Überwelt 6

[20:55:45] <`GM> The girls’ recent battle was not quite the epic display of victory as they might have hoped.  They’re all feeling pretty ragged, and Rika seems to be suffering from something rather odd…  Wishing to regroup in a place of relative safety, they go back to the Ninomiya’s house.  Dizzy, who split off from the others, nevertheless mentioned to Fluffy (who has been chilling at her house this whole time) that they might be in need of its council...  if it is even able to give any.
[21:02:39] * Tiara feel a little bit tight around her collar. After the encounter, she hurried back to the classroom, get her belongings, and rendezvouz with the rest which decide to use her estate as an emergency meeting room (without her consent, too!). However, she don't have the courage to say no. Now we're here, on the way to her home with this oppressive sense of dread lingering around without a
[21:02:39] * Tiara cause.
[21:04:18] * Rika is walking along, with an unconcerned air undermined by her pale skin and slightly drawn expression. She still refuses to acknowledge that anything's really wrong with her.
[21:09:57] * [9]Ashley lurks a ways behind the rest, following them without their knowledge.
[21:11:17] * Tiara fidgets with extreme uneasiness. Suddenly her house will become lively, but that is not a good thing for her.
[21:12:19] <Rika> "Hey." Rika speaks up, noticing Tiara fidget. "You okay?"
[21:12:36] <Tiara> Nuh-?
[21:12:46] * Tiara feel like she's being talked to, but who?
[21:12:57] * Tiara turns around, being even more uneasy.
[21:14:00] <Rika> "Um?" Rika says, confused. "...Tiara, right? You look off." She says, slightly concerned. "You didn't get hurt or anything, did you?"
[21:14:03] <`GM> [They walk through that strange purple-hued area of their neighborhood at the momemt.  However, if either of them would look below them, they might notice that the grass and weeds poking up in the cracks of the sidewalk are turning dark purple and black as they pass...]
[21:14:37] <Tiara> Ah-? Oh nonononono I'm fine. 'Twas a scratch.
[21:14:56] * Tiara feel sorry for not noticing a person talking to her. And DIRECTLY, at that.
[21:19:05] <Rika> "So you did get hit?" She shakes her head. "...Damn. I must be slipping...." She should have been able to protect both of them. But...she couldn't protect either? ...
[21:20:44] * [9]Ashley , while trying to sneak behind a pole, trips and falls onto the ground.
[21:21:02] <Tiara> !
[21:21:17] <Rika> "Eh?!" Still on edge, Rika spins around, already on guard.
[21:21:23] * Tiara whips her leather school bag out front like a makeshift shield!
[21:24:44] * [9]Ashley pushes herself up off of the ground and looks over at the two, panic in her eyes.
[21:25:38] * Tiara is unsure of what to make of this crazy catholic girl she remembered seeing back in the first encounter with stickman.
[21:26:02] <Rika> "...Who're you?" She demands, not backing down yet.
[21:27:03] * [9]Ashley mumbles something as she gets to her feet.
[21:29:59] * [9]Ashley brushes the dust off her skirt and then looks at the other girls. She slooowly takes a step back.
[21:30:55] <Miaka> ...oh hey there.
[21:30:59] * Tiara does the same. That makes two steps back.
[21:31:05] * Miaka waves to the girl from the other night.
[21:31:20] * [9]Ashley waves reluctantly.
[21:31:45] * Rika relaxes a bit.
[21:31:46] <Rika> "...You know her?
[21:32:26] <Miaka> Yeah, she was there with us on the first night when we got our magical girl powers.
[21:33:06] * [9]Ashley nods.
[21:33:43] * Tiara is still uneasy with EVEN MORE PEOPLE. She stays quiet.
[21:34:46] <Rika> "...Oh, yeah?" She relaxes a bit more. "....Someone else might have been useful when..." She falls quiet.
[21:35:03] <[9]Ashley> "...When?"
[21:35:47] <Rika> "...When I failed." She says quietly.
[21:36:15] * [9]Ashley tilts her head to one side, confused.
[21:36:25] <Tiara> Y-you didn't fail!
[21:36:29] * Tiara backs Rika up
[21:36:39] * Rika shakes her head.
[21:36:43] <Tiara> J-just... just unfortunate...
[21:39:05] * [9]Ashley moves to speak, hesitates, then decides to try again.
[21:39:15] <[9]Ashley> "...Did anybody die?"
[21:39:37] * Rika is quiet for a long moment.
