3. 'Crows.'

"Wait, why are you picking me up?!" She yelled. "Well, I'm planning on throwing you to the roof." Finn said casually as if this was a completely normal thing to do.

Finn threw her to the ceiling of the train. She managed to grab onto one of the top handlebars so that she wouldn't fall. She hung there with only her hands to support her. He stared at her from the seat. "Hm, I thought that would've worked." Finn said sounding disappointed, jumped to another seat closer to where she was, and helped her down. "Are you alright?" Asked Finn. She hugged him. "Don't do that again!" She yelled. Finn's smile faded, he put his hand on his face and let her hug him for a little. "It's gonna drop us no matter what. Staying here won't change anything." Said Finn purposefully ignoring what she said about not doing what he did again. "So we're gonna just have to jump! Don't worry though, you won't be going alone! I'll make sure you'll be fine, okay?" Finn said as he wrapped his arms around her. "Ready?" Asked Finn. She held onto him tightly. "Um, yeah." She replied nervously, but she did trust him. Finn took one step and hesitated for a second. He then jumped as the both of them slowly fell to the ground. "See, it's not that bad!" Said Finn cheerfully. She looked around to see where she was.

There were giant flowers each flower was a different color and shape, the main thing the flowers had in common was that they all were in pastel colors. The two landed on one of the flowers gently. "I bet we could find a place with a much more entertaining view. Come, follow me." Said Finn as he smiled at her.

He hopped to another flower and she did the same. Eliza truly knew almost nothing about Finn except for how he acted around her and his vague description of how his life was. She felt a bit creeped out about how he looked at her when she described her life, it felt like at that moment he was someone different or had taken off some sort of mask.

He suddenly stopped and peeked over at her "You seem a bit tired, would you like a break?" he hopped over to the flower she was on. "That'd be nice." She replied. The two sat down next to each other.

"So, how is it so far? This world, I mean." Finn said as he took off his hat. "It's really nice, but I would like to go home, maybe not now though.." She replied as she stared down at the floor not too far below the two. "Oh, really.." Said Finn sounding a bit disappointed but it didn't last too long as a crow flew towards them. "Oh, that thing again. I'll deal with it." Said Finn as he stood up. "What do you want." He grabbed the crow and squeezed it a little. "Question from the boss!" Said the crow loudly. "Why does it talk..." asked Eliza. Finn looked over at her and then back at the crow. "Yeah, why do you talk?" Said Finn in a more rude tone. "Boss asked why you are doing this." Said the crow. "Tell your boss I don't care about her question, let me get what I want." Said Finn as he threw the crow aggressively.

"What did they mean by that...?" asked Eliza in a more scared tone. "Huh? Oh! It's really nothing!" He said in a more cheerful voice as he sat down next to her, he was back to being more nice. "Nothing?" She said, she was now feeling like she had to be more careful about what she said or did. "Yes, nothing." He stared at her with a blank face.

Note: this place is separate from "the real world" crows can speak here.
(This was written in December of 2023)

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