I have a ten-month-old and life is too quiet

[fallingdream]

I wonder how many of the Refugees still check on this community now and then, even though they don't post anymore.
I mean, of course a lot of our gang has split up. That's what happens, apparently, when the more universally dire threats are out of the way. Still, this group was the foundation for our lives after Earthfall.
We may not need a support community anymore, but I'm surprised we've become so distant (aside from the physical distance, which is kind of unavoidable).
I guess some of it is my own fault. It's been ages since I chatted with Ryune, and I could instigate that anytime.

You know who I really miss, though?
You'd never guess it.


Greta.


Greta really had a way of reminding us that even though half our universe is Final Fantasy, the other half is still Disney.
And let's face it, that half is a lot more reassuring when things go dark.
Amidst all of us, her wonderings and reassurances always stood out.
I dunno. Maybe it just felt like that to me because we disagreed on nearly everything. I do love a good argument.

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[shadowchaser]

I miss everybody. And I'm worrying myself sick over Aria. And Eli says he wants to hear another story about the 'dragon pirate Calum'. You might be having a good argument with me soon. *facepalm*

[fallingdream]

Great, I'll tell him the one about how the dragon pirate Calum sailed to the moon to fetch a white moon diamond to pay the ransom on his beloved demonic companion, who had been captured by a wizard frog.

[shadowchaser]

Jalen wants to know if he can sit in on that one. Lol.

[fallingdream]

Of course! I think he'll like the part where the dragon pirate has to fight the three squirrel samurai. They were hired by the wizard frog, you see, because he'd fallen in love with the demon while holding her prisoner, and wanted to keep her. Unfortunately for the wizard frog, he'd already made a bargain with Calum and he was under a spell that kept him from breaking his promises.

[shadowchaser]

...My kids are gonna ditch my storytime for yours, I just know it.

[fallingdream]

One day I'll tell them the story of Diana, which my dad made up for me.
He stopped telling it when I learned to read my own bedtime stories, but I think I still remember...

A girl named Diana is captured by a dragon (who he happened to describe like the weird composite dragon from the second half of the Neverending Story) and forced to serve as his housekeeper. Eventually she escapes with the help of the dragon's other maid, and meets various strange things on her journey home. A family of bears take her in for a while, and at some point she ends up in a field where a unicorn herd lives. As she forages there and the days pass, she slowly transforms into a unicorn herself.
Still, she remember that she wants to go home, and she finishes the journey in her much faster unicorn form.
When she got home, however, she didn't know how to change back, but her family recognized her, and as they hugged and kissed her, she bit by bit regained her human form.

That's how the story ended, but he also made up a sequel which I can't remember at all.
... Or it's possible I just dreamed the sequel. Bedtime story, and all.

[shadowchaser]

Yep, getting ditched. Must be more creative.