~Day 01~

[Ellie who has 0%]

Track: Twilight Town

Today was just another day in Twilight Town. Well it's definately quiter for sure, since Hayner and Pence are busy doing catching up with their make-up assignments. I guess this what you call me time...

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- Olette

Olette's typical 'me' time doesn't generally means 'focus solely on Olette'; it's as if she can never truly be alone, since the teen always busied herself with other affairs. Thus far her me time consisted of running errands from posting Struggle posters for the upcoming event, aiding at the gardens, public works with picking up trash; these were minor tasks compared to her job at the Accessory Shop, but now Olette had bit off more than she can chew.

She was pushing cargo up a hill.

"Grrrrrrrrr," from the front one would see this old wooden wagon with a large load on top of it. It seemed to wobble and quiver in place threatening to toss the girl pushing behind it into oblivion.

The owner of the garaged looked concerned as he jogged down the hill; turning at the end of the cargo he saw an bright orange bandana tried around familiar bundle of brown hair. The style was peculiar as bangs hanged far past her neck like the rest, and only one in particular had it.

"Olette, if it's too hard you know...I can do it."

A pair of hazel green eyes looked up at him with a smile before distorting with shock as the cargo wiggled back. The teen was wearing a pale yellow doll dress shirt with orange capri cargo pants, "Oh it's not a big deal I promIIISE!"

Her face cringed, while she bit down on her lip. The cargo had rolled up on her right foot's toes. Her sharp inhale sounded like a hiss of pain as she laughed it off before pushing forward with less grunts as before, "See easy..as...apple pie."

"You know if I help you I won't pay you less."

"No no no no, I got it. I said I'll do it, so I'll do it. Plus you're extremely busy, hence why you offered the job," Olette replied with a reassuring smile that only made the owner at a greater unease, because he was close to complying.

"Fine but if that thing hurtles to the wall, that's it."

"I'll promise that'll never happen!" Olette replied with a cheer and a fist pump in the air. Her right arm quivered as it was alone. The cargo eased and rolled back as it caught her unbalanced.

Hearing an squeal, the owner looked back concerned, "Oleeeet-"

"Got it!" she pushed on, "Nothing!...to worry about!"

Standing there with his hands on his hip, he could see the girl lean out to wave at him to prove that he was okay. Seeing how she was too persistant to deture, he merely shook his head and headed back to the garage to finish paperwork. He knew she was going to get up that hill sooner or later. Too caught up with thoughts, he couldn't feel a pair of green eyes watching his every move.

Once the coast was clear Olette laxed as she leaned up against the cargo, " Woo...I thought he'll never leave..."
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[halen2020]

Walking along Market Street, a young girl with a green dress, and green... hair... hummed happily to herself. stuck through her green belt was a green staff with a large pink flower at one end, and a nut at the other. She looked around happily around, perring through small wireframe glasses. Above one ear bounced a tiny pink flower, and another was...

... Growing from her hand? Okay...

She had a happy look on her face, and a bounce in her step, as she innocently attracted a few stares which she was oblivious to. She skipped a bit suddenly, feeling general happiness and benevolence to the universe in general. As she wandered the streets, she saw someone struggling with a cart. A pretty girl with cool hair and orange clothes. She drew closer, and a worried look crossed her face. The girl was really struggling with the cart, which looked overloaded, and extremely heavy. "Excuse me, do you need help?" she asked.

[Ellie who has 0%]

Typical Olette was taking more than she can handle as if being "Ole Reliable" is worth more than showing her limitation. Generosity and being giving have it's price, it's difficult to know when to stop whether it's offering, assisting, or just stop saying no. Still the youth didn't complain about it, since helping others tend to boost up her self-confidence and value. She lived in a rather small (or so it seemed) town, world, etc, so she perfered to make every move count and be a little flame to someone else.

Like they say 'a smile can make someone's day, she looked up to the sky as if the orange clouds would reassure her, "well this cart won't push itself."

Shifting her weight, she turned around before the cart can rock back on her. Lowering her center of gravity, she began using her legs to push off the weight ahead of her inch by inch. Hearing a voice of an angel, a giver of assistance, she looked behind her and smiled generously; it cracked for a moment as the wheel rocked back on her toe.

"Aaaah it's not that baaaad," her voiced wavered trying not to hiss at the stinging pain her little piggies recieved, "but I do think my foot's stuck."

She was too stiff and frightful to push and misjudge everything, which will only end in worsten her...'predicament'. Her glance at the good Samaritan was so quick that she didn't noticed the green theme she had going.

[halen2020]

Holly hurried up next to the cool girl, and placed her shoulder against the cart. She pushed, shoving it so that it would get off the girl's foot. Once it had been removed, she stopped pushing, and leaned against it, bracing the cart with her body, panting slightly. "Whew, this thing is HEAVY. I'm gonna help you get it to the top of the hill, I wouldn't feel right leaving you to try and handle this thing all by yourself, I'm Holly, what's your name, you have cool hair," she babbled happily. She didn't care whether or not the girl agreed, but as soon as the cart started moving again, she put her back into it, helping the cool girl move it up the hill.

