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[waitingforplayer2]

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<galagamer> This is Chiaki Nanami.
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[heyunderoos]

It definitely feels like it. [Peter says with a slow exhale.] Everything just feels... wrong.

[He rubs at his arms a little.] That's incredibly ominous, Chiaki. It feels like you're gonna like foretell my doom next.

[He pauses before adding.] Don't foretell my doom, please.

[waitingforplayer2]

I won't. [ He gets a light chuckle on the breeze, at that. ]

I didn't mean to. Sorry, Peter-kun.

[heyunderoos]

I know you didn't, but I was also like expecting I dunno a crack of thunder from the sky after that? [He does smile a little at Chiaki's low chuckle.]

[waitingforplayer2]

Thunder's probably dangerous for a tree...

[ Idly musing. Things she has to think about now, while she's like this. Oh... ]

Hey... I'll probably be this way all week... will you come visit me, sometimes?

[heyunderoos]

Are you going to be... well, a tree for the rest of the week? [He has to ask given her own question.] And yeah, of course, I'm just- kinda shocked you're like literally a giant tree right now.

[waitingforplayer2]

...Sometimes the fog makes you bigger or scarier. It's called a fog form.

I guess... that's what I am right now.

[heyunderoos]

This place just likes getting weirder I guess. [He is baffled by the idea of a fog form. He has a rough idea of it, but it doesn't make it any less weird.]

Are you going to just be okay here?

[waitingforplayer2]

Yeah. I'll be okay.

[ She has to be. Where else is she supposed to go? What else is she supposed to do? She's massive. ]

[heyunderoos]

Do you want me to like... do anything? [Does a tree need a sweater? Some kind of shelter? Peter has no idea what to do.]

I know this is gonna be weird.

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She doesn't really know either. She hesitates for a long time.

She doesn't want to be a burden. ]

... Keep me company this week?

[heyunderoos]

Yeah, of course. You're kinda stuck with me.

[He releases a soft laugh as a thought hits him.] I mean, if Beat and I both show up at the same time, people would think you had a rodent problem.

[waitingforplayer2]

I wouldn't mind that.

[ They're her friends, and she loves them dearly. Why would she mind? ]

I probably won't go anywhere, so... you can come by whenever.

[heyunderoos]

I mean, there is a higher chance of Beat and I probably causing problems because we can. [Sure as far as Peter knows now, Beat is a werewolf. He has no idea the other teen is going to turn into a lich soon enough. In Peter's minds eye Beat is always just a squirrel. A very feral squirrel.]

Are you gonna be okay food wise..?

[waitingforplayer2]

[ If Nanami had a stomach right now, she'd feel a nasty pit in it. Instead there's just an uneasiness, and a cool breeze from nowhere that wafts through the trees. ]

I ate. I'm all right.

[heyunderoos]

Okay. [The pause there makes Peter wonder what exactly happened, but he doesn't push on the issue.]

When I come by, just tell me if you do need anything though. [Its an offer he leaves between them, letting Chiaki define things.]