rusty paths

[moonsmile]

Moon can't say she likes this place now. It used to be a pretty nice to relax when she needed to take a break from Champion and Beast-training duties, but then the transformation happened. 

Really, she would've thought being part-Meowth for a month would naturally be fun. Instead, it turned her into a warped version of herself almost like Lusamine, and her skin still crawls in disgust when she thinks of it. Moon didn't want to come back.

But Nebbie did. They're the one who steers.

So they're here now, again, human girl and massive bat-moon-creature, hanging on top of and (in Nebbie's case) from one of the higher towers.

The sky's still as beautiful here as it is in Alola.


//quick mention--moon is still from moon, not ultramoon. no spoilers for that, plz!

Comments

[moonsmile]

"Yes. This is a pocket dimension," Moon says confidently. She absolutely stole those words from Gaster. It seems right enough, not being able to fly much further than the castle edge.

Nebbie drops an image into Guardian's head, along with the sensation of--something like heat, like stretching, like falling but somehow almost pleasant.

"The travel we do is still being studied," she continues. "It's easiest to get to places almost like home."

[panaceaa]

Guardian does take a step back at the intrusion -- also reactionary, but far less easily ignored. They return to their previous position though, after the initial surprise has worn off; they won't begrudge Nebbie what's likely the most effect way for them to communicate.

It occurs to them that they could ask if it would be possible to bring Guardian back to their home. Maybe they would, if they had any actual desire to return. As it is, they find themself focusing more on the first part of Moon's statement.

"...Willing study, I hope?" Though they wonder, considering the topic at hand, if the two before Guardian could even be kept somewhere against their will in the first place. That doesn't stop them from being concerned anyway.

[moonsmile]

Moon laughs behind her hand. She doesn't know what Nebbie threw down, they're learning to do one-on-one conversation and getting better at it, and that doesn't stop surprise from being funny. She wishes they jumped enough to rattle that armor, that's her favorite, but not everyone can be Hau.

...And then her smile gets a little sharper. "Of course it is!" Moon's not the kind to use her partners as baubles and things, no matter what abilities they have.

[panaceaa]

...Alright, Guardian could agree that it is a little funny. Certainly worth whatever amusement it affords the girl before them.

But they certainly don't miss the turn her smile takes, and they incline their head towards her, even as they're not sure they understand whatever misstep caused it; they'd assumed her to be included with Nebbie as a pair when it came to the mentioned study. It doesn't occur to them that that isn't the case.

So they change the subject.

"Would you mind, then, telling me about some of the places you've been?" They look to Moon and then Nebbie. "I'll admit, you've piqued my curiosity quite a bit."