FOR WHEN LIFE GETS TOO CHAOTIC ☆ marianas

[LUMIA CIPHER.]

Recently, Lumia had met someone rather interesting – Marianas. The other seemed fairly close in age to her, and she would've tried to make friends if circumstances had been a bit more... pleasant. Unfortunately, the Cipher had met Marianas after the other had fallen from a tree. While Mari had been alright, Lu still hadn't exactly thought it would be appropriate to start asking a bunch of personal questions at that moment.

So, she had instead decided to wait until a day or so later to try and seek the other out. Not only to try and make a new friend, but to perhaps ask if the other could show her around the territory a bit. After all, she still didn't know much about her new home just yet, even after spending several days already exploring. Having a guide would be useful, even if it was someone a bit younger than her. In spite of the fact that Marianas was younger, however, she had also been living within The Typhoon for longer.

It took a bit of asking around for Mia to figure out where the other lived, but she eventually found her way to the rather pleasant looking house. She wandered up to the front door, hesitating for a moment before she lifted one of her wheat colored paws. She knocked lightly against the wood, calling out in a firm tone, "Hello? Does... does Marianas live here? I really hope I've got the right house..." She didn't want to just go knocking on some random person's door. Realizing that Marianas would probably want an explanation for why she was there, the feline hesitated before adding in a softer voice, "I came, uh... to ask if maybe you wanted to go for a walk? I don't know much about the territory yet, and I thought maybe you'd know a bit more..." She cringed at how awkward her own speech was, but she also wasn't really sure of how to fix it. Before arriving at The Typhoon, she had hardly interacted with anyone outside of herself and her father. As a result, her social skills were a bit impaired.

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— Reggan

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MARIANAS

NYSTRÖM!

The day she had fallen out of the tree had been embarrassing to day the least. And she had fallen out in front of others too! It had been the worst because they had almost seen her cry. Gosh, she didn't want to think about how they would have thought about her if she had actually cried. Well, she had cried just not in front of them after she had managed to waddle off somewhere else. Nothing was broken persay but the next day she was surely feeling it. The soreness was definitely punishment enough for her actions but she still wanted to try and climb that weird tree. To prove that she could and then she could have the fuzzy nuts. The one that that guy called coconuts. Were they edible? The idea that she could potentially eat it made her want it more. But today probably wouldn't be the day. She was sort of exhausted and she was having small fits here and there. A bad day maybe? She didn't know but she almost jumped out of her pelt when someone knocked on her door. Normally she didn't get any visitors so this was a large surprise for her.

Grimacing just slightly, not because of the visitor she padded to the door as they called through. Oh. Oh! It was the nice girl that she fell down in front of. If her face could have turned red she would be a tomato right now as she slowly opened and peeked through the crack of her door, golden eyes looking at the other beta. Ah, she wanted to go for a walk? With her? Well, it was impolite to be mean and say no and there was no harm in walking around and seeing the sights. With care Mari opened the door a little wider, jaw chattering for a short moment before she looked down at her paws. Come on, she totally had this in the bag. This was a moment to make friends and have fun. "Definitely have the right place! Thanks for helping me out the other day with the whole...falling out of the tree thing." Her smile was colored with her embarrassment as she stepped out of her house and onto the porch.

Even with her aching shoulders and back she still wanted to make something of this, wings tucked against her sides. "Mmmmmm..." There was a pause and the beta shook herself before blinking and squinting her eyes, staring across her front yard before she glanced at Lumia. "Ah, I never got your name. So what do you want me to call you?! If you want you can call me Mari for short!" Distract from what just happened and she stood up to head down the stairs before turning her fluffball self around forcing her brightness to the surface despite how nervous she felt. Being nervous didn't help at all. "We can go to the tavern first! Or maybe the temple? It is pretty cool there. It always smells like herbs. Did you know that Roan likes to work with herbs? He's really smart cause he remembers all that stuffs."

[LUMIA CIPHER.]

Honestly, if Marianas had ended up crying in front of them that day... well, Lumia probably would've ended up crying as well. She couldn't help the fact that she felt an incredible amount of empathy for others, and she could certainly imagine the aching pain of falling out of a tree. Luckily for the both of them, Mari hadn't ended up crying in public, or else that probably would've been fairly embarrassing for the both of them. Not that the young feline would've blamed her, considering Marianas had not only fallen, but she had also seemingly gotten pretty close to her goal beforehand. It was hurt, compounded with disappointment, which was never good.

The young Cipher wouldn't focus on that right now, though. She doubted that Marianas would want her to, and now she was very firmly in making friends mode. So, when the other opened her front door the slightest bit, Mia found herself grinning. She had taken notice of the way that Mari's teeth briefly chattered together, but she didn't think too much of it. After all, the beta had small tics of her own when she was feeling particularly nervous. Instead of pointing such a thing out, Lumia instead just dipped her head to Marianas, saying in a relaxed purr, "Ah, hey! It was really no problem or anything. I've been trying to get to know people around here, and well... that didn't exactly look like it felt very good. I'm glad that you seem like you're doing alright, though!" Soreness was to be expected, but at least Mari was up and about, and willing to open the door. Mia was sure that if she had done the same, she'd be too embarrassed and upset at dealing with the pain to go out like Marianas seemed willing to do.

Taking a step back as Marianas moved out onto the porch, the wheat colored feline blinked in surprise at how excitable the other was. That wasn't a bad thing, though, since it served to push Lulu a bit more out of her shell with each word. She was eager to introduce herself, her short and fluffy tail flicking back and forth behind her, "My name...? Oh right, my name! My name is Lumia Cipher. I usually go by Lumia, but you can call me Lulu or Mia, if you want. Some of the people I've met while traveling have done that." She had always liked it when others gave her nicknames, since it felt more personal and pleasant to interact with them afterwards. Her father had never bothered to do so, much to the girl's own chagrin.

Then, just like that, Mari had launched into a couple of places for them to go. Lumia was vaguely aware of where the tavern was, considering she had passed it at one point during her wandering. The temple, though, was much more of a mystery. Judging by the other girl's words, though, it was evidently the medical base for The Typhoon. And Roan... that was a name she would need to remember, even if she didn't have a face to put it to. At least now she would know what name to call out if someone was hurt. Realizing that she had zoned out for a moment, Lu laughed before speaking once more, head tilting to one side, "The temple sounds pretty cool... I haven't seen it yet, I don't think. I've kinda just been wandering in circles... I like the smell of herbs, though! And meeting a medic seems like it could be neat. When my dad and I were traveling around, we met lots of different kinds of medics, and they were always really smart. I'm sure you're right about Roan being smart too." It had always been fascinating, meeting the medics of the various loner groups. They always had various little different methods on how they liked to personally handle things. It was interesting to watch, even if Lumia was fairly sure she'd never be interested in the medical side of things – at least for herself.

WATER POURING DOWN FROM THE CEILING

— Reggan