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Ariel the aubergine is polishing the ice at UBS arena in New York City. It's the pre-game polish, which is the best one because the stadium is quiet and they can hear the music in their headphones better than at halftime. They're very nice headphones; when you can live in a studio apartment and don't need water or groceries it's a lot easier to make ends meet and then some in the big apple. Ariel twirls elegantly along the ice to the sound of the Les Miserables original Broadway cast, one hand on the wheel and the other pressing the gas pedal with a long stick.
the thread about the aubergine with little arms who drives a zamboni
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"That's good, I suppose. Are you gonna need a place to crash? My apartment is kind of a shoebox but it's not literally a shoebox and it does have a couch."
truer_form
"That's--really nice of you, thank you. I would say I don't want to impose but honestly I kind of do want to impose because my alternative is probably sleeping in a homeless shelter."
"Teach me about magic and I'll call it even."
truer_form
"I probably shouldn't actually teach you to do magic, it's really dangerous for anyone who isn't me, but I can teach you about it, sure. Actually, I bet I could make you a headband or something that would let you see all the time. It'd take a bunch of tries but copying your helmet won't be harder than getting back to my own universe."
"That would be great. I could go to the theater and see the performances instead of just hearing them, I could see Times Square and the ocean and--it would be really great. It wouldn't be exactly like getting to experience the world the same way humans do, but it would be really close."
truer_form
"Then I will definitely do that. And also, if I figure out how to get back and forth between our universes--no promises, I can't be sure it will work, but there's someone else in my universe with a different kind of magic that might be able to let you turn into a human and back."
"Woah, no shit? And I definitely won't get old and creaky or anything?"
truer_form
"I definitely would not do anything that might result in you getting old and creaky. Like I said, I can't promise anything there, it's a lot more complicated than copying the thing that lets you see, but--I've seen it work for other nonhumans where I come from." Technically not false, and she doesn't want to get into the question of her own species just yet, even if Ariel seems more likely to get it than anyone other than Bella.
"That'd be mad cool. Even just eyes that don't weigh a hundred pounds would be mad cool. And you just need pencil and paper?"
truer_form
"Yup. And a protractor but the kind of art stores that have giant paper should have those too."
"Then as soon as I've done the halftime cleanup, let's do it!"
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