fandomhighdorms | Halfway up the stairs from the lobby, Wednesday Afternoon

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Halfway up the stairs from the lobby, Wednesday Afternoon

Robin sat to the side, so no one would trip over him, singing.

He was giving serious thought as to whether or not he should stay in Fandom. He'd reached his limit on people not believing he was real. And then the cat food guy had kicked him off the roof. Literally kicked him off. It hadn't hurt, not physically. But there was only so much a frog could take.

[Open, but Emo Frog warning.]

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Shilo was heading up to her room after work and heard the singing, and was quietly standing on the previous flight of stairs for a moment before proceeding. "Hi Robin," she said when she saw him, in a I-wasn't-deciding-whether-or-not-to-bug-you-just-then sort of way.

"Hi Shilo." Robin said, without his usual bounciness. "How are you?"

Weirded out by dreaming about killing a teacher I haven't even had any classes with or met, confused about randomly falling asleep at work... Shilo considered saying, but sat down next to Robin instead. "I'm okay. Not great, but okay. How are you?"

"Not great. People don't believe I exist, and it's finally getting to me."

"Why wouldn't people believe that you exist?" Shilo asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because you're a talking frog?"

He nodded. "My old boss at the comic book shop thought I was some kind of toy. Claudia and one of the new girls freak out every time they see me, Maron won't accept it, and Tybalt decided I was a figment of his imagination, and kicked me off the roof." He sounded like he might cry by the end of that.

"Oh Robin." She opened her arms in the classic "if you need a hug I'm right here" gesture. "I'm so sorry."

He totally came in for a hug. Muppets were big believers in the healing power of hugs. "Thank you Shilo."

Agnes frowned down at him. "Robin? Are you all right?"

"Well...no, not really."

Agnes sat down next to him. "This has to do with your posters, doesn't it?"

He nodded. "Tybalt didn't believe I was real, so he kicked me off the edge of the roof."

"Tybalt's a jerk," Agnes pointed out. "Don't mind him." She shrugged. "But... You are a walking, talking stuffed animal. Some people might take time to get used to that."

"But it's just so frustrating. Back home people might be surprised, but they didn't tell me I didn't exist."

Momoko was a bit surprised to find Robin singing on the stairs. She listened for a moment, and, when she got a chance, gave him a wave and a smile. "Hi Robin! Is this your new place to practice?"

"Hi Momoko. No this is just a place I come to sometimes to think." And Muppets often sang when they were thinking.

Whoops! "Ah? Am I interrupting, then? I can leave if you wanted to be left alone!" She hesitated. It seemed an awfully weird place to sit and think. "Or maybe I can help? Is it homework?"

It was hard to maintain a funk in the face of this. "No, it's not homework." Robin giggled slightly. "And you're not interrupting. I was just...wondering if this was the right place for me."

Not homework? Well at least he wasn't as gloomy as he'd looked a moment ago!

Momoko nodded, folding her arms as she leaned against a wall and looked past him, up the stairwell. "I can understand that. Really it's an odd place! I personally prefer going out to a nice cafe or maybe just taking a ~~freefall off the roof~~ walk." She shrugged. She had odd habits of her own. "But it all depends on you, I guess. And what you need."

Which in her case was usually sugar or hugs.

Robin sure wouldn't turn down hugs. Pretty much ever. "So many people have problems accepting that I exist."

"..."

Momoko was confused. "But, you do."

He did, right?

"I know right?" Robin nodded emphatically. "At least two people insist I'm a hallucination."

Momoko frowned. "That's so mean! You told them, right? Who would think that? I know Fandom is weird, but you're you; you're not an hallucination. You're not even a monster! Don't they understand about the different worlds thing?"

"Well to be fair one of them thinks that everything weird about this island is a hallucination. The others, I'm not sure what their deal is."

"If they think everything here is an hallucination, they're not going to get very far. Wait until they get turned into an animal or they become a kid or get attacked by Christmas garland or harpies! See how far that sort of thinking gets them!"

"Oh!" Her eyes lit up and she stomped a foot. "I should go and tell them a thing or two! Even if they think something, it's not always okay to say it! And especially if it made you feel bad!"

While he was very touched at her reaction, Robin didn't want to cause any problems. "I don't want you to get into an argument because of me."

"But it's not you, Robin!" Momoko pointed out, still fuming. "I mean it is you but it's more! If they're thinking that about you, what about Worf? Or maybe Lion-o, when he comes back? And anyone new who comes next semester! It's just rude to say mean things to someone just because they look different. Their parent must be incredibly ashamed!"

Which was pretty much what her parents had told her when Momoko had complained about the mean kids at her old schools, only not quite as growly. She dropped to sit beside him, arms still crossed. Hopefully no one wanted to use the stairs. "If anyone says anything to me, I'm not gonna hold back, okay?"

She had a very good point. He hadn't realized that other students might be having the same problem. "Okay." he said thoughtfully. "I hadn't though about it like that before."

Momoko nodded, reached into a pocket to pull out a bag of gummy candy, offering him first dibs. "And if they say anything like that again, you have to stand up for yourself! Otherwise you're getting beat up by two, and that's not fair!"

Robin took some candy with thanks. "I actually kinda ranted this last time."

Momoko beamed at that, and leaned over to bump him lightly with her shoulder ~~if he didn't move away~~. "Good, good! If you don't stand up for yourself, then no one else will want to, either!" She popped a candy into her mouth. "And next time you feel sad you can come see me and I'll listen. We can even go for cake! That always makes me feel better!"

"Oh that'd be great! Thanks Momoko."

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