6th Key ♫ Lost my Way ♫ Voice + Action

[golden_gaytime]

This isn't good... [ A concerned Mugi addresses the vine. ] I can't find my way back to the apartments. Could someone please help? I really need to get this food back to Akira-kun, but between the mansion and there... I think I took a wrong path. This doesn't look familiar to me at all. [ She's so out of it that she didn't even summon a mirror for this. And she's been here long enough to have at least a passing familiarity with a lot of the Gardens. ]

I just can't leave her alone right now. She hasn't been feeling well, not since... not since Kazumi-chan went home. [ Vanished, from one night to the next. Mugi sounds rather down about the fact, herself, but it's an odd sort of distance. A distraction. She's lost in more than one sense of the word right now, and it's clear from the lack of any positive excitement in her voice. ] Please! I really need to get back in a hurry!

[ Anyone who manages to find their way to her will see that she's actually fairly close to those apartments, just... somehow keeps walking wide circles all around and avoiding any paths that actually lead in toward the center of that circle. ]

Comments

[golden_gaytime]

I'm sure that will change someday. In the meantime, I hope you have some friends you can count on. [ Like her? Well, she won't presume, but she would hope to be helpful in some way. ]

[loveswaffles]

I might have a few.

[A sideways glance. Yeah, that's all you're getting, Mugi. By the way, they still aren't any closer to their home.]

... Over here, let's go.

[golden_gaytime]

Okay! [ Progress! On one front, at least. Mugi nods and follows Raven's directions, trusting the other girl's instincts. ]

[loveswaffles]

[Yeah, about that.]

So...

[time for a poor attempt at conversation.]

Been up to anything else?

[Nailed it.]

[golden_gaytime]

[ Shaking her head. ] Nothing, really. The food shortage has made exploring the gardens difficult. I do not want to wear myself out, or add to anyone's worries. Instead I have been practicing my keyboard — but you probably did not hear it since I also made myself some new headphones to do it with!

[loveswaffles]

[Magic Dirt Headphones. Buy them at your local lesbian gardens while supplies last.]

Yeah, don't do that. Everybody was worried about you last time you disappeared.

[golden_gaytime]

[ Mugi nodded. ] Mmn. I remember. [ Looking around. ] ...what I don't remember is this path. Were these flowers always here?

[loveswaffles]

I don't think so.

... You think maybe they're the reason why we-[whoops. close call.] Why you got lost?

[golden_gaytime]

...would they really do that? [ Now she's paying closer attention to the marigolds. ]

[loveswaffles]

You really gotta ask when we're still stuck here?

[golden_gaytime]

...I suppose not.

[ But wait, what's that in the distance? Is that the apartment complex and all its weird designs peeking out from the end of this trail? Even when totally lost, they were bound to stumble upon it accidentally sooner or later. ] Look! I think we found it!

[loveswaffles]

About time.

[And not a moment too soon. There's books that Raven needs to be reading, you see.]

... You can let go of my hand now.

[golden_gaytime]

Ah, of course! [ And after a moment, she does so, clasping her hands together in front of her. ] I hope Akira-kun hasn't been worried.

[loveswaffles]

[If you like her so much, why don't you marry here.] I'm sure she's fine.

[golden_gaytime]

[ It's much too soon for that! ]

Mmn, of course. [ She doesn't sound so convinced. At the end of the path, Mugi stops and turns to Raven. ] Would you like to come up for some tea? It's the least I can do to thank you for helping me. [ Since she's convinced Raven's the reason she managed to make it home. ]

[loveswaffles]

[See, this would be the part where Raven would just go "no" at whatever offer for socializing was made to her. However this time, there was is tea involved.

Tea changes everything.]

Alright.

[Raven likes her tea, okay.]

[golden_gaytime]

[ It's a good thing that Mugi loves sharing tea, too! ]