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[happyends]

[ Guess who's trying really hard to ignore all the more aggressive posts on here. ]

Um.. H-Hi everyone! In case anyone doesn't know yet, I'm M.. Madoka Kaname, nice to meet you.. [ Is she looking more nervous than usually though? For sure. Although that's not because of the mood of the last posts as much as she's dying internally at the thought the whole train can hear and see her right now. ]

M-Maybe some of you might remember that a while ago mister Stark suggested we could put plants around the train.. I thought it'd be a good idea s-since it'd be good for both the air and just for making things look nice, so.. E.. Evie and I volunteered to work on it! But there's only two of us, so..

[ She sucks in a deep breath. You can do it, Madoka. You almost said your piece! ]

We.. could use some help, if anyone wants to help. The boxes all need to be p-put together, and the plants need to be taken care of in the l.. long run too. So I thought maybe we could start a gardening club.. I was part of a gardening club back home at school, so if you don't know what to do, I.. I can help you! But if people already know a lot about plants, it'd be g-great if they could help too..!

Um, of course it's voluntary, but.. i-it'll be fun. I think. And you can work together with Evie too then, and she's really pretty and smart and nice..! [ And, you know, Madoka is also pretty cute. But she apparently has no compliments for herself to spare here.

Also, her face is starting to turn the same colour as her hair by now. ]

I.. I think that's all..! T-Thank you so much for listening to me and I'm sorry for taking up your time-- ouch!

[ She was bowing to end the message politely, but instead just accidentally bumped her head in the process.

She's trying. ]

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[thebetterweapon]

[ He actually smiles at the stumble. That's just too adorable. ]

I am. Came on board just a couple of days ago.

[happyends]

I see.. Has everything been alright for you so far? I know it can be a little.. um..

[ "Scary", she wants to say. But he looks like he wouldn't find anything scary. ]

.. overwhelming, I guess..?

[thebetterweapon]

[ No, he finds his daughter terrifying, so. There's that. ]

Can be, but mostly it's gettin' used to all the smells.

[happyends]

[ Madoka blinks quietly. ]

Smells?

[ That isn't something she hasn't really thought or worried about ever since coming here. ]

Is there something that smells odd? I hadn't noticed yet..

[thebetterweapon]

[ Vic chuckles softly. ]

Naw, you wouldn't. I've got enhanced senses, like my daughter says. Means I can smell and hear things others can't.

[happyends]

Oh..

[ She can imagine that being slightly inconvenient, but also cool..? No wonder he looks kind of intimidating, he must be a superhero with the combination of that and those special powers. ]

I'm sorry, that must be tough sometimes.. M-Maybe you can go to the kitchen when it gets too much? At least the food there smells really good.

[thebetterweapon]

[ He smiles. She's adorable, and she's sweet. Where the hell this train got off on kidnapping sweet innocents, he doesn't know, but he plans to find out. ]

Now that's a thought. Wouldn't mind cooking some myself.

[happyends]

You cook?

[ Okay, so it's not a total surprise. He's an adult. Adults can cook! .. Usually. As far as Madoka knows. But it's giving her an opportunity to actually connect about something with this person who seems to be otherwise completely opposite to her. ]

I.. I like cooking too! I'd love to see you do it sometime, mi.. si-- .. Vic! [ She'll get there one day with the name thing. ]

[thebetterweapon]

[ He chuckles. ]

Just call me Mr. Vic, if it'd make you feel better, darlin'.

[ She's too cute. ]

Sometime, we'll have to cook together.

[happyends]

[ Madoka looks so visibly relieved. Saying mister Vic is doable! ]

Really? Would you be okay with doing it together? [ It's not that she can't cook - she always helps Ignis out when the blue team is on cooking duty - but she doubts she's anywhere near any adult's level of skill with it. She wouldn't want to be a bother to him! ]

I would really like to then.. Cooking is so much more fun when you do it together.

[thebetterweapon]

[ Vic chuckles again. Honestly, she's adorable. ]

I cook with my daughter all the time, sweetheart. Won't be no trouble to do it with you.

And you're right, it is much more fun together.