always listen to what's happening.."

As far as she can remember, she spent more time tripping over herself when she could see than when she couldn't.

-A scoff as he simply flops into a bit of light and reappears at @adi-cat-anon side- the sound of the grass crunching was the only indicator that he had moved. Noticeable lack of footsteps.-

IF MORE SENSES ALWAYS CORROLATED TO LESS AWARENESS, I WOULD BE OBLIVIOUS TO THE WORLD. EVEN IF NECESSITY ALTERED YOUR AWARENESS, WOLKE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT YOU STILL PUT IN THE EFFORT TO TRACK YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

[It looks forward again.]

...AND I DO NOT TRUST THE MOTIVATIONS OF THOSE I DO NOT SEE OR KNOW. THEY WILL TELL ME IF IT SUITS THEM, BUT IT IS NO GUARANTEE.

She turned around again, with @realmflora now seemingly next to Adi. Evidently still not used to his moments of complete absence from a spot.

But, since he now apparently was ahead, she continued following both of their voices.

“Yeah, yeah, touche. Just messing with ya. And also the anons are really evil so many of the times. There’s a good reason- besides obvious extrinsic motivation- that I haven’t hopped back into their-“

-A vague circular hand gesture with one of his lower hands.-

“Whole. Thing. Whatever it’s called. But whatever, I’ll work on being more aware or something.”

Counting the steps mentally, Wolke carefully made her way back into the little house. Going to the corner she usually sits at.

"...is.. is there enough.. enough space for @realmflora to stay here for a little..?"

-Frowning as something tells him he’s jinxing himself with that statement, he just lightly “scratches” his ears to clear that thought off.-

“Or even if I do end up staying a bunch, I can just. You know, literally evaporate whenever convenient.”

[Adi shrinks a bit as they trot in after @bnuuy-anon, hopping up next to her.]

Crossing her legs and laying her stick over her lap, Wolke leaned against the wall a bit to be more comfortable. She'd play host if she could, offer foods and water. But oh well, something to daydream about instead.

"..have you known each other.. for- uh.... long?"

That's not how the language works. But oh well.

“Long enough, yeah. I’ve stopped keeping track of how long it’s been now, time’s never been my thing.”

She nods with closed eyes, because that makes sense.

"Adi and I have... also known each other for uh.. a time. But @realmflora and I just.. just met.. aaaannd i... don't know how to talk to people."

Despite her words, Wolke actually seems somewhat pleased. Turning towards Chero's current direction, she smiled a little.

-Momentarily raising a hand to cover Their mouth and shut them up, he shrugs. Just in general. Maybe he should learn how to fix the speaking issue.. he relies on gestures much of the time, and that won’t work with Wolke..-

“But it has definitely been the time of all times, however long it’s been!”

THAT IS CERTAINLY A WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

If the act itself wasn't tiring, she would've liked to ramble about something unnecessary. Maybe @realmflora and her would've found things they both enjoy through that.

Absentmindedly pressing into the stick's wood (parts have started to go soft,) Wolke turned her head to Adi.

[As it says so, it drops them on the floor from its little pocket dimension, right by @bnuuy-anon's feet.]

I ALSO HAVE SOME STONE THAT I WILL NOT PUT DOWN HERE THAT CAN BE MADE INTO PLATES—SHALE, I BELIEVE IT IS CALLED.

"..liquid?"

That's new. Wolke had to remind herself to not grab it, despite wishing to investigate.

".it's nice that... the shell can be turned into stuff...."

Shifting away from it ever so slightly, she 'looked' over to Chero again.

“I mean, I guess I can? [Don’t think I’ve even consumed anything yet anywaysss-] But now that it’s a topic of convo, is the black thing like- in your mouth too? How do you eat.”

-A genuine question disguised as some semi-playful jab.-

Wolke carefully reached out until her knuckles came into contact with the fruit, pulling her sleeves over her hands even more than before, to pick it up. Not wanting to ruin it much more than she inevitably would, since Adi maybe wants to use it as a bowl in the future.

"...with a lot of effort.."

