[Open] Petals & Pages - Mingle #1

[pinkmin]

♥ Who: You~ (and Vianca)
♥ Where: Shopping District - a new shop!
♥ When: January/February (Lasra/Nalom)
♥ What: Open Mingle Log
♥ Rating: Probably Pretty G

With the coming of Lasra, there was at least one new shop opening its doors in the quiet bustle of the Shopping District! There had been a distinct lack of places to simply sit in that district, but look no further if you were searching for such a spot. There are warm lights on inside, with the sights of large, comfy chairs and couches beckoning from the welcoming windows.

At times, from the same windows, you can catch sight of a pink little girl sitting near the glass, thumbing through an honest-to-goodness paper book.

Walking through the door would earn you a soft greeting. Welcome to Petals & Pages~


It's an Open Mingle Log!!
+ Shop Info is here, plus book requests.
+ Vianca will have her own top-level, and can reply to yours, but this log isn't just for interacting with her!
+ Feel free to use this post for your own plans how you please! The only House Rule is that you gotta sit with someone and get some sweet Dora, it doesn't have to be Vianca~ This includes multiple top-levels if you desire, since the log is for two months.
+ Have! Fun!!

Comments

[carbungle]

That makes sense. That's sorta how reading the Cosmogony was for me.

[A whole lot of ancient tales tangentially relevant to him and his world, but not what one would call a shared experience like history. It was always too vague for that.]

[pinkmin]

[She was thumbing through a few pages to find some good entries, but glanced up at him at that.]

The Cosmogony?

[carbungle]

Yeah, it's a book from back home. It's like... legends, or prophecies, or stories about the gods and the origins of the world. But everything's so old and vague- I know it's about my family and my world, but it doesn't always feel real.

[pinkmin]

That sounds like it would be a good book to read.

[Maybe someday she could somehow get her greedy hands on a copy. Wouldn't that be fun and magical.]

It does feel a little similar to that, when I read through this. Though it may be a bit more "what might have been" than "what could be." [Luckily, she didn't sound very upset by this.]

[carbungle]

It's not bad.

[It'd be nice to see it again, at least. Luna might be happy.]

If you'd grown up on that planet instead of your school, you mean?

[pinkmin]

[Y'all just hang on to that thought there.]

Yes. I would not be here if that had been the case. Though I suppose stowing away may have been an option. There are a few entries that indicate that we got into plenty of mischief.

[She slid her finger down a few lines of text.]

"The Pikmin are as curious as children! They form groups to perform tasks that would be impossible for an individual. A glimmer of hope as begun to shine in my heart - if I can make use of their skills, perhaps I can fix my ship!"

[carbungle]

Huh...

[Well, she could do an awful lot of heavy lifting on her own. It makes sense that a group of them could accomplish plenty together.]

I hope he at least remembered to say thank you.

[pinkmin]

I wonder. I would hope so, even if we might not have understood.

[We? They? She wasn't sure.]

I did not know him very well, he was always a bit pre-occupied before he left.

[carbungle]

Wait, uh... he grew you in his garden, but you didn't know him? So who took care of you?

[pinkmin]

[She blinked up at him. Had that been an odd thing?]

We were just pikmin in the garden. We didn't need very much. When some of us decided to go to the school, we just stayed there in the dorms.

[carbungle]

[Vianca... that's concerning... and that also brings to mind the horrible way she'd been mistreated. If she had no one looking after her the way someone should with a kid, then it's no wonder she hadn't been safe.]

Everybody needs some help when they've just been born. He should've looked after you.

[pinkmin]

Maybe. [Things might have gone differently.] He did make sure we were properly enrolled, things like that. He already had a family though, and I think...

[She frowned a little, looking back at the pages as she turned them.]

I think we scared him.

[carbungle]

Why would you scare him?

[Least intimidating child he's ever met, besides maybe Talcott, since she admittedly can left big rocks over her head.]

[pinkmin]

"When I see the Pikmin engaged in fierce battle with other creatures of this world, I often grow uneasy wondering why they never attack me... Could it be that they actually view me as a parental figure? A strange, disturbing thought..."

[She lightly tapped the entry after she read it.]

Besides, being responsible for lives is scary. I looked after my sisters, and it was hard sometimes.

[carbungle]

I guess, sure. But if you grow a person then you can't just abandon them, no matter how they're born. If he couldn't take care of you, he should've found someone to do it instead of just leaving you to do whatever.

[His tone is firm on this; he will not be deterred. Kids! Should be! Cared for!]

[pinkmin]

[Vianca didn't disagree, but she couldn't change the reality of what happened to suit this.]

I suppose he thought the school would be alright for that even after he left. My sisters all found better families there, so it worked in a way.

[carbungle]

...Uh-huh. Well, at least you're here now, and...

[...? wait. hang on.]

Vianca, where do you even live?

[pinkmin]

[A topic that had been skirted around several times between showing newcomers to the housing district or casual night time heart-to-hearts. At least this time she had a sincere answer, so everything was fine. She couldn't say she'd completely beaten winter, but her plan had gone more or less smoothly.

She wasn't taking up anyone's space, she wasn't getting underfoot, and no one had had to feel obligated to worry about her. A success.]

I live here.

[carbungle]

But you just got this place. What about before that?

[That answer is even more suspicious.]

[pinkmin]

Other places. There was a house when I needed it, but I did not like it very much so I did not stay there often.

[carbungle]

[what.

what!!!]

You should've said something!

[pinkmin]

[ ??? ]

I am not sure what I would have said. It was not a problem?

[carbungle]

There's a whole bunch of us here! There's no reason for anybody to be living alone.

[especially! not! little! girls!]

You should stay with us. There's an extra room at my place.

[pinkmin]

[Vianca stared up at him, unprepared for that invitation. There was a part of her that was very, very happy, but a much louder part wanted to remind her that every room mate she ever had left very quickly after. Besides, there were already three people in Noct's house? And dogs? There was a lot going on!]

... No, thank you. [Oh, she slipped. Pause.]

I would not want to take a spot Gladio could have, or make anyone feel they have to look after me. Thank you. I am okay.

[carbungle]

Vi, come on. This isn't okay.

[He gestures around to the shop. It's cute and all, but it's also a store, little more than a place to take shelter and sleep. it's not a home.]

There's two open rooms at my place, since Luna mostly uses mine anyway. And it's not even like you take up that much space. At least think about it?