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[leadinglady]

[ backdated to before the elves, just when the snow is really heavily piling up! SOMEBODY has just been dumped out beyond the village after her de-hiatus kidnapping, and gave up wading through the packed snow after like five minutes. so she's trying a different tactic.

wherever you are, there's suddenly a girl on an armored penguin calling out for you to WATCH OUT!! as she sleds down the slope, swerving to avoid hitting you....... and then crashing into a tree. awkward. the only way that could be even more awkward is if you'd been unlucky and stepped out from behind a tree, out-of-sight, so that you didn't even get a warning before the girl and her penguin crash straight into you instead. whooops. ]

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[acuity]

Are you sure about that? You don't have any injuries, do you?

[happyends]

No! .. I.. I don't think so, at least, everything aches a little bit, but nothing too serious..

[ She can move normally at least, that's one thing. ] So please don't worry..!

[acuity]

[ just staring at, slightly skeptically, but hey. ]

... If you say so. But let's go back to the village together and make absolutely certain.

[happyends]

[ .. she's really that worried? ah, maybe it's a bad thing if she makes other people worry that much, she's.. pretty sure she's okay, but then again, she doesn't really want to protest either, so there's a weak nod. ]

If you don't mind..

[acuity]

Of course I don't. Now, the question would be whether to keep trying to sled on empoleon or not...

[ staring at penguinbro critically >:T ]

[happyends]

[ right, the giant penguin who bumped into her so rudely!! (except madoka doesn't think of it as rude, she's way too polite.) ]

Maybe you should try to find a place where there's absolutely nobody around?

[acuity]

[ penguinbuddy just chirps a sheepish apology, like SORRY MAN MY BAD. ]

You might be right. It'll take longer to walk, but the village isn't far, is it?

[happyends]

No, it's not. I.. I mean, I never go that far away from the village, after all, so it's only a little bit away from here..

[acuity]

You don't? Why is that?

[ picking a random and hopefully the right direction! ALLONS-Y o/ ]

[happyends]

[ IT ACTUALLY IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. It's a miracle. So Madoka is just following behind until she catches up with the girl, then she walks next to her. ]

Um.. well, I thought it might get more dangerous the further you go out of the village.

[acuity]

That might be true. But in that case, you should simply bring a bodyguard or two with you.

[ nodding at penguin bff :V ]

[happyends]

[ it's true that penguin bff is sort of intimidating like a bodyguard.. but then again, there's one problem with that for madoka-- ]

But I don't have anything like that to help me out.. not the way you have.

[acuity]

A bodyguard doesn't have to be a pokemon. He or she could be a good friend, too. Someone who's willing to protect you.

[happyends]

But I'd feel bad dragging them all the way out there just to go on a walk..! I-I mean, they usually would have better things to do, I'm sure!

[acuity]

... Would they really think that?

[ are your friends total dicks, madoka, I am sure not!! ]

[happyends]

[ no, they aren't.. it's just madoka's continuous thought that she has to try her best to not be too much of a burden, pretty much. ]

.. I don't know, but.. still, I wouldn't want to keep them from what they want to do.

[acuity]

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If they're your friends, I should hope that they would want to spend time with you. That's what friends do, after all.

[happyends]

Yes, but wouldn't it be selfish to just ask for them do that..? Maybe I should wait until they offer it..

[acuity]

It'd be selfish...? I suppose I've never thought of it that way before.

[happyends]

Yes! .. I'm not entirely sure if it's selfish, it's just what I think, but.. I wouldn't ask my friends for too many favors without at least doing something for them in return too.

[acuity]

That's understandable! I just don't suppose asking for their company would be a favor, though.

[happyends]

Really..? Why?

[acuity]

If they're your friends, they should already be happy to spend time with you. It's a mutually beneficial relationship!

[happyends]

W.. well, of course spending time with other people is fun when you're friends! But if it comes up in the middle of something else important than it might not be that great to some people, right..?

[acuity]

... I suppose not. But that's common sense, just don't ask if they're in the middle of something important!