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venus{A} knocks timidly on the door to Elora's room, half-hoping she's not actually in.
alsoquin There's a long delay before the voice within says, "Yes?"
venus{A} "...can I come in? I uh, have...stuff for you."
Elora There is a muffled, quiet voice behind the door -- "...stuff?"
Elora Then, a pause, before, finally:
Elora "...yeah, I guess you can come in."
venus{A} nudges the door open, and hauls herself and a very large basket into the room. "I got this for you when I was at the market." She says, holding it up for Elora with effort.
Elora "You... did?"
Elora looks in the basket.
venus{A} nods, looking slightly embarassed. "I hope you like it. I'm sorry people keep hitting you with me." The basket is overflowing with various blends of coffee, bottles alcohol, and foods she did not know the names of, but which looked more or less recognizable as edible.
Elora "Oh my."
Elora "This is very nice.
Elora "
venus{A} rubs the back of her neck, "It seems I'm going to be staying with you all longer than I'd uh, initially planned on... so I thought... since you're in charge..." she looks a little hopeful, "Maybe I could help somehow. Or something."
Elora tenses up a little. "Help? Hhhhhow."
venus{A} "Uh." she looks sideways at Elora. "Not that way, unless you want to. And I'm getting the Idea that you don't."
Elora shakes her head very quickly in small, rapid movements.
venus{A} "Why... does it bother you so much? I mean, not that it was my intention to come here and seduce you or anything. It just seems like it bothers you more than anything else everyone does, and...well.. they do a lot of things that bother me."
Elora makes a bit of an uneven-eye-size face.
Elora "Wh...wha..."
venus{A} raises a brow, and takes some of the bottles out of the basket, lining them up nicely
Elora "I... why are you still here, anyway?"
venus{A} "Because, I want to be useful... somehow."
Elora "Well..." Elora starts to check out the coffees eagerly while she talks, eventually settling on a particularly dark roast. "What are you good at?"
Elora She pauses. "....what ELSE. What else are you good at."
venus{A} stifles a laugh with a cough. "Well, I can fight. I am Ahlat's daughter you know... Autumn is teaching me 'kung fu.' " she adds. "Except I don't really start fights without a reason, so much, so maybe that won't be helpful." she frowns. "I can dance... I'm not a very good singer. I don't know... what are you guys trying to do anyway?"
Elora "Well."
Elora Elora looks to one side and then to the other.
Elora "Something really bad is going to happen, and we might be able to stop it." She stops for a second. "Maybe."
venus{A} "What kind of thing?" She looks worried.
Elora "Really bad."
Elora seems to think for a minute.
Elora "You know, maybe you CAN be helpful."
venus{A} "Really?"
Elora nods.
Elora "Let me... take care of a few things first."
venus{A} beams, "Okay." She stands straighter, a hint of relief and pride around the edges of her smile.
Elora nods to herself, reasonably satisfied with this turn of events. "Now. How long were you in Yu-Shan before you met up with us?"
venus{A} "Um... about...." she thinks for a bit "Four hours?"
venus{A} "Maybe a little longer."
Elora blinks again. "So do you know... anything? About this place?"
venus{A} "Not...really. Autumn showed me some things. He gave me this," she taps the necklace and its identifying jewel "so that I'd have some rights... Heaven isn't what I expected at all."
Elora looks at the jewel and blinks a few times more. "Son of a monkey bitch..." she mutters, under her breath.
venus{A} "What?"
Elora "Oh. Nothing. Alright, Venus." She looks at her for a second. "Or...?" She gestures as if to indicate that Venus should provide the end of the sentence.
venus{A} "...or...?"
Elora "You're not actually called Venus. ...right?"
venus{A} "Only in Heaven." she smiles a little. "In Creation, people call me Harmony." She wrinkles her nose. "I think my Mom was hoping I wouldn't find out who my father was."
Elora smiles. "Okay, Harmony. Starting next week, we're going to have some... lessons. You should be able to get around Heaven without Autumn's protection. Alright?"
venus{A} smiles, "That sounds great! Thank you so much! What kind of lessons?"
Elora "There are some basic... elements of survival I think you might do well to learn."
venus{A} "Survival... that sounds um useful."
Elora nods again.
Elora "I'm glad we had this little talk, Harmony."
venus{A} smiles and nods, "Me too."
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