AERITH GAINSBOROUGH

[situationship]

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[residentflorist]

Nope. [she trusts people, but she's not stupid.] But I think all of us have the potential to be since we know what's at stake here. It's going to depend on how much trust we give each other to begin with.

[situationship]

[ Nod, nod. ]

Well, I trust everyone enough to not want to die.

[residentflorist]

[that's more than what aerith can say for some people, but she nods anyway.]

After hearing about the ritual I'd hope so. But if we're here for too long...[some people might go insane.]

[situationship]

[ He's going to staple them to life because dying would be an inconvenience to all of them.

Waits for her to continue her thought. ]

[residentflorist]

[well. yes that's one way to do it.]

People could start to get really desperate to do anything to escape.

[situationship]

... I hope cannibalism doesn't become involved.

[ This is a joke. ]

[residentflorist]

[it's a joke, but also.]

Let's not give anyone any sudden ideas, okay?

[situationship]

Lips sealed!

[ Hands up and "FUTURE" shows up again. ]

Who'd be the first person to take a bite out of another. Go.

[ Funny morbid scenarios are okay? ]

[residentflorist]

[she wants to ask about the future instead of thinking about eating their new friends, but it's fine!]

Karma. [immediately just pinpointing the feral child.]

[situationship]

[ She can ask whenever she finds the opportunity. ]

He'd use people as leech feed.

[residentflorist]

[she will but now she's scared about leeches?]

Is that better or worse, actually?

[situationship]

This is just like a half-full or half-empty question.

[ IT IS NOT ]

[residentflorist]

Aren't those questions usually reserved for situations where one outcome is actually better than the other? These are both kind of bad!

[situationship]

Well, in one of them you're technically alive.

[ So! ]

[residentflorist]

At least until the leeches bleed you dry...does that really count in this case?

[situationship]

It'd take a while and that means time to possibly escape.

[ Yeah! ]

[residentflorist]

If those are my only two choices, then I guess leeches it is. [a beat.] That isn't permission to actually bring leeches anywhere near me.

[situationship]

I'm anti-leeches.

[ to be clear ]

[residentflorist]

As opposed to Karma being pro-leeches? [she does sort of sigh tiredly.] Maybe we should find a better way to get people to stop bringing the leeches out of the swamp and leave them where they belong.

[situationship]

I wonder if we can ask the goats to eradicate them. They can live in the swamp, but keep our stream clean!

[ The word "future" floats elsewhere on him. ]

[residentflorist]

[i'm GETTING THERE HEI.]

If they're able to do other small favors for us, it's worth a try. [her eyes do, in fact, settle on the word again.]

...Gojo, are you aware your tattoo is moving?

[assigns it as traveling tattoo.]

[situationship]

[ I AM NOT PRESSURING STOP YOU DON'T NEED TO i just know i can probably forget after sleeping ]

I requested something already, so it may need to wait until next week. [ looks at word, i guess? ] Oh... Becoming an adult is so scary...

[residentflorist]

[that is fair, but i want to know.]

I kinda wanna know what, but maybe that's a surprise for later. [because. being an adult is a time. she's silent for a moment as she decides how to phrase this.] Are you worried about growing up? Or what will happen to the future as a whole?

[situationship]

It's not really special, just something to charge my cellphone.

[ HIS ENRICHMENT OF SCROLLING THROUGH HIS PHOTOS LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT

How long can he pretending to be a baby ]

Growing up is eh, it'll happen. Changing a society will be hard and will take time. It's stuff like that.

[ Daunting. ]

[residentflorist]

Oh. It might not be special but it could be helpful for later. [his ENRICHMENT and she's out here thinking COMMUNICATION.

anyway. she seems to be assessing him with that.]

Is it up to you to change a whole society? [curious. she doesn't say that it doesn't have to be just him or question what that means, she's asking what this is to him.]