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[hopelessdreamer]

[there's a very tired-looking face half-obscured by a gloved hand tapping the mirror. When it draws back, Gal is fully dressed, her new arrival gown in a heap on the grass next to her.]

Oh...hey. I remembered how to work it. But man, this place...

[she leans back, scratching the back of her neck and looking around for a moment.]

It still feels like some kind of weird dream. Okay, who's still here? Jessica? ....Akiha? Kris?

Is Martha okay?


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[ritsu_kouyou]

Um... pixies?

[hopelessdreamer]

Doesn't ring a bell...are they some kind of monster?

[ritsu_kouyou]

Less monsters and more mischievous small winged women with magical dust. We were... infested with them for a while. It created a lot of wild chaos.

A lot of the buildings we've made by the dirt are gone.

[hopelessdreamer]

That explains why things look a little different. Did anyone get hurt? Man, I knew it was too good to be true...

[ritsu_kouyou]

Little more than their prides.

[hopelessdreamer]

The small blessings, right? [she runs a hand through her hair.]

So I guess that means the dirt isn't as reliable as we thought.

[ritsu_kouyou]

It seemed the larger the structure, the more we invest in it when making it, the more stable it is.

[hopelessdreamer]

Well, that's a little more comforting, but still kind of eerie.

I mean, it might take longer, but if we used regular building materials...I just don't know how kindly the queen would take to us cutting trees down.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I wouldn't know how to build something like that.

[hopelessdreamer]

I sort of do, but--

Man, I come back and start babbling about architecture. Not very smooth, huh? [she laughs nervously.] I'm just glad you're okay.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't see why it matters whether you're 'smooth' or not.

[It's not like Gal likes her or something. It was a fake marriage with fake feelings, after all.]

[hopelessdreamer]

[she does like you, Akiha! Just...without makeouts.]

I have a reputation to maintain.

[she doesn't sound entirely serious.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

It's unnecessary with me.

[hopelessdreamer]

It was mostly a joke. [her smile is a little tight. It seems more like she's trying to cheer herself up over anyone else.]

Sorry. Still sort of disoriented, I think. When I woke up all these memories just got...dumped on me.

[ritsu_kouyou]

...what was it like? Going back.

[hopelessdreamer]

[she falls silent for a moment, face darkening.]

I...never knew I was gone. I didn't remember any of this place, any of you...until I woke up here again. It was like it never happened.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Time passage?

[hopelessdreamer]

[her brow furrows.] At least a month. Probably one and a half. Oh...

[she taps the side of her head.] That's right, the calendar they've got here is different. So about...three of the months here.

[ritsu_kouyou]

That's not what I meant, but still good to know. I meant, when you ended up back at home, was there any passage of time since when you'd been brought here?

[hopelessdreamer]

Ah, I get it. [she shakes her head.] As far as I can remember, it was negligible at most. Definitely not long enough for anyone to notice I was gone.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't know how to respond to that.

[hopelessdreamer]

[she blinks.] Did I say something wrong? I thought you were asking how much time passed at home while I was here the first time.

[ritsu_kouyou]

No, you answered what I asked for. I'm just not sure how I feel about that information.

[hopelessdreamer]

[she folds her arms, looking thoughtful.]

I can tell you how I feel about it, at least...

On one hand, it's a relief, because if I had actually been here for months--...who knows what would have happened. [her face darkens, and she shakes her head.]

On the other--...how is it even possible? Is time really stopped? Saying it's "magic" doesn't really explain anything. And I really don't like not understanding what's happening to me.

[ritsu_kouyou]

Maybe this place really is a dream...