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[littlest_devil]

[#1: ACTION for housemates or visitors @ 340 Brady Lane]
[When she wakes up, the first thing Koakuma notices is that she is in a completely unfamiliar room. During the subsequent investigation of her new surroundings, the second thing she notices—upon passing by a mirror and staring at the reflection—is that she isn't herself; instead of a red-haired and red-eyed demon girl with two pairs of bat wings, a brown-haired and blue-eyed human girl stares back.

This is either a really weird dream or a really weird incident, and at this moment, she suspects that it's the former. If it turns out to be the latter and Patchouli or anyone else saw her like this, there's no way that they would recognize her.

Continuing her investigation leads her from one room to another, until eventually she comes across a familiar and somewhat-calming sight: a shelf loaded with books, and a respectable number of them as well. She picks up one of the two sitting loosely on top of the rest and begins to flip through it, her confused expression shifting closer and closer to something akin to nostalgia with each page she turns.]

[#2: PHONE]
[Sometime later, the girl discovers her house's phone. Having never used anything like it before, naturally, her curiosity gets the better of her. She first tries dialing some random numbers without picking up the handset, which of course doesn't really get her anywhere. Then, figuring that she must be missing a step seeing as nothing is happening, she tries picking up the handset and dials some random numbers again.

Does she dial yours?]

Comments

Phone

[balzams]

[The sudden ringing makes him jump. After waiting a few moments it seems like no one else is going to answer, so Latvia picks up the receiver just in case it's something important]

H-Hello?

[littlest_devil]

Hello? [A pause.] O-oh, okay, so that's how this thing works. I'm really sorry if I've bothered you, but um...I'm...kind of new here. [And new to phones, obviously.]

Phone

[balzams]

Oh, well uh...

[Fidgeting, he wonders if he's really in any position to welcome someone. None the less...]

This is Mayfield... and that's all there really is to it. As far as I know you're stuck here.

[wizardoftheweek]

-In fact, Patchouli saw the head from behind, hair close enough to red in her sleepy eyes, as she made her way downstairs and thought nothing of it, making an obvious mistake.-

Meiling... Is breakfast ready? -Not that she smelt anything.-

[littlest_devil]

[Recognizing the voice in an instant, Koa snaps the book shut and takes off in the direction it came from, momentarily forgetting that she is apparently now human and thus no longer has her wings. So, it's no real surprise when she fails to stay in the air, and lands roughly before the stairs.

Patchy, there is a seemingly-unfamiliar girl faceplanted in front of you now, and it looks like she's holding one of your photo albums. Wat do.]

[wizardoftheweek]

-Wat do? Assume it's the drone.-

Shoo! Get out of my books, you dirty thing! -She just kind of kicks at her, though hardly hard enough to actually hurt.-

[littlest_devil]

W-wait! [That doesn't sound like a drone... Which means that some unfortunate girl—whose voice actually sounds oddly-familiar—got pulled into this town, dropped into the house, and now has to play the role of the little sister. And Patchy just kicked her.

In immediate response, Koa scrambles up to her feet, giving Patchouli a bit of a hurt expression.] I-it's me! It's me!

[not_so_great_wall]

Hey! [ Hands on her hips, one gate guard is staring at the back of the girl's head and over her shoulder at the book she has. ] I didn't know Patchouli invited any friends over, so who are you and what are you doing with her books? [ Someone is unusually defensive today. Also, she's not dressed in any recognizable fashion, with dirty overalls buttoned up over a plaid shirt, a baseball cap (albeit in green) backwards on her head and her hair in one single, large braid behind her back.

Someone was cleaning the back yard today, and came inside just in time to spot some stranger in their living room. The nerve! ]

[littlest_devil]

[The voice was familiar, but when Koa turned to look, she wasn't entirely sure who she was looking at, as the outfit was entirely unfamiliar to her.]

U-um, well...

[She's kind of stumbling over heself on a mental level at the moment, finding it a little difficult to actually formulate her response. Dealing with strangers—or people thought to be strangers—wasn't really a strong point for her.]

