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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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[faints]

Sorry...it's just not an easy one to answer. I hadn't really given it a ton of thought. [ And because it's a choice between a world where Gods control everything and a world where nothing's real ]

[corona]

No. [ It's something she understands well too, and she squeezes his arm again briefly in solidarity. ] No you're - exactly right. It's not easy at all. Especially... when you don't hate it the way some seem to.

[faints]

Yeah... [ he sighs and scratches a little at the nape of his neck, sheepishly ] I have a lot of reasons to stay here.

[glistens]

You do?

[faints]

Well...yeah. I've made a lot of friends and learned a lot about myself since coming here. I wouldn't give that up for anything.

[glistens]

What if you have something to do back home? What if - if you're needed?

[faints]

... [ Well, he knows he'll be; it's sort of an inevitability at this point but he's never wanted to think long on it ]

Everyone gets sent home eventually...right?

[glistens]

Do they? It doesn't really seem like it. Some people have been here for ages.

[faints]

But a lot have, right? So maybe someday even we will too...

[corona]

Yeah.

[faints]

--Not that I plan on leaving anytime soon! Gods or not, I wanna stay here for now.

[corona]

I'd... like to stay here forever if I could.

[faints]

...Yeah, I think I might too.