CCCP 15

April 7
[23:24]	* Tabtiha	looks around in this depressing white void. Why does she feel like a tiger?
[23:26]	<[GM]Mary>	Last time, Cassie skidattled after a very close encounter with her sister.
[23:26]	* Cassandra	sits out on the edge of the porch by herself, listening to the wind, waves, bugs, and all that jazz.
[23:28]	* Tabtiha	is quite ready to get out of the house after all of those hijinks.
[23:29]	* Tabtiha	grabs that ubiquitous wine bottle and two glasses, then tiptoes over to the porch's doorframe. She taps against the outer wall with the bottle for Cassie to hear.
[23:29]	<Tabtiha>	"Permission to enter, madam?"
[23:30]	<Cassandra>	Just don't forget to wipe your feet.
[23:31]	* Tabtiha	slips off her shoes and sits down next to Cassie, looking out at the evening sea.
[23:32]	<Tabtiha>	"Well... that was fun. Embarrassing incarnate, but... fun."
[23:33]	<Cassandra>	I didn't know getting molested was such a good time for you. You surprise me every day.
[23:34]	<Tabtiha>	"After five years with someone like you, Cass, you learn to keep an open mind."
[23:34]	* Tabtiha	sighs funnily, and pours two glasses.
[23:35]	<Cassandra>	How open is that?
[23:36]	<Tabtiha>	"Depends on if the glass is half-empty or half-full."
[23:37]	* Tabtiha	clicks her glass against her sisters and takes a sip. Better pace yourself, this time; throwing up is NOT fun.
[23:37]	<Tabtiha>	"Though... you really had me scared, Cass. The way your eyes looked... eeeee..."
[23:37]	* Tabtiha	shivers.
[23:38]	<Cassandra>	...
[23:38]	<Cassandra>	Yeah. Sorry about that.
[23:39]	<Tabtiha>	"Oh, I don't blame you-it's just what you do-except... well, it just gave me a bad flashback to the bank, is all."
[23:39]	<Tabtiha>	"Made me wonder, just for a few seconds, what would happen if you really DID lose control when you were like that."
[23:40]	<Tabtiha>	"But don't you think about that. Happy thoughts, Cassie, happy thoughts~"
[23:40]	* Cassandra	thinks about it.
[23:40]	<Cassandra>	...
[23:41]	<Cassandra>	Hey, Tabitha.
[23:41]	* Tabtiha	goes "Mmm?" as her lips eclipse the rim of the wineglass.
[23:41]	<Cassandra>	You're afraid of me right now, aren't you.
[23:42]	* Tabtiha	shakes her head.
[23:42]	<Tabtiha>	"Mmm nmm. Just what you might be capable of from time to time."
[23:44]	<Cassandra>	I'm capable any time.
[23:44]	<Cassandra>	I don't do these things on accident.
[23:44]	<Cassandra>	...
[23:44]	<Cassandra>	Maybe I should go to bed.
[23:45]	* Tabtiha	presses her hand against Cassie's thigh, pushing her down.
[23:45]	<Cassandra>	n?
[23:45]	<Tabtiha>	"Don't you dare. You dragged me out here in a dress with no back and no front with a bottle of good red wine."
[23:46]	<Tabtiha>	"Real people don't run from their problems, anyways."
[23:47]	<Tabtiha>	"At the very least, might as well try to find what you're looking for at the bottom of a glass."
[23:47]	<Cassandra>	You're not my problem. And isn't that what we've been doing all this time?
[23:48]	<Cassandra>	Anyway, I really don't think I should. I might do something I'll regret.
[23:49]	<Tabtiha>	"I can always toss you into the sea before you get there."
[23:49]	* Tabtiha	chuckles, and drains her glass, then looks at the bottom of it. Nope, no answers there.
[23:50]	<Cassandra>	Tabitha...
[23:50]	<Tabtiha>	"Hey, you know what I told Chris, though I doubt she heard me? You gotta choose your battles."
[23:51]	<Tabtiha>	"We chose ours five years ago, and we chose which battle NOT to fight."
