estoria | [OPEN] I'm in here

Who: Mary Kozakura (

immobileyes) and YOU
When: IC 2/27-3/01
Where: Residential District, right by the not-so-standing apartments
What: Mary tries to dig up things from her fallen apartment over the course of a few days, success is varied
Rating/Warning: None!

[ It was hard enough, waiting for the water level to go down enough so that Mary could return to where her apartment was (had been) without risk of drowning. Seto's hoodie, the jacket Hiro had given her... they were the only things she'd been able to find at the time, but now she can search for anything remaining from their apartment.

So feel free to come across a tiny teenager over the afore-mentioned days, getting drizzled on and trying to pry up pieces of the smaller rubble - and HNNNNNGHing at the bigger pieces of debris that she can't budge at all - as she hunts about. The stuffed animal she'd received from Lily is gone, the headband from Kaoru and Shiho has been twisted and bent beyond repair when she miraculously finds that... the dried flowers, from the bouquet Elza had given her... no sign of them. All of her tea...

Mary almost wants to cry, but not yet. She just keeps looking.

And don't be alarmed if she seems worn-out when you see her. It's not some weird elemental effect, she's just terrible at stamina. ]

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[Sorry, Mary. You are too priceless. Who has two thumbs and has the guts to laugh at her even in a situation like this?

THIS GUY.]

Watch your step!

Hiro...

[ Pushing herself up, and yep, she's got scrapes, but when doesn't she have scrapes? It's a hard-knock life. ]

That wasn't funny!!

[There's no hiding the "pffft-" as he calms himself down.]

Rule of Comedy! If you seriously got hurt, then it wouldn't had been very funny. But since you're still energetic, it's perfectly fine.

Just because I'm--

[ But Mary stops abruptly, mid-rubbing her cheek. Energetic. Wait-- ]

A-actually, I'm still mad at you, but I had a question!

Huh? This is normally the part where you storm off in a huff or something... [So self-aware.] But, anyway... Go ahead and shoot.

I couldn't storm off anyway, I'm busy... [ A soft grumble, but then she straightens up her shoulders, because this is actually an important question. ]

Anyway, have you... noticed anyone acting really tired lately?

Tired-- Pfft--

[And in response, he simply laughs like it's a silly question. Well, to him... It was.]

Silly Mary! Everyone gets super tired after going through a disaster!

I didn't mean like that! [ HUFF. ] I mean like falling asleep while you're still standing up or something! And besides, Sousei-san was like that before everything got bad!

Ohhhh. That actually is pretty worrying... [He takes a moment to think.] I remember seeing one or two people like that. But I just assumed that they were narcoleptic.

Mm... do you know who they were? One of my friends was trying to figure out if there was something they had in common...

[ Mary was definitely worried, yes. ]

No idea! [...] Buuut I've got a better idea. He could form a Sleeping Club with them.

... He didn't fall asleep, though.

[ Hiro... ]

[Erk. Time to avert the conversation in a direction where he doesn't feel awkward!

AND SUDDENLY RAISING HIS VOICE.]

LOOK OUT! A MAN EATING ALIEN IS STANDING RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

...

[ JUST. THIS LOOK.

And maybe she flinched a bit, but she knows better. ]

... I've got a tough crowd today. Even a courtesy giggle would've been good.

But it wasn't funny at all.

Daichi would've thought it was funny. [WHERE ART THOU BFF]

Daichi?

[ YOUR POTENTIAL BOYFRIEND, EH-- ]

[BRAKES ON THE SHIPPING.]

My best friend. We've been together for a crazy long time. [Too bad Daichi forgotten him where he's from, but that bond would never fade.]

So I have to spend a long time with you to think you're funny?

[ She says this, mostly honestly, but also because she doesn't want to make him sad. If his best friend is here, she's sure she would have met him already. ]

I should already be funny. Being a comedian is a thankless job.

[If there was one thing, he'd never let his jokes be put into question. No pleasing everyone, though...]

But hey! Some jokes are more harder to understand than others.

If we're gonna be together for a long time... [A long time considering their lifespans.] ... you'll learn to catch on. I'm gonna definitely make you laugh.

You can try to make me laugh later, then.

[ Which is a minor concession, but she's got some stuff to unearth. ]

[And finally noticing all of that rubble, Hiro shifts his attention and looks a little downcast.]

So how much were you able to save?

... My jacket. And the one you gave me.

[ Thanks to Miyako. ]

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