Stray balloons? What for?
They sure got you doing stupid stuff at that new office.
[ She stops trying to ruin Lillium's shirt in favour of waddling around, hopping on top of the trashcan and looking. She points at the BALLOON CART!! Which is also just normal balloons, and also those are definitely not stray. Domesticated if anything. ]
Sunny
It's an amusement park.
You gotta be more specific than "stray balloon".
Hey, wanna ride the ferris wheel?
Then you gotta get on the wheel with me!
High places means a lot of stuff to look at, right?
[ They can wait for their ferris wheel while Sunny continues to vibrate in place through barely restrained violence. She is going to rock your cart, and you'll just have to live with this. They can get into their cart as Sunny stomps around, looking out the windows, hollering about how high they're getting, etc...
You're nearing the top, now. What do you look at? ]
[ UH... DOWN? BELOW? To see if the balloon got caught on anything? Then a quick look though of all of the rides he can see from up here, zoomed in if possible. ]
The world looks absolutely tiny when you're all the way up here. The people, the attractions... everything looks so small, like you could reach out and pluck them like figurines. Place them here or there.
This thought distracts you for a while, temporarily forgetting what you were looking for. Your imagination takes you, and you go someplace else.
[ Lillium has yet suffered a brain fart so great that it could lead him to believe he may have mental instability... So there's a moment where he tries to get his bearings and focus.
The cart stopped rocking, but his eyes dart to look for Sunny. ]
[ Lillium goes quiet again, dread coiling in his stomach as his nerves pulse. At the moment, he's safe, but unsettled nevertheless. To check he's awake and here, he grabs his own wrist, maybe even pinches the inside. ]
[ Nico just watches him do this like bro. Doesn't stop him.
Nico
If you insist.
Enjoy your quick replay of Lillium arriving to the rooftop completely alone, looking around for a bit, and then wandering towards the ferris wheel completely on his own. The balloon was there the whole time, and Nico was there like. Are you going to say anything. Do you just want to relax first. That's fair I guess. ]
[ the combination of lillium not asking about cyoas because he isn't one to pry and doesn't want to open up traumas and then the cyoa effect where he's supposed to feel that being a cop is normal has put him in quite a precarious spot where he is wondering if this is... also normal for him.
There's still a niggling feeling that this is not normal. ]
Do I do this often? Space out... And just not respond.
Not as far as I've seen you.
And given we're always together...
[ The wry amusement is back, though it isn't without a speck of skeptic concern. Lillium pops the balloon and gets a card! It reads like so on one side --
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[ Videogames is a lot more manageable than actually fighting her, but he's WEARY anyway. Unfortunately, he's still going to keep her at a distance. ]
Notice any stray balloons anywhere?
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They sure got you doing stupid stuff at that new office.
[ She stops trying to ruin Lillium's shirt in favour of waddling around, hopping on top of the trashcan and looking. She points at the BALLOON CART!! Which is also just normal balloons, and also those are definitely not stray. Domesticated if anything. ]
You gotta be more specific than "stray balloon".
Hey, wanna ride the ferris wheel?
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I do mean balloons in places they shouldn't be.
[ It was worth a shot, but... Stroking his chin. A ferris wheel would give them a vantage point. ]
We can go.
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High places means a lot of stuff to look at, right?
[ They can wait for their ferris wheel while Sunny continues to vibrate in place through barely restrained violence. She is going to rock your cart, and you'll just have to live with this. They can get into their cart as Sunny stomps around, looking out the windows, hollering about how high they're getting, etc...
You're nearing the top, now. What do you look at? ]
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Please don't rock the cart too much.
[ OR HE WILL FORCE THIS CHILD STILL. ]
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The world looks absolutely tiny when you're all the way up here. The people, the attractions... everything looks so small, like you could reach out and pluck them like figurines. Place them here or there.
This thought distracts you for a while, temporarily forgetting what you were looking for. Your imagination takes you, and you go someplace else.
You
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The cart has stopped rocking. ]
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The cart stopped rocking, but his eyes dart to look for Sunny. ]
See anything, kid...?
[ Is... She even there? ]
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But he's in the cart with a half-red, half-blue balloon. ]
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[ BALLOON? DANGER? ]
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I'm not seeing or detecting anything dangerous. Seems just like the last one.
Are you okay?
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[ Quiet, not going to pop it yet. ]
How long has this cart stopped? Where's Sunny?
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Sunny? That neighbourhood kid you know?
According to her GPS, she's at home.
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Do you have playback from when I got here?
[ A little video recording...... ]
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Enjoy your quick replay of Lillium arriving to the rooftop completely alone, looking around for a bit, and then wandering towards the ferris wheel completely on his own. The balloon was there the whole time, and Nico was there like. Are you going to say anything. Do you just want to relax first. That's fair I guess. ]
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There's still a niggling feeling that this is not normal. ]
Do I do this often? Space out... And just not respond.
[ He pops the balloon while they're here. ]
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And given we're always together...
[ The wry amusement is back, though it isn't without a speck of skeptic concern. Lillium pops the balloon and gets a card! It reads like so on one side --
and so on the other --
Woo, 3 cards down, 3 more to go. ]
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[ One moment as he texts his findings and squints at his phone. Feel free to move him to the next location. ]
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Anyway, here you go. ]