[TOY] Plaything

[skinstealer]

POLKA DOT: This is some heavy shit, and I don’t know if I can say anything to change your mind on that, but…
POLKA DOT: I don’t think stuff like that should define us forever.
POLKA DOT: Stop me if I’m overstepping, but if all that’s true, then we came from somebody playing with us in another world.
POLKA DOT: For that to have happened, somebody must have cared about you, right?
WILLOW: I guess so…
WILLOW: Some people I’ve talked to says that seasonal toys are “special editions”, so for all I know, I could have been considered extra important…
POLKA DOT: Yeah! Like, maybe someone picked you out because of it!
WILLOW: But…I don’t really want that, either.
WILLOW: If all I’m wanted for is a gimmick, is that really genuine?
WILLOW: Is that really being wanted?
POLKA DOT: I mean…I think you’re wanted, really. In a genuine way.
POLKA DOT: You’re not alone in coming from that, but you’ve got a place here.
POLKA DOT: That’s the whole point of Laurie’s, right?
POLKA DOT: At the very least, I wanna be around you.
POLKA DOT: We just met, but you’re really fucking cool, and hearing about how you came to be or whatever doesn’t change that for me.
 

Everyone’s quiet again, thinking your words over.

TIMOTHY: I don’t know you literally at all, but I’m with Ribbon on like…
TIMOTHY: The fact that Laurie’s is all about this stuff.
TIMOTHY: I feel really accepted here! And I even want to check out some of the play stuff, maybe…
TIMOTHY: If there is a place where people can be wanted, I think it’s here.
 

The character on Willow’s screen smiles, just a few pixels making all the difference.

WILLOW: …thanks, both of you.
WILLOW: And…
 

She turns to you, addressing you specifically.

WILLOW: I don’t know if you’ll still think I’m cool the more we’ll get to know each other…
WILLOW: But knowing that I’m not worth getting to know any less helps. 
WILLOW: Let’s be friends, okay?
WILLOW: You too, Tim.
WILLOW: It'd be nice to have more people to hang out with...