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

[ohmygah]

[Its such a nice hug though, Maria. Osaka is very certain they've never been closer. She's so happy about the connection in this single moment that she feels a need to squeeze tighter and tighter around that little neck. Just so Maria can feel all the love Ayumu had for her. Osaka smiles pleasantly at Maria as she squeezes harder and harder.] This is just how the witch of enlightenment can gain more power, MARIA. Don't be too upset with Ayumu for this. She'll already be so... crushed. [Like your neck right now. Get it? Its a pun. Osaka's always been good at puns.

[happyhalloween]

[Why would Maria be upset? She doesn't look upset. See, she's still smiling for you, even if her eyes are all flat and glassy and her body's gone limp.]

[ohmygah]

[Oh good. She must have gotten the play on words. Of course. MARIA was such as good teacher after all. She smiles back at Maria for a long moment.

Then she began trying to lift Maria up to take deeper into the forest. She had to hide Maria soon. There was so much work to be done.]