[23:51]	<Cassandra>	That's true.
[23:51]	* Cassandra	. o ( Except it isn't. We chose not to fight a war. )
[23:51]	<Tabtiha>	"Now, now I won't say that that makes everything poof away, like poof~"
[23:52]	* Tabtiha	goes poof with her free hand.
[23:52]	* Cassandra	finally smiles.
[23:52]	<Cassandra>	When you get like this, you're pretty poof.
[23:52]	* Cassandra	poofs Tabitha.
[23:53]	<Tabtiha>	"Hey, cut it~ I'm not drunk yet. Two more glasses, THEN maybe..."
[23:54]	<Cassandra>	You must be high, then. I won't ask what you pilfer from the pharmacy, but I hope you'll go easy on it.
[23:55]	<Tabtiha>	"Last time a doctor did that, they quickly found themselves without a job. Medicine shouldn't be taken lightly. Not in a smaller city like this, at least."
[23:55]	<Cassandra>	Well, I hope you won't lose your job, either.
[23:55]	<Tabtiha>	"But, you know? We're here now. If there's new battle to fight, we'll choose 'em. But we choose them here. Not back there, back... whatever direction Kostova is."
[23:55]	* Tabtiha	waves her hand off somewhere in the distance.
[23:57]	<Cassandra>	It's towards Vickie's house. Keep walking in that direction until you cross the border twice, and you'll be in the Motherland.
[23:58]	* Cassandra	yawns.
[23:58]	* Tabtiha	's lips tip down a little.
[23:58]	<Tabtiha>	"Well, YOUR mother. Mine... ahh, water under the bridge."
[23:59]	<Tabtiha>	"Aaanyways..."
[23:59]	* Tabtiha	gets contemplative.
[23:59]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Don't tell me you two are getting into a row."
[00:00]	<Tabtiha>	"Just a thought? If... If Vickie comes over here and sits down, this wine won't go to waste~"
[00:00]	* Tabtiha	switches her sentence mid-sentence.
[00:00]	* [Pyg]Victoria	walks onto the porch into view.
[00:01]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Well, all right."
[00:01]	<Cassandra>	Hey, Victoria. Drink, or Tabby will throw you into the ocean.
[00:03]	* Tabtiha	smiles wistfully. Ahh, if only she could.
[00:04]	* Tabtiha	offers Vickie her own glass. She'll just drink from the bottle, "like a barbarian".
[00:04]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"No need for threats, just ask me outright."
[00:04]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Are you afraid I'll say no?"
[00:04]	<Tabtiha>	"...Please?"
[00:04]	* [Pyg]Victoria	takes a seat beside Tabitha.
[00:06]	* Tabtiha	checks the bottle. Is that half-full, or half-empty?
[00:07]	<Tabtiha>	"Hey, Victoria. Tell Cassie to stop being frumpy. She won't listen to me."
[00:07]	* Cassandra	sighs, and supports herself on an elbow in Tabitha's lap.
[00:08]	<Cassandra>	It's true, Victoria. I've frumped.
[00:08]	* Tabtiha	rests her head lightly against the top of Cassandra's.
[00:09]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"You aren't children anymore, you can settle this amongst yourselves, can't you?"
[00:09]	* [Pyg]Victoria	holds out her empty glass.
[00:10]	* Tabtiha	pours her some fun juice.
[00:10]	<Cassandra>	But she started it.
[00:10]	<Tabtiha>	"But she's pretending like she can't help it, and then she says it's not subconscious, and it's all mean-ing-lesss."
[00:11]	<Tabtiha>	"Just a thought? Try an anger management course or something. I know a good psychologist from college who's not horribly far."
[00:11]	* Tabtiha	thinks.
[00:12]	<Tabtiha>	"Well, far-ish."
[00:12]	* Cassandra	quickly finds herself disembarked from Tabitha.
[00:13]	<Cassandra>	...
[00:13]	* Cassandra	sighs.
[00:13]	<Tabtiha>	"Wha-at?"
