fae.

Oh lord, he made her cry.  He could practically hear Arabelle mocking him.  Nice going, forehead.  Way to traumatize the poor kid.  Whit stuck out his hands and wildly waved them around.

“Whoa, whoa, I’m sorry, that was extremely inconsiderate of me.”  It didn’t occur to him that she might also be one of the people who were very touchy about their world blowing up.  Although many things didn’t occur to him, so this wasn’t surprising – well, her bursting into tears was a little surprising.  Her pleas that he stop talking clearly fell on deaf ears.

“I mean, I don’t really know your situation, but I don’t think there’s any way to stop what happened.  So it’s not your fault.”  Whit took a few cautious steps forward until he could awkwardly pat her shoulder.  He had no idea what she was talking about with all this gate nonsense, but it was clearly eating away at her.

“Maybe you haven’t found anyone you know here, but they said that there’s a bunch of other worlds that are taking…I dunno, refugees or whatever.  So I wouldn’t worry, they’re probably still out there.”  He paused; he was about to follow that up with ‘and you’ll probably never see them again so it’s not like they can be mad at you’, but decided that would probably just make her burst into hysterical tears again.

“I know it’s rough when you first show up here, but I promise it gets better.  There’s lots of nice people who’ll help you out, you just gotta get settled.”

He didn’t know there was a way—a mission that she was supposed to do that would at least get the gate under the faeries. Well, even if she did succeed, it would still be up to the other faeries to actually stop the explosion. Maybe it wasn’t all her fault after all.

Cosette sniffled a little, wiping the last of her tears onto her sleeve. He was kinda silly, not necessarily making her laugh, but she could tell he was trying his best, and that made her feel like smiling for the first time in a long time. 

“I wish I knew how to contact them.” She sighed, looking up at the sky. The blue expanse and clouds looked just like both Earth and Avalon. Was it possible everyone she knew was in another world out there just like this one?

“I hate being alone…it’s bad enough I can barely remember them, now I can’t even talk to them at all!” She burst into tears again, the very faint memories of her Fae Father and her school friends on her mind. 

Anyone would have stopped in their track. She would’ve too, really….if she had been worried what this girl was going to do to her. Jangmi isn’t and it’s not because she’s underestimating  the other’s power, but mainly because well, if she attacked then she attacked and at the end of the day it would’ve been Jangmi’s fault for not heeding the other’s warning. 

The young child reaches and quick enough, before the other’d have a chance, really, she pulls away a green leaf that had fallen onto the girl’s pink hair. 

“If I wanted to harm you, I wouldn’t have to get so close to do so.”

Oh Heavens—where did that leaf come from!?

It took Cosette a second of wide eyes and a flushed face to recognize it, not as the ones that grow alongside pansies, but from the trees in Whisperwood. It simply must have fallen from a branch and landed on her head.

She breathed in relief. 

“Well—still—don’t just approach strangers. Everyone is one edge around here!” She reached up, flattening down the sprig of pink that had popped up when the leaf had been pulled out. 

“You like that kind of food?” Pimple now stands next to a short pink-haired girl looking at various candies behind a candy store’s shopping window. The sweets are interesting to look at, but the large toad still abstains from anything that’s not part of his natural diet. Even when Mikey asked him to tag along and try a pizza with him, he politely declined.

“Actually– some days ago, someone left a box with chocolate pills in my mailbox. I can’t eat chocolate, but just throwing them away felt rude. Do you want them, by any chance?” In hidsight though, this might seem a little weird? He just really would like to give the chocolates to someone liking them.

@sunnyscion​ / sc

Cosette was just thinking if she could buy one of those huge strawberry-filled pastries and then just scrape off the parts she couldn’t eat. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she only looked up when she heard a voice.

Her eyes widened just slightly at the sight of a large talking frog. Definitely not from Earth, but could he be from Avalon? It was hard to remember among the gnomes and unicorns if there were frogs like that. 

But wouldn’t he have recognized her as a fairy right away? Well, she knew better now than to start asking uncomfortable questions about where he was from. That didn’t exactly go well last time.

Whisperwood reminded him of his mom’s hometown in Laon.  The fields were just like the outskirts of the city; it was peaceful and a nice get away from the occasionally overstimulating city life the rest of The Chronolium offered.  Whit was humming to himself as he wandered through one of the fields – he didn’t notice the young teen at first, until she rushed to pick up a stick.

“Hmm?”  She was sort of puffing up like one of those frogs that make themselves look bigger to scare off predators.  Really it reminded him of a tiny chickadee puffing out in the cold.  “I dunno, you’ll have to be more specific.  I mean, technically I came from my mom, but I was born in New York City.  Although I grew up in the Midwest.  And before all this I lived in Seattle.  Currently I live in Techno Solar.  Just now I was on a walk because the traffic noise was getting to me.  I think that about covers it.”

