How is Trail adapting to freedom and life with bugs that treat her like a person?
Itās been weird, to say the least? The unusual amount of affection is TOO MUCH for her. Trail loves it but she is also not in the right mindset to allow herself to feel this way. Sheās getting better though. Actually being included in decisions and conversation makes her feel like sheās welcome and fitting in.
Feels odd how no one question what sheās doing at the time or where sheās heading. The fam made her feel comfortable soon about having such freedom. I was gonna draw her whole day have it written cuz work is keeping me tired lol
Around breakfast time, Trailās either around to enjoy the meal with everyone or sheās taking a morning nap.
Sheād eat a bit when she wakes up then make herself busy with what ever is there to do around the house. Because everyone wants her to take it easy, sheās fidgety on wanting, HAVING to do something. She is too scared to leave outside of the house on her own since sheās technically in the hiding so she can do most of activities only indoors.
Trav likes to pester her about everything, from what ever sheās doing at the moment to even her beads on the mask. Sheās slowly getting use to their antics and need to bug her but they donāt understand the large amount of personal space Trail requires at the moment, so if sheās not up for Travās shenanigans, she stays away by either helping Mugo or Rham around the kitchen or sitting around near Silva and Yonna since they can kindly keep Trav away.
Afternoons are either playtime with sibs or writing. She... writes, a lot. The suppressed need to express is kind of overbearing now. A lot of stuff she didnāt allowed herself to think are all being jotted down in the journal. Sheās also noting down on Travās unusual chance of having mandibles to eat. Errrr, best way to put it, Trail is interested in the idea of having a mouth. She might be a little jealous of her sibling.
She usually has lunch with everyone, being the ever so polite as she was thought, lowering her head while using the tools and feeding herself through her throat while hiding the oddness with her lowered head. She then just appears like sheās eating normally. Helps clean up after.
Evenings are either nail practice with Mugo or sign language lessons sheās giving to the whole group. Trail really seems to love teaching them. Sheās looking forward to having a way to communicate with everyone without ink and paper. Dinners are fun since everyone is kind of relaxed and chatty.
Sleep time is getting to bed, hers being the top bunk and lower one for her siblings. She forts herself with soft things and hides under cover, so if Trav tries to bother her sheād be left alone. Also so no one can tell if sheās asleep or not.
Nights are horrible. She canāt put her head to rest, having her mind walk the gray line ofĀ āI donāt deserve any of thisā andĀ āIām finally treated rightā. She misses Lolo so much. She worries about her. She grows a bit more fear of Zeeke, even gets angry, learning she has so much sheād like to tell him but canāt and itās eating her up. Worrying sheās being too cold to these kind people. What will happen to her in the future... a lot of things shifting in her mind. SheĀ ātearsā black almost every night. It tires her down to the point of falling asleep late. Sometimes, if Mugo is having trouble sleeping as well, she stays up with him and makes conversation. It helps them both busy, staying up until dawn until both just kind of fall asleep from exhaustion.
Trail is lacking the idea on how to reach out and get to know others right now but sheās learning about them as a bystander. She will get better but something has to be done about her mental state because itās literally tearing her apart and no one really knows whatās wrong.