adropofjupiter | 6th ☆

[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/Action (1125 Taylor Road)]

[There's a lot of fumbling with the receiver before Marisa finally gets a handle on it.] You know... Some of this milk isn't so bad... This one bottle's kinda like my shrooms. I wonder... I wonder if I'll get those back. Gods I miss them...

Like I miss watching the stars dance in the sky and the... the... trees. Y'know how profound trees are? Such deep rooted knowledge of life and death and the way of balance and the universe. I wonder what the trees would say here with as fucked up as this place is.

[She seems to be talking to someone else now, having dropped the receiver onto the table without hanging up.]

Hey, Patchy... let's go talk to the trees...

[3: Saturday 8/20 - Action (507 Ricardo Street)]

[Fashionable scarf tied around her neck to hide the still-healing bruises from when she'd been strangled earlier in the weel, Marisa decides to go visit Alice and Shiki. Misery loves company and they were all miserable.]

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It isn't that hard of a concept to understand, is it? When Mayfield wants us to kill, they give benefits to those who succeed. How else would you get a whole town to turn on each other?

Though, I do not blame them in the slightest. I would also kill someone for my own benefit.

...did you?

Almost.

Why didn't you? You just said you would...

*Alice lets out a soft sigh.*

Shiki stopped me.

[Shiki's stock has suddenly risen.]

Tell me about it?

I was told that if I killed a 'target' that Shiki would stay safe. But in the end he caught me trying to sneak out of the house and told me that we'd figure something out together.

That ended with us both dying, so I suppose that did not go that well.

What would you have done if killing the target hadn't kept him safe? What reason did you have to believe he would be safe?

It was just an empty promise from the town. But that was enough to kill on. I wouldn't have had any regrets.

If you'd been given a stranger to target... yeah. I guess I can understand that. You're not human, after all...

[Don't ask, Marisa. You don't want the answer, so don't ask.]

Of course I am not. Why do you keep repeating that?

[DON'T ASK, MARISA.]

Because I need to keep reminding myself that I can't be expected to hold you - or any youkai - to my human morality.

[Any youkai. Even Patchy. Did she-- NO. DON'T ASK.]

... Let us discuss something else.

I will after one more question about that time. Was I still here?

No, you were not.

[She breathes a sigh of relief knowing she wasn't there for it. And not because she's not capable of killing... but because she knows all too well that if she wanted to she could. Shades of Mima...]

Okay. New subject.

...so I kinda wanna kiss Patchy. But I'm worried I'll mess it up.

You will probably mess up.

[...]

Well, thanks a lot for the vote of confidence. [commencing pouting now]

The perfect first kiss is a myth. Just suck it up and kiss her.

But technically she's already kissed me, so I have myself to live up to.

That's harder to do than it sounds.

Do you really think Patchouli has any expectations?

...I guess not. But you know me and my wanting to make a big show of things.

I think I'll take her to Miku's concert. I can show off and then maybe get up the courage to kiss her.

That's a good idea as any as long as she's interested in the concert.

[Marisa should not be getting relationship advice from Alice.]

Don't underestimate my ability to get Patchy to do stuff she wouldn't normally do. You should've seen us high as a freakin' kite the other day.