Mind of a child

[replicatedcourage]

Who: Sola and OPEN!
Where: Around town
What: Groceries and thought bubbles
When: Monday morning
Style: Action but I'll follow if you choose to change
Status: TOTALLY OPEN

[Sola feels great.

Living with Signless and Psiioniic makes him happy, Ion visiting and sometimes sleeping over makes him happy, and even the novelty of waking up to this strange bubble that lets him see what he's thinking is incredibly neat. He experimented with it a bit on discovering it. He tried to pop it with a pin but the surface just caved under the point and sprung back when he removed it. He tried squishing it with his hands but all that did was distend and warp the images that appeared inside. He even tried to melt it with water but aside from the images inside it becoming runny for the time it was in the spray of the shower, nothing really came of it. Still, being able to see his own thoughts visually, even as they were displayed in rudimentary crayon drawings, is so cool.

More cheerful than he'd been in weeks, Sola decides to show his gratitude to his roommates/caretakers and sets out to get groceries, calling farewell to those still in the hive so they know where he's going and colorful crayon thought bubble in tow.]

((ooc: feel free to run across Sola in the plaza, the store, or enroute to either of those places!))

Comments

[a_violent_end]

Oh.

[Well, that's exactly what Shizuo did not want to know. Why would Sola bother being friends with Izaya after what he went through? Not that Shizuo needs to ask that question - he knows Izaya well enough to know the answer. His thought bubble scrambles through illegible words as he wards off any memory of that event, and finally settles on thinking about a slumber party.

Shizuo's never been to a slumber party before. He holds onto that thought instead of thinking about other things.]

I won't tell. I promise.

[And he won't. He isn't interested in compromising Izaya or Sola, however uncomfortable that tidbit of information makes him. Shizuo looks away from Sola's thought bubble and toward the aisle of groceries, trying not to focus too deeply on anything in particular.]

A slumber party sounds fun, though.

[Even if his tone isn't particularly enthused at the moment.]

[replicatedcourage]

You're not just saying that? 'Cause you look grumpy. Though I guess you always look kind of grumpy...

[Sola's thought bubble is taken up with Shizuo's big grumpy head, though there's little eggplants dancing in the corners as the Hylian remembers why he was here at the store in the first place.]

[a_violent_end]

I wouldn't just say it.

[He sounds even grumpier at the suggestion, his bubble reporting that he doesn't lie - unlike...others...]

I won't tell. And I'm not always grumpy.

[His thought bubble begins to make a list of things that make him happy, including Izaya. And cake. And milk. And Zelda, though that only flashes in his bubble for an instant.]

[replicatedcourage]

Okay not always but you're grumpy a lot!

[Thoroughly distracted now because his stomach his rumbling, Sola peers down at the vegetables, eggplants dancing all over in his bubble.]

Uh... how do you pick a good eggplant?

[a_violent_end]

[Is he really grumpy that often? Shizuo's bubble wonders if Sola's biased because Shizuo hit him with a park bench before. But then it starts musing over the question.

Shizuo probably isn't the best authority on eggplants, but there are a couple of obvious points.]

Look for one that isn't too soft and that isn't brown. No holes or anything like that. Want help?

[He starts walking in the direction of the produce.]

I feel like this is about done, you?

[replicatedcourage]

[Sola takes Shizuo's hand without thinking, tugging him towards the produce that much faster, bubble still dancing with eggplants.]

Yeah! Show me which ones are good, okay?

Sounds good! And aww the cute

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo doesn't expect Sola to take his hand, but he doesn't pull it away. Instead, he allows himself to be pulled to the produce.]

Okay, sure.