[OPEN] I'm in here

[immobileyes]

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!

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[ 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. ]

Comments

[immobileyes]

... So it's still bad, then.

[ Well, she can understand that. ]

[overgrowth]

Yeah.

[ kanda throws another piece of rubble. and hey! would you look at that, there's a large-ish piece of cloth trapped under another rock, soaking wet and smeared with mud. kanda doesn't try to pick it up, because... he's not sure if it's actually a thing, or just a scrap of cloth. ]

[immobileyes]

...! Hold on!

[ Wait a sec, is this her dress from that winter ball? If she squints, it looks like it was pink... once... ]

[overgrowth]

What?

[ but kanda stops moving, at least, scanning the ground to see what mary is looking for. that piece of fabric? he lifts another piece of rock off of it. ]

This thing? It's gross.

[immobileyes]

It was one of my dresses... it used to be a lot prettier.

[ No helping it now, but she's already wondering if she can clean it... ]

[overgrowth]

[ he almost feels bad for calling it gross now. almost. at least he takes off the other rocks and picks it up, dripping muddy water and all. ]

Here. [ kanda holds it out at arm's length encouragingly. ]

[immobileyes]

[ It's not going to bite you, Kanda. Mary reaches out for it nonetheless, bringing it closer to her chest (without actually hugging it too close because yes it's sopping wet and dirty). ]

... Thank you.

[overgrowth]

[ for a moment, kanda just looks bewildered. and he is confused, because why the heck is this kid thanking him for giving her a gross dress?

oh, it's that feelings thing. kanda just grunts and turns away. ]

You've got other shit down here?

[immobileyes]

It's not s-- that. [ Language, gosh!! ] I found a lot of the important things, though.

[overgrowth]

What's "that"? [ he's just mocking now. ]

[immobileyes]

You know what! [ Kanda, don't make her curse. ]

[overgrowth]

No, I don't know.

[ DO IT, MARY, SAY THE BAD WORD ]

[immobileyes]

[ NEVER. ]

What you said... my things aren't bad!

[overgrowth]

They look kind of bad.

[ because they're all muddy and gross, ok. ]

[immobileyes]

They just need to be cleaned, that's all.

[ OR REPAIRED ENTIRELY... ]

[overgrowth]

Buy some new ones.

[ because these are gross... ]

[immobileyes]

... I don't have a lot of money.

[ WE CAN'T ALL BE RICH. ]

[overgrowth]

Then get a job.

[ she's like... ten... kanda shush. ]

[immobileyes]

[ FOURTEEN... ]

I have a job!! [ ... Sort of! ]

[overgrowth]

What is it?

[ children in victorian england all work!!! ]

[immobileyes]

I mend clothes.

[ And don't give my body to the Millennium Earl in exchange for dead relatives-- ]

[overgrowth]

[ EXCUSE YOU that wasn't him, that was all the other stupid kids. ]

Then why don't you make your own clothes?

[immobileyes]

Mending's different than making! That's a whole lot harder!

[overgrowth]

Then learn how to do it.

[ kanda seems to think this is a completely plausible idea. for some reason. ]