[00:13]	<Cassandra>	Right. You're drunk.
[00:13]	<Tabtiha>	"No. No, I'm not-tah."
[00:14]	* [Pyg]Victoria	takes a sip of her drink.
[00:14]	* Tabtiha	emphasizes the last t.
[00:14]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"You really want me to go over this again with you, Cassandra?"
[00:14]	<Cassandra>	Go over what?
[00:14]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"I'd rather not be a broken record."
[00:14]	* Cassandra	is getting frumpier and frumpier
[00:15]	* Tabtiha	waggles the bottle into Cassie's face.
[00:15]	<Tabtiha>	"It's good, you know. Didn't you want some before?"
[00:15]	* Cassandra	snatches the bottle.
[00:16]	<Cassandra>	I'm starting to remember why I quit drinking.
[00:17]	<Tabtiha>	"For the last time, Cassie, I'm not drunk yet. I've had, hmm, two glasses? Plus whatever counts from drinking from the bottle?"
[00:17]	<Tabtiha>	"My drinking sisters would be laughing at me if I stopped after two."
[00:18]	<Cassandra>	You don't have to stop.
[00:18]	<Cassandra>	But I don't have to start, either.
[00:18]	* Tabtiha	frumps.
[00:19]	<Tabtiha>	"I'M supposed to be the serious one of the pair, Cass. What's all this?"
[00:20]	<Tabtiha>	"Vickie, can't you use your magic thing you always used to use with me? Always cheered me up."
[00:20]	<Cassandra>	I know. I'm sorry.
[00:21]	<Cassandra>	Maybe I'll go to bed after all. I'm kind of tired.
[00:21]	* Cassandra	starts to get up.
[00:23]	* Tabtiha	does that thigh thing again.
[00:24]	<Tabtiha>	"No."
[00:24]	* Cassandra	is a less yielding.
[00:24]	<Tabtiha>	"Fall asleep in my lap. Please, stay out here. It'll be good for you."
[00:24]	* Tabtiha	rubs Cassie's shoulder lovingly.
[00:25]	<Cassandra>	But it might... ngh.
[00:27]	<Tabitha>	"Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. You worry too much, sis."
[00:27]	* Cassandra	not be good for you, she finishes in her mind, and reluctantly resists departing.
[00:28]	<Tabitha>	"You need to feel comfortable around us, Cassie. Seriously, you're like a scared doe in the woods."
[00:29]	<Tabitha>	"We're not going to hurt you, so you don't need to hurt us. M'kay?"
[00:30]	* Cassandra	. o ( You hurt me in more ways than you'll ever know, my beloved Tabitha... )
[00:30]	<Cassandra>	Fine... Fine. But no more talking about me. The subject is tired in more ways than one.
[00:30]	* Tabitha	sighs. Finally, what she was driving for all night.
[00:31]	<Tabitha>	"No Chris either. Or Missy, or whoever else has been having a bad day."
[00:31]	<Cassandra>	Fine.
[00:31]	* Cassandra	sighs, grabs the empty glass, and clinks it against the bottle. Tabitha has the bottle, right? Right.
[00:33]	<Tabitha>	"Cheers~"
[00:35]	<Cassandra>	That means pour me a glass, dummy.
[00:35]	<Tabitha>	"...oh."
[00:36]	* Tabitha	pours more fun juice.
[00:37]	* Cassandra	holds it still for a moment, then sips lightly.
[00:40]	<Tabitha>	"So, I actually gave Izzy a checkup today. Fairies really aren't that different from humans. Surprising."
[00:40]	<Cassandra>	Hmmm...
[00:41]	* Cassandra	takes another small drink.
[00:41]	<Cassandra>	Where is she, anyway? I haven't really talked to her all day...
[00:41]	* Tabitha	shrugs.
[00:42]	<Tabitha>	"Waiting for someone to get their hand caught in the cookie jar~?"
[00:42]	<Cassandra>	I don't think there would be any cookies left.
[00:45]	<Tabitha>	"I'll have to start hiding them when I make the next batch, then."
