Twenty-Fourth Ink Drop [Action | Voice]

[chiisaichou]

Aaah...this heat! This is nothing like Kamui or Ponc'Tan at all...I'm going to melt!!

[After a busy week of dodging tree spikes, killing butterflies, and just generally making sure her friends were okay, Miyabi finally has a chance to go out into the hopefully safe plaza and do some extreme shopping. The now 4'10" young painter had been bustling

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[crisis_rain]

[Now all the wonderfully dangerous events have stopped, Raven is finally out and about when he spots Miyabi in the plaza.]

What are ya talkin' about hun? It's far from hot.

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[chiisaichou]

[As soon as she hears Raven's voice, the painter stops, and turns slowly. She stares for a minute, rubbing her eyes - you never know with this place - and then a large smile spreads on her face. She was still under the impression Raven had passed away.

So, of course all her things are dropped onto the ground as the girl races over and leaps right onto the older man, arms wrapped tightly around him.]

Raven!! Raven, you're back! You're back, I'm so happy...

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[crisis_rain]

Hey whoa wait a second! Weren't ya only a few inches tall?!

[Not that he minds the hug, returning the feeling with a big bear hug. He missed you too man.]

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[chiisaichou]

[Brb, getting eaten by your coat. Miyabi snuggles against his waist - being an itty bitty thing still - and looks up at him, grinning from ear to ear.]

Hehe, I got bigger! It's a long story, and you won't believe me, but this weird glowing mallet hopped out of the forest, bonked me on the head, and I got bigger somehow. But how are you, Raven?! I missed you so much; I'm so glad you're back again.

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[crisis_rain]

Considerin' all the crazy stuff that's be happenin' lately. Somehow you bein' hit with a mallet and growing in size doesn't really seem that unbelievable!

But me, well since comin' back I've been just fine!

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[chiisaichou]

Oh, you know about that? ...How long have you been here, Raven?! [She huffs, looking up at him with a beautiful pout.] But you're right, I'm not surprised, really. I just wish it didn't ruin my painting.

I'm so glad...Uhm, what exactly happened anyway? Can you say or...

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[crisis_rain]

Only just over a week. A lot of stuff has been goin' on, quite surprising really.

And... I can't say sorry. I'm just sure what's been going 'round but natural causes is as close to the truth as it gets.

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[chiisaichou]

[Miyabi pouts and lets Raven go at last, escaping the abyss that is his coat. She can't tell him off for not showing himself because the mun forgot to tag/didn't see the post of the insane week they've been having.]

Okay, I understand. [She sounds extremely relieved that it wasn't a murder or anything.] I'm just glad you're back, and you're safe. Ah...what was--uhm, your penalty?

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[crisis_rain]

[At least she'd like to hope it wasn't murder >: so would Raven.]

I'm still figurin' that part out darlin'. Though judgin' from all the journal entires today I think I may have a good idea.

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[chiisaichou]

[Oh, you worry her so, Raven. She's looking up with concern. He looked okay, on the outside, but--]

What do you think it is? Is it bad? Will you be all right, Raven?

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[crisis_rain]

Lemme ask ya somethin'. What's the weather like today?

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[chiisaichou]

It's burning! It was never this hot in Ponc'Tan and definitely not Kamui! I'm going to melt into a giant puddle!! I--[Oh...oh, hell. Miyabi blinks and stares at her friend.]

You can't feel it?

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[crisis_rain]

Was Ponc'Tan some kinda snow-filled land or somethin'?

Cause right now, this isn't hot at all fer me. It's kinda chilly.

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[chiisaichou]

No, not exactly. Ponc'Tan's the Poncle village - my home. The glade around it is pretty warm and filled with flowers and grass, even though the Consuming Forest that hides it is covered in ice and snow for most of the year.

So, your penalty is that you can't feel heat? That's terrible... Uhm, I-I don't have any warm clothes with me, I'm sorry.

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[crisis_rain]

Well yer forest around it is covered in snow. I can't imagine where ya live is exactly the standard of "warm" people are used to.

And it could be. There's other folks complainin' about the heat as well, yet I can't feel a thing.