♠ second encounter ♠

[ex_shiftings982]

There's a unicorn in the zoo -- !

[ The feed takes in the blurred blur of grass and trees and everything else before Raven beams through the camera, chin buried in an extraordinarily fluffy scarf. She's sitting on a park bench, foot tapping happily as she talks looking more content than she has in weeks. ]

I would have totally started with that. Forget the curses and the monsters and the weird god people, nobody mentioned the unicorn and that's like - [ Free hand flailing, covered only in blue cut-off gloves. ] A bazillion times better. It's a unicorn.

[ Her eyes are kind of the earnest only excitable young people get - because it is a fairy tale creature and she grew up with a boy in a mansion, there's bound to be a level of ... fantasy about her thoughts. ]

Comments

video:

[charring]

Isn't it lovely?

video:

[ex_shiftings982]

It's totally the best thing I've seen in a long time.

Re: video:

[charring]

Have you seen the turtleducks?

[If not, she's sending Raven an image file.]

[had_not_lived]

You might be surprised, it can be a dangerous animal.

video:

[ex_shiftings982]

What, no!

[ Then there's just an adorable little awh sound coming from Raven, happy and amused. ]

I need to go and liberate them right now.

[ex_shiftings982]

I know, I mean I wouldn't want to be on the other end of it's horn. But it's still cute.

[had_not_lived]

Well, I guess I can't disagree.

[ex_shiftings982]

I'm Raven, by the way, kind of new which is why I'm exploring and totally into the whole unicorn thing. I've never seen one before.

Re: video:

[charring]

They're at the pond. I was gonna go by there and feed them if you want to come with. I think the mama duck's latest nest just hatched.

[had_not_lived]

Well, then, welcome to the City, Raven! I'd never seen one before I came here, either, so I can understand being excited.

[Getting trampled by one kind of lessens your enthusiasm, but he really, really doesn't want to talk about it.]

My name's Neil.

[infernoandhearth]

I've heard it's been rampaging before.

video:

[ex_shiftings982]

Where shall I meet you?

[ Because Raven is not passing up the idea of seeing those specimens of adorable cuteness. ]

[ex_shiftings982]

[ It's all right, she doesn't expect the story would be trampling so she won't ask. ]

How long have you been here, Neil?

[ex_shiftings982]

[ She's kind of already adopted him into her friends with no real inkling as to why, so have a bright grin. ]

But it's super cute! Like, how can something be so white and majestic and then charge everyone down? That's not cool.

[infernoandhearth]

[He does some mock thinking.]

Perhaps it became infuriated by the lack of available City virgins.

Re: video:

[charring]

I'm at the Dragon today. Repairs are pretty much done. It's just clean up. We can meet there and I can make food for us, too.

[had_not_lived]

Let's see, it'll be... Four years next month, actually.

[ex_shiftings982]

Nobody told me the City was all about the free-love.

[ She's laughing though. ] Wow, the welcome committee left out all the good stuff.

perma-action

[ex_shiftings982]

Awesome.

[ She gives a little wave and turns the device off, tightens her scarf and sets out towards the teashop. It isn't far and Raven's used to walking so she makes it in good time, smiling as the bell rings when she enters. ]

Hey.

[ex_shiftings982]

Wow.

That long, seriously? Haven't you gone mad yet? I've only been here a month and already I want to like ... [ Shrugging helplessly. At least she has Charles but it still feels like so much has been left unanswered. ]

[unwheeled]

[ Charles is going to completely and utterly ignore that conversation between Luke and Raven. For his already frayed sanity, you see. ]

You should make note of your favorites and we'll go see them together, how does that sound?

[ex_shiftings982]

[ You mean you don't approve of her sexual revolution, Charles? But she switches to text to help him out. ]

Have you been the zoo yet? Or is it too far away from the books?

[ Video ]

[bettercallit]

There's no other creature quite like it.

[unwheeled]

[ He approves. Theoretically. He might be developing a headache in practice.]

Well, no, I didn't know there was a zoo and at the moment it's less than ideal.

[ To be around people, really. ]

[ Video ]

[ex_shiftings982]

Apart from the turtleducks!

[ Everything is now fascinating to Raven. Including the handsome man on the other end of the video. ] Hi.