Dix-Sept † brighter skies

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[Action - Taylor Road, morning]

[Hello Mayfield! Gorgeous day, isn't it? For whatever reason you're walking on Taylor Road when suddenly

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phone.

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[unsure.....]

Yes I am, Tohsaka-san. [I mean sure the drone acted eerily similar to how she usually does but there's just that spark of um. Livelihood that you wouldn't have--

no okay enough bullshit a drone would not pick up the phone and lecture you about when school starts again. THERE PROOF ENOUGH!!] ...Are you okay? You sound really agitated... ['A']

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Remembering things differently?... Oh, you mean when I was droned? Yes, I am. I've said as much just now, after all!

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[wise_king]

[oh boy]

What a surprise. I expect you'll be paying for the window.

[Digging a shard of glass out of his skin and flicking it at Ciel.]

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It'll repair itself. [Crossed arms and just

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When I did it outside, all I got was threats and complaints.

[SHRUG]

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Where and when exactly, outside? [Or do I need to ask my whipped horse loli :|] There's quite a difference between a back alley at night, and the park during the day.

3. Around town on a walk

[lunawolves10th]

[ Garviel is out front of L'Deplaisant, serving some people al Fresco as Ciel walks by. He looks up, in his waiter clothes, and tenses for a moment. Trying to decide if he'll say anything. If he should say anything. He will settle on a simple nod, while he tries to decide what he does think, after all the things he has seen since their last meeting here. There is a slightly more feral aspect to his movement now, something a little wild. As if the Wolf he is called has been set on a longer chain. He will finally manage her name, speaking rather quietly. ] Ciel.

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[Oh he's at work. ...Man it still seems weird to see him dressed like that, it just looks... out of place and rather unnatural. Not bad, but it's not... fitting. He can't cosplay at all--

ER THAT IS.

But yes she does notice something different. ...Did something happen? Then again, it has been two weeks, but this change...

Maybe it's just her intuition, or maybe it's real. Either way, there's one sure way to find out. He may look hesitant, but that's no reason for her to act any differently than she always had.

Smiling, she approaches, her demeanor light and casual.]

Bon après-midi, Garviel. How are you? [Small talk, yes, but those are the usual conversation openers.]

[lunawolves10th]

I endure. [ His most common answer, and a true one. ]

Many people were concerned about you, Ciel... it has been some time. [ Still no smile, no puppy-like happiness upon seeing her. There's a new reserve, a new conflict. ]

I know Mamzel Tohsaka will be pleased, in particular.

[ He is quiet, weighing his words, then decides to risk the question. ] I take it you went home then.... were things proceeding smoothly there?

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[She'll just quietly file those observations away for herself, but otherwise her demeanor stays the same.]

Two weeks, I know. Ah... I'm not sure about that, but I did still have unfinished business, so of course I couldn't just leave.

[She shakes her head.] No, not at all. I simply lost consciousness and then regained it again two weeks later. ...Hm, did that happen to you, or someone you know?

(YAY)

[makemebreakfast]

[She picks up the phone, giving a rather enthusiastic greeting. She's in an oddly chipper mood today...but let's see how long that lasts.]

Hello!

(YAY)...(unsure)... (aha)...

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[.......................

why am i doing this again

oh fuck off merem...

but dammit she knew she had to take care of this ASAP the moment she was informed. SO, time to bite that goddamn bullet. She didn't mean to ~run away~, really, but what can you do with rank Z luck, when nothing in your life ever goes the way you'd have liked it to?

You swallow and deal, that's what. So here she is, clutching the receiver but maintaining rock-hard composure.]

...True Ancestor.

[So did it plummet to hell, yet?]

(unsure)...secret (yay)

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Oh.

[There goes the mood, but only just a little bit. She's still mad...but she's also deep down, somewhere within the back of her mind, glad to find that Ciel is back. She knows this because drone Ciel wouldn't take the time to call her, let alone call her True Ancestor.]

So, you did come back. I knew you were better than that, at least.

What do you need? Are you still all weird and stupid, or are you acting right again?

(ninja)

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That's my question. ... I've heard that you were looking for me. What did you want? [DEADPAN.

No she's not wholly her usual self but you're the weird and stupid one here, >:T Actually she wouldn't have done this at all but that'll lead to more complications down the road, so. Worst to the worst she should be able to overpower her, yet for some reason she really didn't feel like fighting Arcueid these days. ...Wonder why that is.]

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[perfektsymmetry]

[Crowe had definitely noticed Ciel being droned. A shocking amount of his friends had been droned lately, though some now were slowly coming back. Seeing her out working as he passes on his paper route is a good sign, though.]

Ciel?

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[Blinking, she looks up with legitimate surprise as she also takes a quick swipe at her forehead with the back of her free hand. The other one's still holding onto the hammer.]

Huh? Oh, good afternoon, Crowe! [A beat.

...

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[Oh right focus! Derp.] It's been a while. How have you been? Are you on an errand, or maybe you're out for a walk?

[perfektsymmetry]

It has. You had me worried. Good to see you as you, again.

Ah, just out on my paper route. School may be out but I still have to do that. How are you?