[Adi watches the two of them, though most of ita focus is on @bnuuy-anon in case she has trouble.]

"nh-nh."

She must've uncrossed her legs and put her knees against her chest while @realmflora was talking. Now resting her head on the knees and holding the fruit above her ankles.

“Eh, could be better.”

She scrunched herself together even more, thinking about the offer. But the more she did, the more discomfort she felt. The general idea of Adi pieces of their energy to her just... off.

-He seems oblivious- whether intentional or otherwise- to whatever @adi-cat-anon and Wolke were.. seemingly “fighting” about-?-

{Nope, don’t think on it, it’s not your business and thinking is how you start wanting to ask things.}

(ok hör auf.)

Taking a breath, Wolke forced herself to stop compressing herself so much and instead sat up a little, speaking with a small smile that was dubiously genuine.

“Eh, it’s just a bit sweet? Some other flavor of something else- it’s okay, though.”

Wolke gently swirled the remaining probably-good-tasting liquid within the fruit's shell. (..wonder if any goop got inside? It probably did. Hope the bowl-ness of the shell didn't get ruined too badly.)

-A pause as he stops drinking the fruit, then putting it in front of Them so They could finish it if wanted.-

“..why do you ask?”

Strands of hair shifted, dipping into the ink-like tears from Wolke's eyes. Stained in the process of her tilting her head, expression genuinely lost.

"...you.. @realmflora you kept... saying it could taste better, so.... since it's sweet, i thought you don... don't like because of that....???"

“Yeah, that’s fair actually. Though I’ll warm up to it eventually, most likely.”

With less things to consider for someone who– assumedly– can eat most things; it probably would make getting food much easier. Moving the strand of hair so it stops sticking to her face, Wolke put the 'bowl' down as well.

“Kind of? And you can do whatever you want ( @adi-cat-anon ), I don’t really mind? I think?”

[It butts its head against his shoulder, then heads towards the door, pausing to look back at @bnuuy-anon.]

"uh,"

Adi likes to help. Maybe giving them something to do would work as a nicer apology for earlier?

"m..... maybe..? If– if um. @realmflora doesn't mind?–, sssome.... fflowers..? ..they smell nice.?"

“That’d be nice, yeah! Not to eat, though. You can eat some if you wanna, Wolke.”

"..i would've liked to, when i was younger."

Shifting to lean against the wall (grabbing the bowl-fruit after finding it and shifting it along with her, so she doesn't lose track of it,) Wolke offered a small goodbye wave towards Adi.

-A small chuckle, ears flapping a bit- which causes Them to poke at the side of his head in amusement.-

Wolke stopped leaning against the wall, not sure why she should stop, but choosing to just go along with it for now.

-Now simply pushing Them away and out of the little house, he then sighs and turns back to Wolke.-

“Not you, you can go back to what you were doing. Stay out.”

-Another glare at the entrance to the house where They sit before he simply shakes himself a little with a frustrated mrrp.-

“Anyways, that’s interesting! I think you’d like my home region, despite the goop. Lots of flowers, we used to kind of revolve around them. Our written language is actually based off of flowers too! Spoken as well, but it’s a lot less finicky- I said you cannot come back in stop that.”

Even while straining her hearing she couldn't hear anything like a cat or a bird. No Aranaras seem to be around either, as far as she could tell. So it has to be something small. (Adi wouldn't come back without making noise, either...)

Instead of going back to what she was doing, Wolke instead leaned a bit forward. Tilting her head in hope it would help her figure out what's going on.

-Sounding more genuine that annoyed (in her direction), he goes to sit criss-cross with another sigh.-

(like a ghost...? mm no you can hear those.)

Wolke went back to sitting normally. Momentarily contemplating whether or not she should greet the friend, but since they hadn't made themselves known this long; they probably want to stay that way. So no attempts of conversation there is probably best.

"that... that would probably help...! I can.. hear you turn and stuff. But... people like to do that while talking.."

“Okay then! I’ll try- so no teleporting, and direct referrals.. doesn’t seem too bad so far.”

