Intermedia

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[ Ilsa is tired. ]

[ She's been working the horrendous secretarial job to keep from being droned, using the slack times to type up the history of her world, chipping in to the office petty cash funds to cover the costs of the materials she uses. ]

[ Then it's heading home to deal with the general household maintenance, and try to keep the facade

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[catslooklikeme]

[Early in the evening, one feline-appearing dragon pops his head into the kitchen window.]

Knock knock.

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Hello, Nall!

[ She scratches him under the chin, smiling. It still doesn't hide the dark circles under her eyes. ]

Come for dinner?

[ There is the scent of roast chicken and lime in the air. ]

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall grins at the chin scratching and hops on into the house.]

Have I ever turned down your cooking, Ilsa?

Also, I finished my special secret assignment! [He winks.]

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Oh! Seen anything that was interesting?

[ That does make her seem less tired. She gets a bowl from the cabinet. ]

Water, or iced tea, hon?

[catslooklikeme]

Tea, please!

[He plops down on the countertop.]

Nothing really noteworthy, I think... I jotted it all down though, so maybe you'll pick up something I missed. It took me a little longer than I wanted, I had to keep transforming so I could write and I didn't want people to see me, so I had to find places I wouldn't be observed... I marked those too.

You alright, Ilsa? You seem kinda tired... you're not sick, are you?

[ooeeooahah]

[ Pouring tea, and placing it on the counter before him. ]

Not physically ill, no - just a bit homesick, I think.

[ She gently skritches Nall behind the ear. ]

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall likes the ear skritching, but doesn't like Ilsa being sad.]

I understand that...

...what do you think you'd be doing right now... if you were back home?

[ooeeooahah]

Hmm...

[ She absently keeps petting the back of his neck. ]

If I wasn't on rotation, likely reading the latest medical journal, might have cooked something, if I remembered, maybe.

[ She shrugs. ] Sunday would have been spent at my parent's place, or at least on the phone with them.

[catslooklikeme]

There are things we can do here to replace what we would be doing back home, but there's no replacing the people important to us...

For what it's worth, though, you've got me... and the other people you're important to!

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[ Ilsa doesn't say anything, but wraps him in a hug. ]

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall responds by nuzzling her bottom of her chin with the top of his head.]

Heh... y'know, it's been a thousand years since I've been hugged by a woman as classy as you!

[ooeeooahah]

[ She chuckles lightly, covering a sniffle. ]

I'm sorry anyone is here, but I am glad to meet you.

[catslooklikeme]

Me too... this place is awful, but I've met a lot of people who are fantastic... you, chaos, Wilhelm... Tarvek.

...Sometimes I worry about him, Ilsa.

[ooeeooahah]

Which him, hon?

[ She has a joking tone, but it is a little strained. ]

[catslooklikeme]

Tarvek. Sometimes at night, I think about my kids back home and how much I'd like to be there and see them, be able to play with 'em and tell them bedtime stories. But then I think about Tarvek. He doesn't like the stuff that happens here, but at the same time, he doesn't seem like he wants to go back home as much as some of us. I feel guilty wanting to go home so badly when he doesn't.

It really stinks, someone has the power to take people to other worlds and we're stuck in this one. I'd like to explore worlds other than this one... and I wish I could bring you and my friends home with me to see Lunar. I'd love to show you guys the sights from the sky. It's beautiful...

I know there are some people who have homes that are on the level with Mayfield, or worse. If they aren't happy with their homes, I just wish they could find homes that they'd love as much as I love Lunar.

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[ She sighs, ] He's told me a few things... and if it's possible, I'd take him to my world.

[ Ilsa chuckles, ] At least I know some people to help me with the cross-dimensional immigration forms.