[00:45]	* Tabitha	takes another swig.
[00:46]	<Cassandra>	As long as you don't hide them from me.
[00:47]	* Cassandra	leans closely enough on Tabitha to lean her over onto Victoria, in some sort of alcoholic demonstration of dominoes.
[00:48]	* [Pyg]Victoria	continues to take a sip despite being a little tilted.
[00:48]	<Tabitha>	"Wheee~"
[00:48]	<Cassandra>	Mmm...
[00:50]	* Cassandra	finishes her glass, and clinks for more.
[00:52]	<Tabitha>	"Magic words~?"
[00:52]	* Tabitha	asks coyly.
[00:54]	* Cassandra	would narrow her eyes if blind people used facial cues that represent eyesight. She smirks and uses that husky voice from earlier.
[00:55]	<Cassandra>	Please, sister~<3
[00:56]	* Cassandra	cheekrubs with some affection, and some... something else.
[00:57]	* Tabitha	nods and pours her another drink. She tries to match Cassie's tone, but is obviously unpracticed with sultriness.
[00:57]	<Tabitha>	"Cerrrtainly, dear~"
[00:58]	* [Pyg]Victoria	finishes her glass and sits there, allowing the warmth to spread through her.
[00:58]	* Cassandra	's character is broken by a nearly-held chuckle. She takes another drink and scoots half an inch closer.
[00:59]	<Tabitha>	"Nnnnot druuunk yett... al'mossst~ Hee hee~"
[00:59]	<Cassandra>	Hahaha, no, no, you sound the Wicked Witch of the West like that. You gotta make it deeper... more... throaty, you know? Like it's not coming from here...
[01:00]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Right then, you two, you ought to ease up the drinks."
[01:00]	* Cassandra	touches Tabitha's throat, near the jawbone.
[01:01]	<Cassandra>	But more like, around here...
[01:01]	* Cassandra	rubs a finger almost to her collarbone.
[01:02]	<Cassandra>	Wait... Yeah, Vickie could show you. Vickie, show Tabitha how to purr seductively.
[01:03]	<Tabitha>	"Cassie, tha's mean. Calling me a witch... that's more you, y'know. Heehee, sorry."
[01:04]	* Tabitha	shakes her head. Her face is definitely flushed.
[01:04]	* Cassandra	makes sure Tabitha is facing in Vickie's direction.
[01:05]	<Cassandra>	C'mon, Vickie~
[01:06]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"What? Why?"
[01:06]	<Cassandra>	Why not?
[01:07]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Quite simple: I don't want to."
[01:07]	* Tabitha	nuzzles into Vickie's shoulder.
[01:07]	<Tabitha>	"But maybe I do."
[01:08]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"Oh, please, I can't purr like this."
[01:09]	<Cassandra>	Aw, come on - I don't even want be drinking out here, yet I am anyway. Just let us hear your sexy voice, will ya?
[01:10]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"My voice is fine as it is."
[01:10]	* Cassandra	argues as she takes another drink.
[01:10]	<Tabitha>	"And I don't even want to be sharing my drink our here, yet I am anyways~"
[01:11]	<Cassandra>	We'll make you if you don't.
[01:11]	* Tabitha	argues as she takes another drink.
[01:11]	* Cassandra	conscripts Tabitha.
[01:12]	* [Pyg]Victoria	shakes her head to herself.
[01:12]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"I knew this would be a bad idea."
[01:13]	<Tabitha>	"Yeaaah, so did I. Did it ana'ways, though. Heehee~"
[01:14]	<Tabitha>	"Does cheer one up."
[01:14]	<Cassandra>	Yeah... one.
[01:14]	* Cassandra	conks Tabitha on the head.
[01:14]	* Tabitha	gets really dizzy.
[01:15]	<Tabitha>	"Woahwee~... Tha's cooool, heee~"
[01:15]	* Tabitha	sways her head back and forth.
[01:15]	<Cassandra>	*sigh* Nevermind, Vickie. You should probably go to bed before we start doing something really dumb...
