( that's aubrey's rabbit. crouching beside the pen, she reaches in to gently pet and investigate. it doesn't seem as though the rabbit has been harmed by shadows... )
... You're very well loved, aren't you? Despite everything...
... But..
( mafuyu frowns softly, looking back to the ladder, and even further around the room. the giant hole, the cracks in everything, the filth- )
... This must be her home.
( its astounding how it's the exact opposite of her life; not a speck of dust verses trash and debris everywhere, a mother so overbearing that it's a chokehold and a mother so negligent that she leaves a mark on the couch.
[ He overhears this, and he frowns. Home... He's been in rundown places, he's lived on the streets, but this place is so obviously, perhaps deliberately, neglected, save for this single spot in the house. It's troubling. ]
[Socializing isn't really her thing, either, and Kainé has even gone out of her way, on occasion, to avoid it since being brought here. She sighs, the hand that isn't holding the photo frame tucking under her chest, and glances off to the side.]
Don't beat yourself up about it. It's bullshit to expect us to just start opening up to each other all chummy right away. You recognized her rabbit, didn't you?
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Aubrey's rabbit?
( that's aubrey's rabbit. crouching beside the pen, she reaches in to gently pet and investigate. it doesn't seem as though the rabbit has been harmed by shadows... )
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... But..
( mafuyu frowns softly, looking back to the ladder, and even further around the room. the giant hole, the cracks in everything, the filth- )
... This must be her home.
( its astounding how it's the exact opposite of her life; not a speck of dust verses trash and debris everywhere, a mother so overbearing that it's a chokehold and a mother so negligent that she leaves a mark on the couch.
...
her heart hurts. )
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At least petting the rabbit is soothing.]
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she's going to move the little desk to look at that giant hole. anything in it? )
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just a ragged hole in the wall. Trying to peer into it results in seeing only darkness.]
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( is there anything possibly of interest that hasn't been checked? she's looking around very carefully. )
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Whose home?
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...
Well. I can see why, now.
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[ The one who looked like she wanted to kill him?? ]
She was hostile when I met her... I guess this really does explain why. Geez...
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( she also called her weird but that's beside the point. )
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[ Tch! ]
Still, no one deserves to live in conditions like these.
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( girl do not shade your bff like this she's not even here to DEFEND HERSELF. )
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Yeah, this girl, right? Think I've seen her around.
[She'll show it to the group.]
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I didn't know she could look happy.
( MAFUYU- )
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[Can you really blame Aubrey when half of this cast is suffering from peak hedgehog's dilemma?]
I wonder who this other kid is.
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( ... but if this is aubrey's home, where is aubrey? )
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[Kainé asks like she's already got the answer in hand, really. She gets it. When you don't have a lot, you hold onto what you've got.]
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[Socializing isn't really her thing, either, and Kainé has even gone out of her way, on occasion, to avoid it since being brought here. She sighs, the hand that isn't holding the photo frame tucking under her chest, and glances off to the side.]
Don't beat yourself up about it. It's bullshit to expect us to just start opening up to each other all chummy right away. You recognized her rabbit, didn't you?
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( why did audrey try to pretend it's not hers? girl it CLEARLY is! )
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[If the rabbit is here and also in the normal world, it's unlikely, but...]
Think she'd like this back? [She tilts the frame.]