[Ellie who has 0%]

For a brief moment, Olette swore her sore toe went to sleep underneath the pressure, but she sighed with relief and shook her foot about to wave off the tenderness once free from the forsaken cart of heaviness hell. Normally she wouldn't admit it was heavy, but she dropped that luxury once her patron left her be to her determined stubborness. Letting her head fall back on the cargo with a thud, she winced and nodded, "Yeah this thing isn't a light weight."

Her eyes opened wide seeing the door she opened as the girl affirmed in helping her out; she began sputtering how it wasn't neccessary to waste her time, but her babbling silence once she turned to look at her through sweat dappened bangs that clung to her forehead. Feeling her mouth was left open through her halt, she closed it to not be crude and undecent as she just stared at the girl before her.

Her...favorite color must be...green. She was like a walking embodiment of a Granny's Smith Apple...when it comes to hue of-course. She doesn't look hard and crisp with tartness, but sweet and soft like the flower motif that came along with her.

"Huh? O, it's Olette, Olette Simmons." Almost self-conscious she reached up to her long bangs, one of the qualities of her uneven hair, and twirled with her fingers. It was hard to break a habit of playing with her hair, but she politely tucked it behind her ears knowing it would only be a nuisance enough to make her undo it later, "oh this stuff...it's-"

She rather not shyly go on a tangent about her hair, "So about this cart. Might as well get a move on, and I'll treat you to icecream and split the profit for helping."

Seeing the other's kindness had convinced her to stop trying to push the girl away. "So ready and pussssssh."

[halen2020]

"Profit? I don't need money... I just wanna help. Though, ice cream... It sounds good, what is it?" Holly asked, as she pushed. Where was the top of the hill? It had to be close, cause Holly wasn't really designed for this. Maybe it would go easier if one of them pushed, and the other pulled. "Hey, Olette, I bet this would be easier for both of us if I pulled from the front, okay? Be just a second." She quickly realeased her load, and ran to the front. Three vines shot from herm arm, wrapping around anchor points. The vines tightened, and took a lot of strain off of Olette. Holly began hauling the cart, and it very slowly moved. She wrapped the vines once around her hand, and gripped them tight with both hands, and that was a little easier. Slowly the cart moved.

[Ellie who has 0%]

"Uuuh would it not make a difference?" It will still take the same amount of work to pull this off, and one would still technically use the same muscles. Also whether from the front of the back you would either have weight pushing back on you or tugging you behind,and if she was to let go of the cargo...accidentally or...without warning.

Oooh don't over think it Looking over to get an answer, Holly had already dismissed herself which caused the cargo to slacken backwards as an assisting effort had left her behind. The teen grunted to hold the weight up, "Don't take too looooong."

Luckily she wasn't neglected and had enough strength and sanity to continue to push on. When it came to moving heavy things up a slope, it deemed to feel like an eternity. Although she should know the town like the back of her head, she couldn't help to ask, "Are we there yet?"

Her arms had already stung out and began filling with numbnesse. It itched her to move, jump around, wiggle, and furthermore jeopardize the progress that has been made. Taking a break, falling out on the cobblestone, and devour an icecream to cool off sounded oh too tempting. "Tell me we are closer."

[halen2020]

Holly's face was contorted with effort. And pain. She hadn't realized the using her vines for work would hurt so much. it felt like her body was being stretched out. She pulled harder, trying to get to the top quicker. "We're almost there, Olette, just a little further!" she called, her lungs aching now with the rest of her body. SHe pulled and pulled, numb to everything, until she realized the cart was finally on level ground. Dizzy, her vines released, and she fell to the ground, panting. Wow, that was hard... She was not made to move big heavy things...

[Ellie who has 0%]

It was all over. The sentence echoed in her head as she leaned against the cargo; she banged her head against the heavy load and exhaled heaving at the rolling orange clouds. Her arms fell loosely like limp noodles, and she could feel her legs slacken as her knees buckled. Giving in, she allowed herself to slow slide down to the ground and end with a thump. Her eyes rolled back as she spoke with pants breaking up her words, "Thanks, that was much quicker than anticipated."

"Hey Olette, did you managed to...," a door swung open as the partioner's voice rang, yet began to dim down,"you're not Olette. Where's-"

With a groan, her hand smacked her forehead in frustration, but the teen bit the bullet as she forced herself up using the cargo as a support system, "I'm back here."

Tiredly walking over to him, Olette answered his unspoken question with haste as he crossed his arms over his chest, "This is Holly, and she firmly insisted to help; it was hard to say no, but to be fair I did incline that she would benefit half of the profits..."

He sighed seeing the girl nervously dust herself off, while making little to no eye contact as she explained herself. She was a force to be reckoned with...in her own way, especially when one had to oppose the stubborness she had. Atleast it wasn't bad and negative like Hayner's. Shaking his head, he waved his hand to cut her off, "It's alright Olette; I even told you I would help and wouldn't pay you less, nor do I have a problem splitting it up with your friend here."

