Library, Wednesday, All Day

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Sholeh had been excited to go to the library today. After two days of classes and with a plan to meet with Yeul had her more cheerful than she'd been in weeks.

...That cheer did not last long past her first interaction with flying, fire-breathing vegetables. She'd gotten chased all the way to the school doors after stepping outside of the dorms. She'd been dive-bombed, one of the ribbons in her hair was scorched, and it didn't matter how many times she glanced out the windows, they were still there.

Lurking.

Waiting.

Buzzing.

After recovering from her headlong dash, Sholeh marched right to the desk and started looking up ways to kill these nasty little things. She was going to try to invent some kind of spray-bottle flyswatter by the end of her shift if it was the last thing she did!

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Re: Talk to Sholeh

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It was a really good secret!

Yeul's smile nudged over into sort of amused. "I did not guess," she said. "I am just... very difficult to surprise. And both you and Sholeh have mentioned sisters and being close to them." She'd guessed at their relationship but nothing else. "Do you prefer if I go on using Zhari? Or would you prefer Zhahar?"

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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"Zhari, please," she replied quickly. "We can't let people know that we're connected like that and if you use my real name, people will start to guess." Zhahar chuckled, though she didn't really find anything funny. "People get nervous when they find out they're going to school with demons."

Because that was what they were, didn't you know? Totally demons. Yup!

...At least, that was what everyone else called them.

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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"Zhari, then," she said agreeably, then hesitated. "Do your people go by the name demons?"

Because... well... that was not a very nice word.

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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Zhari nodded, reluctantly. "Well, I mean, we think of ourselves as Tryadneans. Three-in-one. But I guess we're technically part of a demon race. There are lots of them in our world. We're not really demonic, though. I mean, we don't even have magic. Just we're born as three children in one body."

But that was enough for some people.

"That's what Sholeh meant by suffering, though. We were trapped in her dead body for the rest of that week. To lose a sibling is a terrible, terrible thing. But to remain stuck within the shell? To remain voiceless and eyeless and formless? That was..." She shivered. "We were all a little traumatized when we left the dungeon."

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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Sholeh might have been the baby of the three of them but, really, after listening to that (could you hear the sound of Yeul's heart breaking?) there was really only one thing she could say.

"Did you want a hug?" she asked quietly. "I think you each deserve hugs of your own."

Even though she was almost certain that she'd never met Zeela.

Re: Talk to Sholeh

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"I--" Zhari hadn't been expecting that offer, no. "I think I would, please."

Look, it had been a really tough experience for all of them, okay! No judging. It felt really nice for Zhahar to be able to set aside her big-sister-cares and just enjoy a moment when she was comforted and babied.

"Thank you."