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[revolter]

Who: Matilda Wormwood and YOU.
What: playing hopscotch with flying stones!
When: This afternoon.
Where: Near the garden!!
Rating: G



[ she should have asked if she was allowed to draw on the pavement near the garden. But Matilda had figured that if she wasn't, she'll wash the chalk away.

It was a good practice for her power more than just a game. She knew this was something many kids usually played together but having grown up the way she did, she didn't mind playing alone.

To those who might pass her she might seem like a true wonder. A small child in a blue dress making a stone rise into the air before it is elegantly placed down on a numbered square for her to hop on the other numbered blocks to get it back. After she retrieves it, she hops back only to lay it on the ground and make it float up and onto one of the chalk squares again.

She'll accept playmates. ]

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[psych0p0mps]

[Doop de do, Aradia's just on her way back up to the castle from her shift at the pie shop. Business has been pretty slow since that whole EVERYTHING IS PIE fiasco, so she wound up going home early, and as long as it's such a nice day she decided to walk.

But as she passes by the garden, she happens to notice something unusual: a little girl! And something even more unusual: a human using telekinesis!

Feeling a little mischievous, she zips to hide behind a tree before she's spotted. The next time Matilda sets down the stone, she'll use her own powers to discreetly move it to the next square over. Hee hee~]

[revolter]

[ Matilda notices the stone moves and stops. Many children would think it a thing of chance, something to dismiss. For her, curiosity always wins over. She looks at the stone, frowns and after a moment tilts her head, moving it to the place where it was before. ]

[psych0p0mps]

[This time Aradia leaves it in place, but tilts it up onto one end, in such a position that it would fall if she let it go. She waits a second or two like that, and then all of a sudden starts it spinning rapidly.]

[revolter]

[ This time, the girl stops, frowns at the stone as it spins. She hadn't done that, she knows. Hadn't used her power then something else must be doing this. She lifts it, lays it in one small open palm to inspect it. Perhaps the castle - the castle had powers. Perhaps it was doing it. Looking around her, more curious than afraid, lifted her palm to her her eyes, made the stone hover in front of her ]

[psych0p0mps]

[By now Aradia's starting to think she should reveal herself, but - alright, alright, just one more trick. After a couple seconds, the hovering stone flips itself away, toward a nearby tree, and a grey-skinned hand reaches out to catch it, followed closely by - well, Aradia's head.]

Yoink!

[revolter]

[ She is startled, a small gasp leaves her lips as she takes a step back. Some other children would have run but a moment later she moves forward again, curiosity getting the better of her. ]

Who are you?

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia moves fully out from behind the tree, brushing some stray hair out of her face. She's still in regular clothes, i.e. the Aries shirt and black skirt, so at least her wings are hidden. But she's quite used to this initial reaction from people, and in fact kind of enjoys it, not gonna lie.]

Aradia Megido! Who are you?

[revolter]

Matilda Wormwood.

[ she looks at her for a short moment before looking down at the stone. ]

You have powers like mine.

[psych0p0mps]

Hehe, that does seem to be the case. [Approaching, she holds out the stone to give it back. After it does a little loop-de-loop in the air, of course.] Are you from Earth, Matilda? I get the impression it's pretty uncommon there.

[revolter]

[ She nods, smiles at the stone and then at the girl. ]

I am. I don't think any of the other kids in my class can do this.

[psych0p0mps]

[satisfied with that, Aradia nods, and circles around to have a better look at the hopscotch pattern.]

What were you playing?

[revolter]

Hopscotch. It's not really exciting but it's fun, and it's a way to practice my powers.

[ With a tiny smile, she handed her the stone. ]

You can try, too.

[psych0p0mps]

[Ooh :3 she does enjoy games!]

How do you play?

[revolter]

It's easy. You throw the stone and then you have to hop, get it without falling, hop until you reach Home and then turn and hop back.

[ she lifts a finger to throw the stone, hops to retrieve her as a demonstration. ]

See?

[psych0p0mps]

[Watches attentively, then nods.] Okay, that looks straightforward enough. Is it possible to win, or is it just for fun?

[revolter]

If you lose your balance and fall out of the lines, you're out. But mostly it's for fun.

[psych0p0mps]

Alright, let me give it a try.

[she has the rock fly back to her hand, then tosses it onto the hopscotch pattern and goes hopping after it. she has to pause briefly to pick it up, but otherwise she manages without screwing up too bad.]

[revolter]

[ She nods her approval, even goes and claps her hands. ]

That was a good round. Now hop back here.

[psych0p0mps]

[She does! This is the easy part. When she completes that, she hands Matilda back the stone.]

There we go. Your turn.

[revolter]

Alright -

[ she lifts a fingers, makes the stone fly to a square and carefully hops forward to get it back. ]

I wonder how many times you have to do this until you fall.

[psych0p0mps]

I don't know. It doesn't look like it gets harder each time or anything.