Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[As night falls, silhouetting the castle in shadow, a tiny form can be found standing on the path outside. Mouth agape, she's got her head tilted back as she stares in wide-eyed wonder at the building in front of her. Clutched in her hands, a forgotten book (which, unbeknownst to her, happens to be her journal) dangles open, pages swinging in her careless grip.]

Woah...

[someone's not in Tyson, anymore.]

[Loss start! Feel free to find her outside the castle, bug her over the journals or, if you'd prefer, find her once she starts exploring. Because she won't stand still for long]

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/twitches

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[that's...quite a lot to take in. Jilly contemplates it for a moment before deciding that it's much too much to try and repeat, so she wiggles a bit as she sits up straighter]

...I'm Jillian.

/pokes

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Pleased to meet you, Jillian.

[an odd fit of gallantry, and then she's holding the flower out to the girl]

You can call me Natsuki.

/flop

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[awww, flower. She takes it, holding the stem with a great deal of care for someone so young, before looking back up at Natsuki with a mix of awe and confusion]

But you said your name was Sailor...Sailor Crystal.

[close enough]

/patpat

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I go by both. [whee, secrecy. What's that?]

So how did you come by Duran?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[even if she told, the chances of her butchering the name beyond recognition were in Natsuki's favor.

The little girl looks back down at her 'mount,' feet swinging a bit at the question] He came over and said hi. 'Cause he's a nice puppy.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[looking amused now]

Puppy? I guess you're not afraid of big bad wolves.

[you could almost swear he's rolling his eyes, but he's too cool to do that. So instead he finally lays down on the ground, wondering if this will be over any time soon.]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Like the one in Red Riding Hood? [no, she hasn't connected this to the 'puppy' she's riding]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

He's not the type to eat little old ladies, if that's what you're asking.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

How come wolves eat people? Don't they taste funny?

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[there's a teasing smile]

Only if they're not cooked right.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[have a nose wrinkle, Natsuki] You don't cook people.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Maybe not wolves, but I bet dragons cook people.

[looking up at the moon again]

My friend Mai had a dragon. [dragon-phoenix-fighter-jet thing] Kagutsuchi would spit out massive fireballs to protect her from the bad guys.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

....a good dragon?

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[scratches Duran's ears]

Just like how some wolves are good.

[wooo! Do you like your story + moral?]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I never met a dragon before.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[okay, fine. Forget about the moral.]

You're at a magic castle. You'll run into one sooner or later.

[please let it be Spike or something]

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[eyes widening] Really?

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[nodding towards the castle as if it isn't evil or anything]

Yeah. How do you think you got here?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

I was playing in the woods.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Castle as big as this, you'd think you notice one hanging out in the woods somewhere.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Was it hiding?

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Maybe. But you found it.

Or maybe you were called. Isn't that how it goes in the stories?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

No one called me. I didn't hear my name or nothing. I swear! [she didnt' want to get in trouble for not going home. ;;]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[heh]

I meant for adventure. You know, how every brave and steadfast hero starts off his journey.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

Are you a hero? [tooootally missing the point, here]