Third Drop ❂ Voice / Action

[mybloodisblack]

[The voice you hear over the journals is quiet, and slow.. Quiet enough that it almost sounds like he doesn't want to be heard, and slow enough that it sounds like he doen't even want an answer. But, curious enough that he wants answers.]

I have...two questions...

...How do people make friends? A-and how does someone not scare people away if they are just telling the truth?


[Once that is done and over with, Crona places his journal facing away from him. He's not sure if he wants the answers. But for the first time, he can be seen sitting in plain view of anybody out near the middle of the village. It's taken him quiet a while to stop hiding from anything that moves, and he doesn't like being completely alone anymore.

But that doesn't stop him from drawing circles on the ground with a stick. One around him, one around the journal, then other small ones because he has nothing better to do. No actual drawings come out of this, but he is pleased with himself.]
 

Comments

[contaeoro]

The scary folk tend to come out during the time. Also, if they get drunk, they can be rowdy too.

[mybloodisblack]

Oh...does that happen here too?

[contaeoro]

I haven't seen it yet, but it might.

[mybloodisblack]

I hope not.

[contaeoro]

Can you defend yourself?

[mybloodisblack]

Yeah. I have a weapon.

[contaeoro]

[He's a little surprised to hear that, but then again, he also isn't. He knew kids back home who carried weapons; maybe it was that sort of world.]

I see. Well, you take care of yourself now.

[mybloodisblack]

[Well, if he wasn't stuck with one, he probably wouldn't have one at all.]

Okay.

[contaeoro]

... You try doing that talking thing. With me, I tend to make friends when I talk to people.

[mybloodisblack]

I'm not very good at talking to people...

[contaeoro]

You're talkin' to me just fine, aren't you?

[mybloodisblack]

That's just because I'm talking through a book...

[contaeoro]

Is it easier to talk through the book?

[mybloodisblack]

Yes...being around people is scary.

[contaeoro]

I suppose it can be. But I guess talking to people through the book is a step.

[mybloodisblack]

That's what a lot of people said.

[contaeoro]

What do you think? You think there's credibility in numbers?

[mybloodisblack]

...I guess so?

[contaeoro]

If a lot of folks are saying it, there must be something about it that's right.

[mybloodisblack]

I guess that's true...

[contaeoro]

Will it help you to believe us, do you think?

[mybloodisblack]

...A little.

[contaeoro]

Then it'd make me glad if you held onto that little bit and tried to believe us, then it might help you out even more.

[mybloodisblack]

...I can try..?

[contaeoro]

That's the spirit. I'm sure you'll be fine.