video; un: poison

[writtendestiny]

[The young woman on the screen has dark hair and large, shockingly violet eyes. She focuses on the camera as if she's looking directly at the person on the other side.]

I want to know if being pulled from other world is something that's happened to anyone here before.

[No preamble, no offering of a name. Poison glances away from the camera for a moment.]

This is the fourth world I've been in since I left my own. It's been four years... I think. [While she's careful to keep the emotion out of her voice, perhaps the act of doing just that might highlight how sensitive this topic is for her. She has an idea of why she can't get home.]

I suppose-- I want to know I'm not the only one who this keeps happening to. ... Thank you.

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[writtendestiny]

It's better if you don't.

[Poison can be very grouchy about things to do with the fae. They've had such an impact on her life it's hard not to be.]

I can't tell you what to do, but I can warn you that the fae aren't to be trusted. Not ever.

[Then she sighs softly and her expression loses some of its stern edge.]

I don't worry. I know you're just... trying to be kind.

[heartandsol]

Thank you. I'm still learning how to be kind, in some ways. So I appreciate your... patience, I guess it'd be?

I'll be careful around any fae I come across, too. I don't need to borrow trouble. I think I've heard they're in this place - in Avalon - so clearly I need to keep my eyes open a little more.

[writtendestiny]

... It isn't always easy. Learning that kind of thing.

[She hadn't always been that kind, herself.]

They are, but as long as you don't start disturbing them on purpose I think you'll be fine. And never agree to make a deal with one.

[heartandsol]

It's not. I had a lot of help. I, well, still need it some days, but I'm better than I was.

No deals with fae. Got it. I'll remember that. I have enough problems with deals with humans, so that shouldn't be a hard ask anyway.

[writtendestiny]

[She can respect that. The candid reply, as well as the admittance itself. Being nice isn't always an easy thing to do, but it's often the right thing.]

They can be sneaky. So if you're ever not sure... just walk away.

[heartandsol]

So long as I can. It sounds like it's kind of a risky thing regardless, so... better to keep distance, probably. I'm a little bit of a trouble magnet. I know my luck, but I'll do my best all the same.

[writtendestiny]

Me too.

[She admits, pursing her lips slightly.]

I think it just knows how to find me. Maybe even more so by now.

[heartandsol]

[Despite herself, Miku giggles softly.]

Occupational hazard, maybe? Trouble gets mad it can't do anything useful to us and just starts trying harder?

[writtendestiny]

[Okay, so... Yes, it is a little funny. Poison doesn't manage to muffle the small laugh that sneaks out.]

Sometimes I think it must be something like that. Maybe I'm just too lucky.

[heartandsol]

I'll take it. Eventually we'll just be good enough to handle everything because we've already done it all. Then nothing will stop us, right?

[writtendestiny]

[This girl kind of reminds Poison of a friend from home. That gentle, blind optimism. It's endearing.]

Nothing really stops me already. I don't know why trouble keeps wasting its time with me.