[21:39:38] * Tiara looks left and right, realizing that no one actually look about to die but her.
[21:39:39] <Miaka> Nah, but Rika's hurt.
[21:39:48] <Tiara> I... I guess I probably will..
[21:39:54] * Tiara sink further into depression.
[21:40:06] * Rika rounds on Miaka.
[21:40:12] <Miaka> We're heading back to our house to make sure she's ok.
[21:40:21] <Rika> "I'm fine!" She insists, before staggering slightly.
[21:40:49] * Miaka catches Rika, having already grown tired of arguing with her ever since the fight ended.
[21:41:38] * [9]Ashley just looks at the girls, not really sure what to say.
[21:41:48] <Miaka> Want to come with?
[21:41:59] * Miaka extends the offer to Ashley.
[21:42:05] <[9]Ashley> "...Me?"
[21:42:11] <Miaka> Yeah.
[21:42:22] <[9]Ashley> Um, uh... Sure.
[21:43:32] * Tiara walk over to the fence gate and unlock it, allowing Miaka to tend to Rika.
[21:44:03] * [9]Ashley follows a short ways behind the other girls.
[21:44:10] * Rika pushes Miaka away, but not very roughly.
[21:44:34] <Rika> "I'm fine." She starts for the gate.
[21:45:05] * Miaka doesn't take offense. She's used to tsun mannerisms from having dealt with her sister all the time.
[21:45:58] * Tiara clear stuff in the living room for a space everyone can be comfortable with.
[21:46:25] * Tiara say nothing, but shifts her head a bit, indicating an invitation (if any).
[21:46:59] * Miaka heads up to the bathroom to grab first-aid stuff
[21:47:37] * [9]Ashley looks for a spot to sit down
[21:48:12] <Tiara> ...
[21:48:53] * Tiara just head into the kitchen to pour some juices for everyone. OJ is probably fine... maybe...?
[21:49:30] * Rika sprawls out on a convenient seating surface. She isn't being ladylike at all! At least she's not wearing a skirt.
[21:49:50] * Miaka returns with an armful of bandages, aspirin, peroxide and other basic stuff.
[21:50:37] <Rika> "Ah, c'mon, girl!" Rika protests. "I don't need any of that!"
[21:51:04] <Miaka> Hey, shut up! Have you looked in a mirror lately? You look horrible!
[21:51:33] * Miaka drops the pile on the coffee table and starts triage, despite Rika's protests.
[21:52:44] * Tiara put all the glasses on the table, and slowly trying to slip out of the room to her usual sanctuary...
[21:52:48] <Tiara> ...
[21:53:20] <Rika> "I don't even have any injuries!" She insists. Indeed, the skin was never broken.
[21:53:55] <Miaka> You're black and blue all over! Now stop fidgeting!
[21:55:40] * [9]Ashley watches with interest.
[21:55:49] * Rika shakes her head.
[21:56:12] * Miaka has good practice with caring for unwilling patients
[21:56:16] <Rika> "No!" She says, firmly. "I'm just fine! I'm used to bruises, so stop worrying!"
[21:57:03] <`GM> [There is an awkward knocking at the front door.  It doesn't sound like someone's knocking ON the door, more like they're sort of bumping their shoulder on it.]
[21:58:24] <Tiara> I-I'll get it!
[21:58:38] * Tiara hurried over, jumping on the chance to NOT be with the group.
[21:58:42] * Tiara opens.
[22:00:25] * `Fluffy is/was leaping up at the doorknob to try and open it, and failing.  It's got a messenger bag as big as itself slung over its shoulder/neck.
[22:01:10] * [9]Ashley spots Fluffy at the door way and rushes over, her cheeks suddenly flushed
[22:01:18] * `Fluffy wasn't anticipating the door opening and loses its balance, toppling onto the door rug.
[22:02:14] * Tiara is being less afraid of this creature. She even find it cute in some way. With that said, she's not afraid to pick it up in her arms and carry it inside. Just what she need.
[22:02:26] <Rika> "Oh, hey!" Rika leaps on the distraction. "Look, that little guy of yours!"
[22:02:46] * `Fluffy is somewhat strangled by the weight of the bag on its neck as it is picked up.
[22:02:58] <Miaka> Stay still, dammit!
[22:03:12] <`Fluffy> "Gacck-ck...  Please, put me down!"
[22:03:21] * [9]Ashley stops as she sees Tiara pick Fluffy up, and decides to sit back down.