"..thank you for wanting to try. You don't have to, you know.."

(flowers...? Flowers, right.)

-He tilts his head a bit at the question.-

What would that be like? Rustling and soft crackling? Wolke leaned back, trying to picture a language like it; though seemingly only confusing herself the more she thought.

-A shrug while his lower arms accidentally scratch against each other as he crosses them.-

Hoping her flinch to the noise wasn't too noticeable, Wolke shifted her posture a bit to sit more comfortably.

(that still sounds a little like a code. Though i guess every language is a code just a little bit,)

-His ears lightly flap a bit with a hum.-

"you.... You're an– can be an anon, too?"

-He shrugs a bit, now leaning back a little.-

Lightly shaking the the thought away, Wolke smiled while shuffling her feet for a moment.

Remembering the fruit bowl of juice, Wolke sighed while picking it up. Scrunching her nose and ""staring"" at it for a long moment before taking a breath.

Slow, (but somewhat swift for her average movement speed,) she forced the rest of the juice down. Pressing her face into her knees for a few seconds as she took another breath, before sitting back up normally and putting the bowl-fruit away to the side somewhere.

‘Contemplating what could and would have been is useless, and will only result in pointless guilt.’

With a small shudder does he dismiss that quote from his mind, then making a small chirp in response to Wolke’s question.-

"mm.... now i'll know you if you... if you visit me some time."

(Now that's a nice thought. Let's not get too ambitious.)

-If it wouldn’t produce the most horrid noise known to man, he would have lightly rubbed his hands together with a little snicker.-

-He then pauses to listen..-

“Ah- They’re right, Adi wouldn’t be too pleased. Buuuut as long as it isn’t hurting him, it should be fine!”

-Can you tell he’s still bitter?-

"...as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.."

Then she straightened up a little, processing his words. Her smile settled into something much more clear as she turned her head, fidgeting with the end of her left ear.

“Annd yesss, as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody… blegh, pacifism!”

-He laughs.

Actual giggles managed to get out this time. Poorly muffled by an attempt to habitually cover her mouth a little, to not be too noisy.

"...and yes, pacifism.. I want to be nice if we're being mean.."

-He rolls his eye with a scoff.-

"well... you were very nice to me.. And i don't think it was very hard."

A small shrug, then, as she leaned into her legs happily.

-He seems to have shifted a bit. While Wolke wouldn’t be able to see his smile, or the flapping of his ears, she would be able to hear that smile in his voice.-

Before she hid in her knees; a snippet of overwhelming joy was visible on her stained face. The chattering back, accompanied by another shuffle of her feet.

(!!!)

Occasionally, it sounded like she tried to speak, but then only ended up chattering even more.

"yyyy,,!! !!!!!!!!!!! yyou m-mean it?! (!!!)"

-The chattering noise does amuse him a bit, and he unknowingly puts out what could be called a ‘purr’ in return, but just for a moment.-

Only after a good amount of time passed did she manage to settle into her joy. Wiping the inky tears from her face (as useless as that action is) after coming out of "hiding." Smiling brightly while managing to still the chattering for a moment.

“No problemo! Just being how I naturally am. Heard it’s good for your mental state or somethin’.”

-He stares down as his glowing claws for a moment, lightly flexing them before lightly shaking himself out again with a mrrrr (which causes his light to glow significantly brighter for a moment, and the room to become warmer for only a second or two at most).

"..you... you wanted to mess with someone as anons, right..? ... do you have.. um... anything planned..?"

She hasn't actively gone out of her way to prank anyone since she was a child. But the thought does sound really fun, Plus it was something he suggested in the first place, meaning it would be something he'd enjoy, too!

“Well, not yet, I have to draw myself a like between slipping back into my old ways and actual silly banter, so that would take some thinking.. we could start planning now, and then once Adi comes back we tell them and we go?”

Fingers curled in so that she doesn't actually stain anything more than needed, Wolke bapped her legs in thought. Tilting her head slightly while trying to think of what "pranks" would be possible to perform as an anon.

