+ Chalk it to me! - Mingle Log +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE!
Where: Anywhere outside on Real Side, but mostly in the gardens!
When: 3/14-3/20
Rating: PG, warn if going higher than PG-13
Summary: Alice has invited everyone, Reals and Mirrors alike, to come color outside in the nice spring weather with magic chalk. Surely nothing could go wrong with that plan, right?
The Story:

Outside, the weather is absolutely beautiful. It's not too hot, but not too cold either, and no one would have ever realized there was snow on the ground yesterday if they hadn't been here to see it. The grass is green and everything is dry - no sign of melted snow anywhere at all. Flowers have begun to bloom and it truly looks as though it's been spring for some time already. The season has changed abruptly and now Wonderland's decided it's time for it to be nice out.

There are many paths through the gardens, the vendors, and the hedge maze that can be drawn on, but as Alice demonstrated in her post, there's no need at all to stick to pavement only. Even the air can be decorated with living drawings!

This is a log for people who want to come color outside or people who want to check out what others are doing out here. It isn't strictly to interact with Alice, but she'll be around and will have a top level.

Comments

[teamfun]

No one wants chalk fire. Who knows what horrors could come from chalk fire.

"Yeah? That's absolutely adorable."

She's adorable. He watches her with hearteyes that besotted smile of his - just enjoying seeing her happy. If he can make her smile a couple of times a day, he considers everything else absolutely worth it.

"Oh uh-" he was taken off guard, he clears his throat, trying to regain some cool (it's gone, it went years ago, it's a futile task). "I dunno. I think I'd just pick a regular turtle."

[waitin]

Clementine blinks a bit when he calls it adorable, and then she laughs again, sliding a hand over the top of the unicorn's head.

"Well, I was like six."

Horses now have a far worse association for her. A night she does her best not to remember unless she has to. But nothing could be further from her right now when she can feel Louis looking at her in that way that he does.

She turns to face him.

"You like turtles? Speaking of adorable..."

[teamfun]

"If you think that excuse is gonna fly with me, I'm afraid to tell you that you're still adorable, so you're SOL on that one Clem."

Louis has always been pretty ambivalent towards them. Ruby loves them, and always wishes she could have some at the school, and here he's helped Wendy out at the stables once or twice. But they're fine. Just...horses.

He flashes a grin, a laugh bubbling out of him.

"Hell yeah. I had one before...everything. His name was Geoff and he was fucking awesome."

[waitin]

"...I think you're probably the only person who thinks that."

Clementine folds her arms across her chest with a tiny smirk in his direction. But she's kind of glad he does. ...think that.

She sinks down, gesturing for the chalk unicorn to do the same. She picks up a chalk, and she smiles at him.

"Geoff. That's an awesome name. What would he do? I don't know a lot about turtles."

[teamfun]

"That is statistically impossible, on account of it being a solid fact. So there."

He (maturely) sticks his tongue out at her, before turning his attention on what she's drawing.

"It was a great turtle name, and unfortunately he was not, as cartoons suggested a ninja," he laughs. "He kinds hung out in his tank and ate worms and stuff. He may or may not have crawled across a maid and scared the shit out of her and he may or may not have been placed there deliberately to do just that."

[waitin]

Clementine smirks in amusement and fondness at his sticking his tongue out at her. Yep, the height of maturity, but it still seriously amazes her how he views her sometimes.

She tilts her head to the side, confused at first, and then-

"Oh, like the Mutant Turtles? I think I saw some of those cartoons," she says with amusement. "...I can completely picture you as a kid maybe timing out the right time to scare some maid shitless with his turtle. That does sound like a very cool turtle."

[teamfun]

"Yeah!" he nods excitedly. "I thought it would be SUPER cool to have a ninja turtle but it turns out that turtles are, in fact, not ninjas. It's a great tragedy."

Poor Geoff, he did his turtle-y best. He puts a hand to his chest in mock horror.