[not_so_great_wall]

Well what? [ She stepped close, untying the scarf from her neck at the same time. Two freshly-healed stab wounds show as red marks on her skin, one on each side of her throat. Meiling scratches at the skin reflexively as she stares down the shorter girl. ] I'm going to have to ask who let you in. It'll be bad for me if you're an uninvited guest.

[littlest_devil]

[Koa focuses on the marks for a moment before averting her gaze, reminding herself that it's rude to stare.]

I...just woke up here a little bit ago, and I'm not sure how I even got here. I-I'm sorry if I'm intruding.

[Phone]

[badladyscramble]

Yes, what?

[OH, IT'S THE IRRITATED VOICE OF YOUR BOSS'S BOSS BEST FRIEND?]

[littlest_devil]

[Awkward pause.]

M-Miss Scarlet? You're here too?

[That's definitely one heck of an incident Koa woke up to if Remi's stuck here as well...]

[badladyscramble]

...ah, Koakuma!?

So, you're back. Does Patchy know?

[littlest_devil]

[Again with that whole you're back thing...?]

We're in the same building, actually...

This is all just...i-it's confusing. I woke up to find out I've been turned into a human, Miss Patchouli says she's been here for years but I saw her yesterday right before going to sleep, and Meiling says I've been here before but I can't remember anything like this. They both tried to explain it a bit but it all seems so insane...

Phone

[tsunmuse]

[Phone, ringing. Normally Ako would ignore it in favor for her incredibly easy homework, but she was bored anyhow. Reaching over, she picked it up.]

Marvelous residence, Ako speaking.

Phone

[littlest_devil]

O-oh, um...! [She hadn't actually expected a response so quickly.] This is Koakuma. I'm sorry if this is a bother, I've just never really seen one of these things before, so I thought I would take a few moments to figure out how to use it.

Re: Phone

[tsunmuse]

It's fine. It's not too hard to figure out phones. They're pretty easy.

[Well she could use a distraction.]

You new here?

[littlest_devil]

Yes. I've...already gotten a rough idea of the situation—as ridiculous as it really sounds to me—from the other people in the building with me here. [Well, that could save Ako the trouble of having to explain the basic stuff, if Koakuma already knows about being stuck and expected to live as part of some kind of family.]

Action

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa seems to walk out of one of the bedrooms. She's in pajamas, far, far more asleep than awake, and wanders into the bathroom. A few moments later, there's a flush, the sink is turned on, and Marisa wanders back out. She yawns big and loudly, before heading right back toward the room she came out of (Patchy's room to be precise) and disappears inside.]

[littlest_devil]

[Had Marisa been in her normal outfit, Koakuma probably would have recognized her instantly. She isn't, though, so what the girl sees is only vaguely-familiar.

Who was that, she asks herself, starting to follow in order to investigate.]

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa heads straight back to bed - Patchouli's bed - and slips back into it to snuggle and fall back asleep. If Koa looks around, she'll probably spot the witch's broom leaning against a wall and her normal clothes in a pile on the floor by it.]

phone;

[skirtingdanger]

[she sure does; though, Maka's still answering the phone kind of tentatively, and it shows by some in her voice.]

-- Hello?

phone; apologies for the delay, I've been busy irl the past few days.

[littlest_devil]

A-ah, hello... So that's how to use it. [A pause.] Oh, sorry if it's a bother, this is my first time really seeing something like this, and I wanted to see how it worked.

[Though it's not a direct meeting, it might be in her best interest to try introducing herself since she just went and called a complete stranger.]

U-um, my name is Koakuma. [Yet another pause, recalling that she was told by Meiling that she had been here before.] We might have met before, or maybe we didn't. I don't really know. I mean...I've been told that I was here before, but I don't remember ever being anyplace like this.

phone; no worries!

[skirtingdanger]

Koakuma? ... No, I don't believe I've ever met anyone with that name.

[a beat. wait.]

You've never seen a phone before?