[22:03:24] * Miaka is almost done, and uninterested in the annoyingly useless monster
[22:03:32] * `Fluffy struggles with the bag's strap, trying to slide it loose.
[22:04:25] <Tiara> Ah-
[22:04:37] * Tiara release Fluffy from its external weight.
[22:04:39] <Tiara> ...a bag?
[22:04:53] * Tiara set the bag down on the table.
[22:05:40] <`Fluffy> GM:  [The bag is full of papers and notebooks.  Nothing very strange, other than the fact that Fluffy had it.]
[22:06:11] * `Fluffy nods.
[22:06:24] <Rika> "Look, see he brought something, you should go check it out."
[22:06:26] <`Fluffy> "A bag.  I brought it with me.  In case."
[22:06:41] <Tiara> Is this yours? You don't seem like you can write.
[22:07:04] <`Fluffy> "No, no, I can write!  It is... hard, though..."
[22:07:16] * `Fluffy looks at its stubby arms and fingers.
[22:08:40] <`Fluffy> GM:  [Now that Fluffy is in the middle of the room, Rika may notice that she feels noticeably less like crap.  Whether she makes the connection or not is another matter...]
[22:10:29] <Rika> "In, fact, I feel better than ever!" She insists. "Just fine! GO worry about, uh...Go worry about your sister. She said she got hit
[22:10:31] <Rika> !"
[22:10:41] * `Fluffy looks at Tiara, maybe trying to be cute?
[22:10:44] <`Fluffy> "Thank you for opening the door."
[22:10:53] <Tiara> ...
[22:11:04] * Tiara pets Fluffy. Her cheek a bit redder.
[22:11:26] * `Fluffy is petted.  Its cheeks don't get red though; is that even possible?
[22:12:33] <Tiara> I'm fine. Just some sore spot. I don't need extra care.
[22:12:49] <`Fluffy> "I hope I didn't miss anything important.  I was at Dizzy's house, being very busy."
[22:12:56] <Tiara>  14I hurt myself on a daily basis, anyway...
[22:12:59] * Tiara mumbles.
[22:13:27] <`Fluffy> "Did I miss anything important?"
[22:14:24] * Miaka rolls her eyes at the thing's obliviousness as she finishes patching Rika up.
[22:15:46] * `Fluffy is still quite oblivious, even if it seems to have gotten less pretentious and is speaking better.
[22:17:46] * Rika is VERY DISSATISFIED
[22:18:58] <Tiara> ?
[22:21:09] * `Fluffy looks around.  Why does no one look very happy?  Dizzy didn't really give it a thorough debriefing before sending it over here.
[22:22:21] * Tiara look around to see if anyone would explain in her stead. She just doesn't like talking much...
[22:23:10] <Miaka> We got in a fight.
[22:23:19] * Miaka puts it bluntly
[22:24:15] <`Fluffy> "Another one?  Did you... win?"
[22:24:31] * `Fluffy makes a face.  Is "win" really the right word to use?
[22:24:59] * Miaka looks around.
[22:25:02] <Miaka> ...kind of?
[22:26:17] <`Fluffy> "Then those...  Those white things, did you get more white things?  Can I see one?"
[22:26:35] * `Fluffy sounds very adamant about this.
[22:27:35] <Tiara> White things?
[22:29:09] <Miaka> The orbs, Tiara. We all took one this time.
[22:29:13] * `Fluffy makes a circle with its hands.
[22:29:47] <`Fluffy> "The balls, that white ball.  They, they turn into them.  You said you won."
[22:32:11] * `Fluffy looks around at the others, hoping someone will answer.
[22:33:53] * Miaka sees no one doing anything, so she resignedly takes hers out of her pocket.
[22:34:29] * `Fluffy motions with its hands.  It wants to hold it.
[22:34:32] <Tiara> this?
[22:34:34] <`Fluffy> "Please?"
[22:34:44] * Tiara fishes one from her school bag.
[22:35:07] * Miaka tosses it over to Fluffy, where it rolls to a stop next to him on the couch
[22:36:11] * `Fluffy picks up Miaka's and stares at it intently.  It, amazingly, does absolutely nothing.
[22:36:15] * [9]Ashley snaps awake. Did she doze off?
[22:36:47] * `Fluffy half-explains what it's thinking out loud.
[22:37:16] <`Fluffy> "There's something here...  I KNOW there's something here..."
[22:37:42] * `Fluffy spins it around and looks at it from all sides.  Nope; same everywhere.
[22:38:32] <Tiara> ?
[22:38:59] * [9]Ashley looks around at the others, then notices the orange juice. She takes a cup and downs it quickly.
