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1205 Banana Bread Drive

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[telecosmetic]

"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!"

[birdwingsandthings]

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.":

[telecosmetic]

"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?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"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."

[telecosmetic]

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.

[birdwingsandthings]

"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.

[telecosmetic]

"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?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"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."

[telecosmetic]

"...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?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"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."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods in understanding. "Well, um...I...I hope it's not too scary or anything, learning about your other lives. And...and I guess if you want you can talk to me about it if you learn more?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Its weird. That there were other mes before me?" he frowned. "What would you do if there were other yous before you?"

[telecosmetic]

"Well...maybe I'd do better in the classes where we were learning history," says Eliza with a bit of a smile. Although she is also giving the question more serious consideration. "I...I guess I'd try and figure out what they did wrong, and not do it again. Although...sometimes bad decisions can have good results too..."

[birdwingsandthings]

"It seemed like two of them just kept messing everything up." Luce admitted with a frown. "I should just ignore them and do what I want."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza nods, resting her chin on her own hand. "That sounds like a good idea," she agrees. "You have your own life to live now, after all."

[birdwingsandthings]

"Besides, they were all dumb somehow."

[telecosmetic]

"Oh? What are some of the dumbest things they did?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"First me ate a potato raw." Which was just darn silly. "Second Me just stayed in a bad place and refused to leave even though he didn't like it." Luce didn't quite get the second life just couldn't leave. "And third me- well, I haven't seen him do anything dumb yet."

[telecosmetic]

Since all Eliza has is Luce's words to go on, she doesn't quite get the nuance there either. Although she giggles a bit at the first life's actions. "Just one potato? Or more?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"A lot until he was shown they are better cooked."

[telecosmetic]

"Well," chuckles Eliza. "It's good that someone explained to him. And now you won't make the same mistake, right?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"I don't think I would have even if I didn't know what a potato was." You just don't eat random things after all.

[telecosmetic]

An important piece of knowledge, indeed. Still, she chuckles a bit. "That's good. Do you like potatoes, too, still?"

[birdwingsandthings]

"Potatoes are the best food." Luce chirped back. "Chips, fries, mashed- It is all good."

[telecosmetic]

Eliza smiles, although she looks curious. "Can you find a lot of them here?" she asks. If not, she might have to wish up some seeds for him, or whatever you use to grow potatoes.