cinderella's pumpkin had it so easy • video

[unladenswallow]

( vines would have to do to replace her arms whilst she was forced into this egregious form of a jack-o-lantern. she was definitely going to have to remember that, apparently, magic could get to her even if she weren't in the same room as the casters.

the pumpkin-hero was more than a little aggravated and using the vines to open the mirror compact, she huffed into it when it began to record. )

I don't suppose I can trouble someone to keep the crows away from me? Yelling only seems to work so much and I'm running out of seeds to spit at the bastards.

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[paradoxical_personality]

...........You're one of those that didn't think twice about talking candidly to the wtiches, aren't you?

[You poor foolish creature]

I'm starting to question everyone's self preservation skills.

[unladenswallow]

Technically, I was speaking in generals. It isn't my fault she was an imbecile and failed to grasp that.

[paradoxical_personality]

No one has accused them of being anything else.

[Ie. They are imbeciles]

Where are you?

[unladenswallow]

Fair enough. ( but she's still bitter. ) I wish I could better offer a description but being this low to the ground is pretty foreign for me. Main Street, ( obviously, but... ) although all I can make out between the swooping crow attacks and the stand I'm under are merely doors... I thought I might be near the apartments but... ( a sigh and her expression only serves to grow more irritated: with herself rather than hel. ) I apologize for the lack in directions but honestly, just follow the birds.

[paradoxical_personality]

[Well- from the look of it she has every right to be.] This couldn't be more vague.... [Sounding unimpressed with the directions she was given] Shouldn't you have known where you were before you were cursed? [Surely the location didn't change just because she was shrunk]

.... The birds likely do have a better concept of where they are. [With that, she pockets the mirror because she's trying to keep the conversations over it to a minimum. She might check it again as she goes looking for a bird frenzy]

[unladenswallow]

( ciri's leaves bristled. again, that might make sense if she knew this place at all. but being new, not really. she rolled her illuminated eyes and waggled her spherical form as though shaking her head. ) I don't know this bloody place, I just got here.

( the borbs, however, were congregating around one of the carts along main street and beneath it was the human altered pumpkin. )

[paradoxical_personality]

It's kind of hard to tell who I'm talking to with the whole..... being a pumpkin thing. [Waving one hand in a spherical motion. Or in other words, how was she supposed to know that this cursed person was fresh meat too?]

[Following the advice as instructed Hel proceeded to look around for unusual bird behavior and thanks to their noisy chirping it didn't prove all that difficult. Spying them some distance away, she picked up the pace still wishing she could levitate like usual.

No sooner had the thought entered her mind when her feet started to lift off the ground her body feeling lighter. Pushed on by the momentum from her running she was propelled forward through the air- only there was one problem.]

What- no! [her head tilted forward as she soon completed an in air somersault. On the next rotation, she managed to get her feet back on the ground. She wasn't that far from the carts now, likely in sight of Ciri ..] ................... What was I doing again? [A feeble spell though it was, it had the unfortunate drawback of forgetfulness. Plus she was feeling a deal more elated by the meager progress. She would fly again.]

[unladenswallow]

( even if she had been among the apprentices for a while it didn't necessarily mean these two would have known one another. although it wouldn't explain her lack in knowing the area. she had verbalized it, though, which was good enough for ciri and frankly she was too irritated in her current state to really care about clarification.

the would-be witcher continued her attack on the crows until someone took an amazing spill through the air and somehow managed to land on her feet. this was the girl in the video, the hair was hard to mistake. she watched as the other stood in a daze, ignoring the crows a moment as her arms — sorry, vines — curled up to act as though they were elbows propped up against the cobblestone beneath the carts and the ends of the tendrils set against where her cheeks would normally be, watching.

... cute, but the crows were at it again and ciri, annoyed, spat some seeds at them! ) Bugger off already! Hey! Mind giving a gourd a hand?

[paradoxical_personality]

[That was a fair point too, there were enough apprentices here that one might not travel in the same circles.]

[No one had ever mentioned the drawbacks associated with employing magic here and this was the first time that Hel was experiencing it for herself. She had just about decided that she must have been conducting test flights when she heard the disgruntled shouting pumpkin. Oh-! RIGHT! The overgrown squash needed rescuing. With a shake of the head she still wasn't able to dispel her confusion, not entirely but at least the reminder served it's purpose]

[Resuming the less efficient method of travel, Hel soon closed the distance between them.] In all my years.... I've never seen this happen to anyone but you. [There's a comforting thought for you Ciri]

[unladenswallow]

Thanks, I'm tickled to be your first. ( that wasn't a loaded sentence at all. ) Not that I'm in a position to ask given my current situation, but, are you alright? You looked ... dazed.

[paradoxical_personality]

[Hel wasn't foolish enough to think that Ciri was serious with her initial reply]

There's nothing wrong with me. [The question had triggered Hel's defensive mechanisms. No, not everything was fine..... and the experience had been a bit troubling to suddenly find one's head in the clouds but would she own up to it? N O P E] ............................... [Wondering just how much the pumpkin saw, she swiftly added] I meant to do that. [The aerial shenanigans that is]

You know the moment I leave the crows will return.

[unladenswallow]

( sure there wasn't. even in this gourd form she wasn't blind to the confusion. she wasn't believing the whole meant to do that schtick. she let her expression fall flat and muttered an: ) Uh huh. ( she rolled her carved eyes. )

You could offer to assist in bringing me elsewhere. I imagine you meant to do that, too, yes?

[paradoxical_personality]

[Who knew pumpkins could be so perceptive?] ... [Gods did she feel like an imbecile right now. Still she didn't go back on her story or explain what happened- at least not right away]

.. I might have. [Raising her hand to her forehead, she grimaced.]

I.... think I read about this in the manual. The spells here have consequences for using them. Flying must trigger sudden memory loss. [There. Are you happy?] Where do you want to go? [A pumpkin patch? hur hur>]

[unladenswallow]

( considering she wasn't an actual pumpkin... the stranger with multicolored hair didn't have to go back on her story. it was plain as day that it had been falsified in the first place. )

At least you've advanced further than I have. With the manual. ( tadah, she's also an apprentice. s u r p r i s e ... ) Everything had its drawbacks in the end. Hopefully it's temporary and you regain the memories that are lost. Did you injure yourself at all? ( not that... ciri would be able to help her in this useless form. she was still showing concern. ) I'd like to bury myself in the ground and hope that I'll die from suffocation to avoid dying from embarrassment, but, hiding in my room within the apartments will do. If you don't mind, that is.