frost_jewel | 16. [voiced]

[It’s been a long few days since the Kin’corrans went “home”; Mia doesn’t remember most of them. Since the 31st she’s been, for the most part, sound asleep in the battledome clinic, trying to recover from…well, everything. Dealing with the fire didn’t help, leaving her spent and dehydrated and coughing. The time she’s spent awake, though, convinced her that things in the village were getting back to normal.

So her first mission of the day, after waking and sorting herself out, is to find something to do that will alleviate this boredom and, just perhaps, help make her case for just going home to lie about there instead.]

I know it has been very difficult and busy in the village just recently. Given the date, it will only stay busy. If it is at all possible, though, I would ask a small favor: would anyone be willing to bring a few books from the library to the battle dome clinic? I promise to return them at the first opportunity. …Once I’m done with them, that is.

While I am thinking about it…well, I would not mind a little company either. I want to hear that everyone is all right.

[Missing out on more than a day always leaves her too disoriented for her liking.]

[[ooc: ~~We interrupt the delicious intro train to bring you~~ If you work in the clinic and would like to have that argument about going home, step right up! She's a patient woman.]]

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[This has been one of her most interesting Luceti conversations to date. Caius doesn't know if he's going or coming and frankly neither does Mia.]

If you start practicing now, you should be good enough not to fall when winter really arrives.

That's true, the sooner I give it a go the faster I'll be able to get the hang of it...

[His voice trails off as he;s left wondering how the heck he can program ice into the battle dome. He's done a field before, and some basic monsters, but nothing more complex than that. Technology man, technology.]

[It'll work out. Mia can program Imil and that is all the ice you could ever ask for, plus some snow. And more ice.]

Don't be surprised if you do fall a lot at first. Ice is very unpredictable for new skaters.

It'll be fine, it sounds like all you have to do is stand and move around on the ice. As long as I'm careful I'll be able to do it!

[And he is the most careful of people out there... You can't fall through programmed in ice, right? He might just end up doing that.]

[Between the two of them? They could probably try for unbreakable ice and end up with sand instead.]

It's...just a bit more complicated than that. But don't worry, I know you'll get it.

[Watch as he tries to skate on sand instead, even after pointing out the obvious and mentioning the sand is sand, not ice.

This is going to be horrifying.]

Thanks Mia, then we can go skating together without you having to show me what to do first! Once I work out how to make ice in here I'll give it a go.

Oh. Did you not want me to show you? It is easier to learn from someone who already knows how, but of course I understand if you just want to do it on your own.

I was thinking of trying it myself so you didn't have to bother teaching me how to do it.

[Plus that's one less thing off Mia's mind. Put all that energy into resting and not thinking about skating!]

If it's complicated like you said it is then maybe it's better I watch you first. Later.

We can do it in a few days. I'll be well-rested by then.

Okay, but if you're not better in a few days then don't be stupid and push yourself into it. We can do it whenever!

I would never offer at a time when I wasn't feeling my best. I promise.

All right, as long as you're sure since you're promising and everything. [...] I'll look forward to it!

So will I. Oh! And it will be cold, so you should bring a coat with you.

I'll be fine, the cold is nothing to me! We were on that mission together where it was freezing cold, you should know that I'll be okay.

Forgive me; my mind was on other things during that mission. [She hardly noticed the cold as anything more than a hazard. It felt nice. Refreshing, even.]

At least it is a simulation and you can't freeze if you fall into the water.

Uh, well yeah, it's not like I was concentrating on just the cold or anything. I was thinking about the hostage, the train and everything else too. [The entire time there he barely even noticed the cold. Heck, he even gave his coat away to Shikamaru.]

That's true. Simulations are strange. Useful and fun, but strange when you think about them.

Very strange. None of it is real but you could never feel the difference.

You think so? I've tried making fields and other places from home there before. Something always feels different.

[But maybe that's because he isn't very good at the whole programming/technology thing.]

[The only thing she is good at is making Imil. So she wouldn't know about the other ones.]

Perhaps I don't have a very good sense of it, then.

I'm sure your senses are fine. Maybe I'm just not remembering it right or something.

[It's been nine months after all. Some of those finer details about home have been forgotten.]

I trust your memory, Caius.

... Heh. That's more than can be said about Rubia and what she thought of my memory. [She thought he sucked at remembering things BUT REALLY SHE SUCKED AT REMEMBERING THINGS- ahem.]

Do you ever forget things about home?

Well...I don't know. Sometimes I feel like I'm forgetting what home feels like. Or how my friends' voices sound.

Yeah! That's what I was talking about before, how it feels different. My friends voices are still in my head though.

[Rubia nagging hi,. Tilkis teasing them both. Forest, Arria... His brother.]

So are mine. I do wonder if the sounds are true, though.

Let's not dwell on something sad, all right?

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