She shrugged, unsure.

"..don't know how fun that would be, but i've seen other kids do that."

"Oh, if you know how, we... we could also put stuff around him! We could cover him in feathers or something..."

Wolke sat up a bit, miming around a little with her hands as she spoke.

-A shrug, then a pause followed by a headtilt and a curious chirp.-

"Well..."

Wolke shrugged.

-He glances up at nothing for a moment before looking back to Wolke.-

"..I was kind of... 'pushed' in? I.. don't know how to explain it. ..Wasn't very nice, though..."

Hugging her legs, Wolke squished her cheek into her knee for a moment, before turning her head straight and resting it on her knees normally.

-Sounds like something [she] would’ve been interested in- as interested as she could’ve gotten.-

"I don't know the... history(?) behind the realm. Don't think anyone does? But it.. goes anywhere there's people, i think."

-He hums as well.-

“If it wouldn’t probably mess you up, I would’ve tried to take you to the Rhealm and see if I could’ve tried to find anything to help you out- or anything on the anons. Maybe she poked at them without me knowing..”

She blinked. Confusion and uncertainty mixing into one thing.

-He shrugs, ears flapping a little.-

After a moment of thought, a small huff escaped her. Choosing to be amused by the idea instead of unnerved.

-As he jumps about, he accidentally zones out a little too much and ends up dropping into a bush instead of the ground, making a loud yelp that mixed into the rustles of the plant.-

“OWWWWWW-“

( @realmflora （╹◡╹）)

The sudden noise nearby certainly caught Wolke's attention. And though she doubted she'd be any help at all, someone should still investigate someone possibly being hurt. Maybe they could sit together until Adi returns..? Adi's good at helping. And can actually touch people.

Carefully, Wolke rose to her feet, grabbing her current stick to help her way out of her little corner and to whoever was rustling around in some plants.

-It takes him a moment to actually register that somebody was Out Here, and he looks over with a slightly narrowed eye while his lower arms begin plucking leaves off of himself.-

Turning to the new direction that the boy's voice came from, Wolke shrugged a bit. Readjusting her hold on her stick so she could properly cover her hands with her sleeves.

-There’s the sound of light scratching(??) as he attempts to unlodge a small branch from inbetween one of his metal claws, and it is- luckily for him- successful. And good, because he did NOT need anyone on his case today.-

She tilt her head in thought, sunrays showing off the iridescence of her goopy tears.

"..waiting... ...for my friend."

-After getting as much of the leaves and whatnot that he could see off of him, he then goes to look back at the smaller kid and slightly tilt his head in return.-

The question had made her feel the tears rolling down her cheek before she realized what she was doing and put her hand down. Covered in its sleeve again and holding the hem of her sweater to keep the tears from hitting the ground.

“Liiiike- sick physically, or does it do something to you mentally? Because I doubt mental sickness can staaack..”

-No he probably shouldn’t. Buuuuuuuuuuut- he can say it was for science.. ew no then he sounds like Rhea. But mmmmm. His arms are made of metal he doubts it’ll do anything. Why’s he actually contemplating this.-

Saying such things to a stranger probably wouldn't be any good. How to simplify...

"..i'm not sure.... I think they.. still are...? it just... ..takes longer. I guess."

Wolke lightly tapped her foot against her stick.

"..wood eventually rots.... even if it's not alive. So..?"

“Huh. Interesting and weird, cool. So anyways, what’s your name? If you have one.”

-His lower set of ears momentarily perk up, and he pauses.-

That's the first time anyone's ever viewed her goop as such. Then again, he hasn't had anything ruined by it just yet, so maybe that's why. That would make sense.

"um.. It's Wolke... like the clouds.."

Wolke shifted her weight a little. (Are anons around.? Hm.)

-He does smile purely on instinct, though- after tilting his head a bit more, she probably can’t see that. Hm! Funky.-

Twice, she rose to the tips of her toes in subdued joy. Almost like a hop that never got off of the ground. It's been a while since she's spoken to anyone outside of Adi. She forgot how nice it was, when people chose to talk to her.

