"scale" it to the skin and bone (tag)

[Mila Richards]

Through all her years she had always tried to get closer to understanding Ribbon but in reality everything was such a spinning spool of confusion that even as a grown woman she simply did not know how to do it but this felt like they were closer. She was concentrating as best as she could to keep her feet steady. She listened as she could feel her hair spreading against the ground and she spoke. "You do know that when we are babies our fear somehow finds it's way to a form of submission because our caretakers well take care of all our needs that our bodies deem essential right? That is why doing things as an adult take an extra mile of consideration at least for most."

It was a little bit of how she seen herself. "I just like to make sure that you are prepared and myself too since I know that if you fall you might either land on top of me or beside me and there is probably a good chance that something is going to end up broken." Speaking though she had a slight idea. "Let as much of the ribbon loose as you can and I will put my feet through it and give a pull while you do so and then I can extend you up like that. I think throwing at least up but would be a bit much and scaling it to an upward extension might work better."

Ribbon Harmony

[Ribbon Harmony]

As a child Ribbon honestly did not get the chance to be out in the sun that much. Between breaking her leg and her overall clumsiness she found it was easier to stay inside rather than do anything else so this was different and felt good. She was a little scared though as she did close and then open her eyes and let the sound of Mila's words wash over her like a calm wave. For once in her life she did as instructed and spoke. "When did you become the safer than sorry type?"

It was a question of genuine concern. She thought that it was nice but she also felt that if anyone did not have any daring times in their life they would become stale and that was why she made sure to do something way out of her comfort zone at least once every three months. Any more than that and she thought she might like it too much and in the end become more of a rebel than she had been when she was younger. "We leave for Astaria seriously in a couple of days. It will be good to finally get settled in there don't you think?"

Mila Richards

[Mila Richards]

She nodded as she lifted her feet and then finally let Ribbon go. She slowly stood up as she listened and took in everything that she had to say. "I am ready to finally go there for a little while. I think with the summer now seemingly in full effect we will be able to say that we spent the start of our summer vacation away and got to take the rest of the time and get to figure out who we are and will be in our new home."

She knew that sounded cliche but it was also something that she simply liked a lot and at the end of the day that was what mattered. She did not ever want anyone to feel like they could not take their time. "You sure that you and Micah will be able to get along enough to be in the same place?" That was her one true worry if she had one. She knew that Ribbon was a grown woman but it still did not mean that she would not worry. It was heartbreaking a little bit to know that siblings sometimes did not get along but even more so when it seemed that they did not try.

Ribbon Harmony

[Ribbon Harmony]

Ribbon knew that she had always been an emotional basket case and if she had not before she definitely knew it now because even in such a beautiful location her emotions so far were up and down only balanced here and there and she could "feel" the unbalance through her scales. She hated how it slightly seemed to effect her breathing but she did her best to remain calm and let the sound of the water be her guiding light as far as letting everything just roll off of her mind.

"It will be nice to have a solid place and get used to seeing the same thing here and there. I have been thinking that I might even get a job. I mean someone somewhere has to have some use for my skills." A job would do her good and give her somewhere to put her mind at ease. "I guess I could go into the gift wrapping business if nothing else." She let out a small laugh when Micah was mentioned. "I mean Micah and I shared a womb and we both managed to make it through so I think at the end of the day we will be fine, besides as hard as it is to believe we used to be close at one point and time." She felt her ribbons unwrap from Mila's feet and she rolled off hitting the ground but laying there allowing all the thoughts to run through her head. "I miss my brother," she finally said. "I miss how he was before everything went to hell. That makes me crazy right?"

Mila Richards

[Mila Richards]

Sometimes all you needed to get the ball rolling on what you were meant to do was a different view or in this case a different place of view. None the less she was doing a little thinking here and there too trying her best to figure out what to say but always listening. "There is a lot to say about consistency. People forget that even if it is doing something when you can or doing something every day it is all different forms of consistency which helps us do a good amount of knowing that we are actually living in our own life."

It did shock her a little bit when Ribbon actually admitted to missing her brother but it was also something bound to happen sooner or later. "I mean just because you guys see things differently does not mean that you are not going to miss him. It is cliche' but it is also some of the best parts of growing up is knowing that no matter what you should almost always have someone that you can call on." She took a few minutes to think and then spoke. "I do think that when we get back you should try and talk to him."

