Voice testing; planning to app to outer_divide

[growingwild]

And I suppose you expect me to be all grateful that you're sending me someplace with green things, am I? Nevermind that my sisters or even Rosethorn and Evvy aren't going to be there. They're going to be real mad, you know, when they find me gone. If I were you, I'd start running now. Maybe then you won't spend the rest of your life always being rained on, or with all your clothes coming undone, or with all your fancy gadgets rusting.

Now leave me out of all your games!

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ooc like a crazy person - sorry!

[but_idontlie]

oh my god it's a Briar.

♥ ♥ ♥

TP's books are underappreciated.

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah! You tell her!

[growingwild]

I already did, didn't I?

Now if you knew how to get her to listen, I'd love to know how.

[whatsupcroc]

Even if I knew, what's the benefit in telling you?

( She winks, tone teasing. )

Maybe the enforced excitement would be good for you! But really, we don't get much choice in where we go when they're pulling the strings.

[growingwild]

Well, if you told me then I'm sure I could find a way to make it up a pretty lady like you.

[Briar winks back - hey, she's pretty and sounds like she might have a good sense of fun.]

I've already have more than enough excitement, thanks. It's the quiet life for me now.

[whatsupcroc]

Mmm, I'm thinking -- skydiving. Yep. Sounds like the best way.

( Joking, but only because hey she can fly on her own THAT IS LEGITIMATE! )

Last words right there, you so know that, don't you?

[growingwild]

How can you dive into the sky? [Briar's pretty certain that if this were possible, Tris would know. And she's definitely mentioned anything like that]

Ah, but if I say them often enough, one day they have to be true. [And he's going to give you his most charming smile. Are you sure you don't want to go walking with him, Collette? (Or rolling, but Briar's not fussed about that.)]

[growingwild]

Briar's going to give you an odd look now. He's been called 'the boy' or 'that brat', or plenty of other thinks that Rosethorn would throw him into the well for for repeating, but 'a briar' is a new one'.

I'm Briar, not a briar. And if you want to talk books, you want my mate Tris for that.

[Briar pauses, then shrugs]

Oh, and my mun says hi. She seems to think there's a few people around who like those books of yours.

[interspace]

Threats don't work on them. They exist in a realm outside our influence. It's totally unfair and absolutely why they pick on us.

[pageunwritten]

It seems to me as if youre in serious need of a decent sense of adventure madam.

[whatsupcroc]

By getting up there on a pair of borrowed wings! It's pretty high octane stuff, you'd -- uh. Totally love it?

( Briar she has no idea what that even means but probably yes )

Or you're dead and it doesn't matter.

( She winks. OKAY THIS IS NOT HER BEING SERIOUS at all. )

I like how your option sounds way better.

[lovemesomepie]

Get out while you still can, kid.

[growingwild]

No one is outside of Rosethorn's influence.

[interspace]

How little you know. You are so cute, you belong in a pocket, not in a pocket-universe.

[growingwild]

I've already had more than enough adventure. I'd like to try not having adventures. Or maybe just the nice, quiet adventures. Like 'going to the market' maybe, or 'becoming very rich'.

And who are you calling madam?

[growingwild]

Borrowed wings? What kind of magic do you use to do that? [Briar pauses, and looks at Collette sidelong] This borrowing - it doesn't involve taking the wings of of actual birds, does it? Because if it does...

Who says being dead isn't the quiet life? [Briar grins. Not being serious is good; he likes that]

[growingwild]

What do you think I'm trying to do? Does it look like I'm just sitting here and letting her take me whichever way she pleases?

[pageunwritten]

Hogswallop! Theres no such thing as more than enough adventure. Perhaps you simply havent been having the right kinds of adventures though i suppose a trip to the marketplace might qualify depending on how far you have to travel and what transpires therein.

Er im sorry it looks like my typist was operating under the impression that all of you magic plant people were female and not taking a close enough look at your pictures. My sincerest apologies. Sir!

[growingwild]

[Briar tucks his hands behind his back and grins. Aw, shucks]

A nice pocket, I hope.

[whatsupcroc]

It does, but not in the way you're thinking. It's not like, oh hey, a bird! Let's tear those wings off and shove them on our hands because first that is so gross and second who would even do that? I just turn into a bird. Much simpler.

( Yep. It really is. She grins back, laughing. )

Not me, that's for sure.

[growingwild]

[Briar's voice turns flat, and hollow] Yes. There is.

Lakik's teeth, why would they think that? Green magic is green magic, it doesn't have anything to do with being male or female.

[interspace]

Those pockets about match the cuteness of whatever you put inside. So they aren't lonely, you see.

[pageunwritten]

No theres not!

I guess all the other magic plant people theyve seen around from your world were female? I dont know it seems a mite judgmental if you ask me.

[growingwild]

You can do that? [Now Briar's very curious - she must have really powerful magic to be able to do something like that. He can't see any flickers in her though - maybe she has the kind of magic that hides, like his and his sister's] Can I see?

[growingwild]

Well then I must have a pretty cute pocket. But I'm sure it'd be even cute if you came too.