Poppin' Arms ~ Cafeteria

[Dragonfree]

"It's a food. Like the one I have." Mia didn't lift her hotdog or make any move to show it to Ivy, just held it where it was. "They're made with a lot of salt so they trick your brain into wanting them, and then you put sauces on them with even more. Dave likes to give me hotdogs because it's an excuse to talk to me."

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Is that a hotdog?" Ivy asked, her eyes glowing a smidge brighter when they fell on the sandwich in the other familiar's scythes.

"What's it taste like? Ivy wants a hot dog too." Ivy drooled while she leaned towards the hot dog. If she had a stomach, it would have growled louder than a loudred at that moment.

 

[Dragonfree]

“You can buy another one. The God Squad is paying so we can eat as much as we want.”

Mia wondered how a familiar could drool. It must just be part of the body goop. She tried to do it herself.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Okay!" Ivy quickly dashed off and returned with a pile of hot dogs on a tray and shoved it onto the cafeteria table.

"Look, Ivy has so many hot dogs now!" she chirped. In reality she'd made a mistake with her order, but she resolved herself to eat everything nonetheless.

"You haven't told Ivy your name yet." Ivy gave the other familiar a curious glance, then she grabbed a hotdog and pushed the whole thing into her mouth in a single gulp. "It tastes good."

 

[Dragonfree]

“I’m Mia,” she said, watching Ivy eat. After a moment she asked, “Why do you talk like that? You say your name a lot. Like the Pokémon in cartoons.”

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Hmm? Ivy doesn't know what a cartoon is? Is it a food too?" Ivy tilted her head at Mia before downing another hot dog.

 

[Dragonfree]

“No, it’s something on TV.” Did Cynthian’s world have TVs? “Made-up stories. Do you have those?”

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Something on TV? What's a TV?" Ivy asked grimacing.

"Ivy doesn't know. Maybe Cynthian would have known, but she's gone now... Ivy misses Cynthian, but Ivy won't forget Cynthian!" Ivy said with a huff.

 

[Dragonfree]

“Why would you forget her? She’ll only be gone for a little while.” Mia squinted at Ivy.

 

[Adamhuarts]

Ivy blinked twice. "... Eh?"

 

[Dragonfree]

“When Team Spectrum members die their spirits just go into Diyem. He can’t bring them back from there right now because he’s a Charmander but we’re going to get him the power he needs so he can make them new bodies.” She paused. “Souls don’t exist in my world. Are there souls in yours?”

 

[Adamhuarts]

"What are you talking about? This is Ivy's world! And when is Diyem bringing Cynthian back?!" Ivy asked anxiously.

 

[Dragonfree]

Mia tilted her head. “Is your world not Cynthian’s world? Do you not have memories from there? I remember Dave’s world. It was another me there but I still remember it.”

Maybe Ivy was different. A lot of things in Cibus didn’t work the same way for everyone.

“They said we all need to recover first. And then we can go to the Tree of Life. Diyem can get power from there but Maple doesn’t like that because a different Dark Matter once went to the Tree of Life to destroy the world.”

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Oh, that is true. Another dark matter also hurt Cynthian really bad. Ivy helped Cynthian with her nightmares." Ivy went quiet for some time and went on to eat a couple more hot dogs.

"Ivy remembers when Ivy was a shade. It was weird... Ivy didn't even know who Ivy was that time. Now, Ivy is a part of Cynthian."

 

[Dragonfree]

Dave had told her about nightmares once. Mia didn't dream, or at least didn't remember them if she did. "Were they nightmares about teeth? Dave said that's common but it sounds very weird."

 

[Adamhuarts]

"They weren't nightmares about teeth. Ivy isn't allowed to tell you what they were about. It is Cynthian's secret..."

 

[Dragonfree]

Mia shrugged. "I remember being a shade a bit. But mostly I remember the other me. I don't remember being her but I remember everything Dave remembers about her."

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Oooooh. What would happen if you met the other you? Would you be friends and share hot dogs? It sounds fun!" Ivy chirped.

 

[Dragonfree]

"The other me is dead. It's too bad. I could have sparred with her." Scythes couldn't permanently harm her body. And she could make hers blunter so they wouldn't hurt her human body. That would be good. "I would have to make myself bigger, though."

 

[Adamhuarts]

"That's so sad, Mia. Would you like a hug to feel better?" Ivy asked, flowers already raised to offer one.