picknicking

[dark_light]

There's something unutterably pleasant about landing in a bit of woods in the middle of Nowhere, Manitoba, removing a sandwich and an apple from her backpack and having a picnic before she's ready to move on. She could eat in midair, but it makes it too likely that she'll drop something and find it unrecoverable.

Path's on her knee, and her cloudpine is propped up against the tree next to her.

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[dark_light]

"And you are snuggly, there's also that."

(Path fluffs fluffily against Vernaia.)

[prodigal_miser]

Okay, now there's embarrassed giggling. "I ah- have never been told that before! So that's a pleasant surprise."

(Vern nuzzles back, making a cute trilling noise.)

[dark_light]

"What, never? What a pity."

[prodigal_miser]

"Yes, I'd been missing out," he explains. "Though it probably helps that my magic talking bird is now here and can cuddle, too."

He will not stop calling her that. It amuses him.

[dark_light]

"Well, it helps us. I don't imagine it'd factor in if you'd been snuggling lots of people at home and getting their evaluations."

[prodigal_miser]

He laughs, softly. "Well. Okay, yeah, it wouldn't have factored in for the theoretical snuggle evaluations that would have taken place. Who else would have factored in to these theoretical snuggles? A few people have little to no personal space inhibitions, but I've never wanted to snuggle any of them."

[dark_light]

"It sounds rather as though the only person you even sort of like - on a personal level as opposed to an 'I'd rather you didn't die of dysentery' level, anyway - back in New Kystle is your sister, so she's my only guess."

[prodigal_miser]

"That is sadly accurate. There are a few people I respect, even work together with, but I can't say I personally like any of them. My sister is also not very snuggly."

[dark_light]

"Well, that all adds up to kind of depressing."

[prodigal_miser]

"Yes, but I was trying hard to not make this particularly angsty. I'm currently in a good mood and letting myself fall into self-pity would neatly ruin that."

[dark_light]

Snuggle. "I will help you with your hug debt. And everything else."

[prodigal_miser]

He smiles affectionately, returning snuggles. "Thank you. That's very nice to hear."

[dark_light]

"You seem like a good target of helping. High leverage. And snuggly."

[prodigal_miser]

Adarin snickers. "Mutually beneficial goals are lovely, certainly."

[dark_light]

"Mm-hm. Remind me when you're going to be able to do the second thingamajig?"

[prodigal_miser]

"In a few days. Why, hoping to be rid of me?" he teases.

[dark_light]

"No, I'm going to visit after that, remember? I'm interested to see the place."

[prodigal_miser]

"Aha, I see. Surely there are interesting things to do around here to pass the time? I'd like to see more of this plane, it's fascinating."

[dark_light]

"Oh, of course, I wasn't thinking, of course it's just as interesting to be here for you - let's see, there's the library but it's closed today. Uuuum, we could see a movie?"

[prodigal_miser]

"My translation spell is comparing movies to a one-sided spelled mirror, and cameras? I might need you to explain that one. It sounds interesting, whatever it is."

[dark_light]

"Okay, I explained video cameras, right? Imagine aiming one at a theatrical production. Now, take away the audience, record every scene as many times as you want, and remember you can go back and edit the recording later to put in things that you can't easily do in real life. Movies!"

[prodigal_miser]

"Ah! So it's a play that's pre-recorded. That all makes sense and I think I'd like to see one!"

[dark_light]

"Okay, lemme see what's on today." She unsnuggles just enough to pull out her phone and hold it so he can watch her make the search. "Harry Potter's still out in a couple places, but that's a sequel. Star Trek is... connected to a preexisting series, but this one is a reboot, so it shouldn't be that much less comprehensible than any other science fiction. I think the Wolverine movie requires more background knowledge. I'm not seeing anything that's an obvious good look at what it is actually like to live here, these are all what if we had weird technology or weird magic."

[prodigal_miser]

He is fascinated by the use of the pocket library, and watches curiously. If he makes more trips to this plane (and he's planning to) he's going to want one of those, even if it'll just work when he's here. It looks interesting and he is charmed by it.

"At the risk of sounding exactly as extremely foreign as my accent, is the 'Wolverine' movie about a literal animal? I'm not sure I could take it seriously, if so. But I do like the idea of seeing something with weird technology or magic! It should be interesting, and considering the both of us have just been introduced into a literal 'Weird magic has been dropped onto your lap' situation... Fitting?"

[dark_light]

"Oh! No, it is not about a literal animal. It's about a guy with superpowers whose code name is Wolverine. I don't even know why; his actor's daemon is a dog they made up to look more like a wolf and in the comics it's not a wolverine either, I'm not sure what it was there. Harry Potter is actually about weird magic being dropped into one's lap but the movie that's out now is the sixth. Tomorrow we could get the first one out of the library, though. In Star Trek it is advanced technology, not magic, and the characters are pretty used to it."