The Hidden Mall: Ropes 🌱 Vines

[aldersprig]

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The door stuck at halfway open, but the gap was wide enough to slip through, so Abby led her Livs through the crack.

They pushed through a curtain of Vines and flowers and into a vine- covered beauty parlor.  The door was right next to an old hair dryer bonnet, vines dangling from it like a  hairstyle.

 “Or at least it’s not making my skin break out.”

“Let’s not try that more,” the other muttered.  “This reminds me of Sears  You know, the photo place ought to be right over -”

“-There,” agreed the other one.  Abby wasn’t sure if she liked them getting along well enough to talk in sync.  It could mean her Liv was getting better - or it could mean Skinny Liv was getting worse.

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Comments

[kelkyag]

Anna = Abby?

And maybe a paragraph or something missing before "Or at least it’s not making my skin break out" that'd give some context? Or are the vines all the context there?

So, umm, will this have an ending someday, or are they stuck in an endless series of creepy malls?

[aldersprig]

Anna=Abby, yes.

Not missing, but I should add something more, yeah.

I’d like to give this one an end. I have to figure out how to get them out, a), and b) why there are no other Abbies.

I have some ideas on that last one.

[kelkyag]

Explanations are good!

[aldersprig]

Just means I have to come up with them!

[kelkyag]

Hey, you were the one who said you had ideas on that front. :-P

[aldersprig]

I do, but they’re more like “in this direction” *points at a quarter of the pie.*

[sauergeek]

Tying up Liv-1 is probably the best idea they've had yet. With luck they can put her in an adult version of the kid harness I see so many of. Though that closing line has me wondering exactly how Liv-1 sees Abby, versus how Abby sees Liv-1.

That impulse problem Liv has has been going on for a few days — I think they've been in here a few days? — and I wonder when, or if, it's going to wear off. Or get worse.

The line “Or at least it’s not making my skin break out.” is perhaps missing context? It feels like a response to something that's not here.

[aldersprig]

I thought tying her up was a great idea too!

*giggle* I don’t THINK Liv meant that closing line sexually, but I could be wrong.

As far as days, this is the first time they’ve slept, at least? As far as I remember.

I really need to look at that skin line. I think something got deleted.