>> Waiting on the next best thing

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She's here with Mochi, not really doing much of anything. Just... here. Laying on a couch, petting the rabite dozing on her stomach, looking up at the stars. ]

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[lamb_of_gold]

Hello, Angela.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Hello, Mu. Am I right in assuming that you're done with your experiment?

[lamb_of_gold]

I am. How are you?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Tired. [ Little smile. ] Taking a break from the craziness at home. You?

[lamb_of_gold]

Oh? [Sits nearby, cross-legged] I am well. Everything seems a bit surreal, but well nonetheless.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

You'd think my coronation was tomorrow from how everyone's acting.

It was a little surreal, seeing a little Mu around. You were a cute kid.

[lamb_of_gold]

Oh yes. Congratulations on that, if I haven't said so already.

'Cute?' That's not the adjective I would have expected.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Which adjective were you expecting?

[lamb_of_gold]

'Hellion.'

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ Snort. ] You were hardly a hellion.

[lamb_of_gold]

I sometimes seemed so to a very old master.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

You didn't seem the kind to go sticking frogs in pillows or spreading butter on the staircase.

[lamb_of_gold]

No, but I switched the salt and sugar fairly frequently.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I liked switching the sugar and the salt with the powder soap from the laundry.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Chuckle] That was in short supply, unfortunately.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Sounds like we could've gotten in a lot of trouble together as kids. I only didn't get in more because of Victor. He was always warning me of the consequences.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Leaning over the back of the couch] Don't you look comfortable.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She looks up with a little smile. ] Hey.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Hey yourself. Something on your mind, or did you just come here to relax?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

A little of both, actually. Things are a little nutty back home, I don't really have much time to think anymore. Or spend time with Mochi. [ She pats the sleepy rabite, who has started to snore. ]

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Is it because of the coronation?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She nods. ] There's a lot that needs to be done. I have a lot to learn still, and a lot to plan. Almost every time I think I'm done, someone else needs to see me for some reason.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Moves to lean against the arm of the couch near her head] I guess it's to be expected. Are you holding up all right?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

[ She sighs. ]

I'm exhausted, to be honest.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Is there anything you could cancel or anyone you can get help from? I don't like the thought of you pushing yourself to hard.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I wish I could. A lot of the responsibilities have been delegated, but I have to be there to decide if I want to pass any new laws, and I need to learn about my advisers and appoint new ones if I need to, and the seamstress needs to measure me for my new wardrobe...

[ She closes her eyes. ] You sound like Koren, saying that. There's not much I can do about pushing myself.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

...Sorry. I wish there was something I could do to offer you more support or at least help in some way.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

You don't need my worries on top of your own, Dino.

[contract_star]

[Hei is hungover as fuck and he looks, frankly, like shit. Still, here he is.]

Angela?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Hey there.

[contract_star]

Hey.

Alright?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

That's what I should be asking you.

[contract_star]

[Shrugs and manages a ghost of a smile.]

My head feels like it's going to split open, but other than that...

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

At least it's not alcohol poisoning.

Didn't anyone tell you can't drown your worries if they know how to swim?

[contract_star]

Of course. I've even told myself that plenty of times.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

You need to listen to yourself more often.

[contract_star]

[Looks away.] Mm.

[didorothy]

[looks at the rabite a bit oddly, but he's seen weirder. Thanks, Plane, for desensitizing Sam to WTF-ery.]

Evening, Angela. Or whatever it is.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Afternoon in my world. How've you been, Sam?

[didorothy]

Good, more or less. Had a bit of snow the other day. What about you?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Tired. I've barely had the energy to come here anymore.

[didorothy]

Something back home?

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

I'm being crowned queen in two months.

[didorothy]

[Sam is startled!]

I... I didn't even... Oh. Congratulations, Angela!

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

My fault for not telling you. Thank you.

[didorothy]

Are you happy about it?