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Varvara had always thought she had a pleasant personality, despite being stoic and a nymph of the rain. She always tried to go through the positive things first and succeeded most of the time. Varvara wasn't one to mull over the bad and sad in her life, not at all.
But today she felt gloomy.
Varvara stood in a small clearing and looked up to the sky. Her long pants and tank top made of silk fluttered in the wind that pushed heavy, grey clouds across the sky. They were the color of her eyes and hair. Today Varvara hadn't braided her hair and it was swaying gently behind her, looking like a cape made of storm and rain.
Varvara's eyes weren't smiling today. Her weather prediction for today had promised rain, and it would begin in a few hours. And Varvara would have to turn into her ethereal form and soak up in rainwater. It had been long enough since the last time and if she waited too long Varvara would wither away. But when she turned into her ethereal form Varvara felt so...detached and capricious. And when she turned back for a short while she wouldn't remember her name, her past or where she was. And that scared Varvara way more than death.
Varvara sighed, a thing she did ever so rarely, and lowered her gaze. The grass in this clearing was the same color as the one in the grassland she had first woken up in. That made her feel a bit better, because that grassland was her happy place. Varvara raised her head, her eyes smiling again, turned around and walked into the trees. She shouldn't just wait around for the rain. She should, yes, go to town and eat something new, or learn a new song, or look for new bugs in the bushes. Varvara began to hum, not enough that her power activated, and did a few spins while she walked. Varvara loved how her long hair twisted around her.
Varvara got so into spinning she didn't look where she was going and bumped face first into a tree. Varvara let out a combination of a grunt and groan and squatted down into the ground. She rubbed her face and began to laugh silently.
"Oh dear, I'm trying too hard to make myself feel better. But..."
Varvara lay down to the ground and stared at the sky through the branches.
"Rainy days are my only weakness. That, and shrimps. I loathe shrimps."

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Nyota was out in the woods minding her own business, drawing in her sketchbook for the drawing class that she is taking as part of her electives. She was just sort of drawing... whatever? Trees, bushes... there was squirrel she tried to include in her sketches but that little rat ran off every time she put her pencil on paper. Still, Nyota felt... calm. Focusing on art distracted her from her anger issues and the swirling memories of the dead bird god thing she accidentally ate. At least until some figure came waltzing inside the clearing.


Nyota just watched the wispy looking person enter the clearing, her head too high in the clouds to even seem to notice Nyota giving her a raised eyebrow. Nyota pondered for a moment if she she announce her presence but though... ehh, might as well let her make fool of herself. Nyota tried to include the person in her sketch but she was moving around so much that that all she could make were swirling lines like a strong gust of wind swirling in space. Nyota glanced up and down between her new subject and her scribbled when suddenly she heard a heavy thump!

When her looked upon she saw the person laying flat on their ass... the clumsy ditz apparently had run into a tree and now laid out in the clearing. All of the nonsense she was saying made Nyota question if this person was really high or just really clueless... she couldn't decide which it was. Well at least now she was laying still long enough for to actually do a basic sketch of her new subject.

"Obviously... you tried so hard that you ran into a tree." mused Nyota as she continues to work on her sketch "Not sure what your issue is with the rain but hey... in a strange way I sort of agree with you about the shirmp... they like... freaky looking. Anyway, how long do you plan on laying there like that? I was in the middle of the piece when you came in and made a fool of yourself.... dork."
 

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Varvara jolted a little when she heard talking but didn't get up. She just turned her head and looked at the girl that had suddenly appeared. She was upside down. Varvara grinned and spinned around so she was lying on her stomach. She set her chin on top of her crossed arms and tilted her head.
"I am quite delighted that you share my accurate vision of the creature the call a shrimp. As for laying here, I do not know. I quite like it here."
Varvara spinned a little closer to the girl and sat up, grass in her hair.
"Making a fool of myself. What a great way of expressing it. Yes, I was making myself something. To your eye, a fool. To someone else's eye, something else. A dork I might be, but I am also free, funny, clumsy. Aaaaaaand..."
Varvara stood up and spinned next to the girl, sneaking a peek at her sketchbook.
"You made this fool a part of your piece. We are both bit dorks, we are both bit...artictic."
Varvara spinned away and stopped her back to the girl, suddenly serious.
"I don't like the rain because it makes me forget. I also like the rain because it keeps me alive."
Varvara turned her head and looked at the girl over her shoulder.
"I am quite weird today because I feel melancholy. What are you today?"
 

