Bird Furious

Oh Namelessssss (I love that you can’t necessarily tell how old everyone is by how they act—you just assume they’re your age )

WELCOME TO THE SHARD AIR BEAR! *Welcoming committee plays a trumpet band* We are SO GLAD to have you!!

Haly: kneels onto the ground and sticks her hand through “I’m not sure… I think…”

Woah no way So you’ll be 18? Wow

Silhouette, you’re smart. Thank you for your two cents! Cellist. YOU ARE NOT THE VAST MAJORITY. TRUST ME. I KNOW THESE THINGS.

Haly: chimes as birds “I don’t think he wants to fight! I don’t think he has a choice!” Coalesces into herself “I wonder if there’s a Belowplace here…”

Haly: yelps and turns into a swarm of birds that float up to the ceiling “TAAron? You all right? You don’t seem all right..”

“I’m trying!” She yelled. “I hope youre actually there, because otherwise I sound really stupid!” Then she added, “…not that it’s ever stopped me.” What else did she have? Marshmallows, a blue bowl, popcorn butter… an invisibility pin… LERASIUM. But… she bit her lip. If it doesn’t work, I’ve wasted something that’s apparently very valuable. Aw, chasms. What can it hurt? …besides the obvious. Hang on. She was thinking. THINKING WAS A BAD HABIT. So she took out the Lerasium bead, swallowed it, found her magical core, and randomly activated at least five things. Then she got caught up in the flood of marshmallows and tumbled into a room. (At least half of her is bird-shaped holes, the wind chime birds littered among the marshmallows. She’s slathered in Caro syrup and one eye is a platypus)

WELCOME J LOVE NEW FACES HEHEE

I dontttttt In person at least I used to for like five days and that was amazing and I miss it

What was that? I could swear I just heard something. But who needs—that’s a stupid question. My Harmony was right—TAAron’s in trouble. And there’s a connection here… somewhere… Haly dropped a marshmallow. It fell on the floor. She growled in frustration. Come on. Just so he knows I heard him? She dropped another, and another. Then she Lost them. Haly thrust her fists in the air and cried, “Yay! I did it! I Lost a marshmallow!” Then she deflated. There was no way to know if they’d made it to TAAron or not. Probably they’d just gone back to where they came. If she were to shift a lot of times, maybe she’d destabilize enough to make it through the connection. Haly snorted. What a plan. Woooow. Hey, I didn’t know I knew sarcasm! She brightened up for a moment, then told herself to focus.

It’s just that I really like BOTH. I want ALL the friends! It’s honestly more fun to have a mixed group than just girls. Believe me.

Maybe some I… have problems interacting with males cuz I speak my mind and joke around, but what if they think I’m flirting…? I. Don’t. Flirt. Can I have a map of the male mind plz?

Quite sensical Probably, but I can’t tell, being of the female species myself

Haly was frustrated. Originally she’d been frustrated at her Harmony, then she’d been frustrated that her search was taking so long, then she’d started to get worried. Now she was plain frustrated. At what? The door? TAAron? Probably herself. Maybe she should find Nameless. She knew him a little bit, and right now she was tired of being on her own with her frustrations. Or maybe she could write a letter telling everyone where she’d gone. Her Harmony screamed no. Haly growled in the back of her throat. After this is over, I’m never listening to you again. No matter how few times you’ve led me wrong. Okay, this was getting ridiculous. And she was tired from searching the clinic all night. So she went to find Nameless. When she found him, she said ‘Hi.’ @Nameless

Haly’s swarm coalesced into herself again in the middle of TAAron’s room, looking around in bewilderment. She couldn’t find him—even a hint—and she’d been looking all night, fueled by the panic vested in her by her Harmony. And now, here she stood in an empty room, playing with her hair with no hint of what to do now. Okay, you win, she admitted. What do I do now?

I gotta go but I’ll be back soon hopefully Haly chucked the burnt marshmallows out the window, but when she glanced back, they weren’t there anymore. “Seriously?” She yelled. “Now?” Bored out of her skin, she fell into the Belowplace, comforted to see her small violet circle of light around her feet, and walked down the hall aimlessly. A door made of wood with white paint splatters, a door woven with jungle vines, a door that shimmered like a sunset (it didn’t look corporeal either)… with each successive door Haly felt herself relax more. Some people stargazed. She doorgazed. …until her feet involuntarily stopped. Air stopped flowing. Everything stopped. That door… the one made of rock, with a design comprised of four triangles. It was perfect. Haly reached out, hesitated, and traced two sides of the largest, innermost triangle. All she could hear was the pump of her heart. This door… this is the one. A chill tremored through her back, but it traveled the wrong way—up—and felt cold and minty. Behind this door is everything I’ve ever wanted. But can I give up everything I’ve already found? Haly was afraid she knew the answer. I have to tell TAAron. OOO Haly rushed down the hallway. She wasn’t sure at all which part of the clinic she’d popped out of. Here’s the library… oh good. I think it’s this way… hi, marshmallow. D55.Perfect. Haly knocked. Then knocked again, then walked through the door anxiously. The room was full to the brim of scholarly-looking things and other such items of interest—Haly had been looking for a copy of that book for months—but TAAron wasn’t there. She cocked her head. “Hello?” She should just go. They’d be fine, and if they noticed her absence, they’d assume she was off frolicking somewhere. Which she would be. But some innate sense told her something was wrong. She told herself that was silly—TAAron had been hungry, she remembered, and had probably discovered a stockpile of sustenance—but despite her logical conclusions her head believed, her Harmony continually yelled differently. Harmonies were annoying sometimes. “Fine!” She yelled, throwing up her hands. “Fine. I’ll go find him and prove you wrong. THEN maybe you’ll shut up every once in a while so I can get on with my life.” Her wind chime flew from the room in a hundred different directions, off to sweep the clinic.

Id be honored and erect a shrine to her what would you do if you found a quarter of a shoe in you pocket?

Haly: “Aw, it’ll be fine…” opens her lighter and sets a marshmallow on fire, and they all shrivel into black husks on the floor as they burn “Okay, this is arguably worse. They’re smaller now, I guess…” kicks them “I shouldn’t have been so careless grabbing them. Oh well.” Grabs a broom and gathers the burnt marshmallows under a window

Haly: “You do that. I’ll look for a cafeteria.” Grabs another marshmallow from the pile “I’m going to burn these first, though.”

Haly3 “I don’t know. I survive on marshmallows, popcorn butter, and the occasional cup of corn syrup, if I can find it. I should probably eat something healthy, really.” Stands up

Haly: pushes the book aside and focuses on the marshmallows “Okay, marshmallows. Go away. Shoo. Back to where you came from.” Kicks the marshmallows “Come on! Please?” Picks up a single marshmallow and clenches it inside her fist “Banish! Please!” Shakes her fist “JUST GO.” Opens her fist to see the marshmallow “Oh well.” Plops down happily on the marshmallow pile and munches on them Haly falls asleep cuz why not