crustaceans and crushes - a fig/ayda animatic (fantasy high) / part 1

(DM) And you feel... Something very... hot... Right behind you. (Fig) I guess I look at it. (DM) You turn around, Ayda is standing there. She goes... (Ayda) Um... it seemed like you were focusing so I didn't say anything, but... Also, when you left the room, I didn't know which... real sort of conversation to listen to? It seemed like people were talking... all at the same time, and didn't really care who was hearing them or not - They just were laughing and all kind of talking over each other?

(Fig) Yeah - (Ayda) And I couldn't really make out who to listen to or what was - what was important about what was being said. (Fig) Yeah, sometimes one of the things - the fun things about friendship is just being A chorus of nonsense together, and you don't have to hear each other, It just feels really good to talk really loud. (Ayda pondering) (Ayda) ... A chorus of nonsense? (Fig) Yeah! (Ayda, unconvinced) Yeah, that's great. (Fig) Why - the way you said it doesn't seem great. (Ayda) Um - N

onsense is... (very softly) bad... If - but maybe it's not. Maybe nonsense isn't bad, maybe nonsense is good. Do you - how do you feel about nonsense? (Fig) I mean... I feel like there's a time and a place for nonsense, Like sometimes... I really wanna think about things, but then... Sometimes... things... get too heavy or dark, and I don't wanna think about things, so Nonsense feels like a really good escape. (Ayda) So you've developed a way to escape from thoughts that are scaring you. (Fig) Y

eah, I guess so - (Kristen) GORGUG'S DOING A CRAB STAND (All chanting) CRAB STAND, CRAB STAND, CRAB STAND, CRAB STAND - (Ragh) HE'S F*CKING DOING IT (Fig) See, that's all just masking pain. (DM) You see Ayda says, (Ayda) Um... I would... I don't wanna overstate this, I would give anything to develop that skill. That sounds incredible. (Fig) Do you think you could? (Ayda) It's certainly... worth trying... (Gay panic) (Fig) I definitely think sometimes some people are better at it than - or someti

mes - I personally am better at it than others I have days where I could just really... Do a bunch of f*ckin' crab stands back to back metaphorically. (Ayda) Are there... What sort of nonsense things have you done to make yourself feel good? (Fig) Uh... (war flashbacks) Uhhh... Usually just pretending to be someone else. (Ayda) That's fun for you? (Fig) Sometimes, yeah. (Ayda) Uh... yeah, that's interesting. I... can't understand that. (Fig) Oh - (Ayda) Because, if I was you, I wouldn't wanna be

anyone else. Because you're... Very exceptional. (Fabian, ruining the moment) LOOK, THE BALL'S A LITTLE SHRIMP! (The Ball) Me, me! I'm a little shrimp! I'm a lil' shrimp! (Ragh) HE'S F*CKING DOING IT (Kristen) Pass the shrimp! (Fabian) Pass the shrimp! (Gorgug, unhinged) I'M A CRAB (Fabian, losing it) OHHHHHHHH (The Ball) He's a crab! (Fabian) He's a crab and he's a shrimp! (Ayda) Um... (Fig) Well, thank you. I... I wish I could take that compliment, but - Truthfully I think you probably think

I'm... somewhat different than I am. (Ayda) Being mistaken about the nature of something and discovering its true nature Is my favorite thing in the world to do. Are you... Engaging in this chorus of nonsense because the gemstone containing your father went missing? (Fig) Yeah, I just had a... had a bad day. And, uh... (DM) Her eyes glow bright as she looks over at the... Briar wall... And she, um... Looks back at you and says, (Ayda) Would you like a closer look at that wall? (Fig) Um... okay.

(Ayda) Good. (DM) Uh, she opens the sliding glass door, Turns herself and you invisible, And lifts you up and (Brennan mouth noise) flies out through Arborly in the middle of the night. (Kristen) HAWT