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Nyota was a bit disappointed that the person didn't shriek in surprise as she expected, that would have been halarious. No, instead they rolled on their belly and greeted her like some unexpected guest that they were all to happy to see. Instead of vemon or a snide, Nyota recieved... praise for calling here a fool? Was something lost in translation there? While Nyota has has meet many strange people during her time on this island... so far this person has been one of the most bizarre that she has encountered in both her manners of speech and dizzying movements.

"Errrummm... sure." Nyota was a bit lost for words... this person was far from what she expected as she spins and spins like a dreidel right next her. As the person peers at her sketch, Nyota scoots away from them. Just a little bit at least, to give herself some personal space. Not that it really matter as the they spun away as quickly as she came, before coming to a sudden stop... their cheery tone turn grim. This sudden shift gave Nyota pause, until they turned back asked her a question.

"U-uh? Me?" stammered Nyota as she sets her pencil down and points to herself with her thumb. What a dumb thought, as if there was anyone else here aside from the woodland critters scurrying about.

"I mean... I dunno. I was sort of having a zen moment until you came prancing in. Now I am like... befuddled I guess is the word? Mostly because of you. But ehh... whatever. Are you usually such a weirdo?"
 

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Varvara was delighted of the defuddlement dhe caused in this person. She was happy for any reaction she caused. It meant she left a mark in the world around her. And that meant more to her than even rain. Or forgetting.
Because even if she forgot everyone else wouldn't.
But still she felt tad sorry for ruining the girl's zen moment. What was a zen moment?
Varvara turned around, absently glancing at the sky once before setting her bright, focused gaze on the person. Her eyes were marvelous. Varvara wanted to know about them too. But first
"Tell me about this 'zen moment' and why did I destroy it? Is it nothing like befuddlement?"
Varvara smiled and made a slow spin that made her hair form a curtain around her.
"Am I such a weirdo all the time? Weirdo is such a marvelous word, I like it quite a lot. Answer to that question is yes. Or no?"
Varvara stopped spinning and had a contemplative expression.
"During all my 17 years I have been like this. So I guess yes, yes I am."
Varvara grinned victoriously, she had learned something new. She was a weirdo.
"How wonderful, I am a weirdo! Now, who are you?"
Varvara stepped two steps closer.
"Your eyes are simply wonderous."
 

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"Oh zen? Err... its like a... being in a state of peace or calm? Like as if your meditating or something. And well... yeah you sort of ruined because I sort of lost focus when you ran into a tree." explained Nyota to as best as she could. Zen was sort of one of those words that she used without really thinking about its true meaning but hopefully her definition was enough for the the girl to understand what she meant. When she moved on talking about how much how much of a weirdo she was, wearing that word with pride all things considered. Strange but then Nyota does consider herself a closeted dork of sorts so maybe they were... similar in that odd way.

"Alright weirdo... if that is whom you are them whom I am to judge?" stated Nyota, before pointing to herself "Well the name's Nyota! And your not first to say that about my eyes. About the first thing most people notice... that or the arm."

Her head gestures to her stump left arm, which she wiggles to draw attention. After a bemused smiled, her sunny gaze turns back to Varvara.

"But don't go ogling at them too long. One dumbass nearly went blind staring directly for longer than he should." warned Nyota, as she had with many other people before.
 

