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[ There is a girl in the village plaza who looks rather out of sorts as she sits on the ground, legs out to her sides, in a random sort of spot. She is kind of blank-faced as she stares at the other passers-by, with only a hint of confusion in her brow to betray how she's feeling.

Though it might be hard to see her face clearly under that short cape she's got on. It's black, with silver tassels. And though she's trying to watch what's going on around her, at the same time, it's like she wants to hide. But then, why isn't she moving away?

Maybe it has something to do with the carton of eggs on the ground next to her.

Though it probably has something to do with the fact that she now has white wings for arms. Can't really pick up a carton of eggs when you don't have hands, can you?

So the strange hooded girl with the feathered arms, at a loss, will just sit there for a while trying to figure out what to do.

God help you if you step on her eggs, though.

"'Poor little ugly duckling!" she would say. 'Why are you so different from the others?' And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him.

'Nobody loves me, they all tease me! Why am I different from my brothers?'" ]

(ooc; The Ugly Duckling, everybody. And yes, the pic is just a reference -- her feathers are actually white, not brown, and she's not wearing any other pieces of that costume. Cape, bird arms, and then her normal clothing beneath.)

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[ Well, of course they're her eggs. So she doesn't respond to that first bit. ] ... since when do you have a horse?

Probably about as long as you've had eggs. There's something weird going on here.

... an experiment, maybe? [ But she says it tiredly, without any real irritation or unhappiness. She's too tired to feel too many emotions these days. ] It's going to be annoying, stuck like this for a while... I kind of wish I had a cool cape like you. [ It's not a tone of complaint in which she says it -- in fact, it's more or less normal -- but she doesn't smile. ]

You can have it if you want. I'm pretty sure another one will just show up anyway later. [But he's still just watching her and those eggs.]

...I'm not going to ask you how you are since I already know that. So what can I do?

It's okay. I don't really want it. I just wish I had a cape instead of these weird arms.

[ She looks at him from under her hood. ] ... just help me carry my eggs home, I guess. I tried to do it myself, and I almost dropped them.

...here's an idea. We can load them into the cape and carry them to the house that way. Are you okay with that? [He's already removing the cape and laying it on the ground.]

... yeah. That sounds okay to me. Just be careful, okay?

Trust me, I know what I'm doing. They'll all be nice and safe. We just put them in the middle here...and grab the corners of the cape...voila. See?

[ ... she might be smiling under that hood. Or maybe not. ] Yeah, I see. Thanks, Roxas.

[Even if she's not, he's all smiles. Prince Roxas is helpful, and he's pleased with that! Really! He's got all of those eggs and after gathering them gently he executes his plan, grabbing the corners of the cape and carefully picking it up.] Let's go home, okay?

You don't want to find your horse first?

[ ... teasing, believe it or not. ]

[He just gives her a look, but there's still a tiny smile.] Come on.

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