Sky and then Lobby of the Arms, Sunday evening

[heromaniac]

Blossom fell from the sky, the shock was so great. Luckily years of playing 'miss the ground' meant she recovered at the last second enough to at least soften her landing. On her behind. In the middle of the ocean

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[lovemykilt]

And there was Priestly, dressed in a purple shirt that clashed terribly with his kilt, his un-gelled hair hanging in about sixteen different directions, making a beeline across the lobby in search of Momoko.

He almost walked right by her, then managed to screech to a halt and about face. He didn't say a word, just stopped a few feet away, eyes wide and worried, his arms hanging down as he went from determined to awkward in less than a second.

His last clear memory before waking up in his hotel room was of dying in her arms, after all. He wasn't entirely sure how she'd react to him just hugging her.

[blondecanary]

"Where should we look first--" Dinah nearly ran into his back, then stopped, blinking. Looking from Priestly to Momoko. "Should we...?"

[heromaniac]

Momoko heard that voice and looked up, but sorry Dinah, her eyes went to Priestly. Seeing double images, him in that horribly clashing totally Priestly outfit, piercings and all, and the well groomed melancholy man she'd been dating for almost three years...

"You're not dead." It only took two seconds for her to start crying, jump from her chair and, hope you're grounded, Priestly, jump fully on him. "You're not dead. You're not dead. You're not dead." She wrapped herself completely around him and squeezed. "You're not dead."

And then pulled back enough to soundly kiss him for it.

[lovemykilt]

Priestly let out a rather audible OOF when Momoko landed on him, and he stumbled back a step or two, but then he was hugging her back, tears running down his own face.

He'd already been crying more today than he could ever remember doing in his life, and he'd only been alive for maybe an hour.

"I'm not," he said. "I'm fine, I'm so sorry --" And then she was kissing him.

He hoped she forgave the way his body tensed up at that. The last time they'd done this, he'd been shot for it, after all. But it was only for a moment, and then he leaned in to kiss her back, trying to pour all the reassurance he could into it.

[robinthefrog]

Robin had walked slowly back to the hotel from the school. His memory of the past week, were a little hazy, for which he was thankful.

Never the less, when he got to the hotel, and saw who was there...

"Momoko!"

Tiny green blur incoming for glomp!

[heromaniac]

"ROBIN!" Oh, that was a mutual glomp. "Are you okay? Tell me you were okay this past week?"

[robinthefrog]

"I'm fine. I was fine all week." A little sad, but why mention that now? "Are you okay? I never saw you all week, but I heard...stuff."

[heromaniac]

"I'm so glad." Momoko sighed an exhausted but relieved sigh. "I was under her spell. Worked in the school and went home. That's all she let me do."

[glacial_witch]

Karla traipsed in behind Dinah and Priestly, hanging back while they traded hugs--and kisses?!--and apologies. But when it was her turn for a hug, she didn't hold back, intending to sweep Momoko up in the tightest hug she could offer.

[heromaniac]

"KARLA!!" Momoko's hug was just as tight. "Are you okay Is Warren okay He was so stupid I didn't do anything to you right I am so sorry?!"

[glacial_witch]

"I couldn't even face you at the end!" Karla said, her words mingling with Momoko's, making a cacophony of apologies and guilt. "I sent the rest of them in the office to talk to you about the locker combination while I hid! I'm so, so sorry!"

[heromaniac]

Momoko was wailing on the inside. "What did I do?! Oh Karla, I'm so sorry! You didn't have to hide, did you?" She clung tighter.

[blondecanary]

Dinah waited until the crying and the Awwwwkward had faded, then gave Momoko a stealth hug. "Hey, you."

[heromaniac]

There was just sobbing and clinging here, kinda reminiscent of the night before, sorry.

[blondecanary]

"Don't, c'mon, you're making me--" Okay, there she went, bursting into tears too. Damnit, Momoko. "I'm okaaaaay. And you're way better and it'll be..." sniffle!

[heromaniac]

Still not able to talk, sorry. But she did let go the flashes she could still remember of the cursing taking hold only to be broken right after they extracted a name, being re-cursed, giving up another name, breaking free again... until finally they gave up and just blocked her memories and got her under control...

"wasn't me wasn't me sorry," she somehow managed to gurgle

[anarchist_queen]

All of Leda's things, so far as she knew were still in her room. So she had finally forced herself off her park bench to come retrieve it.

"Oh. Look there's people." She wasn't sure how she felt about that just now.

[heromaniac]

And one of those people was running towards her for a hug.

"LEDA! Oh are you okay?!" Momoko had caught sight of Leda in the dungeon but that Momoko hadn't recognized her.

[anarchist_queen]

Depending on which Leda she'd spotted, she could be forgiven for that.

Leda gratefully took the hug and returned in kind.

"I..." she started, but couldn't get the words out.

[heromaniac]

Oh, wow, Leda's hug felt... Leda felt like she had all those years ago, before she'd found her true self again. Momoko hugged harder. "What's wrong?" she whispered in Leda's ear, her own issues set aside. "We can go somewhere?"