「 REMEMBER YOUR APPOINTMENT」

[drawback]

[ It looks like you have an appointment and you have been brought in from the waiting room. There is a chair for your to lounge on--

Wait, are you seeing a shrink? Can't be! You're generally sane... Right?

Right...? ]

The doctor will be right with you. For now, I'll just conduct a general evaluation. Mind if I ask you questions?

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[unsecure]

--Why are you walking there?

[drawback]

I think they're about to be fed soon. [ While he's not a biologist of any kind, he still finds things like this really interesting.

Carnivorous plants!!! ]

[unsecure]

[ This does interest Damien, so he goes over to where Cameron is to diligently observe the plant.

mO_Om ]

[drawback]

[ The gardeners are over on the other side, placing a vented glass box and a couple of flies in it.

LET

THE PLANT WATCHING BEGIN. ]

[unsecure]

[ Damien stares at the flies whizzing about before some of them softly land on the plant.

then

CHOMP

Damien's eyes go wide from being startled because he was concentrating on the plant for so long that he didn't expect it to move so suddenly. ]

[drawback]

[ It's okay, Damien. Cameron is on the same boat and basically eyes all wide. He doesn't seem as startled, but he was not expecting. ]

Wow. This is like watching a documentary in person. [ YUP. ]

[unsecure]

[ Damien nods to Cameron's statement in agreement and his vision can't help but to stay glued onto the scene before him. It's just a venus flytrap doing its most natural thing--eating--but he stares. It's so interesting. ]

It's so fast...

[drawback]

If it's scaled to human size, that probably would have been as fast as a lightning. [ There is a grim atmosphere...

Because technically bugs are super strong and so are plants compared to us human things. ]

[unsecure]

Faster than Shinya... [ No, Damien. Maybe not that kind of speed. But he starts thinking about the comparison too, and... also starts growing a little paler. ]

[drawback]

Another friend of yours? [ Sounds ASIAN...... He's not particularly sure about this, but he'll ask anyway! a little bookworm should always have plenty of friends. ]

Is he the Flash?

[unsecure]

Not really a friend, but he's my caretaker's friend. I saw him run once [ from amy's atrocious creation ] and he was really fast.

But what's the Flash?

[ too ancient for his timeline ]

[drawback]

The Flash is an old superhero that was known for running at the speed of sound and stuff.

[ It's okay, he thinks it's also pretty old. ]

[unsecure]

Oh. [ He thinks about this for a moment. ]

So... kinda like a flashstep.

[ At least that's what he's been hearing from other people. ] I don't think Shinya can do that...

[drawback]

Flashstep is a pretty cool name. [ Though he's guessing it's more like one step rather than always moving super fast. ]

Shinya probably wins at track.

[unsecure]

He told me that he used to be in track. I don't know how he stayed on the team despite missing a lot of school days.

[ probably because shinya only met bare minimum attendance... ]

Flashstep is like... you take a step and you appear instantaneously somewhere else.

[ like hien's cakewalks ]

[drawback]

It's like you're telling me it's an actual thing. [ He'll chuckle a bit.

Life isn't that magical, Damien. ]

[unsecure]

[ Damien looks off to the side for a moment in silence, but then resumes staring at the plant. The plant is fascinating, yes. ]

It's how people keep disappearing, right?

[drawback]

... I thought those were kidnappings. [ It looks like they WERE on the same page

and it just fell through right here and now. ]

[unsecure]

[ even damien can tell that they're not on the same page anymore. he looks at cameron a little warily, but speaks up. ]

... I don't think we're talking about the same thing.

[drawback]

Different worlds do have different norms... [ He strokes his chin as he thinks about it... He feels like all of this comes from a manga about reaper and shit.

Either way, he'll move onto the next exhibit of plants. ]

These open up depending on the lighting. [ Uwah. ]

[unsecure]

If they're under the sun all the time, do they stay open?

[ he stares at the plants and ponders for a bit if he should point his flashlight at them.

[drawback]

Pretty sure they're lunar blossoms... So they bloom under the moon's light. [ He's not sure how it works!!

But he thinks it's pretty. ] I heard they glow--pretty rare even for this town.

[unsecure]

So they glow under the moonlight? That would be pretty in an open field...

[ He's starting to imagine it

it's very pretty and he's at awe at his own imagination ]