027 Points - A clean castle is a happy castle

[tomatoandbasil]

[What a fine day it is for the tail end of summer, isn't it, Paradisa? Everyone's rooms are back to normal. We all may or may not be scarred for life. We may all be varying degrees of depressed to have seen and heard what was hidden in us and in others. But the important thing is we made it out alive. Right? Right. Life goes on

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[loveablecoward]

[Courage freezes in place. Whu?]

[tomatoandbasil]

[Good afternoon, Courage! So lovely to see you. She peers around the corner and inches closer.]

Animals should be clean, too.

[loveablecoward]

[...] ...Whu?

[Sniffing discretely at himself. He doesn't smell.]

[tomatoandbasil]

I'm sorry. Look, I just...can't seem to live with the fact nobody's cleaned their ears out in what appears to be centuries. Just bear with me.

[She's twirling that q-tip around like a pro.]

[azure_guardian]

[blink blink.]

Alleyne, I do not need to be clean like a normal human.

[tomatoandbasil]

Nonsense, everyone needs to keep themselves in tip-top shape. This includes regularly cleaning oneself in and out.

[Wait. Shaking her head a bit.]

...Wait. What did I just say?

[azure_guardian]

[luckily enough, Kite records everything he sees and hears, so he's able to repeat everything Alleyne says.]

That. Did you not mean to say that?

[tomatoandbasil]

[Shock and horror!]

Stupid castle! Stop making me want to do this!

[Though now she's seeing if you even have ears. Or an ear equivalent.]

[her_mouse_jesty]

[And you've reached a gold mine here.]

What? But Miss Alleyne, I've taken a bath, brushed my teeth and fur, and I'm wearing fresh clothes! Why would I have a zero?

[tomatoandbasil]

You forgot your ears, I'm afraid.

[We're gonna need a bigger swab.

She stands, looking a bit tense, face betraying her words. She looks bothered by what she's doing but can't seem to stop.]

[her_mouse_jesty]

Did I? I was positive I got them.

[She reaches up and rubs one of those big ears.]

[tomatoandbasil]

Everyone forgot them today! Even me! And now it's up to me to fix all of...

[Biting on the side of her finger now. Other hand reaching for that pouch.]

I don't want to do this. But I must.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[This face, Alleyne, this face.]

What the fuck?

[tomatoandbasil]

[Ab excellent reaction! She doesn't blame you one bit.]

Yeah! Your ears are...Wait, no. I thought I had enough of this already.

[Just...facepalming here as she twirls it around nervously, biting her lip.]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She pauses]

My ears? Is there something wrong with you?

[tomatoandbasil]

I woke up earlier with an intense desire to make sure all residents of the castle were following hygienic procedures. I'm sorry, it just feels like it must be corrected ta all costs.

[checkbelowdecks]

[turning around, a smirk already in place]

Oh? And since when did you care?

[tomatoandbasil]

You're the filthiest of them all, Isabela! Why, those ears look like they haven't...

[Shaking her head out.]

...I'm not touching her, you damned castle!

[checkbelowdecks]

[there's a brief look of surprise, but she recovers quickly enough.

tugging on an earlobe] What about my ears?

[...grin]

[tomatoandbasil]

They're as filthy as your mouth and mind is what they are!

[Oh gods, no. Rubbing her forehead as she taps her swab against her side nervously.]

Anyone but her, for gods' sake. I'll make you pay if you make me do it to her! I'll strip your walls one by one!