A Million Fireflies

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[In this room, summer is far from over. There's a barrier keeping anyone from venturing into the woods that surround this clearing, but Kouta seems far from ready to run off on his own. It may be pitch black night here, but everything is easy to see. Why?]

[The entire place is overrun with lightning bugs.]

[Red, green, yellow, orange-- Even some colors you'd never see in a human-like world. All colors of the rainbow here, and this absolutely fascinates the child. There are jars with holes in the lids in a pile near the doorway, which isn't even a door. It's a curtain of beads, which means a few of these bugs may have escaped into the halls. Don't be alarmed if a lilac lightning bug brightens the space in front of you.]

[Kouta is currently without a jar, just jumping up and running around, catching as many in his hands as he can before letting them all go at once in a flurry of beautiful colors.]

Comments

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[someone's given the adults the slip, and is watching that lightning bug in awe]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Hear those giggles inside? Sounds about your age! He's excitedly catching away~~]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[follows the sound, wandering right though the doorway into the open area, his eyes wide. might not want to come too close to him, he's still contagious]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Kouta wouldn't get sick~ Just his luck. B)]

[He's got one of each color of the rainbow in his closed hands, and he sees you there. With a nice, big grin on his face, he walks over and opens his hands up. In a flurry of color, each bug takes flight simultaneously.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[laughs delightedly, watching them fly off and join the others]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Isn't it so pretty?

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

Uh huh. What are they?

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Lightning bugs!

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[eyes widen]

Is there thunder bugs too?

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

... [mirror image get. O_O]

I dunno!

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[makes shushing noises and gets really quiet, listening hard]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[looks around, listening, too. ohgod what if there is a thunder bug!]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[if there is he'll probably spaz and look for a place to hide!]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Well nothing's happening yet! All this lightning and no thunder.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[stage-whisper]

I don't hear nothin', do you?

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Same.]

Nope, nothin'. Y'think they're too quiet?

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head, scratching his chest distractedly]

Nuh uh, cuz thunder's loud an' scary.

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

So maybe they don' exist! ... Or-- Oh no, what if they can't find the lightnin' bugs!

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[blinks]

Ain't that good though?

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

But... what if they're lonely?

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

They gots each other? There's lots an' lots of em!

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

But... You c'n be around a lotta people an' still be lonely without your friends! Lightning an' thunder go together!

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[pout]

But thunder's mean.

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Maybe thunder bugs aren't! Lightnin' bugs don't zap you.

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[still seems unsure]

I dunno... Where would they be if they're not with the light bugs?

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're in another room!

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

What about in there?

[points over at the trees]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Maybe they got lost?

[starts walking toward the woods.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[follows, a little behind you because the closer the trees get, the more scary they start to look]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, but right before they get to the trees, Kouta smacks face-first into an invisible barrier.]

[twilit-kid.livejournal.com]

[he's too busy staring at you to think of watching out himself, and a moment later bounces backward into the grass]

Hey!

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

[[And lil' Dem managed to get his hands on one of those bug-catching nets, but he's holding it at the end, so he's not very proficient with it.]]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[Noticing you and watching for a second.]

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

[[And he falls, face first.]]

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

[D: Goes to him.]

Hey! You okay?

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

[[And he rolls over. He's got a smile on his face, but a little scratch on his cheek.]]

'm fine!

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

You got a scratch!

1/2

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

I did?

[[He touches his face, and there's a teeny little bit of blood.]]

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

...'m I gonna diiiie?!

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Nu-uh! You're gonna be okay! Reiji gets scratches all th' time and he never dies!

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

Oh. Tha's good.

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

Yeah! You're okay~.

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

...But I los' th'bug I was chasin'.

[uncannyluck.livejournal.com]

There're lots more!

[notyetdancing.livejournal.com]

...Are y'sure?

[[Four-year-old logic = derp.]]