Ribbon Harmony

[Ribbon Harmony]

She had honestly not thought of trying to talk to Micah and she knew it stemed from the fact that she did not really know how to handle talking to someone if they either started yelling or were looking for somewhere to put the blame. She knew that he had just as much of a messed up childhood as she did but she felt that she had processed and dealt with it where as she felt like he really had not but maybe he had and she just could not see that because it was different for him.

"You should come with me and I can reach out to Trove and see if she wants to be there too. I feel like if Micah and I are even going to attempt to pull back and layer anything about us or reveal layers about ourselves then we need some mediation and you can be there for me and she be there for him." It was not that she had any sort of dislike for Trove it was simply that she had never sat down to think about what it would be like and thus had avoided talking to her because at the time and even now it simply seemed easier. "Do you know anything about Trove that I should know?"

Mila Richards

[Mila Richards]

"Of course I will be there," she said. "I mean it's not anything that I think you should deal with on your own anyway so it only makes sense that I come with you and as far as the girl goes I really do not know much about her. I mean I figured that you would have more information on her but then I figured that maybe Micah kept all the things that they did or did not do to himself because boys tend to do that when a girl is involved. The only thing I can really say that I feel like you should do is be as nice as you can."

It was harder than it seemed but a lot of people could do it if the benefit was more to them than anything else and right now she felt that Ribbon would understand that more than anyone else. "All I really know is that she can hold memories so maybe the real question we should be asking is would their be a specific memory that your brother would try to pry out of her head?" It seemed like a bad question but they had to take in all accounts or so she thought.

Ribbon Harmony

[Ribbon Harmony]

She listend and sighed. "That is the one thing that I hate the most. Whenver you think that you know one thing about Micah or what he is doing so much more starts to unfold and it feels like you are getting nowhere. He has always been such a big picture guy but not in the way that you are. You paint and get an idea and you finish it. Micah if he is trying to pull one specific memory out of her head is probably going to take the long way around and no one wants that. I am trying to think back to our childhood and see if maybe that will be a better place to start."

They had, had an average childhood. They had lost things like everyone else and it was not until they started going to middle school that Micah started acting strange. However as far as Ribbon knew she only thought that was because of puberty. "Oh, I remember this one time I did catch them sneaking out at night. I think it was about a month after dad had died and Micah had went extremely quiet and then she showed up. They snuck out of his room and I went to go tell Mom but she was so out of it with grief that she did not seem to care."

Mila Richards

[Mila Richards]

Mila took a second and thought about the art comparison. It was a nice one and it was mostly true at least for her. "It is a little out there but you know when you are trying to figure something out about a person you have to be steps ahead or you will never know what to do." As Ribbon went on she listened. "It seems like we need to figure out where they went. Maybe Micah is trying to see if she remembers. I mean you know how people bury treasure, or they call it treasure but it could be literally anything because treasure is different depending on who is looking for it and what they are looking for."

Then again she was sure that it could be nothing. "What if it's something only she knew, well I guess only they knew and he is making sure it either comes to light when he is around or make sure it stays buried because it is bad?" No one wanted to think of their sibling as "bad" so to say but not everyone in the world was good or trying to do the right thing sadly enough. "What if a buried memory of hers is a key of sorts? It is not that far fetched of an idea right?"

Ribbon Harmony

[Ribbon Harmony]

She was about to comment on everything that Mila had said when she felt her scales loosen up and the ribbons come out and she reached over and got her phone out. She had been invited into a group chat with Micah and a lot of others including Mila. She read over it and her scales tightened up again. "Well it seems like a trip to new york is in our future," she said. She had never been there at least not that she could remember but she felt like Micah had.

"I will take care of everything that we need as far as the apartment in Astaria goes and see you in New York. We can take a flight together if you want or different ones? I mean I am sure that everyone already has their opinion about what is going on here anyway and I am finding that I do not care as much which is good." She stood up. "Come on Mila, let's go see what New York has in store for us." Maybe she would get some pizza while she was there since she had heard that they had some of the best pizza in town, either way she hoped whatever this was turned out, well boomingly beautiful.

Mila Richards
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