[ In this case, Fun's charging hug is received with open arms, Orpheus picking him up as he makes contact and swinging him around in a twirling embrace. Which... maybe wasn't a great idea? The still-healing incisions on his sides protest painfully, but he grins and bears it - literally, beaming brightly as anything - and sets his friend down. ]

Fern! Is that you? [ asks Orpheus, who is, unusually, dressed up in a sharp brown and yellow tailcoat and even more unusually, a top-hat shaped like a stack of pancakes. ] It feels like it's been forever!

[ It has not been anywhere near forever or even more than a few days, probably, but shucks, isn't any time spent away from your friends just a little too long? ]

You look great! Is this a seasonal thing for you? I didn't know mint was a winter plant!