Mingle time!

[heavyliesthecrown]

Who: Idols
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 443; Whenever

[ So I heard we got some newbies. Let's release them into the wild! ]

Comments

[sangreine]

I guess so. [ She doesn't think that sounds right, but can't decide on why not. So she lets herself be tugged along. ]

But I won't be very good company if I'm too tired. [ A beat ] Will I?

[outofoffice]

You're always good company to me.

[sangreine]

[ She looks very distantly surprised, then possibly concerned?, but finally looks down. ]

I try to be. It's the least I can do.

[outofoffice]

[ Tugging her into the elevator and surreptitiously hitting a button, then casually leaning back against the control panel. ]

You've done a good job, then! I've never regretted time spent with you. Not even if it's drunk or sleepy company.

[sangreine]

[ SNEAKY BASTARD good thing she's too dazed to notice ]

Really? [ mrr that doesn't sound like her ]

[outofoffice]

[ They need to get her colorful again ASAP. ]

Is it so hard to believe?

[sangreine]

Sure it is. You're you and I'm -- [ she gestures inarticulately at herself ]

[outofoffice]

That's true, I'm me and you're you.

I'm not sure how that relates to the other comment, though.

[sangreine]

You always know what I mean. [ Not an accusation, just a statement of plain fact. ]

[outofoffice]

[ Sorry m'am but he does not speak "Saya is anything but wonderful" ]

Well, just this one time, you have me stumped!

[ Ding! Now arriving at . . . Zrael. ]

[sangreine]

No I -- [ oh wait they're here-- ]

[ Wait. ]

[ She gets one step out of the elevator before she stops dead. She may be docile but good luck tugging her now. ]

Not here.

[outofoffice]

Ehhh?

[ Pausing just outside the elevator ]

How come? I really wanted to sleep in the stormy sky room . . .

[sangreine]

[ Her mouth works silently for a few moments ]

Not my room, though. Right?

[outofoffice]

No, but-- is something wrong with your room?

[sangreine]

Yes. I don't want to sleep in there.

[ But they're not though, right? She uses her phone to unlock the door. ]

[outofoffice]

I do like the rainy sky better . . .

[ Nudging her in that direction once they're in.

Fortunately, being anywhere within the dorm is sufficient. ]

I didn't realize you had such strong feelings about your own room.

[sangreine]

I didn't. It was lonely, that's all. But then something happened that I don't want to think about.

Besides, I have other places where I need to be -- wait, no. [ She thinks for a second. ] Other places I should be... or could be.

[outofoffice]

[ Into the nap room-- ]

Is this one of them?

[sangreine]

I mean, you're here, so sure.

[ She manages a little smile, a sad imitation of her usual exuberance. ]

[outofoffice]

Hehe . . . your words are a gift. Thank you.

[ Shoving her over onto a pillow pile and proceeding to bury her in MORE pillows ]

[sangreine]

You're wel-- [ b-buried! ]

[ Her reflexes may be too dulled to avoid the pillow pile but she shoves the pillows off quickly enough. ] Hey. [ Congrats you shook half a feeling out of her, A+ ]

[outofoffice]

Now, now! This is a very important part of the napping ritual that you're disrupting!

[sangreine]

What? Really?

[ One would hope he's prepared to pay for this later on, in full. ]

Sorry. What ritual? [ Laying back down again like a sucker ]

[outofoffice]

It's a ritual that goes back to time immemorial. It's been passed down with utmost joy and respect for generations! I must now pass it along to you.

[ Absolutely make him suffer later, he will deserve it. ]

First, you recline upon a throne of pillows. Second, you cover yourself in even more pillows so that their warm, comforting weight might help ease your troubled mind. A blanket goes atop all of this, to keep such happy energies contained within the pile. Soothing music, storytelling, or cuddling are optional at this juncture, but encouraged.

[sangreine]

That sounds ridiculous. More like a trap than a ritual.

[ And just waiting there with absolutely no sense of irony. ]