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Varvara was happy when Nyota told her her name. She smiled widely and did a couple of spins. Varvara always felt content when she made yet another contact, no matter whom it was. And Nyota seemed like a pleasant individual.
"It is pleasant to make your acquintance Nyota."
Varvara grinned at Nyota and moved a tad closer.
"Thank you for your explanation. I cannot say I fully understand but you have widened my horizons, and I thank you for it."
Varvara curtsied slightly and listened to Nyota talk ablut her eyes and arm. Varvara hadn't even noticed it, which was rare for her. It must've been the rain, it made her forgetful.
"I understand. I shall not look at you in the eyes too long. Tell me..."
Spins a bit closer again, but tries not to invade her personal space. She had noticed Nyota didn't like it.
"How on earth do your eyes shine so brilliantly?"
 

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"Oh, I accidentally ate a sun god." answered bluntly, as if that remarkable fact was no big deal to her at all. Sure there was more to the story than that but Nyota didn't really feel like having to tell the tale for the 100th time. If they were dying to know the whole story then they could just ask her. But as they were asking questions about her, it occurred to Nyota that prehaps it was time to turn those questions onto her as Nyota knew nothing about her. Heck, she was pretty sure that they didn't even tell her their name.

"And before you go on asking me about my life story... how about I ask you a few questions. First... what exactly are you? You look... human but... wispy looking. I mean... you like a strong gust could carry you off your feet. Second... I don't think I got your name... assuming you have one. Lastly.... uhhh.... do you have a preferred pronoun I can go by?" questioned Nyota, they have been talking with each other this long that they might as well exchange names. That and Nyota really wanted to know what the heck this person. Elf? Fae? Demigod? Weird alien? Hell she wasn't even 100% sure of their gender. At least they were finally respecting her personal space.
 

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"Ate a sun god? Well that is simply remarkable. What form was he in for you to mistake him as something edible?"
Varvara was extremely curious, this was the first time she had heard something like this. Ate a god? My goodness!

Nyota started to ask questions from Varvara and she happily replied. It was only the natural thing to do.
"I would happily tell you about me! I am Varvara, I am a nymph of the rain. A gust can't blow me off if I aren't in my fog form. And you may call me she, I am feminine."
Varvara smiled and was staring into Nyota's eyes again. She averted her gaze and chuckled.
"I would never demand you to tell me your life story after I ruined your zen moment. But if you wish to share it with me I would be most happy. I can then share mine with you, if you want."
 

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"Hee well... to be fair they looked nothing more than black marble. And... I was so out of it from all of the drugs they were giving me during chemo that when my grandma held it up to me I thought candy or medicine or... something." recalled Nyota, that faithful moment was all but haze in her mind. One day she was on the verge of dying then the day after she was cured of her cancer like a Christmas miracle.

Varvara, that was her name... and some sort of rain nymph was it? That somewhat explained their whimsical nature. Nyota wondered for a moment if she was one of the new students that whom were always coming to the school or if she has been around the campus for sometime. Anywhere else and Varvara would have stuck out like a sore thumb but with so many faces far stranger then whatever she saw on Ster Trek, its hard to keep take of even the oddities here.

"Ehh... alright. Since you asked. Before we start, the name is Nyota. So thats that. Anyway, I grew up with two moms in middle of no where Nebraska. Had nothing really going on for me aside from struggling with school because of my dyslexia and kicking the crap out of the bullies whom teased me for my two mom or insulting Star Trek. Then I got cancer and well... almost fucking died. Then my bat-shit insane Chinese grandmother tried to cure with her-" Nyota then raises her arm and does an air quote "-"traditional" medicines to make the cancer go away. None of it worked... except for her her "lucky" stone that I accidentally ate. Then... I got better and now I can do this."

Nyota lifts her palm outstretched. As its held out, swirling gases converge just above her hand, growing and as they give off dim glow. In about 20 seconds the gas suddenly collapses in on itself and forms a miniature sun! Now more than the size of basketball but its radiance is just as luminous as the true sun high in the heavens. Even from Valvara's position they would feel the warmth of this tiny star, giving off the fiery heat of large bonfire.

"Pretty neat huh?" smirked Nyota, admittedly showing off her powers just because she could. Nyota then commands the fiery ball of super-heated gases to circle around them for a moment, before she closes her hand, the tiny star quickly evaporating into nothingness as if its life was suddenly choked out from it.
 
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