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Your dad named you Sturdy?

That's not even a colour.

[everyone on the network can probably guess who alayne fancy satchel is. sansa grabs her omni crystal as she rushes about the house, stuffing some spare clothes meant for the sanctuary in that satchel.]

Vi! Where are you? I can't believe I didn't see you! Are you hungry? Do you need shoes? I found my boots in my satchel, the last time.

[welp. she did kind of ask for this, didn't she? also: the username's clever.]
Y'know, you're half right. Not a color, but it's also not my real name.

Alayne?

[she didn't exactly expect this - it was more of a casual wish, a general 'why the fuck not', but her mouth drops open when she hears the reply - and a voice from a dream becomes less there and more here. !!!]

Alayne! Same place different ...time, I guess. Different bench, too. The map says Crenshaw. The little book had some more to say this time, so I... [is she sitting outside the orphanage? yes.] The whole thing went a lot quicker this time, like I remembered how to not be a squid, but somehow I didn't remember to ask for a bag with shoes.

[If Alayne is here, are any of the others she remembers? Is her sister here?]

Yeah. Yes. I am definitely hungry. And I'm definitely glad to hear your voice! Holy shit, Princess, how long was I ...out?

...are you fuckin' high?

Where the hell've you been anyway, Fisty?

[Cocoon? Probably a cocoon. Or maybe this mouthy asshole got herself killed and took for-fucking-ever to squid her way back.]

[sansa laughs, running upstairs to get the sandals renfri found for her. she hopes they'll fit, had vi been the same height as her? something like it, she remembers that.]

You weren't there when I woke up the last time. They called it March? They call it July, now.

[she says the names of the months a little skeptically, even still. that they are different from the moons is just confusing.]

I had to win back my satchel, at darts, [she did not actually throw any of the darts, and the prize games had ostensibly been varied, but all involved throwing things at a target–therefore, darts] at the Moss King's festival, but at least there was food. I noticed The Reckoning's people didn't seem very interested in it.

[at least vi missed sansa's cursed-lemon-induced rampage at the last month's festival, though sansa doesn't doubt that she would have found it very funny.]

Do you see a stone building with a black and white banner that has a sort of gold creature with wings on it? That's the Sanctuary, and you'll find food there. Very often shoes, too.

[she tosses the sandals in her satchel just in case, and proceeds back down the stairs.]

Tell them you know me, and they'll give you anything you want. I could meet you there very quickly. If you see a lantern with imps around it, you could ask them for the Sanctuary too. They'll take you. It's...magic. My friend Adaine calls it...teleportation, I think.

[she smiles to herself.]

I'm very glad to hear your voice, too.

[WELL, OKAY THEN. of course, this sort of response is almost never going to elicit offense anyway, so have a little huff of a laugh, mouthy person who ...s e e m s t o k n o w her (??) maybe they just know of her. FISTY. She doesn't not like it.]

Nope. But it would sure explain some things. Well, I was here for about ...I dunno ...some hours, and then I was uh, not. Just back in the water, I guess. And then back on the beach. Did I hit you in the face with ice?

[Is that how I know you?]

[ A blink. Wait. Out of all of that nonsense, part of it actually wasn't nonsense. ]

You know Miss Alayne? [ fancy... satchel??? ]

[Dude.

What????

It might not sound like confusion, since his gravely voice is just permanently pissed off sounding but uh.

He is. None of that makes sense, from where he stands. Context is important. ]

No, just with your fists. And your thick ass skull. [Still genuinely salty about the broken nose she gave him while he was trying to save her, don't even @ him. Not even gonna remind her about the foot to the groin that followed and dropped him like a sack of bricks. Fuck you eternally for that, Vi.] If you're not high, why're you rambling like you don't even know which fuckin' way is up?

[At least he's to the point. ]

[ Sansa. SANSA... ]

"Princess Fancy Satchel"?

[ He's trying so hard not to sound amused. ]

[it's fine to laugh. it's funny. sansa's the one that named her lady sturdy rucksack.]

I wonder what she'll choose to call you.

[ He'd be so proud to hear that. ]

Ah... [ Crap. He's had enough of terrible nicknames to last a lifetime. This is what he gets for being cheeky. ]

Hopefully just "Allen."

[Hitting someone with her face? That is 100% something she would do - maybe more than a lot of things, honestly, but she feels like she'd remember that. Knows she'd remember it.]

Maybe it's this thick skull of mine.

[She likes to the point. But is she choosing route-->smartass? ✔✔✔]

[deeply innocently:]

Not if I make you a very fancy satchel.

That checks out.

[But seriously. Katsuki has really mixed feelings about Vi, and they generally tend to lean on the negative side but they've been through some shit together in their short time in Trench. To say that he doesn't give even two of them about her would be a fucking lie. He hasn't seen or heard from her since his birthday back in April, and kind of assumed she went home...

Huh. Wait a fucking minute.]

The fuck do you remember, Vi? Before all of that nonsensical bullshit you just spewed at me.

...Princess Alayne Fancy Satchel...

I'm a friend of hers. Hello. I'm guessing your name isn't actually Lady Sturdy Rucksack?

So mean!

[ Incredulous!!! also kinda impressed ngl ]

I could never take your title from you.

[she very briefly pretends to consider this.]

Well, you're a knight. You'd be Ser Allen of Fancysatchel.

[ huffs! ]

Wouldn't it be better if I just carried yours then?

[she beams!]

It's very kind of you to offer to carry my satchel for me.

[ Chizuru is well aware this message is obviously not meant for her, but..

Well, she's so confused by it that she can't help but reply all the same. ]

Are we.. using codenames here now?

[ That's kind of what the ones this person is using sound like to her, anyway. ]

[close enough they'll likely fit well enough for the time being, though it's not as if it's in vi to be choosy when it comes to making do. more curious than skeptical, here, but whatever:]

July, huh? [So it's been a ...while.] They've got a lot of names for things here, don't they? Missed a whole festival with games and food and came back just in time for [huff] whatever this is. [bad vibes everywhere. no welcome wagon like before.]

I guess I can see you kicking ass at darts. You were really fast with that needle.

[There'd been the offer of a petticoat, too - she remembers that now - lightly snorting at the idea of it. Ridiculous, but absolutely kind and - it had been cold. She can't recall the last time anyone had made her ...anything. (Well, she could if she tried but that's a path that's not wanted now, and it's easy to give it the slip - as slippery as her mind is just now.) No imps that she sees outside the orphanage, but as much as she's done this before she's never been this far before - that she remembers - and that floating feeling? Yeah. That's a thing, too. It's like Alayne had described before. A little wobbly with the walking. So she'll walk it out.]

I...yeah. I see---

---okay. I see it. Meet you there in five minutes? Unless I suddenly end up back in the ocean until the next March or July or Moss Party. Sorry in advance if that's the deal.

[j/k j/k. mostly.]

I do. First friend I made here.

[...before she slid back into the sea]

Only friend, actually. [Would she normally share this much? Probably not. But these are strange times, she's not fully herself, and this has really caught her off guard in the best possible way.] You a friend of hers?

More of an inside joke than a codename, but close enough. I can't say what anyone else is doing, but hey, maybe it'll catch on. I figured there was nothing to lose.

[sansa laughs! of course vi understands.]

The moons are separate from the months! The Beast Moon is making everyone cross. They're usually much kinder.

[it reminds her unpleasantly of king's landing, and the vale. everywhere she's been except winterfell, actually. she grabs a bag of muffins out of her kitchen and heads for the door.]

I'll be waiting for you at the Sanctuary. [a pause.] Someone helped me with the darts. I'm good at snowballs, though.

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