moonstrualcycle | no running in the halls!

See? Sometimes I have great ideas.

[ Presumably Isa knows how to get what she wants because Lea's not gonna tell her and is in fact going straight for the tables. There are large stepping stones to and winding around the tables, and she's grabbing one of the large, curving leaves from a tree to pile food into. ]

[the leaf is a little unorthodox for someone not from Destiny Islands, and also seems potentially unsanitary to just take one off a tree like that, but Isa can adapt. she's gravitating towards the meat table, surprising no one; gotta keep those muscles supplied with protein, after all.]

And sometimes you have really terrible ones, but this is a great one.

[ She could just take one of the entire meat bowls if the leaf is too much. Lea is not at all surprised by the meat intake, and piles rice onto her leaf bowl from another table before following Isa. She will just move right up against her to reach for a gigantic turkey leg. ]

I have plenty of really terrible ones.

Do you learn from them any better than you used to?

[you know, like the lesson to be learned from earlier, which is don't call Isa out on her blushing. Isa basically did the romance version of talk shit, get hit, is the lesson. she doesn't react to the proximity, except to get a turkey leg for herself because that shit is delicious.]

I like to think I wouldn't be here if I hadn't.

[ Cheese breads of various kinds are available on the bread table and they're going on the stack of rice along with a croissant and a full bunch of green grapes. ]

[hopefully there's something resembling the cheesy biscuits they have at Red Lobster, those things are amazing. she'll get some fruit too, to go around the edges of all the meat. where do we sit in this place?]

I suppose that's true. Although I seem to recall you saying something about people not always staying dead here.

[ There definitely is. Lea seems to be taking a seat on the pile of boulders some distance behind the tables, but there are also downed trees available.

Picnic time! ]

Sometimes people don't come back, but no one knows if it's because they stayed dead or because they went home. A lot of times people come back months later, talking about how they went home and time passed.

[ She takes a big bite of croissant, but looks at Isa seriously. ]

Riku's died a few times, even.

[she follows Lea over, and parks herself on the grass with her back to a fallen tree so she has something to lean against, and looks perturbed as she starts on some bit of her own food.]

That sounds rough for friends and family here, not knowing.

Yeah. But it might be better than knowing you'll never see them again. Guess in the long run it's just bad.

[ Imagine holding on to that hope forever, and that person never coming back? ]

It's weird how so many of them have adapted to it. Some of the kids from the future — that's just how their world is.

From the- the future here? Oh. Is that where the older Riku with the kid came from?

[this place is confusing, but then again that's not much weirder than time travel clones of Xehanort.]

Yeah, exactly. There's a reality where a bunch of people never leave, and they're here like fifteen years later. Probably longer now. Riku bangs the zombie guy and they have a half-zombie.

[ She doesn't actually know what Red is, but it's just easier to call him a zombie. ]

Hm. I mean, that makes as much sense as anything else, I guess.

[Isa's eating something with meat, that's all that matters right now. it's delicious.]

[ You know what? We're gonna say there's no dessert table, for mysterious reasons. The chocolate table can stay but nothing else. ]

The kid is creepy though! Like I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have nightmares.

[that's probably just as well, if there were cheesecake here that would be it for both of these ladies. chocolate is acceptable though.]

So stay away from him then, jeez. If you didn't follow Rikus around it wouldn't be an issue.

[ Oh, there are desserts. Just not on the table. Isa might notice that the tree she's up against smells very sweet. ]

Hey, I only follow one Riku around. I'd show you her place but she probably wouldn't appreciate it.

[ Through a mouthful of turkey: ]

Guess I'll have to explain all of that.

Which part, that you wanted to show me where she lives like she's some kind of celebrity?

[no, she knows what Lea means. and she'll be putting a stop to any eating of the environment before it even begins; she remembers the reports from Wonderland.]

[ Lea knew about this place already. She has absolutely eaten chunks of it, she's just waiting. ]

Look, there's not a lot about this place that isn't weird besides the people we know. What good is it if I can't crash her place?

[yes but unlike Lea, Isa's not a dumbass. /uh]

You could try inviting yourself over, that's a step up from crashing. Besides, if she has a boyfriend you'll probably avoid her wanting to murder you that way, unless you've already walked in on them.

[ As long as she doesn't stop Lea from being a dumbass! ]

The fact that I'm still alive should answer your question. But what I meant about explaining was — well, you.

I know. Maybe you should text her first.

[she's tried, it doesn't work. :|b]

[ It's true. It's impossible. Just one of those facts of life. ]

Hey, I did. It's still a lot to take in.

[along with being unable to forget about Lea. <3 ]

When did you have a chance to, when we were asleep?

[was Isa sleeping more soundly than she realized? that's not good. she's looking disgruntled over her plate of meat.]

Uhhh when you fell asleep first.

[ Look,

She had a lot on her mind at the time. Now she's going to have to keep her phone away from Isa or something. ]

[nah, Isa's not a douche. rather, she's not the kind of douche who snoops on peoples' phones (unless it's pictures and the phone has been handed to her). and it's easy enough to figure out when Lea means, which might be why that tiny bit of smugness is back.]

Kept you up, did I?

[ She's avoiding looking directly at Isa as she demolishes this turkey leg, and going pink now. It clashes horribly with her hair. ]

I was sleeping when you showed up, you know. That makes it my third nap.

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