one quarter-medusa, a hat on legs, and a bunny walk into a bar--

[immobileyes]

Who: Mary (immobileyes), Cole (existency) and Zara (sewayaku)
When: Forward-dated to January 3 let's say
Where: A park; Zara and Mary's apartment
What: Mary eventually brings home a boy
Rating/Warning: ... Everyone is adorable I don't know how else to prepare you--

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[ Truth be told, Mary's wary of stepping out on her own, after the chaos that had led to a blizzard, her mother's gentle voice and her not-so-gentle laughter as she'd disappeared. No amount of chasing, of begging her to come back had yielded any results, and then had come that man with the monsters--

Even thinking about it now makes Mary shudder, but she'd still had to go to work. And now, returning home, she's being quick about it. Who knew what else was out there, lurking? More angry murderous men in red? Another familiar face willing to leave her behind again?

A...

... Hat?

Mary slows as she passes the park, squinting as though narrowing her eyes will help things make sense. She knows that hat, its owner-- did he really, really like this place? ]

Cole?

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[immobileyes]

Oh! [ Right-- she quickly straightens, pointing off in some random direction. ] I can show you where. I've gotten a lot better at not getting lost.

[ How comforting. ]

[existency]

Lost...

[ He cants his head to the side, like he's reconsidering, but he ends up nodding. ]

If we get lost, I can find the way. It's hard to get lost. There's always a direction to pull, so there's always a way to go.

[immobileyes]

...

I wish I had pull-y directions.

[ Maybe life would be easier. ]

[existency]

You don't?

[ Clearly, this is a surprise to him... He assumed everyone did, but he's also generally surrounded by people with excellent survival skills that don't exactly get lost. So. ]

[immobileyes]

I know how to get to my old house from back home... but otherwise, I usually need someone to help me.

[ SHE SUCKS. ]