052 - If I were to become tiger food (It would've been more noble)

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki is in the Astral kitchen, doing... well, it's not entirely clear WHAT she's doing. There are pots bubbling over on the stove, produce everywhere, piles of dishes in the sink and the oven is starting to smoke out of both sides as though attempting to cry.]

[Misaki squeaks and opens the door, releasing a black avalanche of smoke. She starts coughing, squints through the black fog, and her eyes go wide.]

[Very gingerly, she shuts the oven door, switches it off, and leans her back against it.]

...oops.

[And she proceeds to have a gigglefit.]

Comments

[ghostlighter]

Perfectly fine. Why does everyone ask me that?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Because a lot happens in ten years. Believe me, I know.

[ghostlighter]

No kidding. "You know"?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Experiments. [She pauses, about to suggest that he's caught in one himself, and then thinks better of it. She didn't believe it--why would he?] You probably wouldn't remember--something happened to Hei and myself. We... lived a whole life together, and then found out it wasn't real.

[A pause] You haven't been here in ten years, you said. How much do you remember?

[ghostlighter]

[Actually, he's pretty sure it's an experiment. Just not the same way other people would assume.] You and Hei... so you're Misaki?

[Bit of a guileless smile here and he shrugs.] Not a whole lot. The place, mostly. The Twins... their experiments. Hard to forget those. There's a bar, an entire Colosseum. [glances around] ... and a kitchen.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's me. [She scratches the back of her neck, feeling a bit awkward.]

[ghostlighter]

[Eye roll.]

You can just tell me if you want me to leave.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Why would I want you to leave? You have as much right to be here as anyone.

...more right than me, probably.

[ghostlighter]

Because it's weird. [A shrug. That's enough reason for people to not want him around back home. ... then a brow quirk at the last part.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She gestures at the mess.] I meant you couldn't make this any worse than I have. And 'weird' is pretty standard fare here.

[ghostlighter]

Oh.

... You have a point on that last one. [But old habits are still hard to break. He glances around the mess, moves as if to take a step forward, then stops himself. Looks like he'll keep lurking near the edge of the kitchen for now.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[And she's content to let him lurk as she starts scouring out her mess.]