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Eliza comes skipping up to Luce's door, before pausing. Both the book she's holding and the creature she has tucked under an arm are kind of taking up most of her space, so she's not quite sure how to knock on the door. Not to mention that she's not sure if Luce will be able to hear a knock...
It takes a bit, but finally she sets the book down for now and knocking somewhat harder on the door. She also moves to stand in front of a window and wave in hopes that Luce might notice her.
It takes a bit, but finally she sets the book down for now and knocking somewhat harder on the door. She also moves to stand in front of a window and wave in hopes that Luce might notice her.
When Luce sees Eliza he runs to open his door. "Eliza!" he said with a smile, "Come in, I was having tea." Well, a tea party with his plush toys. "You can-" and then he saw the creature.
"Oh- whats that?"
"Oh- whats that?"
She holds it up so he can see it better. "It's an armadillo! From the world beyond that door Zephyr made! It's harmless, too. Plus I brought a book about some of the other creatures in that place!"
"That is so cool." he said with a smile. "Whats its name?" after all it needed a name if it were going to live on this side of the magical gate that he purposely been avoiding.
Luce moved to tap on the shell.
Luce moved to tap on the shell.
"I didn't give it one yet," notes Eliza. "I was thinking you'd want to be the one to choose, since it's going to be yours, after all!"
"I get to name it?" He said, eyes wide. He never had a pet before, so he never had the privilege of naming a living thing. This was something he would have to think long and hard on, after all names were something to help describe someone. Some even said personalities could be formed around a name. Parents thought long and hard on what to name their children, to see what traits they would want and what would go with the family name.
Luce looked at it as he kept on petting the shelled creature, as his eyes widened as he finally thought of a name.
"Its name will be Armadillo."
Luce was not very good at naming things.
Luce looked at it as he kept on petting the shelled creature, as his eyes widened as he finally thought of a name.
"Its name will be Armadillo."
Luce was not very good at naming things.
Eliza blinks a few times, but then nods. After all, there are a lot of people who call their Pokemon by species names, so it's not too odd to her. She pets it a bit as well. "I think that works! It's not like there are any other armadillos around her to get mixed up with!"
"If more appear, maybe we can paint this one. Like I seen people do with snail shells."
Eliza nods. "Yeah! That depends on if people want to bring more over though." She decides not to mention what exactly they're doing to the other ones over there. "Although I guess they're pretty easy to catch." And hard to kill...
It was good Eliza didn't mention that or else Luce would have decided to go on a mission to save all the Armadillos.
"Its cool though, everyone should want one, right Armadillo?" he turned to ask the creature that was now sniffing around a little. It didn't seem to respond to Luce as it sat down between the Luce and Eliza.
"I am glad you brought it to me, thank you."
"Its cool though, everyone should want one, right Armadillo?" he turned to ask the creature that was now sniffing around a little. It didn't seem to respond to Luce as it sat down between the Luce and Eliza.
"I am glad you brought it to me, thank you."
"No problem!" says Eliza, before pausing for a bit. "Oh, and you mentioned a tea party?"
Luce's eyes widen as a smile appeared on his face. "Yes, I was having one with a few of my friends." Well, plush friends. "You and Armadillo can come meet them and join up if you like."
With that he picked up Armadillo as well as he could and headed inside to his home. When Eliza steps in, she could see how everything was painted bright and friendly colors, everything was made for someone of Luce's size and nothing he could hurt himself on.
And by his bed was a low table set up for a tea party, and occupying three of the chairs were a plush bird, a plush frog and a plush green dog.
With that he picked up Armadillo as well as he could and headed inside to his home. When Eliza steps in, she could see how everything was painted bright and friendly colors, everything was made for someone of Luce's size and nothing he could hurt himself on.
And by his bed was a low table set up for a tea party, and occupying three of the chairs were a plush bird, a plush frog and a plush green dog.
Eliza smiles as she looks around at the house. It's really quite nice, even if a bit small proportionally for her. She smiles even wider when she sees the three plush guests, and after a bit does a curtsying motion.
"Thank you very much for inviting me," she says. "And who are these three?"
"Thank you very much for inviting me," she says. "And who are these three?"
"These are Bird, Frog and Dog. I always had known Bird, but I met Dog and Frog at the castle."
"The castle?" asks Eliza curiously, even as she tries to find a spot to sit down that won't crowd her legs too much. "It's good that you were able to find more friends there, though!"
Luce went to get Eliza a cup and poured some tea into it and brought it over to her. The cup, like everything else, was brightly colored and had a bird pattern on it. "The place I was before here that took me from home.":
"Thanks," says Eliza automatically as she accepts the tea. She lets it swirl around a bit before taking a small sip. "What was it like?"
"I was in the gardens a lot, so I only heard of all the bad things, like the kids being turned into birds. I died once." he is very nonchalant about that.
"I am just glad I came back to life as me."
"I am just glad I came back to life as me."
Eliza chokes on her tea. "Wh-what?" she exclaims. "H-how did that happen? Who did it?" Who does she have to kill if they ever show up here, she doesn't ask. At least the stammering doesn't show up in her illusionary subtitles.
"I knew it was going to happen." he said, "Because I had to be judged. And she takes out people's hearts. Its okay though, I died before that three times." Talking about his previous lives was easy now.
The hims-not-hims.
The hims-not-hims.
"Who judged you?" growls Eliza. She's trying not to let her anger show too much, but she can't believe someone would apparently kill a little kid over this ind of "judgement."
"Wait, what do you mean, before that?"
"Wait, what do you mean, before that?"
"She is called the Hearteater. She is one of the many ghosts stuck in the castle. I feel bad for her." Luce frowned as he sat down at his table and looked at Frog and Dog.
"I had lives before this one." he said with a frown. "I remember their memories at times."
"I had lives before this one." he said with a frown. "I remember their memories at times."
"...huh," says Eliza, a bit more softly. She supposes that with a ghost literally called "Hearteater," you get what you expect. She decides to move away from that subject for now, though.
"Really? What...what kind of lives were they?"
"Really? What...what kind of lives were they?"
"One life watched a lot, and one life was hurt a lot so he wanted to hurt others, and the third life was very angry." Luce reached over to grab Bird and cuddle the plush. Lux, Luce and Luke, the three hims before him.
"I am still learning about them though."
"I am still learning about them though."
[Hey, stranger kid, Xanthous doesn't know you at all so that means the package for Luce is much more bare bones than those for anyone else.
Inside he'll find a pair of mittens and a beanie, but there's no note to be found. Too many people have been showing up in bulk, okay, Xanthous doesn't have this sort of time any more.]
Inside he'll find a pair of mittens and a beanie, but there's no note to be found. Too many people have been showing up in bulk, okay, Xanthous doesn't have this sort of time any more.]
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