Not What She Appears [Trasci]

”Eh..? Oh... um...”

Her voice would mumble out softly as the girl turned to look at the red head. She held a watering pail in her hand and seemed to be tending to some of the flowers in the courtyard- some of which seemed to be in the process of being planted. The girl would reach up to adjust a strand of her black hair as she shook her head silently. ”I'm sorry, I don't think we do... but I'm really bad at remembering people...” As she spoke, her eyes would shift down to the hand that was held out, eyeing it silently. She seemed to look at it as if the gesture was one foreign to her. Finally, she'd reach out to take it.

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Trasci stared down at the hand, gulping as her eyes looked it over. Was doing something like this okay? After all, the girl was a stranger... As the other spoke, she blinked softly. Eh? Her name? Why would she want to know that? Trasci would stare at her for an awkward moment, still holding onto her hand but not shaking. ”Erk!” She'd quickly pull her hand away, reaching up to nervously tuck a strand of hair behind her ear as she realized what she had done. ”Uh... I'm Trasci Brooks,” she spoke softly.

When the girl looked to the flowers, she nodded as her face turned red. ”Ah, yeah... I did... I just moved the dirt and put them in...”

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She blinked, mumbling softly in confusion. ”Cool..?” Trasci had never been associated with such a positive word. Her eyes would widen in awe at the aspect of doing something 'cool.' However, she'd quickly narrow them and look over her show. Was a camera show about to pop out and tell her she was the target of a prank? Was someone about to throw water balloons at her...? Trasci would glance back to the red haired woman, smiling weakly. ”Er... yeah... thanks..?” she mumbled, unsure how to respond.

When she raised the aspect of helping her out, Trasci looked down to the flowers and back at Sarah before nodding softly. ”Er... if you want to, that'd be fine,” she spoke softly, her face turning red. Normally people just ignored her when she did stuff like this. But wait. What did the other girl possibly want to ask Trasci? Gulping, she turned to point at the dirt. ”First... need...to...earth...” she'd mumble softly- too low for Sarah to even hear. The girl clearly wasn't use to giving orders. Her face was as red as Sarah's hair at the very aspect, and she was avoiding as much eye contact as possible.

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”First... need...to...earth...” She'd seem to be trying to give Sarah directions again. As she mumbled more, her face grew a darker shade of red. Finally, when Sarah began to shovel the dirt, Trasci nodded before slowly crouching down and beginning to shovel at the dirt with the small gardening shovel. She'd turn the dirt, mixing it up. Silently, she'd mumble some more. ”Mix... er... nutrients...” As she said this, she'd point to a small bag of fertilizer next to them.

The moment Rei's name was said, Trasci would freeze and look down to the dirt. Her hair would hand over the sides of her face, hiding her facial expression from Sarah from her current vantage point. She'd nod softly. ”Yeah.”

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Trasci would nod softly as Sarah seemed to get it. However, when the other girl suddenly reached out to grab a handful of the fertilizer, aka manure aka animal shit, her face paled. ”G..gah...” she'd stammer at the sight of someone handling the stuff with their hands. Trasci would reach out to take a shovel full of the fertilizer and mix it in using that without touching the stuff, looking at Sarah with an uneasy stare.

When Rei came back into the picture, she stopped, looking down to the holes in the earth that they were digging. She'd bite down on her lower lip. The other girl met Rei? That wasn't good... Rei was so much stronger than Trasci. She was braver and more fierce too... She looked down, sighing softly. Was this other girl looking for Rei? Of course she would be... However, she'd freeze, blinking slowly before turning her head to look at Sarah with wide eyes. She looked like a deer caught in headlights. Slowly, Trasci would stammer while pointing at herself.

”M...me?”

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Trasci looked down, slowly moving to continue digging in the earth as Sarah spoke. She'd continue to make holes in the ground while mixing in the fertilizer. As the dirt churned and mixed with the shovel, her eyes would focus on it. She would frowned softly at the others' words. Did Rei really bite someone..? She must have had a good reason, right? Trasci had never been fully aware of what Rei did or what her disposition was like. Whenever she came to, Rei had already done her deeds. So, she only had the scraps of what others told her. From what she heard, Rei was a brave and combat ready girl who could protect others. After several years of hearing that from her friends, Trasci didn't quite believe she was as bad as Sarah said.

”I see...” she'd speak quickly before moving to pick up one of the small potted plants and carefully lift it from the pot. She'd move to steadily place it within one of the holes of the earth. As she did so, her voice could be heard speaking softly. ”Rei is a lot stronger than me. She's better at dealing with people. I'm sorry if you and her got off on the wrong foot, but she's a better person to have as a friend than me,” she mumbled before gesturing to Sarah that placing the flowers in the holes as the next step.

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Trasci would gently move to fill in the gaps around the pot dirt while carefully shaking the plant gently to loosen the potted soil so it'd mix with the ground easier. As dirt fell down, she'd slowly add more. There was a careful nature to each of her movements. Trasci was doing this very deliberately with patience and caring. She'd sigh softly while doing so before smiling weakly and glancing at Sarah. ”Because that's how it's always been, Rei was the one who could help my friends, not me,” she explained before glancing down to the earth as her thick black hair shifted- once more hiding her expression from Sarah. The girl's smile had dropped to a sullen expression.