❝ What was it like for the sirens on their lonely rock ❞

[cacophony]

{ watching everyone who tried to love them drown? }
🌸 myca 🌸 snake 🌸 aqua 🌸

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Trip to Fresno

[dangernoodle]

[ continued from here. ]

"We'll have to drive or take a bus. Are you okay with that? There might even be a train..." Which might be a little more fun. Snake pulls out his phone to start checking the schedules.

"The bus might be the best bet."

[adventicius]

"I'm okay with that!" He is a little familiar with cars, but he doesn't know that what they do is called 'drive'. He's heard the word 'bus' before but doesn't know what object to associate the word with, and 'train' he's never heard of before in his life. But this feels like it falls into common words that people should rightfully know so he's going along with it and hoping for the best. He's hoping he can figure it out based on context or just hanging out with Snake and travelling with him to this place they're going together.

"Then let's take the bus." He has no idea that travel requires money that he doesn't have, and he's basically volunteering Snake to pay for him too.

[dangernoodle]

"C'mon. The bus station isn't too far. We can walk from here."

Once they get to Fresno, they can get some food and do some sightseeing.

[adventicius]

"How far is not too far?" How far is this walk to the bus station going to take him from the ocean? How far is it going to take him from his pelt? It doesn't actually yet occur to him that the trip to Fresno will take him further away, still. On Snake's phone, it looked like such a short distance. He's not going to be in a position to turn back to check on it if he gets anxious. He's just going to have to hope for the best. Which is not something someone generally wants to do with the main part of who they really are.

Aqua reaches out to grab hold of Snake's hand. Blame Myca for the fact that Aqua's a big hand holder now. Myca holding his hand to cross the street actually meant everything to him and he now equates it to comfort and safety. "I'm not really good at distances though, so how far like... how long will we be walking?" asks the selkie who also has no concept of time.

[dangernoodle]

No concept of time and probably of human measurements of distance. Snake looks down when Aqua takes his hand. He seems nervous so maybe a long distance trip isn't such a good idea right now. He gives Aqua's hand a little squeeze.

"It's about four blocks from here." With his free hand, he points in the direction. "See where the crossing lights are? We'll pass four of them."

[adventicius]

No idea about numbers or counting either so he doesn't really know if four means a lot or only a few but that he's going to find out is kind of exciting. Even if he's a little nervous about that too, in case it is a lot. In case it takes him far from the ocean and everything he knows. Specifically his pelt. And it's not like it's safe for him to grab it and take it with him, even if that would make him feel better about travelling any distance. Still not great, since he'd still be however far away from his home, but better.

"Four crossing lights. That's not very far." He has no idea. He's fishing for a yes or no.

[dangernoodle]

"The walk to the bus station isn't far," he points out, "but where we're going is kinda far from here. We'll be gone until dark, at least." While he hasn't guessed that numbers and human ways of relaying distance mean nothing to Aqua yet, he does see the nerves.

"Let's walk that way and if you decide you don't wanna go today, we can go another time."

[adventicius]

"I don't mind being gone until dark. That's okay!" That's the sort of time frame he understands. He doesn't get the distance they'd be travelling, but being gone until dark, he gets. He has an idea of what that actually means. And it actually helps a bit with the nerves, though it doesn't do away with them entirely. They won't be entirely gone until he slips back into his other skin and disappears beneath the waves.

"Oh, that's a good idea! Let's do that! If we don't go today, can we still go another day?"

[dangernoodle]

"That's right. We can go any other day. Fresno isn't going anywhere," Snake assures with a smile. "Let's see how far we can get today, hm?"