"Le gasp," yes, he said that out loud. "Clementine! Are you saying that you think I'm the sort of person who would deliberately lay a turtle trap for a maid? Because...yes. Yes, I am exactly that sort of person and it was hilarious."

[waitin]

"That sounds very tragic. Turtles are only turtles. I bet they don't even like pizza."

Mostly, Clementine just looks incredibly amused.

She narrows her gaze at him. "Of course, you are. I wish I could have seen it, because it sounds pretty hilarious," she says, and then she picks up a chalk and draws on the pavement.

A chalk turtle. It's not... terrible, but it only barely resembles a turtle, but it does waddle its way over to Louis.

[teamfun]

"I can categorically tell you that they do not."

Did he try to feed Geoff pizza? It sounds like he tried to feed Geoff pizza. Which is exactly what he did. It didn't work, amazingly.

"I was pretty damn funny."

For him. Not so much for the maid. He grins as the turtle comes to life. He doesn't care how terrible it is. To him, it is perfect in every way- because Clem made it.

"Okay this is officially the best event."

[waitin]

"...you tried to feed Geoff pizza."

Clementine asks, raising her eyebrows in amusement as she fills in those blanks. Her creation comes to life, and it kind of has trouble moving very well, but it does look very eager. Her own unicorn-chalk pet has come to nuzzle her shoulder a bit.

The turtle manages to waddle over into Louis' knee a bit.

"All it took was a chalk turtle for you to find the best event ever?" She laughs, and there's a warmth in her tone that only Louis ever really brings out of her.

[teamfun]

"Look. TV told me that he would love it, and I figured 'hey TV has never lied to me before' so I went for it," he shakes his head in faux sorry. "I learned a valuable lesson that day. Cartoons? They're not always true. A shocker, I know. I was shocked."

He loves his ugly ass turtle no matter what. He's absolutely picking it up and making cooing noises at it. He misses Geoff, okay. He looks up at her, grin wide.

"You bet! I have simple needs and today those simple needs have been met."

[waitin]

"I can't believe it. Fucking TV lying to us like that," Clementine says with a smirk on her face, lifting her hand to pat her chalk unicorn before her gaze turns back to him.

Her smirk only slips into a smile. It's a fond but genuine smile. One she only ever gives to him.

She leans over (over the ugly turtle she made for him) and kisses him, knowing that he once again went out of his way to make sure she wasn't so stuck in her head. "Thank you."

It's said softly as she pulls back again slow.

[teamfun]

"Fucking TV and it's lies."

He treasures that smile, so very much. It's like a secret shared between the two of them. It makes it all the more precious because of that fact. Something special. He returns the kiss, his lips quirking- partly amused.

"for what? The shitty-ass unicorn?"

[waitin]

Clementine shakes her head even as she continues to pet the chalk-y unicorn. It feels strange against her palm.

"No. As cute as my shitty-ass unicorn is-" It's not what she was trying to thank him for. She turns her head to look at him again. Something soft in her golden eyes. "Thank you for... being you."

For noticing she was lost in her own head and paranoia and guarded armor, for doing what he could to help her enjoy the day too.

[teamfun]

An awkward laugh bubbles out of him, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Oh, that," he flashes her a grin, trying to fight down the blush very much threatening to make everything much less suave than he wanted. "Well, I can always do that. You're super welcome. You too."

No wait.

"Uh I mean...you too, on the being yourself...thing. Because I like yourself. Yourself is awesome. Wouldn't change a thing."

what a beautiful scene/thread ;o;

[waitin]

Clementine grins when she sees his awkward, nervous kind of reaction to her being honest with him. He's still super cute. Her head duck low as he gives the same back to her.

That he thinks she is awesome too. Exactly as she is.

"Thanks. I try really hard to be myself."

But mostly she sounds amused, fond of him still. What could have been a far more tense day has turned into something good, because of him, and she'll never fail to notice the lengths he will go to for those he cares about.

For now, they have the rest of the day to enjoy.