"mhm..! It... ..'wolke' is... is 'cloud' in Mond.."

-Another pause to listen, then an eyeroll and something muttered in another dialect before the focus is back to Wolke.-

Leaning against her stick for a second– before remembering that doing so will make her poison the ground and promptly stopping that action– Wolke hummed in thought.

"mostly..? I just... sit."

A shurg.

She pointed out. The momentary change from the presence of shifting cloth and metal to a complete absence of it visibly confusing her for a moment until he came back.

"....yyyou fell into the bush."

Seems she wasn't going to verbally question it for now.

-An exasperated sigh to replace the shrug he would’ve made.-

She can't really offer him anything to eat without it being an unintentional poison attempt. And she probably can't play anything Chero might find fun to make his fall into a bush worth it.

"...do you see.. a small aranara house..? That's where I was... was staying..

-Suddenly feeling something sharp lightly pierce into his ankle, he makes a small, barely audible ow and looks down. A little white snake was nibbling on him, and he shakes his leg to send it off. Fucking bitch.-

“Yup, all good here. Just some pesky snake- it comes and goes. And hopefully doesn’t decide to come back.”

-A momentary growl before he shakes himself out a little.-

"Snake..?" Usually she'd hear something like that.. Shaking her head, she chose not to linger on the topic. @realmflora could've been metaphorical or insulting a bug that bit him instead.

"..Aranara are little..... plant people..? I think? .they sound like plants, at least..."

-Their babbling momentarily throws off his senses, causing him to not notice @adi-cat-anon as of yet.-

"I think they like to hide.."

She scratched her ear a little in thought, leaning back ever so slightly as she did.

“Yeeees? I think I see it. Probably. My vision is bit wonky, so.”

-He then suddenly frowns- now that They’ve shut up, he’s taken a moment to listen about. Then slowly turning his head towards @adi-cat-anon and full on flinching (accompanied by a large split second flash) before he exhales.-

YOU SHOULD BE MORE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS IN GENERAL, CHERO.

[It stretches as it gets to its feet, trotting past him to loop around @bnuuy-anon, careful not to touch at her past request despite wanting to nuzzle her in greeting.]

Wolke turned towards Adi, confused.

"..you know each other?"

“Well, I wasn’t expecting you to be here. And with Them talking nonsense and stupid snakes coming out of nowhere how the [——] am I supposed to focus.”

-Shaking his head to clear his annoyance at himself in particular, he sighs before realizing Wolke asked something.-

[With another mental nudge to let @bnuuy-anon know it is moving, Adi starts leading the way back to the aranara house.]

She frowned lightly, beginning to slowly follow Adi in the direction their voice was leading. Stick softly swishing through the grass.

"I have to alway... always listen to what's happening.."

As far as she can remember, she spent more time tripping over herself when she could see than when she couldn't.

-A scoff as he simply flops into a bit of light and reappears at @adi-cat-anon side- the sound of the grass crunching was the only indicator that he had moved. Noticeable lack of footsteps.-

IF MORE SENSES ALWAYS CORROLATED TO LESS AWARENESS, I WOULD BE OBLIVIOUS TO THE WORLD. EVEN IF NECESSITY ALTERED YOUR AWARENESS, WOLKE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT YOU STILL PUT IN THE EFFORT TO TRACK YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

[It looks forward again.]

...AND I DO NOT TRUST THE MOTIVATIONS OF THOSE I DO NOT SEE OR KNOW. THEY WILL TELL ME IF IT SUITS THEM, BUT IT IS NO GUARANTEE.

She turned around again, with @realmflora now seemingly next to Adi. Evidently still not used to his moments of complete absence from a spot.

But, since he now apparently was ahead, she continued following both of their voices.

“Yeah, yeah, touche. Just messing with ya. And also the anons are really evil so many of the times. There’s a good reason- besides obvious extrinsic motivation- that I haven’t hopped back into their-“

-A vague circular hand gesture with one of his lower hands.-

“Whole. Thing. Whatever it’s called. But whatever, I’ll work on being more aware or something.”

