♓ ＴＥＸＴ。

[fronds]

ATT-ENTION TRANKRILLITY!!!
I )(ave some very important questions to ask, so stop flapping your gills for a minute!
Firstly, I )(ave t)(oug)(t about t)(is long and glubbing )(ard after a few nig)(ts of sleeping on t)(e strange and uncomfortable flat resting furniture articles for )(umans.
Do you t)(ink t)(ere would be a way to fill a tub wit)( t)(e fluid from t)(e gravity couc)(es? 38?
All we need is t)(e tub and t)(e fluid. We can do t)(e rest of t)(e work ourselves!

T)(e second question is t)(e most important of all!
Is anyone )(ere... a PISC---ES???? 38O

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[righteoushog]

Flat resting furniture articles? I guess that's one way to put it. [ beat, SLIGHTLY HOPEFULLY: ] Hey, does that mean you're... not human?

And, uh, what month is Pisces? I can never remember that one.

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[fronds]

I'm not! I am a troll from the planet Alternia.

Month? Uhhh. [ oh. she hadn't actually found that out. she doesn't even know how many human months there are, much less what they're called and which she "rules" over. ] I don't know! I'm new to most human concepts, and a month is one of them. I only got the zodiac down, I didn't remember to ask about what months they were separated into.

[righteoushog]

So... you're an alien troll. [ he likes this place already. ] Cool. I guess it's gotta be weird to show up somewhere with a bunch of humans talking about things like months. What do you guys use?

[fronds]

We have solar sweeps, dark seasons, dim seasons and perigees! Our time measurements aren't really the same as Earth's at all. I think a sweep is the closest thing we have to a human "year", but our sweeps are much longer. For example, I am six sweeps old!

[righteoushog]

Uh, how much longer? [ because damn, is he talking to a six year old?? ]

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[swagneto]

Why do you want that fluid anyway?

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[fronds]

[ she is going to spend this whole conversation trying to remember not to slip back into her quirk for him. thanks erik!!! ]

To sleep in, duh!

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[swagneto]

[ It's okay!! She can do it again and he'll tolerate it. Mostly. ]

You couldn't fill up a tub with water? Or did you forget that it made us all ill last jump?

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[fronds]

Water isn't the same! It has to be more VISCOUS.
We're trying to emulate the slime from our home planet, because it prevents nightmares and keeps trolls calm.
Besides, if the liquid going to make us sick again, then we'll get sick from the jumps anyway, won't we? In that case, we might as well sleep peacefully!

[fencesitter]

this must be what happens if you're outside of those tube things during whatever a jump is.

[fronds]

W)(at's t)(at supposed to mean?

[fencesitter]

you type like you have serious brain damage. i thought that was pretty obvious.

[fronds]

)(mp)(. Obviously you've never met a troll before.
It's a typing quirk, and if you R-EALLY don't want to read it, t)(en you can just ASK M-E not to use it! >38T

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[dirtyword]

[ Squint. Squint squint squint. ]

Is this code?

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[fronds]

Hm? No, it's just text. I don't know how to write code!

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[dirtyword]

It's an odd way of writing. [ It's definitely code in Brendan's eyes, at least. ]

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[fronds]

I know, I know, it's weird for humans. [ it's said in a tone of voice that is not even subtly suggesting that humans are really weird. ] It's my typing quirk! Every troll has one and it is an important part of our culture.

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[entrapments]

Astrology fan?

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[fronds]

Not really. Actually, I only learnt about the human zodiac last month! [ the swimming costume she's wearing has a huge purple pisces sign on it. ] And since one of the signs is mine, I don't think "fan" would be the right word for it, heheh.

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[entrapments]

Wait- one of them's- yours?

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[fronds]

Yes! The Pisces sign is taken from me. I suppose you could call it a relic from when we created the universe!

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[inspirited]

Pisces? You're only interested in that sign in particular?

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[fronds]

That's right! I'd like to learn about the others too, but since I'm the first Pisces, I want to know which humans on the ship I'm the patron of!

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[inspirited]

You're the first Pisces? Wow, that's pretty amazing.

Though unfortunately that's not my sign.

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[fronds]

Aw, bummer. It's okay, I have the others here, too! Which one is your sign?