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[wolf_faerie]

[Aisling's voice can be heard through the phone, but it sounds slurred and groggy.]

Ughhh...what happened? My head hurts...and I tried to sleep but I couldn't...

...Yesterday I woke up in the park, and I didn't know how I got there...does anyone know what happened? I don't remember very much...

Comments

[butlerincrime]

Perhaps you ate something that disagreed with you?

[wolf_faerie]

I don't know...I don't remember eating anything strange.

[butlerincrime]

Hm. Perhaps you had come down with something, then?

[wolf_faerie]

I don't get sick, really...but I do remember coughing before I stopped remembering anything.

[glowbrighter]

Sounds like y'back to normal, then.

[a sigh; you had her worried]

[wolf_faerie]

Back to normal? You mean I wasn't normal before?

[glowbrighter]

You kept saying I was in your forest an' that I was gonna spoil it, and then when I tried to take you to the house you didn't recognize the butterflies I summoned.

[wolf_faerie]

...I said you were in my forest? And I didn't recognize you at all?

[not_oflegend]

[Here's Alice looking concerned.]

You're back to normal, Aisling?

[wolf_faerie]

[She nods.] But I don't even remember what I was doing...

[not_oflegend]

You thought that you were back in your forest. You didn't remember any of us.

[wolf_faerie]

Yes, Wriggle told me. That's very strange. Why didn't I?

[puzzlerprince]

You were acting strangely.

[wolf_faerie]

That's what people have told me.

[puzzlerprince]

You didn't want me going anywhere near the house. Something about it being where "the Dark One" lived?

[wolf_faerie]

The Dark One...?

[A pause.]

...I thought the house was the Dark One's cave?

[miss_enma_ai]

......

[She's not sure what to say. She sounds ...sick. But why should Ai care. They weren't friends. She should just ignore her. But she lied to her...shouldn't she say something? In anger? In sadness? She just didn't know. So have a rather small and shaky.]

Why?

[wolf_faerie]

[Aisling can sense the emotion behind that one word, and it makes her nervous. What could be wrong?]

Ai? What do you mean?

[miss_enma_ai]

Why did you say you were my friend?

Why did you lie?

[wolf_faerie]

Lie? I didn't lie about you being my friend. Did I? Was this something I don't remember...?