Counting the steps mentally, Wolke carefully made her way back into the little house. Going to the corner she usually sits at.

"...is.. is there enough.. enough space for @realmflora to stay here for a little..?"

-Frowning as something tells him he’s jinxing himself with that statement, he just lightly “scratches” his ears to clear that thought off.-

“Or even if I do end up staying a bunch, I can just. You know, literally evaporate whenever convenient.”

[Adi shrinks a bit as they trot in after @bnuuy-anon, hopping up next to her.]

Crossing her legs and laying her stick over her lap, Wolke leaned against the wall a bit to be more comfortable. She'd play host if she could, offer foods and water. But oh well, something to daydream about instead.

"..have you known each other.. for- uh.... long?"

That's not how the language works. But oh well.

“Long enough, yeah. I’ve stopped keeping track of how long it’s been now, time’s never been my thing.”

She nods with closed eyes, because that makes sense.

"Adi and I have... also known each other for uh.. a time. But @realmflora and I just.. just met.. aaaannd i... don't know how to talk to people."

Despite her words, Wolke actually seems somewhat pleased. Turning towards Chero's current direction, she smiled a little.

-Momentarily raising a hand to cover Their mouth and shut them up, he shrugs. Just in general. Maybe he should learn how to fix the speaking issue.. he relies on gestures much of the time, and that won’t work with Wolke..-

“But it has definitely been the time of all times, however long it’s been!”

THAT IS CERTAINLY A WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

If the act itself wasn't tiring, she would've liked to ramble about something unnecessary. Maybe @realmflora and her would've found things they both enjoy through that.

Absentmindedly pressing into the stick's wood (parts have started to go soft,) Wolke turned her head to Adi.

[As it says so, it drops them on the floor from its little pocket dimension, right by @bnuuy-anon's feet.]

I ALSO HAVE SOME STONE THAT I WILL NOT PUT DOWN HERE THAT CAN BE MADE INTO PLATES—SHALE, I BELIEVE IT IS CALLED.

"..liquid?"

That's new. Wolke had to remind herself to not grab it, despite wishing to investigate.

".it's nice that... the shell can be turned into stuff...."

Shifting away from it ever so slightly, she 'looked' over to Chero again.

“I mean, I guess I can? [Don’t think I’ve even consumed anything yet anywaysss-] But now that it’s a topic of convo, is the black thing like- in your mouth too? How do you eat.”

-A genuine question disguised as some semi-playful jab.-

Wolke carefully reached out until her knuckles came into contact with the fruit, pulling her sleeves over her hands even more than before, to pick it up. Not wanting to ruin it much more than she inevitably would, since Adi maybe wants to use it as a bowl in the future.

"...with a lot of effort.."

[Adi watches the two of them, though most of ita focus is on @bnuuy-anon in case she has trouble.]

"nh-nh."

She must've uncrossed her legs and put her knees against her chest while @realmflora was talking. Now resting her head on the knees and holding the fruit above her ankles.

“Eh, could be better.”

She scrunched herself together even more, thinking about the offer. But the more she did, the more discomfort she felt. The general idea of Adi pieces of their energy to her just... off.

-He seems oblivious- whether intentional or otherwise- to whatever @adi-cat-anon and Wolke were.. seemingly “fighting” about-?-

{Nope, don’t think on it, it’s not your business and thinking is how you start wanting to ask things.}

(ok hör auf.)

Taking a breath, Wolke forced herself to stop compressing herself so much and instead sat up a little, speaking with a small smile that was dubiously genuine.

“Eh, it’s just a bit sweet? Some other flavor of something else- it’s okay, though.”

Wolke gently swirled the remaining probably-good-tasting liquid within the fruit's shell. (..wonder if any goop got inside? It probably did. Hope the bowl-ness of the shell didn't get ruined too badly.)

-A pause as he stops drinking the fruit, then putting it in front of Them so They could finish it if wanted.-

“..why do you ask?”

Strands of hair shifted, dipping into the ink-like tears from Wolke's eyes. Stained in the process of her tilting her head, expression genuinely lost.

