Some Girl

better later than never!!!

                                  just say it three times, babe.

                                   ind. betelgeuse / beetlejuice from the musical

How long had the other kid been standing there? It was hard to say, but the way she tilted her head made it clear she had at least witnessed the girl’s display.

Before the other could react, off came the girl’s hat. She flipped it over, reaching inside before producing a cookie. She holds it with her mouth before going back to another, offering it to the other. Despite her mouth being full, she speaks.

Oh, Queen Vanessa!!! (laugh track)

For as much of a pain as the last time she unexpectedly stopped was, at least the kid’s ship still remained in orbit— at least it still remained somewhere familiar period.

It had all happened so fast, one minute she was taking a little detour to visit some old friends and the next she knew her spaceship had been sent hurtling through a portal of some kind. Initially, she had believed it to be a wormhole of sorts, but as the unfamiliar woodland came ever closer it became apparent that was not the case.

Some tight maneuvering and a few flattened trees later, the kid’s shiphouse came to a bumpy landing. She sighed in relief, sliding from the pilot’s chair as the ship began to run a diagnostic on its condition. It would be a while before any noteworthy results would make themselves known, so a quick scope around the area seemed like the next best play– perhaps she could even get some information on where she’d landed, and hopefully how to return to a more familiar side of the galaxy.

And so, with her unwilling participant readied as they could be, she withdrew a glyph-inscribed note; one hand clapped flat against it’s surface and, in an instant, she’d disappeared.

The wild animal she was planning to bother barely looked up at the sound, scanning about for a moment wondering where she’d gone before just returning to it’s meal. Perfect! Now all she had to do was be quiet. Carefully, one foot lifted off the ground, preparing to make it’s first slow step forwards…

… when the rat thing’s ears suddenly perk up, and it almost instantly scampers away with it’s meal in tow.

Something that, if given even a moment to process, would’ve undoubtedly made Luz let go of her breath just to frustratingly whine… but no such moment is given, as her own ears pick up a sound soon after the pest’s did, feeling it rapidly draw closer. By the time she’d turned her head to face it, it was already in clear sight- something crashing down from the sky and hitting every tree in it’s way. Coming straight towards her.

One would think she’d do better under pressure, but in that instant she forgets how to do anything; legs remained locked in place, eyes started unblinking, and the breath remained tight in her lungs as the child has her entire life flash inside her mind.

Thankfully for her, while she’s busy regretting every stupid choice she’s ever made, the thing… the ship… is slowed down enough by the trees between her and it that, just as it’s closing in, it skids to a stop just in front of her. The accompanying gust of wind and dust in her face not enough to completely knock her from her stupor, but enough to make her blink.

Coming back into spatial awareness just as something- no, someone, hops out from the ship to examine the damage… not even acknowledging her presence. Though there’s some initial confusion, realization taking far longer than it should, eventually Luz remembers- oh right, she needs to breath.

Hence the sudden, loud exhale that’d ring from behind the little alien, the human girl appearing as the invisibility spell finally breaks.

Understandably, upon the girl’s sudden reappearance, the stranger panicked. An umbrella was produced from beneath the shipowner’s cloak, quickly pointed at the other as a warning of sorts. It wasn’t until the kid took a moment to look from the ship to where the other was standing in order to register what had nearly occurred.

“I ALMOST HIT YOU!”

That would definitely not make a good impression on the locals, striking one of their own with the entirety of her house. Holding the other at umbrella point didn’t make the situation any better. Putting aforementioned umbrella away, the kid took a moment to recompose herself before speaking.