After Dark, June 16th--??? (Locked to Maria and Osaka)

[happyhalloween]

[It was dark and Maria was lost, but she had to leave her house because Mama had seen Tomosuke! She'd found Tomosuke in Maria's backpack and Maria had snatched the panda out of Mama's hands and run straight out the door and kept running. She remembered what had happened all those months ago, when the Black Witch had possessed Mama and murdered Sakutaro and the bunny band and she could't let it happen to Tomosuke too.

So Maria ran and ran and ran until she was quite tired and thoroughly lost. She'd lost Mama too, but that didn't much matter when it was so very dark and everything was so thoroughly unfamiliar. She tried to do some black magic to Mama inside her head but even that didn't help much, no matter how many times she kicked Mama until her stuffing came out.

All Maria wanted was to find Maya's house so she could go inside and eat some burgers and ramen and have Bikini fuss over her, but she had no more idea of where Maya's house was than her own.

And now there was a scary shape moving in the darkness!]

... hello? Who are you? You don't scare Maria! Maria's a witch!

Comments

[happyhalloween]

If they were invisible you could see inside Ayumu's head! No, they're just blank.

[ohmygah]

Like dad wants all those doctors to do?

[She has lost complete track of this conversation. Granted, this is not a new occurrence.]

[happyhalloween]

Osaka's papa wants to turn her eyes invisible?

[ohmygah]

I think so. He talks a lot about my head and getting something inside it to work. I think its got something to do with my ears, cause I forget to listen sometimes...

[happyhalloween]

Maria does too!

... do you think that's why Mama hits Maria's head? Is she trying to thump it so it starts working?

[ohmygah]

Ohhhh, maybe! That'd explain everythang.

[happyhalloween]

When we find Ayumu should we try to thump her head?

[ohmygah]

[...Feels super weird having her name said like its someone else. But she's gotta push through. She needs to find out what Osaka's been scheming.]

Yeah, that'd probably really help her out! We just gotta find where she's hiding and why she looks like me. Osaka.

[happyhalloween]

Sure! We just have to be careful we don't run into Mama or she'll kill Tomosuke and thump us both!

[ohmygah]

Oh! That's right! So we gotta be extra careful then. To stop O- Ayumu and the Black Witch.

[happyhalloween]

Uu! Super careful!

... you don't think they're teamed up, do you? Ayumu doesn't possess people, does she?

[ohmygah]

What? I would neve- [Oh right. Osaka.]

...Uh... I don't think so? She-she should just be a normal girl... right?

[...But if Maria was right and Osaka had the same powers as the Black Witch... that could mean...]

...We really gotta find her soon, Maria-chan! Just to be sure!

[happyhalloween]

We'll keep looking! And Tomosuke will help, won't you, Tomosuke?

... he says he'll help.

[ohmygah]

Good job, Tomosuke!

And black magic will help too!

[It creeps her out, but it'll be best to fight fire with fire.]

[happyhalloween]

Kihihihihihihihihi.

[Even Maria likes white magic better, but the black magic is useful for when white magic doesn't work.]

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[ohmygah]

[Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay happy laughter. This is a good day!]

[ohmygah]

...Wait, so I gotta punch Osaka in the nose to do black magic?

[She forgets these things.]

[happyhalloween]

... it's kind of hard to punch your own nose.

[ohmygah]

Huh?

[...Oh right.]

Th-then would punching Ayumu make the black magic work?

[happyhalloween]

Maria thinks it can't hurt!

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[ohmygah]

Alright! Thanks Maria-chan! I'll punch her in the nose and then she'll stop hurting people!

[She shifts into a defensive pose and shuts her eyes, rubbing her temples dramatically. Just gotta imagine that Osaka character and punch her face in. Ayumu wasn't very good at... most things, but if it'd stop her from making people call her that, it had to be worth a shot.

She continues to think as hard as she can, imagining that mean ol' doppelganger Osaka as clearly as she possibly can. A bead of sweat rolls down her forehead and she grinds her teeth together.

And then she finally manages it, just like Maria-chan said. She imagined Osaka enough that she could see her right in front of her, all here in her head. Ayumu grinned triumphantly before pulling her arm back and clenching her fingers into a fist.]

[ohmygah]

[Then the weight of the arm shifted her balance and Ayumu fell backward to the ground.]

[happyhalloween]

Ahhhhh! Osaka!

[OH NO FRIEND, DON'T FALL OVER.

Maria's going to set Tomosuke down for a second to help you up.]

[ohmygah]

[She takes a moment to reflect on that mistake. Pathetic. She never could get it together.

Regardless, with Maria's help, she slowly gets up.] I'm alright Maria-chan...

[happyhalloween]

[Maria's going to hold you tight, Ayumu. Hug time from Maria.]

Good. What happened? Did Ayumu make you fall over?