[01:16]	* Cassandra	finishes her drink off and holds Tabitha in place.
[01:16]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"I worry you might still do so when I do leave."
[01:16]	* [Pyg]Victoria	gets up after prying Tabitha off of her.
[01:17]	* Tabitha	wobbles a whole lot without Vickie to lean on. She slumps over halfway to the deck.
[01:17]	* [Pyg]Victoria	takes the bottle.
[01:18]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"I think that's quite enough for you two. I know you're of drinking age, but don't go overboard."
[01:18]	* Tabitha	feebly grabs after it like a baby.
[01:18]	<Tabitha>	"Buh... almost, finissshhhed..."
[01:18]	* [Pyg]Victoria	ruffles Tabitha's hair.
[01:18]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"It will have to wait."
[01:18]	<Cassandra>	Hey... I was just getting started...
[01:19]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"You started a long time ago."
[01:19]	* Tabitha	smiles with a quite red face.
[01:20]	* [Pyg]Victoria	steps off the porch.
[01:20]	<Tabitha>	"Hee~ Th'say y'can't drink all day if'n you don't shart in the morning~..."
[01:20]	<Cassandra>	That's terrible. Good night, Vickie~
[01:20]	<[Pyg]Victoria>	"I'll see you two in the morning then. Good night."
[01:21]	* [Pyg]Victoria	marches off toward her house, bottle in hand.
[01:22]	<Cassandra>	sigh... Nothing's going right today...
[01:23]	<Tabitha>	"Liesssh, all liessssh."
[01:23]	* Tabitha	wobbly leans back onto Cassie's shoulder.
[01:24]	* Cassandra	drops her back on the porch, which either brings Tabitha with her or makes a funny kind of Tabby fold over her chest.
[01:25]	* Tabitha	folds downwards; she's not stable.
[01:26]	<Cassandra>	Just the two of us now, huh...
[01:26]	<Tabitha>	"Huh~"
[01:27]	<Cassandra>	Now what...
[01:27]	<Tabitha>	"Well, m'drunk nuff now, heee..."
[01:28]	<Cassandra>	...
[01:28]	* Cassandra	pokes up.
[01:28]	<Cassandra>	What do you mean by that?
[01:30]	* Tabitha	plops her cheek against Cassie's thigh, dancing her fingers around drunkenly.
[01:30]	<Cassandra>	!
[01:30]	* Cassandra	jolts. That was unexpected, despite the forewarning.
[01:31]	<Cassandra>	Tabitha - y-you -
[01:34]	<Tabitha>	"...M-me?"
[01:35]	* Tabitha	smiles.
[01:35]	<Tabitha>	"M'not doin' nothin~"
[01:35]	<Cassandra>	...
[01:35]	<Cassandra>	Just how drunk are you?
[01:36]	* Tabitha	shrugs lazily.
[01:36]	<Tabitha>	"'Nuff. Not'sh bad as I got thah' one timmmme..."
[01:37]	* Cassandra	grits her teeth.
[01:38]	<Cassandra>	Tabitha... Are you, really...
[01:39]	* Cassandra	doesn't finish, and scoots closer so Tabitha's head is more on her belly rather than between her legs. A moment of discomfort comes, but it quickly passes.
[01:39]	<Tabitha>	"Who, me? Nah really. Jush chill~"
[01:39]	* Tabitha	snuggles into Cassie's belly. Nice and warm~
[01:41]	* Cassandra	releases her held breath.
[01:41]	<Cassandra>	haaah... Don't scare me like that.
[01:43]	<Tabitha>	"Yooooou shcared me more... an' m'not sssychic-pershon neither."
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[01:43]	* Cassandra	pets through Tabby's hair and massages her shoulders gently.
[01:44]	<Cassandra>	Yeah. I know.
[01:45]	* Tabitha	looks weirdly at the stars. Her glasses are lost somewhere.
[01:46]	<Tabitha>	"Wonder...wonder f'I am and jush dunno it...?"
[01:46]	* Cassandra	remains silent for a very long time.
