HOMOPHONIC 🌺 MIZUKI OKIURA

[piteous]

it's a baby

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[piteous]

[ The blanket monster stops in its tracks before "turning." Mizuki can maybe sense that it is watching her.

Then shuffles really fast closer. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ SHUFFLING BACK ]

No, no, go that way!

[piteous]

[ Nope. It doesn't go that way. It keeps running at her. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ SCURRYING AWAY NOW ]

Get back, weirdo, or you're gonna regret it!

[piteous]

I thought you were implying you want a blanket!

[ He shuffles less fast. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ still scurrying!! ]

Not like this!

[piteous]

What about more like this?

[ He slows down exponentially. Now more like a snail. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ ....... ]

You could... set one down.

[piteous]

[ He stops... And then backs up. What's left behind, slipping under the giant blanket monster, is a neatly folded blanket. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ ... ]

This is the weirdest moment of my life.

[piteous]

[ He'll take that as a compliment. w

If you're curious why any of this, I'm trying to make a pillow and blanket fortress somewhere in here.

[adorabrawler]

Huh? Aren't you a little old to be making blanket forts?

[piteous]

I'm a kid at heart?

And also dead.

[adorabrawler]

That again...

[piteous]

Oh, sorry. This whole thing must be a lot for you.

[ The monster shrinks in size as he approaches her. ]

You doing all right?

[adorabrawler]

[ sighs ]

I'm just tired of everyone insisting we're dead when it's obvious we're not.

[piteous]

Huh?

[ ???????? ]

[adorabrawler]

[ ???? ]

What?

[piteous]

[ He pops the blankets off so he can look at her for real. ]

How would you explain all of this, then?

[adorabrawler]

... I don't really know, but there's got to be something.

[piteous]

... What's your name? I'm Vash, by the way. Nice to meet you.

[adorabrawler]

[ the segue isn't subtle, but she doesn't protest it ]

—Oh, right. My name's Mizuki.

[piteous]

Are you still going to play the game, Mizuki?

[ No, he just wanted to be able to address her when they speak. ]

[adorabrawler]

Well. It kind of sounds like everyone else plans on it.

[piteous]

It also sounds like we don't have much of a choice, especially for those who want to head back home.