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Who: whomstever
When: October 14th
Where: Cafeteria, outside, wherever
What: idk
Warnings: gosh, those fox fires sure are still around!

[if anyone happens into the cafeteria this day, they'll likely find a pile of mildly spicy meat handpies, some noodle dishes, some rice, and mooncakes. all of them with some levels of spice to them because in this house, we indulge in our spices until we're sent back home to places where spice is expensive af.

or at least, that's the sentiment of the cook.

who seems to be absent from the cafeteria.

anyway, free hot foods during this mid-autumn day with its chill winds and cooling temperatures and suspiciously flickering lights and whispers in familiar, desperately missed voices. or maybe that's just the wind.]

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I guess that part is a little weird.

[she picks it up, trying to figure out how to pull the strings to make it move.]

But it's still cute. It's not the puppet's fault if stuff was weird.

[he will put his bag of Desi pies aside to help her with situating her hands on the paddles the strings are attached to.]

It's not. Also. My marionettes actually come from far more disturbing methods. So perhaps my perspective's a bit skewed.

And all of mine are dead animal skeletons. So neither of our perspectives are that normal— oh, no, wait. Left hand legs. This is tricky!

It takes practice!

And mine aren't exclusive to animals. But I do make sure that such treatment is thoroughly deserved, first.

I haven't found yet if I can puppet anyone here like we talked about. But I'm pretty sure I could if I had enough power back, especially if I could get in contact with their bones. Human skeletons are the easiest to manipulate since, like, you don't need to study to know how those move. You have one already.

[trying to make the wooden puppet bow like a gentleman]

That is true. It's pretty intuitive.

[watching the marionette move in its jerky motions as she figures that out, but also. tilting his head again and letting his eyes slide to the side like he's just heard something. or someone.]

[leaning around to follow his look when she glances up and finds he's distracted from the COOL TRICK* the marionette is doing

* not moving its legs and arms at the same time]

Is something there?

[there's maybe a flicker of light, that hint of foxfire, out in the field, but he doesn't seem to be moving toward it.]

... no.

Or at least... if there were something...

[trailing off like he lost his train of thought.]

[stops playing with the puppet to loop her arm through his. stay.]

The voices aren't real.

[can has arm. it's nicely healed and everything. mostly.]

I know. Or... I should know.

[pauses and clears his throat like it's suddenly gotten a bit tight before he looks back to her and the puppet, smiling.]

Sorry, you were saying?

I got it to, um...

[how does she move the marionette without letting go of miskatonic. hm. rearranges the puppet so it's sitting on her knee so she can hold her hands lower, and lifts its knees a little like it's swinging its legs. it's a little awkward with its range of movement, but! makes it turn its head and wave.]

I'm not moving my hands at the same time anymore.

Oh? That quick, too.

Hand-eye coordination usually gives the most trouble.

Maybe the knitting paid off extra.

Have you been doing a lot of that?

I'm trying to make a blanket with what's left of the yarn.

That's a lot of knitting...

I feel like I'm going to end up with new calluses from it. The only problem is I can't read and knit at the same time.

Yet.

There's definitely techniques to look away from your hands while knitting.

I tried asking Tuxie to turn the pages for me, but she likes to chew on them.

Ah. That's no good. Cute, though.

Being cute is the thing she’s best at.

That is true. She has very much lived up to that.

... so to speak.

So to speak. I’ve tried to use her to watch stuff for me too, and she’s good for like, checking on an array from a birds’ eye view, but you get dizzy if you try too long. Her field of view is so different! And she does not hold still.

Oh, I bet the aerial perspective is a bit much if you do it too suddenly.

It’s like whoosh! Instant vertigo!

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