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ooc: Finally coming back from what turned out to be an incredibly long hiatus, sorry about that everyone. After some thinking and discussing I decided that what makes the most sense (I should have thought about this in advance I know) is that Lirael here has been mallynapped. This is her return home after that experience. She's fine, just a little confused since it's been weeks.

Action:

[ If anyone wants to wander into a slightly confused and disoriented Lirael, this is your chance. Break time and space and go crazy, she can be just about anywhere but eventually she does make her way back to house 44 and gets inside, at which point she immediately heads for the kitchen and starts rummaging around to find something to eat. She's a little too out of it to actually manage anything constructive though so she might need a hand. ]

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[ Once the dust has cleared and Lirael has been fed and rested and had a bath and all of that good stuff, she makes one of her rare and usually brief video appearances because ugh showing her face to everyone is just so very awkward. Still, it felt like it might be a good idea since she's been gone for quite a while. ]

Uh, hello. I don't know if... [ If anyone noticed? That sounds a little rude, doesn't it? ] I mean... um... I've been gone for a while. Apparently.

I just wanted to say that I'm back now, and I'm fine. In case someone was... Just... In case.

[ Yes Luceti, the Queen of Awkward has indeed come back to you. Aren't you all so glad? ]

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[Well Queen of Awkward, you can have one moody housemate and her rather...odd looking dog. Keiko trots in first at the smell of someone unfamiliar rummaging through cabinets in the castle's kitchen and stops right in front of Lirael. The Shiba-Pug's head quirks to one side and she looks back at her mistress as Saori enters the room.]

Hello Lirael. I was beginning to wonder when you'd return.

[Not that Saori's been in the house for a while, herself. She's definitely not the happiest person right now but she spares her friend a tired smile.]

Are you feeling alright?

[ Lirael immediately sits down on the floor and offer the dog a hand to sniff, her love of animals breaking through the haze of mild confusion that has been clouding her mind.

Her eyes are on Saori however, and she manages to answer that tired little smile with a very similar one of her own. ]

I... think so?

[Keiko snuffles her puggy-nose and eventually comes around, licking the hand and generally making a nuisance of herself like always.

Saori, for her part, squats to look Lirael in the eyes]

You were kidnapped. [Not a question] Do you feel different? Is anything wrong with you?

[ Not a nuisance to Lirael, who is quite happy to provide pettings and scratchings and all such things. ]

I'm a little confused and disoriented... but other than that I think I'm fine.

Lucky.

[Saori's smile grows sardonic as she rises and heads towards the refrigerator.]

You look like the walking dead, dear. Have a seat at the table and I'll make something to eat. How does bacon and eggs sound? Or would you prefer pancakes?

I really like pancakes.

[ Something she learned here in Luceti, actually.

She gets to her feet and does as told, taking a seat by the table. ]

In case someone was what? Worried?

Well we'll have that then.

[Saori pulls out a bowl of batter she'd put away a while ago and starts up the stove. Turning, she leans against the counter and looks at Lirael.]

I'm sorry you were taken, dear. You've been gone a while, though. A good many things have happened, but I'm glad to see you.

I'm glad to see you too. How long was I gone? And... what's been happening? Is everyone all right?

I don't know... maybe?

[ Yes, that is what she'd meant, but it had seemed a little presumptuous to put in a transmission like that. Her housemates had probably wondered where she'd gone off to, but she's sort of assuming that most other people didn't even notice.

She's silly like that. ]

A month, perhaps longer. I've been preoccupied, unfortunately.

[With a sigh, she raises her hands and gestures to the walls.]

The most obvious change is the house itself. I'm sure you saw what Helios and I did to it. And...honestly I'm not sure everyone is alright. Physically, at least we're all fine though.

I did see, it was... a little confusing, I thought I'd gotten lost at first.

[ She gives Saori a thoughtful look. ]

Are you one of the people you're not sure about?

[ Because in all honesty Saori seems sad, though Lirael isn't sure how to approach that, or even if she should. ]

I am.

[She turns away and pours the batter into the pan, letting it sizzle]

But you needn't concern yourself with me. I'll be fine in time.

[She just had her Luceti life flipped on ear is all. But Lirael deserves to know, at least.]

There were changes in my personal life. I left Clint, and I'm no longer speaking with Adele.

Why?

[ It comes out rather bluntly, but it's only because Lirael is so surprised. ]

Who'd worry about you, then? More non-French Ancelsistercians?

Why did I leave Clint?

[Saori shakes her head and flips the pancake over, unable to look at Lirael right now.]

Because he deserves someone better than me. And more happiness than I can give him. All I'll bring is pain in the end.

Edited 2013-06-17 22:14 (UTC)

Maybe nobody would, but I've made some friends here... and apparently I've been gone for a while. So I just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm back.

But if you love each other...?

[ Lirael's sentence goes unfinished, because she doesn't quite know what to say. It's not like she knows anything about relationships. ]

[Max seems to be spending a lot of time at House 44 recently, for various reasons. So he's there right now in the kitchen of the house, baking ingredients spread out on the table as he works to make some of those cakes that Helios had enjoyed at the cultural fair.

He looks up when someone arrives, eyes widening as he recognises Lirael.]

Lirael? You're back! Thank god!

Oh, hi Max.

[ She sounds a little bewildered, which is a combination of not knowing how long she's gone and being a little unprepared for people actually... well, caring?

Not that she doesn't know that her friends like her, but there's still that part of her that can't quite grasp the logic of why it would matter to anyone whether she's around or not. ]

[Saori's shoulder's shake slightly at the words and she busies herself plopping a finished pancake onto a plate and pouring batter for another.]

I do...love him. That's why it's wrong for me to...to...stay with him.

[Okay, she's not really as okay as she thought, but she soldiers on.]

I can't ask a man I love to grow old and die while I remain young. And then there's the matter of the nature of this world, and Yuuna.

Hey. Are you alright? You were gone for ages. We were worried you'd... well. You know how things are.

I've never heard anyone complain about having a young and beautiful wife.

[ Just saying. ]

Um... Yuuna?

Even if they're dying and I'm not? No, that breeds resentment. And I've no way to make him immortal in kind. I can do that only once.

[And there's the rub. At the mention of her partner, though, her face loosens considerably.]

And I've done that. For Yuuna. I've mentioned her, I know. My eternal love. My companion, my partner and paramour. He knew of her before we became involved, and she...well...we've an agreement about this sort of thing. It's not as though a s heart is too small for more than one kind of love. But taking Clint home with me when I leave is unlikely, and leaving with him is not something I can do.

I was? I'm sorry...

[ Because getting kidnapped was totally her own fault. ]

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