Whit tilted his head and shrugged.  “I don’t know that you can ask everyone that question though, some people get a little touchy when you remind them their world blew up.”  He gestured towards her stick.  “Also, I wouldn’t pick up weapons that be used against you.  Bad form.  Just, uh, like shove your fingers in their eye sockets or something.  Although I guess I’m kinda tall for that, huh?  Hmm…”

“Well, I guess you could kick me in the nuts so that I buckle over.  Yeah, I’d do that.”  He nodded, then froze.  “Wait!  No, don’t do that!  This is advice for when some other tall strange man make weird advances on you, but I’m just walking through.  So, uh, j-just keep that in mind.”  He took three steps back just in case.  “A-Anyway, I wouldn’t act all accusatory towards everyone you meet around here.  Most people lost their homes and are much more upset about it than I am so they tend to be aggressive when you point out they don’t belong.”

She kept her stick held tight, realizing more and more now just how flimsy it was. A human could definitely break it if they wanted to attack her. As for her striking first, she couldn’t remember anything from training now—except aim for the head. She narrowed her eyes, absorbing his words. 

New York. Seattle. Those were all places on Earth. So, what was he? Was it possible he wasn’t even from either place she called home? Didn’t they say they dragged people here from all over the universes? So there was more out there than just Avalon and Earth.

Why did he have to remind her that her worlds blew up?

Ugh—she was going to throw up. 

“Stop talking.” She said finally, swaying slightly on her feet. She squeezed her eyes shut, wanting this feeling to pass before quickly opening them, not wanting to take her eyes off the stranger. 

She finally threw her stick to the ground. It wasn’t even going to do her any good, proven by the way it snapped as it hit the ground. 

But she didn’t want to hear about all the ways she could hurt someone if she wanted. She wasn’t skilled enough to pull that off. 

“Stop talking—” She snapped again, balling her fists up and trying not to cry. “I just know I’m going to be in so much trouble if anyone from home finds me! M-Maybe they all died when the gate exploded!” 

@sunnyscion​​

Judging by this girl’s reaction, she can tell she’s new. That’s a lot of pink as well. The girl reminds Jangmi of a pink flower, but decides not to voice her words. Instead, she’s approaching the other. What will she say though? She’s not entirely sure how she’ll spark up some kind of conversation. 

Cosette had finally found the way out of Whisperwood’s residential neighborhood, coming across the farmers’ market just in time, because she was starving. She’d tried germinating the seeds left for her, but it was still going to take a while to grow her own food. 

For now, she was enjoying planning how she was going to spend her money—picturing lugging home a huge crate of strawberries, when she felt something over her shoulder. Oh no… she hated when people breathed down her neck like that. They were definitely going to see something they shouldn’t one of these days—she could feel that stupid itch in her back meaning she was going to bloom soon.

Crying wasn’t going to do her any good. If it was true—if both Avalon and Earth were doomed due to the gate’s magic finally failing, then she couldn’t blame herself. It wasn’t her fault the spell didn’t hold up—and all that stuff about the conflict between fae and humans happened like, a thousand years before she was even born!

It was the stupid faerie council’s plan to make her a scion that failed—not Cosette herself. So, after telling herself that under the covers of her new bed, she dried her eyes that had cried all day and forced herself to get up. Crying had taken a lot out of her, dehydrated her.

She’d taken a long drink from the tap in her house before deciding to explore. How many were saved? How many were humans? How many were fairies—if she wanted her mind fixed she should find them first. She just really hoped they didn’t blame her.

After walking for a while through the grassy hills, she stopped to take her shoes off. Her bare feet sank into the sodden grass, already making her feel so much better. 

She breathed in the carbon dioxide, tilted her face back and closed her eyes, feeling the tiny chloroplasts in her face absorbing the sunlight.

Her eyes flew up at the sound of footsteps—another person out here. She knew better than to trust them blindly, not here. This wasn’t Earth and it definitely wasn’t Avalon.

She squealed, grabbing up the nearest stick she could find and holding it threateningly. As the person came into view, she felt her whole body freeze, her eyes widened as pigment rushed to her face.

That hair, those eyes. Was this another fairy? She didn’t lower her weapon. 

“Where did you come from?” 

anna. she/her. 26.

i've been in fandom rp forever. i was previously in citta for like two years and then isola as steven universe for like three years so even tho i'm new to chrono, this isn't my first rodeo or whatever.

princess cosette

stupid. 

actually smart but lazy.

also ouchie oof she hit her head and can’t remember stuff.

ACTUALLY a fairy princess but was mind-wiped and tricked into thinking she was a human. both identities are clashing now.