Chimera

@DivineFlight *Filled with warm and it might just be endotherm-on-endotherm bodily contact but no, she thinks there's something else, something she only feels with Jeanne-Marie and it's very, very nice. The purring ratchets up a notch. Somewhat shyly, she finds the other girl's hand*

@SpliceThingsUp *Squeaks softly in response and nuzzles at her hair*

*Runs around throwing leaves into the air, then comes in out of the cold to wrap an extremely fluffy tail around @DivineFlight*

@DivineFlight *Shifts something in her throat, so she can answer without words, her chest beginning to rumble, the soft noise filling the air. There. That's better*

@SpliceThingsUp *Wraps narrow, endlessly gentle arms around her and rests her own head on Chimera's* Thank you for warming me.

@DivineFlight > girl's shoulder*

@DivineFlight *Thoughts spill into the bottom of her throat, but she can't pick out the words to say, and it all just sort of jams. Normally this is frustrating, but it doesn't bother her so much with Jeanne-Marie. She answers with a softer smile instead, and rests her head on the other >

@DivineFlight *Fluffs it in her face with a toothy grin. It /is/ a squirrel tail, so it keeps twitching, but it's sooo warm*

@SpliceThingsUp *Squeals at the sudden cold and sudden fluff and immediate following warmth! Bright pink spots in her cheeks as she joyfully pushes fingers into the fluff*

@BulletTimeBaby @Fscinated *He's not the only one with weird reactions. Chimera makes a scrunched-up face but also a weird short laugh when the head starts scurrying across the floor. Nope. Cool, though. But nope*

@Fscinated @SpliceThingsUp *Weird, Peter thought he was an oxygenius*

@Fscinated *Peter has spontaneously decided that it's Halloween movie night, so Hank is getting dragged to the couch with him, along with enough popcorn to feed half the mansion if they decide to show up*

@Fscinated @BulletTimeBaby *Fortunately she doesn't particularly identify with the shapeshifting alien, just thinks it has some neat ideas. Like teeth in weird places! Never thought she's see someone get his arms bitten off by a ribcage before. That one actually makes her jump*

@SpliceThingsUp @BulletTimeBaby *Hopefully they're good wide eyes? He's a little concerned that the humans get so aggressive towards the shape-shifting alien but hopefully she'll manage alright...*

@BulletTimeBaby @Fscinated *She watches intently but quietly through the first part, until the first transformation - poor dog, but WOW. Eyes like saucers, half-eaten popcorn bag dropping to the floor*

@SpliceThingsUp @Fscinated *Course. Here ya go, now let him rummage through the tapes. Which he can do very quickly. Heeere it is!*

@Fscinated @BulletTimeBaby *Glances between them - Hank seems to think it's a good idea, too - and shrug-nods. Cool. Let's have it. And another bag of popcorn*

@BulletTimeBaby @SpliceThingsUp *Ooh, good thought, Peter!*

@BulletTimeBaby @Fscinated *Steals more candy while they're giving each other Looks*

@Fscinated @SpliceThingsUp *Listen, Hank takes a special amount of looking after, someone's got to do it*

@BulletTimeBaby @Fscinated *...Yes. Yes, she does. Yom*

@Fscinated @SpliceThingsUp *Peter flashes a smile at her. Hey, changer. Want a candy bar, too?*

@BulletTimeBaby @Fscinated *Creeps up next to the couch, quietly claiming a smaller bag and settling to watch*

@Fscinated *Props a bowl of popcorn between them so they can take turns grabbing it*

@DivineFlight Don't know. But it was really cool. Like the wind was picking you up.

@SpliceThingsUp How! *Eyes SO wide they fill half her face, mouth pulled up against all protest*

*Stalk stalkstalk. ... Sneaksneaksneak*

@DivineFlight *Oof! Squawk and laugh and roll and grin up at her* Flying. You were flying.

@SpliceThingsUp and shivers and her cheeks are bright, eyes brighter, all aglow like the moon and she throws arms all around Chimera's neck*

@DivineFlight *Holds on to her hand like a child holding the string of a balloon, that laugh bursting free as a joyous yell of delight and, oddly, triumph*

@SpliceThingsUp *She is a bird. She is, suddenly, a bird, and slipping free of earthly chains, flying over the leaves and flying, flying--*

@DivineFlight *Chimera has the impression for a second that Jeanne-Marie's feet are just barely touching the ground, her footsteps lighter, like a bird's. She doesn't say anything, but keeps running, heart leaping like a hare in her chest, an odd giddy feeling like a laugh trying to burst out*

@SpliceThingsUp *Whee~! Bright trees and bright Chimera and bright bright speed faster faster whipping up leaves the breeze fiercer past her ears-*

@DivineFlight *Grins, teeth bright, and tugs gently to lead her off the path and into the light, open woodland, early autumn leaves now flying beneath their feet*

@SpliceThingsUp *Squeals at the sudden flight, filled with bright joy at the sight. Her feet grow lighter, faster, until she's almost pulling Chimera along*

@DivineFlight *Run, run, embracing the wind and letting out a little laugh and a breathless "Sorry!" to a bird they disrupt at the edge of the path, as it takes off in a small explosion of feathers*

@SpliceThingsUp *Heh. She's still not so sure about running. Once she's /doing it/, yes, but. There's a dread attached to starting, to trying, to beginning. She grips hard to Chimmy's hand to encourage herself before extending long legs out. Run, run*

@DivineFlight *Come on! Hair flying in the rising wind, Chimmy running slow enough on her paw-feet to not leave Jeanne-Marie behind*

@SpliceThingsUp I ⁠—. *Her fingers briefly work in Chimera's* Yes...