[voice, no responses]
[There is a clatter as of a receiver falling off its hook. Throughout this , odd whoosh and fwoomph noises can be heard.]
.......ing me that! B-Be quiet! ... J-Just be quiet! Where's Shiraa?! Why's all her stuff gone?! ............ You're not Shiraa, I'm not stupid..... s-stop it! I'm not listening to you! Be quiet! .... S-Shut up! Shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
[action]
[While, or perhaps after Mia drowns her sorrows with a nice glass of wine, someone else is busy venting displeasure a different way. Near to midnight, a massive fireball suddenly lights up the sky as it smashes through a window and ascends upwards at an angle. Along for the ride is one very charred, overdone blonde drone. Briefly, a young boy's face appears through the hole in the wall with a tear-streaked expression of horror before it vanishes. About five minutes later, the boy is in the front yard, kneeling by the body, reaching out and shaking it every so often through his tears.]
Shiraa . . . C'mon, Shiraa. Get up. ......... Get up. You've been here so long, you . . . you can't .............. y-y-you're not allowed to ... ! ..........
[voice]
[A long while later.]
I hate this place.
[click. .....unclick]
If you break your house after midnight, do you have to wait until the next day-next day for real for it to be fixed?