04 | if I feel God judging me

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you!
Setting: Floor 13, floor 18, and floor 25.
Format: Starting with action brackets, will match anything.
Summary: Aleph engages in petty vandalism, studies magic, and picks flowers.
Warnings: None.

Floor 13: [The stained glass windows are largely intact, and the church seems as austere as it has ever been. Aleph sits silently in one of the pews, tossing a rock up and down with one hand.

Without warning, he throws the rock at one of the windows. It breaks, and the sound of shattering glass is just as quiet as anything else is on this floor. He waits for a moment.]

Nothing, huh.

Floor 18: [Aleph is intently studying the open book in front of him. Next to him there is a small stack of books, all about magic. From time to time he picks a line to read aloud, always in some arcane language he has trouble pronouncing. Nothing ever seems to happen when he does so, however, and he seems a little frustrated.]

Floor 25: [Aleph has his visor off for once, and is picking dandelions and trying to make a crown out of them.

After some failed attempts, he has succeeded. Satisfied, he puts the crown around his head and searches the meadow for a lake or a mirror. If your character stands still long enough, he'll ask:] You don't happen to have a mirror on you, do you?

Comments

Floor 25

[technologic]

[And while Aleph makes the crowns, one Bullfairy will be watching him from nearby before waddling over. And it's appearance is quite different from other Bullfairies in the tower, since it has metal supports on it's legs to allow it to walk without much trouble.

Once it gets close enough, it'll peer up at Aleph with a quiet chirp.]

[alephbet]

Hey. You look like somebody's been paying attention to you, little guy.

[technologic]

[The Bullfairy gives another chirp, this one sounding a bit cheerful, as it waves one of it's legs slightly before sitting down next to him. It blinks up at him, and then at the crown in his hands.]

[alephbet]

No, you can't eat it. I know it must look tasty, but this is for me. ...Actually, I'm not sure what you eat.

[technologic]

[The Bullfairy moves to munch on some of the grass, though it avoids some of the flowers. Instead it seems more curious about how he makes the crowns.]

[alephbet]

When I'm done with mine I could make you a little one.

[technologic]

[The Bullfairy gives a bunch of happy chirps, jumping on the patch of grass that is it's seat for a few moments.]

[alephbet]

Then it's settled. I'm glad you're looking forward to it.

[technologic]

[Some more happy chirps, and it almost seems to wag it's tail. Though when Aleph starts making the crowns, the Bullfairy will occasionally glance to a nearby tree.]

[alephbet]

Hm? [Aleph glances that direction as well. Is something over there?]

[technologic]

[Bullfairy stands up and glances towards the tree again, giving another few chirps. Apparently there is.]

[alephbet]

[Time to investigate.]

[technologic]

[And he'll find one April curled up behind the tree and taking a nap. Judging by how the Bullfairy moves to rub it's head against her leg, she seems to be the one looking after it.]

[alephbet]

Shhh. We shouldn't wake her up.

[That said, he picks a few of the flowers around the area.]

Mind if I give her one too?

[technologic]

[The Bullfairy gives a few quiet chirps and also goes to pick a few flowers too, making sure not to ruin them as it gathers some in it's mouth.]

[alephbet]

[When the flower crown is ready and assembled, Aleph carefully slips it over April's head.]

I think it looks good on her.

[technologic]

[The Bullfairy nods it's head with another chirp, and moves to lick at April's hand when she starts to wake up. It seems like having the crown placed on her head was at least enough to make her blearily open her eyes.]

Mm... huh?

[alephbet]

Morning. Your friend seems to like me.

[technologic]

[Now she jerks awake, and she blinks in surprise at Aleph before blinking at the Bullfairy and then back at him.]

O-oh, I, uh... S-sorry if he bothered you or anything...

[alephbet]

He was fine.

[Aleph casually starts gathering flowers for the Bullfairy's crown.] This shouldn't take too long.

[technologic]

[Blink, blink.] Um... What're you doing?

[alephbet]

Making flower crowns.

[technologic]

[Another blink.] ... You can make crowns out of flowers? How?

[alephbet]

It's something I learned from a book here. You cut a slit in the stem of one flower, and slip the next flower's stem through it. Then you do the same for each flower until you've got enough to make a crown.

[technologic]

[A thoughtful pause, before April reaches to pick a few flowers and attempts to do what he said, while her Bullfairy watches her try to do this.]