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[corona]

Hi Asgard.

[ Rapunzel isn't really looking at the screen. Though she throws a distracted wave in its direction with one hand, moving a paintbrush with the other. She's in an alleyway that's just wide enough to be spacious and narrow enough to be innocuous, hanging from something that's just off camera and looking for all the world like what's behind her is normal.

It's all pretty much par for the course with her, really. The massive building wall covered in words too many and small to be properly read, illustrations, bits of paper, and random scraps of junk pasted or hung over them and connected by string. Its all normal.

Normal in the way that being totally batshit is normal. ]

So. Aha. I was wondering if someone could maybe help me out? I've sort been keeping track of things. Things I've learned. [ yeah only sort of ] It's easier that way! When stuff is organized. I like that. Don't you? I like understanding things and taking them apart and breaking them down so they're all nice and sorted. And there's a lot to learn here so keeping track of it is very important.

But one of the things I've been keeping track of? It's the plants. See? Right here underneath - uh. Nuclear physics. I've noticed that there are certain plants are around in the park that are around during my birthday. Which makes me wonder if it isn't around that time of year because it's warm and summery and - even if we don't really know the months it kinda fits?

Aaaanyway. [ She smiles and finally looks up from her current painting, the beginnings of a mural inspired by Asgard itself. ] I was thinking I could find a nice leaf for my birthday. There's a certain leaf I've always wanted to have. And I thought it might be fun to go on an adventure looking for it! And...looking for other things too. Like - clues I guess. So if anyone wants to go on an expedition that would be amazing. And - Heh. I would be very grateful.

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[glistens]

[ Wait a second.

What -

What is that on his head. ]

[curvature]

... ... ... ... [ He... tilts his head a bit and his ears just flicker.

He doesn't get what's going on so he's going to wait for her to continue. Oh God. ]

[glistens]

[ squiiiiiiint ]

Are...those ears?

[curvature]

[ Side-eeeyyessss. ]

Yes?

[corona]

Oh. [ Jade is one of her friends so the idea of human-looking people with animal ears isn't so strange. Not that it ever was; her ideas of "odd" and "normal" are a bit twisted, and really she's more focused now on the why. He doesn't look like the type to fuse with an animal for some mysterious reason. ]

They're beautiful. What kind of ears are they?

[curvature]

[ He gets a little flustered and embarrassed by the compliment and it causes him to look off to the side. Once in a while his eyes shift back at her, but it's mostly AWAY. He's trying not to look too stupid all at once. ]

They're cat ears. [ He has to save himself now, so his ears perk up rather than stay pinned back to show that this is nothing!! No, he is still awkward. ]

[corona]

Cats! [ Her smile brightens, as does the light of excitement in her eyes. ] I've - never seen a cat in person before. I know they have them here but they're pretty secretive you know?

Why do you have them? [ Almost unconsciously she reaches out to touch the screen, wondering if they're as soft as they look and probably doing nothing to help his embarrassment. ]

[curvature]

I haven't seen one in person either. [ But he guesses she's right about the secretive part now that he thinks about it. He hasn't seen one cat literally in front of him for the past couple of days. Hm. He ponders on this a bit...

But then she asks a question and it brings him back to reality. ] Well, I was born like this. The population is mostly filled with Ribika, or cat people.

It's nothing special...

[corona]

You... kinda must have a different definition of special than me then. [ Because she's still smiling and watching the screen with fascination. ] I think it's incredible.

[curvature]

I... [ TOO EMBARRASSING. His ears pin back and decides it's time to change the subject. ]

Weren't you going to go look for your leaf?

[corona]

Yup. I think you mean weren't we going to look for my leaf.

But - it's not just that you know. We're looking for clues too.

[curvature]

Clues... As to where your leaf is? [ He tilts his head. ]

[corona]

Clues as... to why we're here. Clues about Asgard.

[curvature]

... I see. [ He can see where she's getting at and isn't going to deny that he himself is a bit curious. ]

I guess we can go look for those too.

[glistens]

Really?

[curvature]

Yeah, I don't see why not?

[corona]

And I can count on you to come, Konoe?

[curvature]

You can count on me for sure, Rapunzel.