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[adropofjupiter]

[1: Wednesday 8/17 - Action (340 Brady Lane)]

[After escaping Spades, Marisa ran to the first place she could think of where she would be safe, sneaked inside and hid. In a certain magician's room. Under her bed. At least until she calmed down. Sadly, she wasn't hidden quite as well as she thought she was...]

[2: Thursday 8/18 - Phone/

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1, natch

[notsogreatwall]

[ Meiling had a hard day yesterday. Everyone did. Today she was calm and today she got lucky and the only thing the milk made her feel was tired. A deep, overwhelming tiredness and numbness that she couldn't shake, no matter how many times she napped.

But still! Patchouli was out of her room and cleaning had to be done, and it was about the only thing she could do right now to take her mind off of nearly murdering her friend yesterday, after pulling her off their Mistress.

Of course there were books. There were books everywhere. But what she had latched on to, with her hand under the bed, didn't feel like a book this time. ]

--huh? [ Yoink! ]

[notsogreatwall]

Huh. [ Yep. That's it.

After a long pause. ] Why'd he do it?

[adropofjupiter]

Said I was a bad girl and needed punished. He... he was really scary. More than normal. He got all upset at me swearing when he usually swears more than I ever do.

Kept acting like I was his daughter...

[notsogreatwall]

Droned. [ It takes her a while to reach that conclusion, but it's the last part that clicks the thought into place. The violence was new, but she knew about that, too. ] It happened to Sakuya. [ And here the droopiness in her demeanor was amplified. She said and did so much to Sakuya yesterday; things she can never take back. ]

[adropofjupiter]

Sakuya? She okay?

[notsogreatwall]

Maybe. [ The truth is, after they parted ways, she didn't check in.

Meiling yawned. ] You should clean up.

[adropofjupiter]

I hope so.

[...]

...okay. Can I stay?

[notsogreatwall]

If you're a bother, I'll throw you out. [ She reaches out and lazily pats Marisa's shoulder with a hand. ] Deal?

[adropofjupiter]

Mm. As long as you don't grab me by the neck if you do. I'll freak out.

[notsogreatwall]

[ She sort-of-claps Marisa's sides. ] Under the arms? [ A ghost of a smile. ]

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa mirrors that smile.] Yeah... that works.

[She lightly bats at one of Meiling's braids.] Thanks.

[notsogreatwall]

[ Meiling nods, her head swaying a bit when the braid swings and then she moves to get up -- which ends in her just sliding off the edge of the bed and landing cross-legged on the floor. ]

--my feet fell asleep.

[adropofjupiter]

...

[Marisa stares for a moment and then snickers. Which hurts. So she puts a hand to her throat and rubs it gently.]

You're funny, ze.

[notsogreatwall]

Oh yeah, well...... you're messy. [ The youkai lifts up her arms and uses the edge of the bed to help herself to her feet. ] C'mon. [ Time to usher Marisa toward the bathroom. ]

[adropofjupiter]

[So not arguing with the gatekeeper. One witch is steered toward the bathroom.]

Where's Patchy?

Translation: Pip doesn't know

[notsogreatwall]

[ Distractedly. Answering questions AND walking is hard. ] I don't know.