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[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ARBITER KIDNAPPING VACATION ]

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[arbored]

[it probably isn't clear to Alone when he's separated from the group, exactly. things get sort of drifty for a while, and when he's more lucid he's walking side-by-side with a mountain of a man who's glowing magenta in places and wearing a flower crown twisted with his horns.

everyone else is gone.]

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ blinks rapidly until his eyes settle on the stranger, more surprised than afraid but not without wariness ]

Hello...?

[arbored]

[impassive, glancing down to him entirely casually.] Hello. [with the same inflection he used.]

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ah... ]

Do you need help with something?

[arbored]

Who are you?

[paintwithallthecolors]

My name is Alone. I'm a member of Marigold... Is that what you meant? What's your name?

[arbored]

I do not have one.

[paintwithallthecolors]

You don't? Have you never had one, or have you forgotten?

[arbored]

I never have.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Do you want one...?

[arbored]

...Yes.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Then, could you tell me a little about yourself? Where are you from?

[arbored]

Here.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Do you like it here?

[arbored]

I don't know.

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ ah... ]

What do you like? Do you know?

[arbored]

I know what I don't like.

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ tilts head ]

What don't you like?

[arbored]

Pain.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Ah... I guess that's understandable.

[ a beat, thinking ]

Do you like flowers?

[arbored]

...Yes.

[paintwithallthecolors]

It might be strange to name you after a flower other than the ones you're wearing, but I don't know what kind they are.

[arbored]

Bougainvillea. But I don't think that's a name.

[paintwithallthecolors]

What about "Corona"? Since it's a crown of flowers.

[arbored]

Corona is crown...?