Week 2, Thursday: Haunted House (Curfew)

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[residentmerc]

He might, if he was hungry enough and you had meat on it.

[ and then get extremely embarrassed about it. ha ha. she fiddles with his hair and he just :| ]

...You think it was me? Aren't the bird comparisons bad enough?

[residentflorist]

[unfortunately that makes her laugh because yeah? yeah. cloud was off doing other things and did not have to witness their lab rat dog growling because he wanted meat.]

I'm gonna tell him you said that when we get back. [she will not. but she shrugs.] I don't know if it was supposed to be you, but you would make a cute kitty cat.

[residentmerc]

I don't want to be a cute kitty cat.

[ no!!! ]

[residentflorist]

That doesn't change that you would be one!

[residentmerc]

No I wouldn't.

[ :/!!! ]

[residentflorist]

Are you saying...I don't get to think you'd be cute?

[residentmerc]

I...

[ this feels like a trap ]

...... Do whatever you want.

[residentflorist]

[...pats the spot next to her. apparently what she wants is for cloud to sit down.]

[residentmerc]

[ sighs and sits down. he has a drink from dodging a love question but he'll do this ok ]

[residentflorist]

[once he does, she's looping her arm around his and scooting over to rest her head against his shoulder. all of the teasing's gone, but she seems to be thinking about something else. maybe it doesn't matter, that dream.]

...I didn't tell you because I didn't know what to think myself.

[residentmerc]

[ oh. looking down at her ]

... Maybe it really was just a dream.

[residentflorist]

Yeah. Maybe it was. [...] I was hoping someone would know anything about it to at least know if it was someone's power or what. But no luck so far.

[residentmerc]

... If it's a power, sounds like they were using it on a good dream. I don't know. Doesn't sound like this bunch.

[ only 50% joking ]

[residentflorist]

Considering someone also hit me with their hatred power earlier this week, you're probably right. [also 50% joking but damb.]

[residentmerc]

Why'd they pick you for that, anyway...

[ leave aerith alone!!! squad ]

[residentflorist]

Maybe the same reason someone picked Mathis last week? [i.e. she has no idea my guy. but she's comfy against him, curled around his arm and thinking.] A love effect and wanting to be Lavi last week, and a hate effect and a weird dream this week. Maybe it really doesn't mean anything, but I'm still curious why.

[residentmerc]

Maybe you're just popular.

[ this is a joke. ]

[residentflorist]

Very funny. [it is a joke.] But so far they've all been harmless. So...maybe it's not so bad? Even the thing with Gojo was more like just being really annoyed with him, and I didn't see him at all on Monday.

[residentmerc]

... I guess we've been lucky no one's used that one on a Thursday. Sure.

[ he GUESSES ]

[residentflorist]

Yeah. I would hope people would know better, but...if people are being afflicted, they won't always act rationally.

[so maybe it's only a matter of time.]

[residentmerc]

If they've shared their power with anyone, it might be too obvious, though.

[residentflorist]

I don't know how many people really are sharing their powers though. A lot of who I've talked to has said they haven't still.

[residentmerc]

Me too, but... Most people have probably told at least one person, right? One's enough to throw suspicion your way.

[mogger]

[ just laughing in the background ] With a tuft of fur sticking up!

[residentmerc]

Shut up.