part one (return)
" m.. mommy? "
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“ so you’re telling me.. “
“ ALL OF THESE WEIRD BELL GUYS CAN FLOAT?! “
“ mhm! “
" Radish, turnip, rad and popki traverse the inverted forest, swinging from vine to vine, jumping from tree to tree, looking at dew drops, opening flower buds.. They’re doing… well- everything! They walk and walk, searching for other contestants. At least… that’s what popki thinks, right now Radish and popki are searching for… SOMETHING, just not their friends. "
“ ahem.. “
“ from the looks of it, these little buggers gain their ability to fly from the bells they grasp. “
“ really ?! “
“ That's so sick!!! “
“ it sounds like you know everything about this place already, how do you know so much? “
“ o.. oh well uhm... “
“ W..When you see something so many times, you start to notice how other mysteries might work !! “
“ oh? “
“ … “
“ … hm “
“ Well what are they? “
“ Huh? “
“ the bell guys ! “
“ oh i... i dont know-! i mean all of this stuffs still new to me too- i was just making some guesses back there thats all-! “
“ that... sucks, but you can't deny thing's seem a little... off, right? “
“ off? “
“ I mean some of them do look like objects but… “
“ they look more like me if anything, “
“ others look like they even resemble leaves. “
“ i know it may sound crazy, “
“ outright… maybe a little rude. “
“ but despite … “
“ looking… “
“ acting… “
“ SOUNDING… “
“ different. “
“ I can't help but shake this feeling that, “
“ in theory, to some degree. “
“ that they’re all the same? “
“ … “
“ … “
“ … uh “
“ uhm… “
“ err… “
“ ehhh… “
“ uhh… “
“ … “
“ … “
“ well-! “
" a scream, a scream could be heard from above… too far above, whoever was falling was gonna have a pretty rough landing, if they even ended up landing at all. "
“ OH HEY DO YOU HEAR THAT...? s.. Someone's SCREAMING-! “
“ hm? “
" popki's ear twitches. "
“ wait- “
“ it sounds like... They're falling ! “
" I’M FALLING ! "
that's my line !
“ we have to do something-! “
“ wha.. Like what?! “
“ CATCH THEM?! “
“ W-WITH WHAT???? “
“ SOMETHING??? “
“ AHHH- DON'T YELL AT ME-! I DO BAD UNDER PRESSURE !!! “
“ AHHHHHHHHHHHH “
“ AHHHHHHHHHHHH “
" AHHHHHHHHHHHH "
“ D.. DONT WORRY, I’LL CATCH Y
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" oh wait never mind i can float ! "
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“ okay.. “
“ ooooookay. “
“ *inhale “
“ What CAN’T THIS BELL DO?! “
popki yelled out, Surprising radish and the newcomer.
“ WHAT’S IT GONNA DO NEXT?! MAKE THEM FOOD? “
“ GIVE THEM SHOES? “
“ GIVE THEM MONEY??? “
“ GIVE THEM A SUPER HOT DEMI-GOD MOMM- “
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“ Heeeeeey… “
“ … “
“ you uh… “
“ mind ringing your bell? “
“ m-mommy? “
" EXCUSE YOU?! "
" OH I’LL RING YOU A BELL ALRIGHT !! "
“ W..WAIT ! “ “ AH!!- “
the newcomer starting flying towards the two, clutching up their fist… ready to strike !
What! Think I'm not good enough to be a super hot demi-god tall MOMMY?
STOP !
“ h.. huh? “
“ just… stop. “
“ but… but what about the- “
“ STOP ! “
“ ... “
“ radish, i don’t know if you’re just… trying to be nice or what.. “
“ But can you PLEASE, just tell me what's going on?! “
“ i.. I already- “
“ NO! No.. y.. you DIDN’T ! “
“ Radish your hair is made of WORMS, the “ object “ that wants to kick my ass ISN’T EVEN AN OBJECT !! “
“ I wouldn't mind if you were lying for a good reason.. I really wouldn't. “
“ but radish… “
“ the worst thing you did… “
“ was try to lie to me… when… when. “
“ MY SHIRT IS LITERALLY PINK. “
“ … “
“ …ppff.. “
“ PFFAH- AHHEHEAHAHAHAHA !! “
radish bursted into uncontrollable laughter, they were laughing so hard that if you looked just a little closer than usual, tears could’ve been seen. It would make no sense for them to be laughing if, popki, mere seconds after yelling at radish… starting laughing along with them. The bizarreness of the situation was… admittedly laughable. Come on, a shirt changing colors? hair turning into worms? stuff like that only happens in some weird fever dream.
“ hah… “
popki wipes a tear off his face
“ radish i’m.. i'm sorry for yelling. “
“ no. no it’s fine! I should be sorry for lying… I shouldn't keep stuff from people, especially if they're just- confused ! “
“ Yeah, but I shouldn't have lost my cool! I may be in the right… but snapping at you wasn’t ok. I’m supa sorryyyy… “
“ It's fine, really. “
“ i think… I think i kinda needed to be yelled at? Like a good wake up call is just the thing a person needs to get on the path of understanding.. when they're confused. “
“ yeah!.. “
“ ..but, you’ll tell me… right? “
“ Tell you….? “
“ about… you know. EVERYTHING ! “
“ OH- right ! I'll tell you everything I can, popki ! “
“ COUGH. “
“ ?! “ “ ?! “
“ Don't I deserve an apology too? “
the “ newcomer “ despite the embarrassing argument that had just unfolded, never left. In fact they just sat there, waiting for the two to finish their cheesy apology.
“ you just wanted to use me to get some super hot demi-god tall mommy!... and i think thats just… so… so horrible~! “
“ … “
“ …sooooo? “
“ APOLOGIZE !! “
“ OKAY OKAY I'M SORRYY !! “
“ hehe ! “
popki bows.
“ I'm sorry dear… uhhhhhhh… “
“ TUBS !!! “
“ TUBS!!! SORRY DEAR TUBS !!! “
“ You would make a great demi-god mommy, tubs! “
“ …hpmh ! “
“ Apology accepted … I GUESS. “
“ okay- okay- i think we should sit down for this one… “
“ tubs, do you mind helping me explain?“
“ hmm… I guess not, a root plant like you could never hurt my feelings !... unlike POPKI. “
“ i said i was sorryyyyyyyy “
“ ahem… let’s start with tubs, tubs is what this world calls a “wishipon” “
“ a “ wishepon “…? “
“ yeah a wishipon!... tubs? “
“ hmph… a wishipon is… like an object, an object that has to follow these “rules” in order to be made. “
“ mhm mhm! Those rules being “ you need to reflect this specific wish !” and “ make your whisper's wish come true ! " "
“ w.. whisper? “
“ oh boy… "
“ Did this root kid really teach you NOTHING?! “
“ heh… for the most part… "
“ not really ! "
“ UGH… radish we’re gonna start from square one to get all this information through his head! “
“ let’s just… try to simplify it! "
“ tch. Okay. “
“ … popki, this might sound crazy but… "
“ in this world.. "
“ you can wish for… "
