Event Private Finished Rooftop Meetings

Bel didn't really mind the interruption even though she didn't quite have the answers to Adelaida's questions and felt somewhat put on the spot. In fact, she almost started doubting her motivation for running. Was she being conceited or making this about herself? Adelaida's pointed questions did make her think hard about her reasons for considering these elections important.

After a minute of silence, Bel finally spoke. "It's important because the island has gone through some major changes lately... and we need to pull together and support each other more than ever before," she told Adelaida.

"Many of us are stuck here forever and can't really go home, people like myself, people from Dark Crystal, things we do now for each other will affect us later on," she explained quietly and thoughtfully.

Bel shook her head at Adelaida's words. "No, no, I don't think people have noticed yet. That's the problem."

" The island has gone and is going through so many changes lately with the loss and then surge of magic, the malfunction of human shape charms, the unfreezing of the Dark Crystal academy and the island moving to a liminal zone... that nobody has noticed til now that there are people who need help that aren't being helped because they have simply been forgotten about in this whole crazy mess," she explained passionately.

"So many of us can't go home anymore either. Returning to Earth is sort of an option that many do not have anymore, and we need to show them that no matter what, there are people here who care about them... Starting at school... it's not enough anymore to give everyone a bed, food and a stipend."

"That's why it's so important for the school and the island to be a warm and welcoming place," Bel stated as she changed sitting position. "It's part of the reason I'm running. I am also here for good, and I know what it's like to not be able to go home."

"It's not about dealing with planes," she said as she got to her feet starting to feel a little agitated by Adelaida's questions.

"it's about welcoming people, students mainly, and making sure that they feel at home, or at the very least, accepted and that they know how to get around the island properly," Bel pointed out.

"It's about assigning someone to show them the ins and outs as it were," she said as she slowly paced back and forth as she talked and defended her position.

Bel was very grateful when Adelaida apparently stopped probing as intently as before and slowed her pacing as her inner agitation became less and less.

"Well, home tends to be where we feel welcomed, no?" the young goddess replied thoughtfully. "So, I think it begins by showing others that they are welcomed here by taking the time to show them around, help them get acclimated and befriend them if and where possible," she stated calmly.

Bel would have quite happily continued with their rooftop conversation, she was even about to answer Adelaida's question about how she'd convince the electorate when her cell phone rang suddenly.

It was from Sam. Jasmine, the girl she had had a conversation with yesterday afternoon was in the hospital.

"Adelaida, I am sorry. But I have to go - a friend is ... I don't know actually. All I know is that she's in the hospital," Bel explained as she got to her feet, a worried look on her face.

"Maybe we can get together another evening, here on the roof?" she asked hopefully. She truly enjoyed their talks, and hoped to continue them.