( As if the universe heard Mew Mew, a pigeon flutters past, turns, and bumps with a gentle thud into the window, before falling a few feet, catching itself with its wings, and flapping off again. There's a nice imprint of dusted wings and a impression of a head on the glass in front of her now.
Annie blinks. Then she has a hand at her mouth, and she's laughing. )
[Universe why?! Although Mew Mew is more stunned by what just happened than anything else, and drawn out of it by looking at Annie and... Is she laughing?]
... Ha.
[It's catching, although she might just be laughing because Annie is laughing.]
( Is there really any better time to laugh? Possibly it's also some stress relief, but the sheer absurdity of a pigeon slamming into the window right then just had her that off guard. )
I'm sorry, that was just so stupid.
( She manages to stop laughing, shaking her head and pressing one hand to her stomach. Ouch. She hasn't laughed like that in a long, long time. Over the loudspeakers, the approach of the central airship is announced, and Annie looks up, scanning around for the right "gate" out to the walkway. )
That one should be ours.
( That said, she and her bags will head in the right direction, to where the airship has docked and tied off, some passengers trickling off as they disembark. )
It's fine, sometimes you gotta laugh at the stupid stuff?
[That feels like the right thing to say, as she adjusts her hold on her own bag. Her ear flicks at the announcement of an airship and she follows Annie's gaze with her own.]
Alright.
[And she shall follow, trusting that Annie knows where to go.]
( She says, hinting at a smile. (Do both. Just do both.)
Then it's onto the airship, which probably looks like a ship in the air (???) and doesn't have the oblong shape of those from her own world. These are honestly nicer, all things told. Or more scenic. Less liable to explode? )
But yes, airship. Not that she has any idea what they should or should not look like, she was just getting used to seeing the sun and such things back home when she got here... So things in the sky that aren't birds?
Amazing. She might even be trying to find a spot where they can have the best view while the airship flies.]
( The real question is if they can get up that mast because Annie has no fear of heights and Mew Mew is on a mission. Climb, climb, ladies!
Regardless, they do make the journey back to the air station by the central apartments and Welcome Center safely. Somehow, despite the getting lost in the Underground Mall, they have Succeded In Their Goals. Very normally. )
( Annie feels a little light, and looks more relaxed. She's not quite smiling, but her resting face tends toward neutral, and she's not tense, so that counts as something positive, right? )
... You're welcome, Mew Mew. I... haven't exactly had a lot of friends either.
( At least not many she can be fully honest with. There's a difference when she doesn't need to hide everything about her history, but instead can choose to do so: and the fact she doesn't imagine living where she has to kill anyone around her at any time anymore. It's freeing. )
And my closest one I was particularly bad at being a friend for.
( Hitch... probably counts. Reiner and Bertholdt are a whole different mess, and also friends. It's just a little different, for all she can't really quantify why. )
Glad to be doing better with you at least. See you again?
( Friendship Survives First Mall Encounter, and more news at eleven, because that is new for Annie. )
Well, even with all that you can always try to do better, which you are.
[Said with the cluelessness of all the baggage Annie has, but also being so damned earnest on Mew Mew's end. Because while she would have considered Undyne a friend, she wasn't really. She didn't even know Mew Mew, at the time Mad Dummy, even existed.]
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[Her gaze follows the direction that Annie nods in, taking in the sight.]
You'd think all those windows would like, get flown into by birds.
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Annie blinks. Then she has a hand at her mouth, and she's laughing. )
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... Ha.
[It's catching, although she might just be laughing because Annie is laughing.]
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I'm sorry, that was just so stupid.
( She manages to stop laughing, shaking her head and pressing one hand to her stomach. Ouch. She hasn't laughed like that in a long, long time. Over the loudspeakers, the approach of the central airship is announced, and Annie looks up, scanning around for the right "gate" out to the walkway. )
That one should be ours.
( That said, she and her bags will head in the right direction, to where the airship has docked and tied off, some passengers trickling off as they disembark. )
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[That feels like the right thing to say, as she adjusts her hold on her own bag. Her ear flicks at the announcement of an airship and she follows Annie's gaze with her own.]
Alright.
[And she shall follow, trusting that Annie knows where to go.]
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( She says, hinting at a smile. (Do both. Just do both.)
Then it's onto the airship, which probably looks like a ship in the air (???) and doesn't have the oblong shape of those from her own world. These are honestly nicer, all things told. Or more scenic. Less liable to explode? )
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But yes, airship. Not that she has any idea what they should or should not look like, she was just getting used to seeing the sun and such things back home when she got here... So things in the sky that aren't birds?
Amazing. She might even be trying to find a spot where they can have the best view while the airship flies.]
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Regardless, they do make the journey back to the air station by the central apartments and Welcome Center safely. Somehow, despite the getting lost in the Underground Mall, they have Succeded In Their Goals. Very normally. )
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Mew Mew happily gets down to the ground from the air station, and looks at Annie with a big old grin on her face.]
This has been a lot of fun. I've never had a friend to do this kind of stuff with! So, um, thanks Annie.
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... You're welcome, Mew Mew. I... haven't exactly had a lot of friends either.
( At least not many she can be fully honest with. There's a difference when she doesn't need to hide everything about her history, but instead can choose to do so: and the fact she doesn't imagine living where she has to kill anyone around her at any time anymore. It's freeing. )
And my closest one I was particularly bad at being a friend for.
( Hitch... probably counts. Reiner and Bertholdt are a whole different mess, and also friends. It's just a little different, for all she can't really quantify why. )
Glad to be doing better with you at least. See you again?
( Friendship Survives First Mall Encounter, and more news at eleven, because that is new for Annie. )
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Well, even with all that you can always try to do better, which you are.
[Said with the cluelessness of all the baggage Annie has, but also being so damned earnest on Mew Mew's end. Because while she would have considered Undyne a friend, she wasn't really. She didn't even know Mew Mew, at the time Mad Dummy, even existed.]
Yeah, see you around.
[She means it, even!]