[01:46]	<Cassandra>	Nah.
[01:48]	* Cassandra	's fingers wander over the dress once more.
[01:49]	<Cassandra>	Why'd you get this thing, anyway? Such promiscuous habits aren't like you.
[01:49]	* Tabitha	doesn't understand.
[01:50]	<Tabitha>	"Ehh? Caush you shaid I had'ta. Simpllle~"
[01:50]	* Tabitha	imitates Cassie VERY poorly.
[01:50]	<Cassandra>	Just because I said so, huh...
[01:51]	<Tabitha>	"If you leavve thish store without buyin' a thin, I'ma find the, the most promsss... promishh... promisisisicuu...?"
[01:51]	* Tabitha	forgets the word she used.
[01:51]	<Cassandra>	What if I said...
[01:52]	* Cassandra	, much to the amazement of all beholding, doesn't say anything.
[01:53]	* Tabitha	thinks about the question, not realizing there wasn't one.
[01:54]	<Tabitha>	"If you did? Ah, dunno. Prolly lame thingsh~"
[01:54]	<Cassandra>	Probably.
[01:55]	<Tabitha>	"Buuuut, y'know. Anything to keep Cashie happy~"
[01:55]	* Cassandra	smiles.
[01:55]	* Tabitha	smiles happily. Wow she's really out of it.
[01:55]	<Cassandra>	Anything?
[01:55]	<Tabitha>	"What makesh Cashie happy?~"
[01:56]	<Tabitha>	"Tabby want know."
[01:56]	<Cassandra>	You know what would make me really happy?
[01:56]	* Tabitha	shakes her head.
[01:57]	<Tabitha>	"Nope~"
[01:57]	* Cassandra	sits up, pulling Tabitha closer still so that her head serves as a chin stand. She hugs her around the waist comfortably.
[02:00]	<Tabitha>	"Uuhhpp~ Aww, nice~..."
[02:00]	* Tabitha	closes her eyes and savors the moment.
[02:00]	* Cassandra	starts to say something, but realizes Tabitha thinks she meant the hug. Perhaps it's better to leave it at that.
[02:01]	<Tabitha>	"Ish there more nice...?"
[02:01]	<Cassandra>	Not much more.
[02:03]	<Tabitha>	"O'. K'."
[02:03]	<Tabitha>	"Really sleepy... guesssh I'm drunk now, mmm?"
[02:04]	<Cassandra>	Yeah.
[02:04]	<Cassandra>	Want to go inside?
[02:05]	* Tabitha	shrugs.
[02:05]	<Tabitha>	"Whatever makesh Cashie happy~"
[02:09]	<Cassandra>	Well, I don't want you falling asleep out here... I'd have to wake you up anyway before dragging you inside. Let's just go lay down, if that's alright.
[02:10]	<Tabitha>	"I getta shleep with Casshie tonight?~"
[02:11]	* Tabitha	's eyes get wide and watery, looking hopeful.
[02:12]	<Cassandra>	ahaha... Yes, you getta shreep with Cashy. But only if you can get through house without hurting yourself, okay? Alright, up n' at 'em.
[02:13]	* Cassandra	picks up Tabitha from under her arms and tries to help her up.
[02:13]	* Tabitha	manages to get to her feet without much help, though balance is a little tricky.
[02:13]	<Tabitha>	"Woooaahhh, feelin' woozy now."
[02:14]	* Cassandra	kicks the wine glass between them and the door off the porch to avoid one of them stepping on it. (I'll tell Melissa to find that later)
[02:14]	<Cassandra>	tch...
[02:15]	<Tabitha>	"Walking now?"
[02:15]	* Cassandra	's motor skills aren't sight dependent, but the alcohol still shakes up her senses a little. She steps towards the door carefully, keeping a hold on Tabitha.
[02:16]	<Cassandra>	Walking. Do it like a blind girl, okay?
[02:17]	<Cassandra>	Try to remember where everything is, keep two points of contact...
[02:17]	<[GM]Mary>	And so they drunkenly stumble into bed. Day One end!