006 Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine

[onebadapple]

CW: Violence against a teen, past child abuse and neglect

[The fairest of them all was certainly not looking that way today. Her left arm was in a sling and cast, there was a bandage on her left cheek and a bandaid over her left temple. There are bruises on her right arm but the major damage is very clearly on her left side. Her omen, Faramund, the giant stag was staying right by her side and all the animals that perpetually come and go and live in her home all seem a bit more uneasy, as if they're glaring at the camera, ready to fight for her sake.]

Oh my! It got so cold so quickly! We're just jumping right into fall! I hope this won't affect the harvest!

We'll just have to pickle and preserve some things a bit earlier than expected! It's such a shame, it feels like we skipped right past the last bit of summer... oh dear, I'll have to check on all the baby animals in the forest. [What if they don't have their winter coats in time? Well, they can stay with her, she can ask her cult the people who consistently linger around her house to help with getting the little ones into her home if winter proves especially harsh.]

Oh ah... which does bring me to my next thought.

While I know it's important to preserve, cure, dry, and pickle things for winter, well, we need some levity too! The boardwalk had all sorts of food and games, but perhaps we can extend that into the town! Help... ease some tension and rebuild bridges.

[She idly rubs her cast.]

If anyone has any ideas on a festival or... anything, do let me know. Perhaps a festival is asking for too much, but perhaps a giant... ah, what is it called? Potluck? It seems a shame to end summer on such a [violent] tense note!

Comments

[tealeafs]

[ It's already a good thing just to hear Snow White consider getting more help. It's a definite step forward, and so there's actually some enthusiasm in Chizuru's voice as she chips in with: ]

I can help!

[ Not that she wouldn't always offer that by default, but now it can be extra positive re-inforcement, just to show the other that asking for help works. ]

What do you need..? I can help bringing over food for meals, or I can help come clean! [ Neither would be a big deal to her, really. Chizuru has done that sort of stuff basically all her life already. ]

[onebadapple]

Well... I won't say no to company for meals, they're always much nicer when you eat with others! But you don't have to help clean, Chizuru, you don't need to clean my home for me. I'm very used to cleaning.

[tealeafs]

.. even with one arm?

[ See, she wouldn't be worried about the girl cleaning her house by herself otherwise.. Even though there probably is a lot of animal hair there to clean up each day, judging by the constant company that seems to hang out there.

But under these circumstances, it's a little more worrisome. ]

Wouldn't that be very hard for you..?

[onebadapple]

Oh... well... no... not with one arm. The worst I've ever endured was just some burns from touching scalding pots and pans.

It... it just doesn't really seem right to ask you to clean my home all that time. The blood ministers said it would take weeks for my arm to heal.

[tealeafs]

[ For a moment Chizuru is quiet. There are a lot of things she could say here, but she isn't sure if any of them would convince this poor, poor girl, who seems to have been taught that she must do everything herself at all times.

In the end, though, she just decides to go with what feels most natural. The answer that comes to her more quickly than any other. Chizuru slowly breathes out, but she smiles. ]

I don't mind.

[ For what it's worth - she sounds like she very much genuinely means that. ]

It would also mean we'd get to spend more time together, right? Then we could become good friends! [ Still a bit of a marvelous concept to Chizuru, who has been friendless for much of her life, but she's been trying her best to get used to the idea ever since staying here in Trench for an extended time now. ] And things like these are just what good friends do for each other, right?

[onebadapple]

I would love to be good friends, Chizuru, you seem like such a lovely person.

I- yes. Yes, I do think you're right that these are what friends do for one another, or at least, I would like this to be the case, and I often use what I'd like to be the case as my guide in new situations.

[tealeafs]

Then that means I'll come over!

[ See, this is clearly the natural conclusion. Not like Chizuru carefully wormed her way into that or anything..

But she smiles all the same. It's hard to feel guilty over this when she just really wants to help Snow White - and while she isn't used to young girls being stubborn about these things, she's very much used to grown men being that way, and this is always the way she's slithered her way into allowing them to help her. ]

As long as you're okay with it. [ She'll at least add that. It's not like she wants to force the girl's hand.. ] But if you're just worried about it for my sake, then you don't have to be. I think cleaning is kind of fun! Especially if you have someone to talk to while doing it.

[onebadapple]

I think cleaning is fun, too! I love to sing while I'm cleaning, and I'll imagine that the broom is someone I love and then we're dancing around the room together! I once made a scarecrow out of my bucket and mop and I pretended to dance with him at the grand ball I wasn't allowed to attend. [Snow White's childhood is just continuous trauma and misery.]

[tealeafs]

[ Apparently it sure was..

Though Chizuru doesn't think of that as easily with this one. After all, it's not like she ever attended a grand ball either.. She just imagines maybe Snow White wasn't invited, or was too young, more so than slotting it in with the rest of the awful stuff the other girl talked about. ]

Then how about you sing while I come over to help clean? It'll be fun!

[ J-Just as long as Chizuru doesn't have to sing herself, thanks.. But she'd gladly listen to the other. ]

[onebadapple]

Oh! That does sound fun! And singing won't hurt my wrist.

[tealeafs]

Great! Then.. I'll come over as soon as possible, alright?

[ Because knowing Snow White, she might just start to clean by herself if Chizuru waits too long.. And she wants to prevent that while the other is hurt. ]

I'll see you soon so we can have fun together. [ And clean.

The best of both worlds. ]

Wrap!

[onebadapple]

Toodle-loo, Chizuru! See you soon! [She blew a kiss goodbye to the other girl with her good hand before turning off the feed, waiting for the other to arrive... and resisting cleaning while she does so.]