To be Determined in the Nexus

[determinedflirter]

 Waking up in a bed of flowers after taking a giant fall is one thing she prefer to wake up from. But in the middle of the cold floor Plaza of a strange new place, is new. Frisk had thought she was dreaming after finally getting a good sleep in her mother's home. She had faintly smelled the sweet butterscotch and cinnamon mixture of her favorite treat. Though after a few pinches to herself and squeaks of pain, it was not a dream. She was not in her bedroom.

Luckily, there were some pamphlets on the side she was able to reach. The girl took her time to read one carefully. "Nexus..." she whispered to herself. There were other areas detailed in it that she could go to. She would definitely want to visit those areas later, but a new concern raises in her. "Excuse me," the human spoke up to anyone in her direction, trying to get anyone's attention. "Is there a place I should stay in for a while? I don't have any money, but I promise to do anything to help pay back. Please?"

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[determinedflirter]

She nods her head. "Sure, I don't mind." Frisk doesn't know much about coordinates on a map or if there is another method that could help locate her home. But texting her mother would be useful. Messaging her that she was fine.

Frisk moves in closer to her, so as to not get lost.

[eumenis]

Furiosa smiles, unwittingly charmed. Granted, she's always been more softhearted toward the young than most would think from her appearance, but the upbeat resoluteness of this one really strikes her the right way. "Are you hungry at all? I only carry jerky and protein biscuits, but there are always kiosks with snacks around the plaza."

Her money isn't really hers, per se. Furiosa trades for the Citadel, and only rarely indulges herself. One meal for a lost kid won't hurt anyone, though. And a PINpoint can be gotten for free. She offers her right hand--the one that's flesh and blood, not metal. "You want to tell me about where you come from? Do you have a school?"

That's one of the things you ask kids about, after all, but Furiosa's interest is more than casual. They're in the process of building a school where she comes from, and an outside perspective might be useful.

[determinedflirter]

"If it's not too much trouble, I wouldn't mind getting a snack." Frisk didn't have much gold or other forms of currency on hand. She hoped that the food would not be too expensive. She held onto her hand.

"My place does have a school, yes," she responded. "My mom actually works in one. She has always wanted to be a teacher! You might be surprised when I say this...but the place I come from has monsters. Good ones though!" The girl assured. "They are like friends and family to me. We hang out, play games, sometimes I flirt with them..." The word 'flirt' seems to be emphasized, as if it was super important to her. A child flirting with a monster. Might just be the kid's playfulness.

[eumenis]

"Sure," she smiles. "What do you like? I, uh, always get peach ice cream when I have the chance. But there are sandwiches and bowls of rice and meat at some of the food carts. And tacos."

The taco stands are weird. They seem almost like a religious organization, the way people crowd around and rave about their wares. It makes Furiosa wary; she hasn't tried one yet, just in case they're addictive.

"When I was a child, our mothers were always our teachers," she smiles, although she gets that that isn't quite what Frisk means.

Her brow creases a little. "You flirt with monsters?" There could be more than one meaning in there. She is, oddly, ready to believe there are good monsters. She's met plenty of scary-looking non-human people around here, anyway, and few to none have been threatening.

"Do they...like being flirted with?" She's trying to wrap her brain around this, here.

[determinedflirter]

"I don't mind anything. But peach ice cream sounds very delicious!"

Another mother that was teacher. She wondered maybe if they ever had a chance to meet, they would work together in the same school.

"Yes," she answered without any hestitation. "I even managed to snag a date with a skeleton after I flirted with him. But it ended in just a platonic relationship. We're cool with that." The kid explains this as if it was a casual thing. Flirting with an undead being? What sorts of monsters she had met to give response like that to a small human?

[eumenis]

"Peach anything is delicious." Furiosa has concluded this is a strange child, but she likes her quite a bit. She's a sucker for anyone with pluck and directness. "We used to grow peaches in the place I lived as a child. One of the mothers, Judith, used to make liquor from them..."

Kid looks way too young to drink, though. Even if the Vuvalini drinking age was pretty variable. Furiosa's first taste was when she was a new initiate, at twelve.

Speaking of too young, her concern about this tale is less related to the idea of monsters and skeletons than the association with sexuality. She has no way to relate to what a date is, though. She knows the term, but there aren't any cinemas or cute coffee houses to take a friend/potential-lover to where she comes from. "How old are you?"

Wasteland Mom wants to make sure you're old enough for dating, young lady. Although, in a way, she does understand. Her first tentative kiss with Valkyrie was shared at the age of eleven.