Welcome to Gaia! ::

Sasha had been happy since things had changed with the cold winter season. Ian understood how he felt, even in part, which made him much happier with things. It also helped that now he knew Villon would do what he could and help keep his boyfriend safe as well as long as he healed them. Which other than making him tired wasn’t much of a problem now that he didn’t have to worry about violence anymore. Well at least not as much.

Watching the little clock on his game console as Ian worked, he was content to play the farming game they’d gotten him while they worked. He’d reached out to Hamal, well Eunkyung as he knew now was her name outside of things. Through the magic of the cellphone Ian had helped him with, he was able to ask her to meet up for snacks in the park which meant he had to be awake early when the sun was up. Now he was just waiting for Ian to finish work and then they could go, even if he was bad at waiting because he wanted to let his friend know their advice had worked and how happy he was over it all.

Wiggling slowly to slide out of the beanbag that had eaten him, he popped up with his switch and nodded. “Hamal! Eunkyung?” Trying to work out how it was pronounced without quite knowing how it was said, having only seen it in text so far.

Tucking the switch into the front pocket of his borrowed hoodie, he nodded again. “Farming game?” Something like the one he was playing now maybe, even if it took him awhile to figure out what the text read, he was happy to take care of the little virtual plants and animals. According to Ian a lot of the things in there were how things worked on Earth so it meant he was learning a bit more about this place as well.

“Books… plant books?” Something maybe that could help him with his planet if he could manage. If he could get anything to grow, he’d be relieved but he knew he needed to pull out the bad roots first, something he’d learned from the farming game. All the dead and sick plants had to go in order for new ones to grow.

“Eunkyung friend, like you!” Clarifying since Ian had met the corrupt senshi he healed each night, or at least some nights. It seemed like they weren’t getting into as much trouble, which made him slightly less nervous about things as they went on.

Giving them a so-so motion with his hand, something they’d taught him to do when something was in between or not clear enough. Which he thought fit the issue as best as it could. The mention of a pokemon game had him curious, it wasn’t one he knew but if it was something they thought he might like it could be fun.

“Food too yes.” Since half the time when he watched Ian do things in the kitchen, he was a little bit lost. Between all the technology and the unfamiliar foods and ingredients, he often just sat on the counter with his fruit and veggies and watched.

“Yes, good senshi.” Thinking for a minute. “Not like Villon.” Which was a weird middle ground in his opinion. “Met in space!” Smiling as they ruffled his hair a bit before he started following them down the stairs.

“Tea with lemonade?” Something they’d made him before and kept in the fridge. It made his face scrunch up sometimes but he still really liked it.

“Something new? Ask Eunkyung?” Maybe something altogether might be nice he wondered. Taking the thermos as it was offered, he held onto it before sitting on the floor and getting his shoes on. Unlike the boots Ian had, he had smaller sneakers that were comfortable for walking around in.

“Villon… not worst. No hand here.” Pointing at the center of his chest, he knew Ian had worried after the awful lady had grabbed his starseed. It had led to a bit more worry when he snuck out but now that things had settled down he didn’t worry as much. That didn’t mean he wasn’t still careful but it meant that over all the stress for both of them would be easier to manage.

Leading the way as they stepped outside, he had his phone out with the little link Eunkyung had sent so he could see where to meet up. There was a little arrow that was supposed to be him and Ian to help them keep track of where they were and what way they needed to go. It wasn’t too far, something they might have decided on once he said they didn’t have a car or anything. It wasn’t something he knew much about outside of the Ubers but Ian had mentioned it a few times now. He wasn’t sure exactly about it but as long as he didn’t have to try driving he was sure it would be okay with whatever one they picked.

“Yes yes.” Nodding along as he watched the little arrow move on the map. The rest about Villon was okay too, he knew that they weren’t a great person but he still wanted to help even when the beginning wasn’t the best.

Looking up at Ian, he was a bit confused. “Bus?” Was that the other big car thing he saw sometimes while they were in an uber? The mention of it being faster or warmer sounded good though and he nodded again. “Okay then bus.” Saying the word with a bit of questioning in his voice still he moved to let Ian lead so he could figure out where to go to get on a bus.

Following along as Ian led, he had an idea that they were at the right place because a lot of people were waiting under the little clear building-looking thing that stood on the corner. All sorts of people with bags of groceries, or bags that looked more businessy stood waiting.

Once they stopped walking, that bit of chill hit him and he squished into Ian a bit. “No uber then? We can drive?” He wasn’t sure what a license was but he knew a car was like an uber so whatever that other word was it meant it was needed to use the thing.

At the mention of checking in, he looked at his phone and tapped on it until he got to the little message app to check what it said. It did look like they were be there soon, in fifteen minutes so he showed it to Ian as a large vehicle stopped in front of the little building thing. “Oh, it’s here?” Parroting something someone nearby said as he looked between Ian and the vehicle that was letting people off first.

Heading up the few steps onto the bus, he watched as Ian tapped a card to a pillar twice, once for each of them he figured, and then pulled him to a seat. There were a lot of people here but he remembered that it was rude to look around at them all and settled in while leaning into them.

With his phone out, he messaged Eunkyung and saw she would be there at about the same time they would be. So it seemed like everything would go well and he looked out the window at all the other cars and bigger cars that were around. If Ian was getting one soon what would it look like? There were so many different ones and he zoned out as he tried to think about all the different ones he’d seen since coming here.

“Warm one.” That was his main focus but otherwise he didn’t pretend to know anything about the rest of the process.

“Okay, look tonight together.” Keeping his voice low as he spoke, watching the little map icon get closer and closer on his phone as the bus moved along. The ride did make him a bit tired and had him yawning slightly before rubbing at his eyes. The tea helped a little as he decided to pull the thermos out to sip at it.

The warm seats sounded good, but as for the color he wasn’t quite sure. He liked the color green personally but he wasn’t sure if that was good for a car or not. Looking over the messages again, he nearly dropped his thermos as the bus stopped and Ian pulled him up to get off at the stop. “Oh, here.” Smiling as he looked at the shop and then down at the dot saying they’d arrived at the destination.

Pulling his boyfriend inside, he smiled wider and waved as he saw Eunkyung. “Hello! Sorry, we’re late!” Remembering more snippets of the things that sounded normal for humans, he tried his best not to sound off with so many other humans around. Part of him wondered if they’d recognize him without his antennae but he knew he couldn’t walk around without the glamor pin on, Julienne and Ian told him about it more than once.