He was going to continue with a little words of wisdom, but her smile and thank you had silenced him; he waved her off with a smile and went off to get the munny.

"Thanks again," Olette reaffirmed with a smile at Holly.

[halen2020]

A door opened.

"Hey Olette, did you managed to... you're not Olette. Where's-"

"No, I'm not," she said tiredly from the ground.

"This is Holly, and she firmly insisted to help; it was hard to say no, but to be fair I did incline that she would benefit half of the profits..."

"No... I don't want money... I just wanted to help... But, I wouldn't say no to ice cream, whatever it is, because it sounds cool and refreshing... Also, I can't seem to move my arms... Could someone reach into my pocket, and get my seeds? I need one... Bright green, round..."

[Ellie who has 0%]

She doesn't know what icecream is..., that was the first red flag that fired off in her head; she wasn't from this town, better yet this world. Olette knew eventually she would meet strangers, aliens, whatever politically correct and polite term to use, so it didn't faze her at all; after all she knew two people from a distant world, an island at that.

"Oh, I'll get that," Olette stepped in invading the other's personal space to dig around for a seed. She had to pull some out at a time not finding the specific seed until her finger grasp hold of a round green shell. She wondered if Holly was into alchemy as herself, since it did revolved around enough plants and wildlife for ingredients. "Is this it?"

She held it out in front of her with the little bud tucked between her fingertips, "What does this little seed do exactly?"

She naturally thought it was more than just a mere plant; the girl had a plantae and flora theme about here; she wasn't from this world, and she requested the seed after complaints of her arms. Also plants with healing properties weren't foreign to her.

[halen2020]

Holly took the seed, groaning as her arms protested vigoursly. she stuck it in a crack in the street, and said weakly, "Grow." The seed split open, and a small green shoot appeared. It rapidly grew, flowering quickly, with three golden colored, bell shaped flowers. once the plant stopped growing, two of the flowers withered, and green light surrounded Olette, and Holly.

She suddenly felt much better, and sat up happily. "Thanks, I feel great now!" she swung her arms around, testing her muscles. Yep, everything was working, and best of all, she no longer felt like she had been stretched out by a tangle tree. "That's a heal bell, it like to cure people's wounds. once all three flowers wilt, it germinates, and spreads its seeds. Well, it does in the wild, anyways..." The vines sprouting from her hand, which had a moment before been laying on the ground limply, suddenly perked up, and lifted. Shrinking, they disapeared into Holly's arm, or, at least, seemed to.

[Ellie who has 0%]

"A Heal Bell," Olette repeated as she try to draw a mental image of the flower; there weren't any native to Twilight Town, so shee knew it was from a distant world. She was thinking along the lines of adding it to her 'items' wishlist, but potions worked efficiently when it came to curing, so the particular flower would be for experimental usages to see how much it can expand.

The brunette was deep in thought fantisizing on what other brews and potions she could make with all of these foreign and alien items; the clouds had parted as she watched her epiphany not noticing the stranger connection the teen had with plantae life-forms. Smiling at the end result, she looked back at Holly, "So how about that icecream I owe you; it's really good. It can beee like flavored milk, fruity flavors, or any mixture you can think of."

"Well before you go, you can use this," Olette turned to see her partioner juggling munny in his hand before permitting the coins to rain on her palm; she then tucked it away with her red pouch.

"Thank-you," Olette shouted as he turned away to get back to work. "Let's go the icecream are in the market with the rest of the shops."

The teen began to lead the way down golden brown cobblestone, "So how long are you staying in Twilight Town?"

[halen2020]

Holly drooled as Olette described the icecream. "That sounds so good it isn't even funny..."

Her flower released a good smell at the idea of food. She fell in step with Olette. "Well, I don't know how long I'm staying, cause I wouldn't know howto leave. I've been living in that mansion, the old one in the forest, hanging out with some guys in white who like to play with me. It's cool there, but kinda boring too..."

[Charme]

Namine sat at the edge of the curb, eating her ice cream with a small smile. It wasn't that she didn't smile often, but lately she'd found herself bored and a little depressed; she hadn't seen any of her friends in quite a long time. Yet while in Traverse Town, she couldn't help but remember Roxas running down the cobblestone streets with his friends. Her blue eyes flickered with happiness as she enjoyed the sea-salt flavor. She kind of wished she could share this ice cream with Roxas or Riku, Daichi even...

Or all three of them, if Riku didn't attack Roxas, Daichi didn't attack Riku... But if Sora was there, everything would be a-okay. Even Kairi would be good, but that would raise too many questions when she realized Namine was existing once more.

As she daydreamed, she vaguely noticed two other people who were slowly growing in sight and she smiled when she recognized the native. Olette. She was such a sweet girl, always the voice of reason to Hayner and Pence. She grinned and waved as they ventured near.