fandomtownies | The park- Monday morning

Maybe it was the fact that Rey felt like she should have a routine to fall into even though she hadn't been here long enough for that. Maybe it was something else. But it was about the time that she stepped out of her too-big apartment to leave for the day that the feeling that things were wrong really hit.

That was quickly followed by a dawning horror that she wasn't supposed to be like this. She'd largely avoided being affected like this in this town, and this was a hell of a way to have that change.

All right, so.

She ended up at the park, taking a seat on a bench. If anyone came by, then obviously she was just happily enjoying the scenery and watching the rubber duckies in the pond after a long time away. But mostly she was trying to reach out and get a sense for other people on the island, what they were feeling and whether there were any little flashes of panic from people figuring things out. She'd expected something weird today. This didn't feel weird. It felt more than that.

You know, she would have liked to get some training in first.

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Well Paris was clearly here to spy on everyone. She was especially good at that because her eyes never blinked.

"Beautiful morning today!" she chirped chirpily as she lurched across the park (stupid knees that didn't bend...) "Everything happy and as it should be?"

You know what Rey wasn't great at? Cheerful. She was a forced introvert who didn't trust a ton of people and was now stuck having to deal with all their feelings.

But that last thing was also good for sussing out who she needed to be careful around.

"Always," Rey said, as brightly as she could manage. "I'm so glad I came back here!"

Her timing was awesome!

"Why would anyone want to go anywhere else?" Paris agreed.

"I don't know what I was thinking. I'm so much happier here." Which was true, aside from ~this~.

"What's your name?"

"I'm Paris," Paris said, tossing her blond curls hard enough to jiggle her giant red bow. "I'm a reporter."

In all the senses of the word.

"That's amazing! What do you report on?"

Like Rey wasn't already going to super avoid Paris.

"Oh, all of the events that happen here, of course," Paris said, leveraging herself up onto a bench. "How good all of the toys are being. Today will be spent learning all about what Dean Skywalker did wrong."

"That was terrible," Rey said, and added quickly, "Whatever he did to deserve that, of course. He must have been very unhappy."

...Was it weird to smile after that? Rey was doing it anyway.

Did Paris' glass eyes go a little sharper at that? Maybe.

She pulled out a notebook from her dress's apron as well as a pen, which she could somehow manage despite having molded porcelain hands. "What makes you think he was unhappy?"

"I don't know why else anyone would do something bad," Rey tried. "That's why it's important to be happy."

She hated this and she didn't trust that notebook.

"That's very true," Paris said. "Have you ever been unhappy?"

"I was unhappy unt I came here. Now everything is perfect."

Rey's face hurt. She didn't smile this much.

"Hmm," Paris said, definitely writing something down.

Rey worried about that a little... and decided she should at least try to cut this off right now.

Sounding as calm and convincing as possible, because she felt as calm and convincing as possible, she suggested, "You don't need to worry about me. I'm the happiest person on this island."

Paris's glazed eyes looked even more glazed. "You're the happiest person on this island," she repeated.

"You really can just leave me alone," Rey continued, trying not to get too caught up in how that had worked.

Paris found herself standing back up. "I can just leave you alone--"

"And you can leave your notebook," Rey said, and smiled. "Have an amazing day."

Look, it had worked before.

"You have an amazing day, too," Paris said, leaving the notebook on the bench.

Prompto's make was actually incredibly versitile and mobile, which was great, because his class was canceled and what better way to take advantage of already being up and ready to go than getting in a good jog? With his arms and legs jointed well enough to do so without it looking really weird or awkward!

And the best thing about it? His hair was staying perfectly shaped and molded no matter what!

Making his rounds around the island and doing a few extra loops around the park, he made sure to smile and nod his perfectly sculpted head and lift his well-jointed arms in a wave to the girl on the bench with a bright and cheerful, "Good morning!"

Because it was a good morning, as far as he knew. He'd sort of slept through the announcement. Some habits couldn't be broken even as a toy.

"Good morning," Rey returned, thinking that if she kept smiling she'd sound happy. "How are you today?"

"Never better!" Prompto practically sang it out, bouncing between his feet as he paused enough to hold a conversation but still wanted to keep up that momentum, that energy. He meant it, too. "It's a great morning for a run, isn't it? My class actually got canceled so I had the chance to fit one in! That makes it kind of a lucky run, you know? How's your day going? Good, I hope!"

And he meant that, too! And not just in the it better be good because then I'd have to worry about someone not having a good day and that would be bad! sort of a way.

But also, just a little bit in that sort of way, too.

But mostly because he genuinely hoped she was having a good day. Mostly.

"It's going happily! I'm just taking in the beauty of the island! And the ducks."

Couldn't even leave the ducks out of it.

"Ohmygosh!" Prompto gushed. "The ducks are the beeeeeeeeeeest! They're one of my favorite subjects to get pictures of! They're so cute! But I also like getting pictures of the squirrels. And the deer! And...I mean..." He laughed. "Everything, really! The island is pretty beautiful, isn't it? Nearly everywhere you turn. I'm so glad I got to come out and enjoy it today! Dr. Lecter's class is a lot of fun and it's exciting to go to new places, but it's also super nice to just enjoy the place where you currently are. I mean, no matter where you go, no where's going to be as fun and perfect as Fandom Island!"

And he sighed the wistful, happy, contented sigh of a person who absolutely believed that with 100% dreamy conviction.

Rey actually felt bad for him.

"There's definitely nowhere like it," Rey said, honestly. "What are you going to do with your day?"

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