[22:41:08] * `Fluffy hops onto the coffee table and starts rummaging through the bag it brought.  It flips through loose papers and notebook pages, scrawled with untidy and large-printed phrases that don't seem to mean much by themselves.
[22:41:55] <`Fluffy> "Ahh, did I, did I...?"
[22:42:11] <Tiara> You... need help...?
[22:43:31] * `Fluffy is focused in its looking and doesn't look back at her as it responds.
[22:44:09] <`Fluffy> "N-No, no...  It wouldn't make sense to you...  I don't think."
[22:44:16] * Tiara take that as 'shut up bitch I'm busy' cue.
[22:44:18] <Tiara> Okay...
[22:44:36] * `Fluffy explains to the whole room.
[22:45:26] <`Fluffy> "I've been... thinking.  Or, trying to think.  To, umm... to remember.  I'm sorry that I can't remember... But I'm trying!"
[22:46:25] <`Fluffy> "I've been writing it down so I can't forget.  I, uhh, I hope that's all right?  Did you, was I missed?"
[22:46:57] * Tiara thinks that Fluffy has natural talent for not making sense.
[22:48:42] <Rika> "SPeak straight, little guy." Rika says.
[22:49:07] * Rika doesn't have enough patience to deal with all of this after everything else.
[22:49:35] * `Fluffy is taken aback.  It's trying its hardest and its still not really appreciated...
[22:49:40] <`Fluffy> "O, kay..."
[22:50:05] * `Fluffy flips back to the beginning of the notebook its holding.
[22:52:12] <`Fluffy> "I, uhh, I'm pretty sure I'm an...  alien?  I don't think there's a better word for it.  Alien.  From... out, there, somewhere..."
[22:52:28] * `Fluffy waves its hand up in the air signifying "out there".
[22:53:00] * Tiara understand. Mostly.
[22:53:08] <`Fluffy> "But, uhh, I guess you already knew that, umm..."
[22:53:38] * `Fluffy is kind of embarrassed, actually.  Even if it wrote its strange memories down, they're still kind of garbled on the paper.
[22:54:02] * `Fluffy flips a few pages ahead.
[22:55:59] <`Fluffy> "Where was it...  I wrote it down, I was sent here to DO something...  Why can't I remember...?"
[22:58:27] <Miaka> You were sent here to cleanse the Earth of humans and prepare it for your species' arrival?
[22:58:33] * Miaka takes a shot in the dark
[22:59:01] * `Fluffy shakes its head, too focused to be offended by that.
[22:59:12] * Rika gently cuffs Miaka upside the head.
[23:01:48] <`Fluffy> "No, no...  I don't even know where they are.  Here it is, 'Sent to open their eyes, make them see.  Sent to protect and-", oh, where's the other page..."
[23:02:27] * `Fluffy flips through the loose leaves.  It's very disorganized.  So much for the grand revelation.
[23:05:28] <`Fluffy> "-and be protected.  Oh...hum."
[23:07:12] * Rika is reminded of her ABJECT FAILURE.
[23:07:15] <`Fluffy> "I'm not really sure about this one.  I just, you know, wrote it down...  Not sure how I can protect you; you seem pretty good at doing that already."
[23:10:43] * `Fluffy is getting kind of flustered.  It is not very good at public speaking.
[23:11:13] <`Fluffy> "M-Maybe, uhh, you should just ask me the questions...  I mean, you still have, uhh, questions, right?"
[23:11:56] * [9]Ashley 's eyes light up.
[23:12:27] <Rika> "Not really." Rika says, leaning back in her seat.
[23:14:48] <`Fluffy> "Oh, n-no...?  But I thought, I mean, umm..."
[23:15:49] <Miaka> The only question I have is why you're here. And that riddle you just gave us isn't a reason.
[23:16:01] * Miaka stands with her arms crossed.
[23:16:48] * `Fluffy is put on the spot!
[23:21:14] <`Fluffy> "I'm...  There's, a war.  I don't know what started it, but...  It's a secret war.  And people can't see it.  Not unless... things like me come."
[23:23:33] <Miaka> Then you're the entire reason there's a war and you need to go away.
[23:23:38] <[9]Ashley> "So you're the cause of this."
[23:23:52] * `Fluffy shakes it's head violently.
[23:23:59] * Miaka looks over at Ashley. So everyone IS on the same track.
[23:24:04] <`Fluffy> "N-No no, no no no, it's not me!"
