Mid-Day

[birdwingsandthings]

That wasn’t too bad. Not the worse thing to have happened to me. But I feel weird.

Also, I did not get a cool scar for it. In cartoons when something like that happens, the hero comes back with a powerup and a BIG scar.

So I have drawn what should have happened.



[Luce feels too weird to actually color anything, so its a simple black and white drawing.]

But anyways, I will be throwing a party soon for any plush friends you might have. Please RSVP so I can make sure they have a hat.

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[birdwingsandthings]

"Right now, I feel like a good place to start would be with them."

The Lord and the Lady.

"And the ghosts. Which is a lot to do, and I guess I should go back into the library soon and see what else I can find."

[shuttersense]

She laughed quietly. He was not one to take things slow at all.

"One thing at a time." She told him. "Try to concentrate on the ghosts. They need your help and your empathy more. With giants, going right for them only gets you stomped underfoot."

Especially with the Lord. And she would hate it if Luce became a crow.

"Try reading more of your book? I'll tell you a little at a time what I know, and what I can do."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Why don't you tell me all now?" he asked, of course he couldn't take things slow. To him 10 minutes was forever from now.

"And what if you worse spikey armor when going against the giant?"

[shuttersense]

"Because it's a lot, and I don't want to overwhelm you. It's a little scary. And it'd be a good reward for when you do your work."

Sadly she would not tell him everything in ten minutes or less.

"Sometimes that just makes the giant mad and makes the giant stomp harder and take it out on the spikey armor person's friends too."

[birdwingsandthings]

"And whats my work?" he questioned now trying to braid some of Rei's hair.

[shuttersense]

She leaned in, and let Luce try to braid her hair. Or just twist it around, depending.

"You're to study the grave minder book and find out what you can do, and what other people can do to help. This means finding things we have to use to help, things we have to do, things like that."

[birdwingsandthings]

"What if the book is being stupid and mysterious like all the other fuck here?"

He mispronouced it, but he was excited for the new word.

[shuttersense]

He might have mispronounced it, but she understood what he said all right. Rei's eyes widened, and she pulled away from his fingers.

"What did you say?" She said it very calmly, and looked him in the eye but...she had the voice. That adult voice that meant someone was in trouble.

[birdwingsandthings]

The adult voice was fully wasted on Luce, but he did know the expression.

"Things are being stupid and mysterious?" trying to figure out what he said wrong.

[shuttersense]

"What you said after that. The word that starts with F." The slightly horrified expression became far more stern and disapproving. "Who told you that word?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Fuck?" he questioned, "I argued with someone on the journals and they used it a lot. I should always learn new words."

[shuttersense]

"Yes. That word. That's a bad word Luce, and your parents would not be happy that you're using it." She rubbed her temples. "This is the person who was hostile to everyone?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Yeah, I got into an argument with him!" Luce chirped frowning. "Why am I being told just now its bad?"

[shuttersense]

"Because I wasn't paying attention to that conversation. It was a waste of my time and attention to give him any attention-and yours too."

She frowned. "Is this the first time you've used it, outside of that argument?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"So ignore him even if he is being stupid?" Luce questioned. "Well, I used it with a boy in town, and thats it?"

He narrowed his eyes trying to remember if he said it any more.


"I am pretty sure thats it."

[shuttersense]

Rei made a face as if pained, before pinching the bridge of her nose. Gods have mercy on her, she was going to have to have this conversation again sometime in the future. It made her wonder if she was going to be a good parent.

"Did he know the word already? Or did you teach it to him? Because I don't want you to use that word. And I don't want you to spread it either. It doesn't make you sound as if you're verbose. Instead, it sounds....like you're trying to hit someone with words. Does that make sense?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"He already knew the word because he didn't seem to care." Luce said, still trying to move back to playing with Rei's hair. At least the pro to this entire situation was that Rei was getting practice now.

"Then why was the huge butt using it all over the place? It seemed like it would be useful because it could be used all over in every part of the sentence."

[shuttersense]

"He might have heard it enough that it lost its shock value." She gently touched his fingers. No hair playing yet, because she wanted his attention. Then he could.

"It's a sign of frustration, yes. But it goes to show that he was being very rude, and that he doesn't have good control over his temper. And that he was trying to get attention-not to mention he wanted to hurt people."

She sighed. "Try not to call people names either. Even if you think they're being rude."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Well, he didn't tell me his name, so I have to call him something." Luce frowned moreso, disappointed he wasn't getting to play with Rei's hair again at the moment. "Well, I wasn't hurt. So he failed there."

[shuttersense]

"Why not call him..."

She frowned, and her eyes rolled up briefly as she thought.

"Kuro?" She said it carefully, so he could read her lips correctly-or close enough.

"He might not have hurt you, but I would have been hurt if I saw that. Or very offended. And you don't want my feelings hurt, right?"

[birdwingsandthings]

Luce sounded it out, it was one of those words that felt fun to say.

"I don't want your feelings hurt because I like you." he frowned. "I was mad when he said cops were useless though."

[shuttersense]

"Good. That's very good." She told him, smiling. Maybe she needed to each him more Japanese, since he liked it so much. Little words, just for fun.

"And I like you too. Do you think he was trying to make you mad for saying that, or did he just say it?"

She didn't know any family relation to cops, though she wouldn't be surprised if Luce had a certain focus on justice.

[birdwingsandthings]

"I don't remember, I just remembered being really mad."

[shuttersense]

She considered that, and nodded, sighing as she let her hand drop. "And that's around the time you swore?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"The first time." the second time he was looking for a word to describe the Lord and Lady.

"One of my Dads is a cop and he works hard."