11th--[Action] ...not-so tiny today! [Event]

[then_there_were_none]

[Outside 1766 Beaver Street]

["Seras" has gotten up rather late today. Partially because someone else usually swings by to pick her up for school earlier in the day, and mostly because "Seras" wasn't Seras at all. She was Flandre, and had centuries of the sleeping habits of being a nocturnal creature.

After wandering around the house, staring at herself in the mirror and then pointedly avoiding all reflective surfaces and wondering why everything was so small, she has gone outside to the lawn and...flops over onto her back in the grass.]

...I forgot what it's like without any wings at all.

[She has a rather un-Seras-like French accent.]

This is annoying.

[And just like all those years and years had wound back and she was human again. The world seemed quieter, the clouds less distinct--and when she held her hand up, there were no claws on her fingers like there should have been.

Noticeably absent is the collective panic attack much of Mayfield seems to be suffering lately. But, after all--Flandre believed this all was just one long, strange dream. What was one more odd thing to dream about?]

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[walking_nukebird]

It's hot! It's melting!

[Not exactly a puddle, but it is softening at this point, and hot to the touch. "Utsuho" manages to finally pick the thing off of her chest and let it splat onto the sidewalk.]

[then_there_were_none]

It is!

[Flandre stares after the sadly smoldering molten lump that was a slipper with no small amount of fascination, even leaning over the fence to peer at it when it hits the sidewalk.]

[walking_nukebird]

["Utsuho's" staring at it too, in shock.]

I ... I didn't think the eye could do that ...

[then_there_were_none]

How'd it do that? It's just an...eye...wait, nevermind that.

[SHE KNOWS ABOUT EYES.

And where Flandre was curious before she's awkwardly and uncomfortably quiet now.]

[walking_nukebird]

... This woman has power over nuclear fusion. She got it by swallowing the bird ... and it told me it's an avatar, an aspect.

... An aspect of the sun, I guess ...

[then_there_were_none]

[Most of that flew right over her head except the "sun" part.]

...oh, well, just...keep it away from me then.

[And sidling a little bit away too.]

[walking_nukebird]

But you're human right now, right ... ?

["Utsuho" flutters "her" wings a little.]

[then_there_were_none]

[SIDLE STOP]

...yes, but it's still not at all nice. So don't do that!

[walking_nukebird]

I can't stop the eye from burning whatever it touches. Believe me, if I could I would.

[Though maybe completely breaking it again would work ...]

Anyway, you're not in your normal body and neither is the woman whose, um, body I'm in. ... If you ever run into me—er, her when she's her again, you ought to tell her that.

["Utsuho" scratches the back of "her" head, "her" eyes looking off to the side.]

Geez this is so weird ...

[then_there_were_none]

[Aaaand distracted again.]

Tell who what where?

[walking_nukebird]

Tell the real owner of this body you don't want this eye anywhere near you!

Utsuho Reiuji!

[then_there_were_none]

No! I'm not going near her!

[Little kid logic applies here and she very bravely runs the fuck away.

...or tries to. These legs felt like stilts.

So unsurprisingly she falls over after a few steps.]

[walking_nukebird]

[Glad you have airbags to break your fall, Flandre?]

["Utsuho" walks up behind "Seras" after a few beats of staring at her bellyflop.]

Hey! You don't have to be afraid of me, you're human right now, remember?

[then_there_were_none]

[NO THAT MAKES IT WORSE]

[Being confronted with someone bigger than her and in a body that feels completely alien and thus vulnerable means Flandre's self-preservation impulse is actually working.

So she starts squalling as she tries to scramble away.]

Remi, Remi! Meiling! Sakuyaaa!

[walking_nukebird]

[That stops "Utsuho" in her tracks, her body going rigid.]

... You know Meiling?

[then_there_were_none]

[Flandre at least manages to sit up properly, if only to pout.]

Of course I do, she's our gate guard!

[And Flandre's babysitter.]

[walking_nukebird]

[!]

I know her!

[then_there_were_none]

[Wait what.]

--what?

[walking_nukebird]

I met her a few months ago. She was, um—passed out in my front yard.

We talked for a little bit.

[then_there_were_none]

[Flandre once again proves she has the attention span of a superball on speed.]

...Meiling was sick? [WHY WAS SHE NOT INFORMED OF THIS?] Or...sleeping? How did you talk, if Meiling was asleep?

[walking_nukebird]

[One of "Utsuho's" wings twitches.]

Sick? No, she was drunk. And I woke her up.

[then_there_were_none]

...on the ground? But you...don't sleep on the ground, then, you--

[Now she's all confused again and gesturing with her hands to emphasize something that only...really makes sense to her.]

[walking_nukebird]

["Utsuho" tilts "her" head in a manner not unlike the real deal.]

Normally you don't, but I think she was just that tired.

[then_there_were_none]

The ground's not a very good place to sleep, anyway. All cold and damp and made of rocks.

[walking_nukebird]

Well, she was sleeping on the grass ...