[23:24:37] * [9]Ashley stands and picks the creature up by its armpits, bringing it to eye level with her.
[23:24:52] <`Fluffy> "I swear, I promise, I'm not doing this!  If I wasn't here it'd still happen, but you wouldn't know until they got to you!"
[23:25:13] <[9]Ashley> "It's all your fault, right? If it wasn't for you nothing would have changed!"
[23:25:25] <Rika> "Hey, hey!" Rika stands. "He's only letting us see! Nothing HAS changed!"
[23:25:39] * `Fluffy points to Rika.
[23:25:57] <`Fluffy> "Yes, that!  It'd only LOOK like everything was fine!"
[23:26:07] <[9]Ashley> "Wouldn't that be better?"
[23:26:41] <`Fluffy> "The war's still there, you just...  You don't know.  Your brain doesn't LET you know, but... it still knows."
[23:27:16] * [9]Ashley hold Fluffy there for a second, then sets it back down where it had been and takes a seat.
[23:27:36] <`Fluffy> "You think it's something else that's causing it.  Accidents, or criminals in the night or something...  You can't SEE what's happening even if it's happening."
[23:28:10] <[9]Ashley> "So why is everything so much more dangerous now? Are they mad that we can see them?"
[23:28:17] <Miaka> Then why can't you tell us HOW to stop it.
[23:28:38] * `Fluffy answers Ashley's question first.
[23:29:08] <`Fluffy> "I, I think so.  It's like, I think...  You're not a threat, first, if you don't know anything's wrong..."
[23:29:44] <`Fluffy> "But if you can see them, and if you can fight back...  They don't like that."
[23:29:55] <[9]Ashley> "And we can only see them because of you?"
[23:30:07] <Rika> "Heh." Rika chuckles derisively. "They're cowards."
[23:30:09] * `Fluffy nods.
[23:30:27] <[9]Ashley> "So even if it's unintentional, it's STILL your fault."
[23:30:49] * `Fluffy looks depressed and scared again.
[23:31:07] <Rika> "Hey, hey." Rika speaks up again. "It's not his 'fault' for me." She says. "And it's not like he's done anything wrong."
[23:31:22] <`Fluffy> "Wh... Why do you keep blaming me!  I'm, I'm not trying to kill you or anything!  I'm trying to help!  See, help!"
[23:31:33] * `Fluffy holds up its papers.  He's helping!
[23:32:15] * [9]Ashley looks unamused.
[23:33:02] <`Fluffy> "Why, why do you think I know everything?"
[23:33:15] * `Fluffy answers Miaka's question with a question.
[23:33:51] <`Fluffy> "It's, I told you, it's a war.  How would YOU stop a war, how do they stop wars on Earth?"
[23:34:32] * Rika grins.
[23:34:49] <Rika> "We fight 'til the other guy doesn't want to fight anymore."
[23:35:01] <Rika> She seems satisfied with this response.
[23:35:19] <Tiara> Sounds l-logical...
[23:35:41] * Tiara ...probably the first logical thing she've heard since listening to the mini-dragon's rambling.
[23:35:49] <Miaka> Pah.
[23:36:41] * `Fluffy is finding it hard to stay in a helpful mood.  It helps, and all it gets is shouted at and blamed.
[23:39:01] * Tiara get back to her activity of picking Fluffy up, put it in her laps, and pets it.
[23:39:16] * Tiara seems to take a liking in this activity.
[23:39:47] * `Fluffy kind of likes the activity too, but it's still pretty frustrated.
[23:39:50] * [9]Ashley shoots a glare at Tiara, then looks around the room.
[23:41:17] <`Fluffy> "I just...  I don't ever know what I can give you that you actually WANT..."
[23:42:05] <`Fluffy> "Maybe I should just, leave you alone...  go back to thinking some more."
[23:42:20] * `Fluffy lowers its eyes and looks sullen
[23:43:45] <Rika> "Hey, hey little guy." Rika tries to cheer him up. "Don't worry about it so much, hey?"
[23:46:07] * `Fluffy looks at Rika.
[23:47:04] <`Fluffy> "But, if someone doesn't worry about it...  then who will worry about it?"
[23:47:33] <Tiara> It is not required, isn't it?
[23:47:37] <Rika> "Well, Miaka there sure seems to be, doesn't she?" Rika offers.
[23:48:10] * Miaka hmphs, thoughtly unsatisfied with the entire thing, and huffs off to her room, slamming the door behind her.
[23:49:35] * Tiara flinches a bit.