queenofheartsrp | second bullet

[After the events of this thread, Mami can be found in the Gardens. She's become very....popular with the local wildlife; there's a fox snuggling in her lap, rabbits nestling contentedly by her feet, a quail perching on her knee and a cat nuzzling her arm.

For awhile, Mami silently preoccupies herself with petting all her animal admirers. For awhile, she focuses on them and not what occurred inside the Labyrinth, not the lurking idea that everything she saw was a horrible illusion. (She deserves for it all to have been real, so that cannot be. Never mind the sudden vanishing of all those bloodstains....) Then she reaches out to a nearby Vine, speaking to it, and the plant obliges her with a mirror shrouded in leafy boughs.

She's very tired, but still smiling- although the expression itself seems...a little less there, a little more whittled down. To those who might notice that sort of thing, anyway.]

I don't suppose this kind of behavior is normal for these creatures? Not that I mean to fuss- this is rather nice. I never had a pet before, or anything similar.

[a pause to scritch the cat, who has by now become quite persistent, behind the ears]

.....However, that's not important right now. I don't know if I was able to save the Queen. Please, has anyone heard from Miss Harlaown or her daughter, Vivio? They went into the Labyrinth with me and I've yet to hear from them.

I can only hope they're safe.

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No, I am nothing at all like your friend. And I won't belittle your own cost by bringing up mine- it's inconsequential.

[Just one more lie.]

You're just as silly as she is, too.

[ She reaches over to rub Mami's head. ]

Fate's taken you in, so you're our friend and family. And I won't be having my family make lies like that, 'kay?

[Something wavers in her face at the contact and the words- but she tries to stay strong, detached. She already opened her heart to Fate, can she really do it again?]

It's not a lie when I compare it to yours.

Suffering isn't any competition. A good girl like you looking at another person's is gonna say something like that, even if it's not true.

Fate's better at this kinda thing than I am and I'm willin' to bet you two already talked about it, so I'm not gonna pry it outta you. I just want you t'know we've suffered and so have you.

Like it or not, you're gonna be part of our family here. No one can resist the combined forces of Hayate and Fate!

[......She glances off into the distance. "Even here, there are people who remind me of you, Kaname-san."]

You two certainly are determined, I'll give you that.

'course, there's one thing you've gotta do.

Yes?

[ Hayate embraces Mami, giving her a compassionate hug. ]

[...this again. Her arms hang limp at her sides, but she does press her forehead against Hayate's shoulder.]

It takes two people t'hug, y'know. Don't be gettin' down on yourself.

...my apologies. It's been....a long time since I did this.

[awkwardly, her arms come up]

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