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On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
shesepankh
shesepankh
"...Oh wow. Did Mrs. Adams have to haul me off of - oh wow. Okay, I should not stand directly over people while doing fairy princess healing magic, noted, I'm sorry."
castmyown
"She did," confirms Darren. "It's okay, it wasn't your fault, you didn't hurt me or anything. It was just - um." Lovely? Snuggly? Adorable? Making him feel strange things that he has no idea how to handle?
"Odd," he provides, instead.
"Odd," he provides, instead.
castmyown
Well. That just - went absolutely terribly. Good job, Darren.
"... Sorry, I um..." He has absolutely no idea what to say, so he just sort of trails off.
"... Sorry, I um..." He has absolutely no idea what to say, so he just sort of trails off.
shesepankh
"It's okay, I mean, now I know that I should be in, like, crash position if I am around someone severely injured, right? Good to know."
castmyown
"I suppose so, yeah. Though I honestly hope there isn't a situation where there are more severely injured people."
Meanwhile, in Darren's head: He is an idiot. He is such an idiot, he could have picked any word choice and he went with odd and now things are awkward.
Meanwhile, in Darren's head: He is an idiot. He is such an idiot, he could have picked any word choice and he went with odd and now things are awkward.
castmyown
"Hoping against that one, too. Crossing my fingers, for all the good that is going to do. I really hope I can figure out how to make luck charms, they would be so useful."
castmyown
"I thought it was going to be this weekend? Soon as possible without skipping school entirely and being away from various other helpful critters, and all."
castmyown
"... Okay, that one I have no idea about! Um... Morning, so we can have a longer period of time at the Avalon. Driving? Composition - you and I should both go, probably also our dads. Savannah too, maybe."
shesepankh
"I guess we ask her, and I see if Charlie will have the day off - do humans who go into Avalons get crap about it?"
castmyown
"Not really. I mean I think they have some trouble getting in, but... Other than that, no?"
shesepankh
"So I, what, go to the door and hug his arm and pat him on the shoulder with a paw and say 'this is my dad he knows things'?"
castmyown
"Yeah, then it'll work, no problem. It's just if he tries to go by himself it might be an issue."
shesepankh
"Right. We should probably take this car. Charlie's only got the cruiser, which, I don't know if you've ever ridden around in a cop car, but it gets you weird looks if you are not obviously a cop. And I cannot rock the 'stache."
castmyown
Darren giggles. "I've never ridden around in a cop car. I kind of want to try it, now. Do you think I could rock the mustache? I think I could pull it off."
He could not pull it off.
He could not pull it off.
shesepankh
"I do not think you should try growing a mustache, but if you want to see if Charlie will drive us to Seattle in the cruiser we can ask."