[Joy & Sadness] That moment when you want to say 'please stop invoking Murphy's Law...'

[isadrag]

Joy may not have actually asked 'what could happen' when they got that new console installed, but if there was one thing they all had learned by that point, it was that if something can go wrong, it's probably going to.

That's what they were for though, right? To help Riley through any troubles she went through in her life.

Unfortunately, it's something completely different when the trouble is history repeating itself - this time, however, Sadness wakes up one morning to find herself... not in her room. Not even in Headquarters. ... And nowhere in the Mind World. Instead, she was lying on something rather soft, and green, and leafy...

Grass. She was lying on grass. But grass didn't exist in the Mind World! She slowly tried to sit herself up, if only to try and see where she was... and saw a building in front of her. With multiple kids staring at her from in front of it.

The sign read something about a Middle School.

School. In the human world. With actual people staring at her. Staring down at her hands, they were still blue... and she was still wearing her sweater... but she was human-sized too?

Whatever the kids were thinking, they started covering their mouths and giggling, which caused Sadness to back away a little, putting her hands together and lowering her head a bit. They thought she looked funny, didn't they? Oh, this is bad... This is so, so bad...

Was this really a dream? Or was it reality? Were any of the others here? What was going on...?

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[letssaveourgirl]

They are given as much as they need or want, and glasses of milk too. Then they are tucked up into Perry's room in blankets and pillows on the floor. They can hear Perry's parents talking in hushed tones down below them, but for the moment, Joy just closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. "It's going to be okay," she tells Sadness, sure somehow, despite all the chaos of the day.

[isadrag]

As far as she knows, she isn't sure it'll be okay. But that's part of the reason she puts so much trust in Joy, isn't it? Joy knows what optimistic things to say to help her feel better. Her confident words cause Sadness to smile a bit, and she says in return, "Yeah... I know." She doesn't know for sure, but she knows that things will be as good as they can possibly be, so long as they work together like they have been.

Tomorrow is another day.

But they have each other. They'll be okay... right?

[letssaveourgirl]

Yes, they will. One way or another, they'll figure it out.

As they start to fall asleep, Joy keeps Sadness's hand in hers. As long as they're together, they'll be all right.




[that might be a good fade point? This has been fun!]