[thirty five] TRIUMPHANT RETURN. Kind of.

[goodgrasshopper]

[Video flicks on to show... a much changed Molly Carpenter.  Her hair is purple, and it looks like it's been a while since she had a decent meal or a hot shower.  Maybe a long while.]

Is everything still fucked up around here?  No?  Good.  I'm going to go grab a shower.

[Friends filter]If you want to talk, give me a half an hour, or you're going

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[notarrowette]

[Sorry Molly. Cissie's not even bothering to reply. She is rushing to your room. And will wait outside your door for you while you shower. And when her watch says it's been half an hour, she will knock.]

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[goodgrasshopper]

[Molly should have known that with a return post like that she'd get a knock on her door. She's still drying her hair when she opens it, and she gives Cissie a slight smile.] I thought it might be you. Come on in. [She steps aside so Cissie can come in.]

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[notarrowette]

[Cissie was planning on tackling Molly as soon as the door opened, but her appearance catches her off-guard. It only stops her for a moment, though, and then she's launching herself at Molly anyway.] Are you okay? Where have you been?

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[goodgrasshopper]

[Cissie's exuberance knocks the towel off Molly's hair, and it falls in long, damp purple strands, and she stumbles a little, reaching for a chair to help steady herself.] I'm okay. I was home for a while.

[strangehstorian]

Welcome back.

[goodgrasshopper]

Thanks. How are you?

[strangehstorian]

I'm doing well! Don't let me hold you up, though, go take a shower. If you tell me your room number I can leave a tray of tea and some muffins outside of your door, too - you look like you could use it.

[goodgrasshopper]

[You are an angel, Chromie. An ANGEL.]

That would be really wonderful--thank you. I'm on level seven, room seventeen.

Private.

[thegooddrjones]

Oh Molly. Thank god. I'm so glad to see you!

Private.

[goodgrasshopper]

I'm glad to see you too, Martha.

...I'm sorry about the flood, and how I acted. That's not who I am now, but it could have been, and... I'm sorry.

Private.

[thegooddrjones]

It's alright. I'm so sorry too.

Did you go home?

Private.

[goodgrasshopper]

...Yeah, I did. It's been a really long six months.

[blesseddumbfuck]

Molly?

[goodgrasshopper]

[Have a small smile] Hi, Biff. How are you?

[blesseddumbfuck]

Very confused.

Your hair is purple.

[goodgrasshopper]

[Biff, you are the first person to make her laugh in a while.] Yes, it is. I made it purple while I was home.

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[rayney_day]

[Hardly ever communicated, but...]

Huh...

Video:

[goodgrasshopper]

[wry, wry look]

It's the hair, right? Everyone notices the hair.

Re: Video:

[rayney_day]

Um... Sure... OK.