16th ☆

[adropofjupiter]

[Action - School]

[Marisa is sitting on top of the table in the cafeteria, legs crossed, as she's finishing up telling a tale to the other students sitting around her at lunch.]

...and that's why you need to be careful when you see lots of flowers just suddenly appearing all over the place, like they did here, ze. They could be a bunch of dead people just waiting for a lazy shinigami to take them across the Sanzu to Higan.



[Action - Makeout Point - Evening]

[Anyone attuned to the flow of magic with the capacity to sense it feel a surge coming from Makeout Point. In fact, this sudden concentration feels VERY much like Shana's Guren no Souyoku Unrestricted Method that grants her wings of flame.

Only it doesn't feel quite right. It doesn't feel like fire, but... starlight? A shimmering yellowish glow can be seen from the Point.]


[Phone]

So who wants to go to the Drive In? It's almost dark and I feel like seeing a movie on that really big screen with popcorn and some friends and b--

[She cuts herself off. No, no drinking tonight because... The phone is partially muffled as Marisa yells something back into her own house.]

Oi! Ciel! I'm taking the car tonight. No, I'm not going to drink. Yes, I know how to drive. And no, you're not stopping me. I already got the keys, ze.

[And back to talking on the phone.] So who wants to come with me? No boring people allowed.

Comments

[ex_seventh238]

[fuck that SHE WILL TAKE YOU BOTH ON AT THE SAME TIME ON EVEN GROUNDS THIS TIME AND WITH 700% LESS GROPING, FIGHT HER]

Hm, I wonder if he'd even need it, but if that's what you want me to tell him, then okay. At what time are you coming back? [the sad part is she doesn't realize how old she sounds asking.]

[adropofjupiter]

When I come back, ze.

[Just gonna snag some cookies and sit on the kitchen counter after making sure the keys are safely away.]

Oh, got ten bucks?

[ex_seventh238]

Please be more specific. [adjusts glasses.]

No, I just did groceries yesterday. [Truly the only thing she spends money on and never gets enough of...] Why don't you ask to borrow from a friend?

[adropofjupiter]

Cause they have as little money as I do, ze.

[Nope, not going to clarify on when she'll be back.]

You do realize being stuck as 'children' in this town means we generally have to deal with an allowance, right?

[ex_seventh238]

You haven't tried stealing from drone families yet? I'm surprised!

[She looks up, that wasn't a joke.]

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa kind of pouts.]

...it's not as much fun when they don't care, ze.

[ex_seventh238]

So the means matter more than the ends? That doesn't make for a good thief.

[adropofjupiter]

I'm a witch first, ze. 'Sides, the drones don't have anything really interesting. And I like the rush, the excitement.

[munch munch munch]

You gotta understand what I mean.

[ex_seventh238]

[So thrills, huh? Where does she get those again?

...

Right, fighting.

whelp]

Isn't it just as boring if your assigned parents simply hand your money?

[adropofjupiter]

I don't need excitement in every moment of my life, ze. And this is just easier. It's not like I have my magic shop here or get paid to be a part-time youkai exterminator. And it's not August, ze.

[ex_seventh238]

Sheesh. I could say the same for myself, being female and teaching doesn't exactly pay a lot. [sips her mug.] What would you be interested in buying here, anyway? [it is implied that the answer cannot be "booze".]

[adropofjupiter]

...I kinda wanted to pay for my friends at the drive in. They do charge admission, ze.

And I'm running a little low on some commonly found reagents. I'm, um, working on something. Plus mercury and arsenic are surprisingly easy to find here.

[ex_seventh238]

[Can't you just knock them out.]

You can't think of any way around that? [She is legitly not trying to be cheap, honestly questioning Marisa's creativity in not finding some way to get around an obstacle like a drone admission dude. ...Unless that's not the problem?


but really ciel not everyone is secretly as violent as you are......]

You can just leave a list on the fridge or give it to me at home, I'll see what I can find next time I go out for groceries.

[adropofjupiter]

Yes, but sometimes I try to be normal, ze. I am an ordinary human, ze. Just because you aren't doesn't mean I'm not.

[Not that she has any real proof, but she's seen enough to know Ciel is not what she seems. Except for being a nag. That she is one hundred percent. Marisa is a bit sad she never got to ask Shiki about Ciel.]

And no. I will get my own reagents. I don't want you meddling with them. [Or figuring out what she might be working on.] Just let me have the money, ze. Wrangle it out of Stabdad if you have to.

[ex_seventh238]

Not an ordinary human, hm?

[...

Well that honestly stings a little but nothing she's gotten used to a long time ago. One can only play charade with oneself in a place like this for so long. Though Shiki might not have been able to tell Marisa much other than "senpai has blue hair wears glasses and is kind and helpful", so he would have been a relatively useless source of info. Arc now on the other hand...]

Fair enough. I don't really care as long as you don't make a big mess, honestly. [Policies back home was each to their own business too, and Number Seven above all worked alone.] I don't mind setting some aside but if you plan on keeping or quickening that pace, you should find some means to earn money yourself.

[adropofjupiter]

I'm not an idiot, Ciel. I might not know what your deal is, but I know enough. The good thing is I don't care. My girlfriend is youkai, remember?

[Marisa then finishes her cookie and offers a smile.]

And thanks. What I'm working on is really important to me. [And a really bad idea to anyone but the witch... and the stupid tsundere magus that's going to help her.]

[ex_seventh238]

I was just thinking out loud. I don't think it could have been helped anyway even if you did mind, but it's true that this is a moot point given our context.

[Eeh stop thinking about it. She knows Marisa means it the physical way, and...

Bah. No point in dwelling.

She'll take out her wallet and slap down a 10$. Yeah no it's just a bad idea... Stop wasting money and resources!!]

This should be good for a while, but I do hope to see you pick up a part-time job by summer. It'll keep you busy, too.

[adropofjupiter]

[That bill disappears quicker than Ciel slapped it down. She might not be Reimu, but Marisa likes having money to buy stuff she needs.]

We'll see. I've got plenty to keep me busy, ze.

[ex_seventh238]

Just don't get used to it. If I find out you've spent irresponsibly, this'll be the last of it. [Adjusts her glasses and flips the page to whatever she's pouring herself over.]

[adropofjupiter]

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[...]

...

[..........hm. Marisa stares at Ciel for a moment.]

Take those off.

[ex_seventh238]

...Excuse me?

[She heard her the first time, but this seems like such a random thing to ask.]

[adropofjupiter]

Your glasses. Take them off, ze. I wanna see.

[Gold eyes are staring at you, Ciel.]

[ex_seventh238]

This seems sudden. It's not like you haven't seen me without them before?

[SHE THINKS? She takes them off for patrols and when she's at the Church...]

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa only caught Ciel once without her glasses on and the witch was more interested in the shrine and the barrier spell that was being cast than the glasses themselves.]

Humor me.

[ex_seventh238]

[SMALL SIGH. It could be translated to "the things I agree to..."

She'll simply remove them but keep her hold onto the frame in her left hand. She'll be then glancing back at Marisa with the neutral expression that she already had on, her gaze remaining just as focused if not more. Her eyes are a clear cyan blue, and her vision is beyond perfect: one would need good aim to excel with projectiles. Those glasses are fake, yep, whether Marisa ever bothered investigating or not...]