"...you.. @realmflora you kept... saying it could taste better, so.... since it's sweet, i thought you don... don't like because of that....???"

“Yeah, that’s fair actually. Though I’ll warm up to it eventually, most likely.”

With less things to consider for someone who– assumedly– can eat most things; it probably would make getting food much easier. Moving the strand of hair so it stops sticking to her face, Wolke put the 'bowl' down as well.

“Kind of? And you can do whatever you want ( @adi-cat-anon ), I don’t really mind? I think?”

[It butts its head against his shoulder, then heads towards the door, pausing to look back at @bnuuy-anon.]

"uh,"

Adi likes to help. Maybe giving them something to do would work as a nicer apology for earlier?

"m..... maybe..? If– if um. @realmflora doesn't mind?–, sssome.... fflowers..? ..they smell nice.?"

“That’d be nice, yeah! Not to eat, though. You can eat some if you wanna, Wolke.”

"..i would've liked to, when i was younger."

Shifting to lean against the wall (grabbing the bowl-fruit after finding it and shifting it along with her, so she doesn't lose track of it,) Wolke offered a small goodbye wave towards Adi.

-A small chuckle, ears flapping a bit- which causes Them to poke at the side of his head in amusement.-

Wolke stopped leaning against the wall, not sure why she should stop, but choosing to just go along with it for now.

-Now simply pushing Them away and out of the little house, he then sighs and turns back to Wolke.-

“Not you, you can go back to what you were doing. Stay out.”

-Another glare at the entrance to the house where They sit before he simply shakes himself a little with a frustrated mrrp.-

“Anyways, that’s interesting! I think you’d like my home region, despite the goop. Lots of flowers, we used to kind of revolve around them. Our written language is actually based off of flowers too! Spoken as well, but it’s a lot less finicky- I said you cannot come back in stop that.”

Even while straining her hearing she couldn't hear anything like a cat or a bird. No Aranaras seem to be around either, as far as she could tell. So it has to be something small. (Adi wouldn't come back without making noise, either...)

Instead of going back to what she was doing, Wolke instead leaned a bit forward. Tilting her head in hope it would help her figure out what's going on.

-Sounding more genuine that annoyed (in her direction), he goes to sit criss-cross with another sigh.-

(like a ghost...? mm no you can hear those.)

Wolke went back to sitting normally. Momentarily contemplating whether or not she should greet the friend, but since they hadn't made themselves known this long; they probably want to stay that way. So no attempts of conversation there is probably best.

"that... that would probably help...! I can.. hear you turn and stuff. But... people like to do that while talking.."

“Okay then! I’ll try- so no teleporting, and direct referrals.. doesn’t seem too bad so far.”

"..thank you for wanting to try. You don't have to, you know.."

(flowers...? Flowers, right.)

-He tilts his head a bit at the question.-

What would that be like? Rustling and soft crackling? Wolke leaned back, trying to picture a language like it; though seemingly only confusing herself the more she thought.

-A shrug while his lower arms accidentally scratch against each other as he crosses them.-

Hoping her flinch to the noise wasn't too noticeable, Wolke shifted her posture a bit to sit more comfortably.

(that still sounds a little like a code. Though i guess every language is a code just a little bit,)

-His ears lightly flap a bit with a hum.-

"you.... You're an– can be an anon, too?"

-He shrugs a bit, now leaning back a little.-

Lightly shaking the the thought away, Wolke smiled while shuffling her feet for a moment.

Remembering the fruit bowl of juice, Wolke sighed while picking it up. Scrunching her nose and ""staring"" at it for a long moment before taking a breath.

Slow, (but somewhat swift for her average movement speed,) she forced the rest of the juice down. Pressing her face into her knees for a few seconds as she took another breath, before sitting back up normally and putting the bowl-fruit away to the side somewhere.

‘Contemplating what could and would have been is useless, and will only result in pointless guilt.’

With a small shudder does he dismiss that quote from his mind, then making a small chirp in response to Wolke’s question.-