The 35th Song

[tangledintower]

...I'm lonely.

I mean, I guess I've been lonely for a long time. Growing up, it was me and Mother for years, and nobody else. Then Pascal showed up, but for the longest time, I really didn't know...well, anybody.

I can't really get over that, you know? I still don't feel like I really know anybody, or anything...Mother said that I was gullible and naive, and she's probably right. She knows more people than I do. And maybe those are just things that come with being lonely.

...I don't really know why I'm talking about this. I shouldn't feel like this, not know, not when I'm out of the tower and actually living and meeting people and making friends, but...

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[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[Okay, now Neil is really curious.]

Is it, like, magic or something?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Uhhh...yes...

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Whoa, for real? [He was half-kidding!] That's awesome!

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[And here comes the embarrassment...]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

What? What's wrong?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Nothing...

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

You don't have to be embarrassed or whatever. Magic's cool.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

...It's supposed to be a secret...it needs to be protected from people who could abuse it...I'm not really supposed to show off...

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, y'know, it's cool. You don't have to.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

No. I want to show you. I'm tired of having a gift I can never use to help people because I'm afraid of people.

[You better be hurt though. Not badly, but enough to actually show what she can do.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

I'm, like, the last person you need to be afraid of.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

I'm learning that. It's good to know I have at least 3 people I can trust absolutely completely....I mean, I do trust other people, I...telling people about my hair is sort of new.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can totally trust me. I-- did you say your hair?

[He sounds more curious than anything. That's not what he was expecting to hear.]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Ah...yeah, I did.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

What... about your hair...?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Uh...

Well...I guess I can just show you...?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Sure.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Meet you in the park later...?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah. I'll be there.

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[Switch to action~.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[And the park is where Neil will be waiting, sitting on a park bench, attention focused determinedly on his DS Lite. She might have to get his attention-- he's doing WarioWare minigames and is kind of in the zone.]

[Switch to action~.]

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

[tap tap shoulder tap]

...Neil?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

[He glances up sharply. Right, reality! Back to that.]

Oh, hey! [He smiles and snaps the DS closed.] So. Magic?

[tangledintower.livejournal.com]

Yes, magic!

[She smiles and sits down next to Neil.]

First off, have you hurt yourself lately?

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Uhmm... [He thinks for a moment, and then extends his arm to show a long, thin blister on his forearm.] Burned myself on the oven when I tried to make cookies. Does that count?