5 ❧ though the pressure's hard to take, it's the only way I can escape

[headedforhope]

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[heteropennae]

-Not that anyone should be surprised, but Dizzy definitely noticed what was going on. And she could even tell who one of the figures were. But she remained watching in silence the entire time, unable to bring herself to interrupt what she was beholding...-

[headedforhope]

[Mami skids backward in the snow. Her breathing is hard, intense puffs of white in the cold air. Bringing up a hand to her chest, she quickly draws another musket - seemingly from within her own body. Darting forward once more, she aims it directly at her assigned mother and fires. There's a cold machination in the movement, the same with all the identical ones before it.

This is training. But more than that, it's a purging. While Mami is locked in this engaging battledance with Ciel, there's no room in her mind for thoughts of her death. There's no time to dwell on such horrors, to allow them the single toehold needed to overwhelm her again. Another brilliant clash of metal as her bullet is deflected; she doesn't yet notice Dizzy's silent presence.]

[expiatrice]

[And with Dizzy as loaded on supernatural powers as she is, Ciel'll notice her in turn. But because they've spoken enough for Ciel at least to get an idea of Dizzy's power...

Maybe it's only fair that she gets a glimpse of her own, which Ciel never brought up in any conversation so far.

So she'll continue training with Mami, each of the Puella Magi's bullets fired from appearing and vanishing muskets met with the edge of a Black Key without fail. Both are displaying astounding amount of agility, and this will keep going until Mami starts to look like she can use a break. Above training, this also has in goal to keep the blonde girl's minds off of her last memory from home, though if Dizzy is patient and/or curious enough to watch until the two figures finally break, Ciel would approach the area where she is while her assigned daughter takes a breather.

Will she still be around, whenever that may happen?]

[heteropennae]

-Dizzy finds herself absolutely fascinated and glued to her seat, metaphorically. She's certainly not going to wander off, at least not until they were finished. She watches in complete amazement of their ability.-

[expiatrice]

[It may be hard to follow at times, especially considering how well her robes blend in with the night landscape, but the clashing sparks of metal will be a good indication of where and how. Eventually they'll stop and both resume a casual stance on ground level, finally rendering their figures easy to see.

They'll then separate in different directions as Ciel turns to face where Dizzy is. She doesn't try seeking her out with her eyes, but will begin to walk towards that general direction - thought her calm and casual posture devoid of hostility would hopefully show the other girl that she's coming to meet her in peace. Will she stay where she is, or come forth too to meet her halfway?]

[heteropennae]

-Dizzy was always the curious sort. She makes her way over to Ciel.-

That was amazing...

[expiatrice]

[Her facial expression relaxes, and she flashes a small and somewhat sheepish smile back to the other girl.]

Ah... that was just training. You're out late, miss Dizzy. We tried to be discreet, but it seems that we still went overboard. I hope that we haven't messed up plans that you might've had for the evening?

[heteropennae]

Ah, well, I had come to pray, and was distracted by what I had seen in the corner of my eye...

[expiatrice]

I apologize for that, I'll try to be more mindful next time. ...I was doing some training with a good acquaintance of mine, it's also good to keep in shape so we don't go rusty. ...Was it really worth watching for that long, miss Dizzy? [She gives her a somewhat sheepish smile, making light of the previously dead serious atmosphere which would be able to easily convince another that the blur of dark blue and the blur of dark gold were legitimately trying to kill each other.]

[heteropennae]

It... certainly held my attention, if that's what you mean.

[expiatrice]

Mm, but... you didn't mind?

[heteropennae]

... Should I have?

[expiatrice]

We were both serious, someone could have gotten hurt even if it was really just sparring practice. [Then stop making it sound like it's not, Ciel........] That would unnerve an ordinary person, yes. It's why I'm concerned, I admit... [d-derp. Maybe she SHOULD just make light of it, like Dizzy seems to already have?]

[heteropennae]

This is not as strange to me as you might think.

[expiatrice]

Ah...? [Though she quickly catches herself a beat later.] Oh, of course... Given your circumstances, it'd be natural to have witnessed fighting. So it doesn't bother you at all, miss Dizzy?

[heteropennae]

Well... Not that it doesn't bother me. It's more that I've become used to the sight of violence. And that is something that does bother me, when I think about it. It shouldn't be that way.