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[kindlichekaiser]

I've had AURYN returned to me.

[This is the only thing Empress says over the phone before she goes to sit outside. Her dress is ripped at the bottom and splattered with blood from when she helped Bat!Conrad, so none of it it her's.

She sits n her front step, holding her amulet out to admire it. Her hair, which normally was worn in a pony-tail and

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[glared]

Your hair looks like someone took an axe to it.

[kindlichekaiser]

[She looks to him, confused, then grabs at her hair] Oh...yes. They didn't cut it very well. But it was worth it.

[SMILE~]

[glared]

[He sighs, pointing up at his head, indicating at his hair.]

They took mine too. But I think they did a better job. As long as it was worth it.

[kindlichekaiser]

Was it worth it for you? [She smiles a bit and holds her amulet up]

Hair will grow. It was a small price to pay for something like this.

[updollsdresses]

[AND SUDDENLY

RIGHT BEHIND HER

because greetings are for wimps]

Did you get something back, Empress?

[kindlichekaiser]

[THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. She lets out a short, surprised cry and turns a little to face him] Oh! Mr. Teatime... I did, I got back AURYN.

[She shows him the amulet with a smile] See? It's nothing more than a trinket right now, since I don't have any of my powers, but it's my symbol.. so I'm happy to have it back.

[And now she notices his eye, her own widening in shock] Ah... Your eye...

[updollsdresses]

[He leans forward to examine it.] Very interesting symbol.

Isn't it nice? [He grins, fingers ghosting absently over his eyelid, where all the blood had been only a short while ago.] I can finally... see again.

[kindlichekaiser]

[To her credit, she doens't shrink away. She sits still, watching him carefully]

What do you mean, see again?

[pygmalion_perv]

They didn't take your hands, did they?

[kindlichekaiser]

They didn't! [She lets AURYN hang around her neck and lifts her hands, wiggling all her fingers]

Still there, all in tact!

[pygmalion_perv]

"Oh, good! I was really worried!"

[Smiles, running over and taking her hands in his, squeezing lightly.]

"Shirley wasn't so lucky..."

[kindlichekaiser]

[She smiles and gives a light squeeze back, frowning at the mention of this other person, worried]

Shirley? ...What happened to her?

[no_bullying]

[Hi have a cute ghost girl.]

AURYN?

Oh~! Are you the one who talked about wishes?

[kindlichekaiser]

[Hi cute ghost girl!]

Yes, that was me. [She smiles] I didn't regain my ability to grant wishes though, but I have gotten my amulet back.

Did you regain anything?

[no_bullying]

Yes, I did!

[And she'll do a little twirl while floating in thin air.]

I got back my ghost body! Though...I seem to be forgetting something.

[kindlichekaiser]

How wonderful! [Thought she STILL can't see why someone would WANT to be dead, but hey! To each their own]

...Forgetting something?

[shamagaladin]

What did they take?!

[Might have to run over there and save you from whatever they did. Except he cannot grow your hair back. It's probably cute anyway!]

[kindlichekaiser]

[She looks surprised a moment, before recognizing the voice] Oh... Nothing important. They cut my hair. [She runs a hand through the shortened strands]

It used to be down to my thighs... But it was worth it for my amulet. I'm sorry for worrying you.

[shamagaladin]

Oh. [The tension! It disappears!] Oh. Well, that's not too bad.