Comms NPC Side Story (Comms) Turn of the New Day

[Plutopia]

With: @Luthien and Ordnung ( @Raid Boss }
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Lowering her journal, the vistor glanced at Luthien.

You'd said vanilla, yes? Then it's a birthday. How nice. In that case...

The lady's pointer finger wandered between her options as her brows ever-so-slightly furrowed. She was thinking very hard about this.

This one.

She lightly pointed.

It should produce a mildy sweet flavor. Good for the occasion. Something like a Rooibos if I remember right...

She looked up at Luthien. Her expression was completely blank. It belied her excitement.

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...ah.

That's right. About what you mentioned earlier.

She nodded at Luthien.

Rest assured, you really weren't interrupting anything important. We were just discussing our history and the break up. When I'd heard about Ordnung's health, I thought it'd be a good opportunity to pay him a visit and reassess things. That's all.

She said matter-of-factly in a cool dry tone.

My friends call me Sophi, so if you'd like, you can be the very first person to use it.

She continued.

---And thank you very much for the tea.

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Kitchen

The moment @MAI bumped into Ivan, he slow-mo spun around exactly once.

"OOOGH!!!"

While sitting on the floor, Ivan felt like a piece of trash. But, alas, some women like that, right? He called out for Clarissa in a pitiable voice and the back of his hand on his forehead, dialing up the theatrics like the modern day FIFA player.

"Clarissa-honey! It appears I'm deeply hurt and cannot stand up by myself..."

Less than 30 seconds later, Clarissa came running back into the kitchen to pick Ivan off of the floor, her face displaying half-concerns.

"You are so clumsy, dummy."

Taking Clarissa's hand to stand up, Ivan gestured a good job thumb up at MAI. At the same time, he flashed a charmed smile at Chako's direction.

"Ivan. Nice ta meet cha."

Meanwhile, The baby's eyes grew wide from the doll @Harper was shaking in front of her and immediately grabbed it and rubbed her cheek against it, tossing the wooden in the process.

"Ugaah!"

The spoon landed directly in Ivan's only good eye, sending him back on the floor screaming as he rolled around.

"EUUGAAH!!!"

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Location: Living Room

Looking at the Caenis, who was throwing him a lifeline, the magia gladly took it and stood up from where he sat.

"Now would be the opportune time. Yes." Accelerator forced a smile.

...if Francesco didn't feel the Muse Goddess sending shivers through his entire body.

"Wait, allow me a tune before you go." He said before strumming his lute.

"Umm... no, that will not be necessary, thank you." Accelerator forced another smile.

"♫~ We sing to our sorrow, to another tomorrow. ♫~ Oh my fair maidens, don't look so crestfallen. ♫~ Oh we sing for tomorrow, bid farewell to sorrow ~♫"

Accelerator stood in place, dumbfounded as he listened to the bard, whose tune was surprisingly good.

"Neither of us are maidens though..." He turned toward @Ash Vargold with sunken eyes.

Lost in the music amid his guitar solo. It was a song of losing one's love - the requiem of pit-bottom despair, and the climb to a better tomorrow.

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Location: Ordnung's Room

Ordnung was unconcerned that @Luthien was there and carried on with his textual conversation with Sophi. He appreciatively acknowledged the elf's tea making for his visitor with a nod, which was normally his role in their coupling. He jotted a few words on his notebook in continuation of their conversation previously.

"Sophistria. Are the kids doing okay? Things have been awfully messy of late, I haven't been able to check in. I'm sorry." He sighed.

 

[Chako]

Any sympathy Chako might have had for this Ivan guy disappeared on the moment he referred to miss Clarissa as 'Honey'. Now Chako was just visibly disgusted.

And well, Chako seemed to have been a bit too slow with her tail grab, as the spoon was thrown away and hit this homewrecker straight in the eye, "Good job, Emmie!" Chako nuzzled her cheek with Emmie's.

Chako had to make sure this idiot knew his place though, "Miss Clarissa, what do we do about little Emmie's meals? Is she still being breastfed?" as in, get away from this married woman, you creep! "Healers back on our world say we should breastfeed until the baby is at least 2 years old, by the way."

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Kitchen

A pitiful sigh escaped Clarissa's lips when she saw Ivan getting struck by the wooden spoon, but her attention immediately turned to @Chako when she was beckoned.

"Breastfeeding? Um, I'm not sure I'm the most qualified person for that. Not to mention... does the baby even need milk? That is a good question though." She cupped her chin quizzically.

"I feel like we should ask Papa Accel or the headmaster about this."

 

[Ash Vargold]

Location: Living Room

"Right, I'll let @Luthien know.

Ash opened his palm menu and shot off a quick message.

Ash Vargold Lúthien
sending the victim your way

And... oh. The bard guy wasn't leaving them alone. Ash made sure to look unimpressed as Francesco erupted into song, but he did smile slightly at Accelerator's comment about neither of them being maidens. It was technically correct...

"It's more about the meaning than the lyrics. Come on, let's not keep her waiting"

He turned towards the bedrooms, sniffing the air to catch Lúthien's scent. Then he gestured like a butler leading a guest, pointing out the room that she'd gone to deliver tea to.

"After you."

@Raid Boss

 

[Plutopia]

Location: Ordnung's room
With: @Luthien and Ordnung ( @Raid Boss }
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Sophistria read Ordnung's journal, considered for a moment, then began to write her reply. She held it up for Ordnung when she was finished:

"No worries. They're just fine.

They wanted to tag along today, but I told them that we might be getting busy.

You should make some time to see them later, when you can. It'd really brighten their day."

She nodded.

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Living Room

At @Ash Vargold's guiding gesture toward the Headmaster's room, Accelerator took the redirection in stride and turned his body to the staircase.

"I will go greet Luthien. Thank you. And, umm. Thanks for coming to see me, Francesco. Kind gestures should be reciprocated with gratitude."

"Your brief attention is plenty for this grateful musician, I'm sorry my song couldn't ease your burden. Also, you can call me France, it sounds smoother on the tongue, does it not?" France replied with a warm smile.

Accelerator nodded appreciatively at the bard who had taken to sit on the sofa.

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Location: Ordnung's Room

The blue-haired magia trudged up the stairs and arrived at Ordnung's room, entering yet another highly uncomfortable situation as a complete stranger was conversing with Ordnung through her writing even though he wasn't deaf.

"Good afternoon, @Luthien, and uuh, it appears that I'm not privy to your name, miss?"

He then turned toward Ordnung.

"How are you managing your pain today, Headmaster?"

 

[Chako]

Location: Kitchen

Chako blinked a few times...

"Wait, Mr. Accelerator was the one who laid the egg!?" Chako almost jumped in place, but she stopped herself because Emmie was in her arms, "So you actually get fed by papa, Emmie?" Chako used one of her tails to tickle Emmie's cheek, "You have some really unique parents, huh?"

 

[MAI]

Now that Clarissa was focusing on Chako, she was also within earshot of MAI, who certainly had some questions that needed answering. Especially since the feline maid clearly had no idea. Although... judging by the other's reaction to a question about the baby's food did not bring the magia much hope.

"Query - Has no medical procedure to establish whether the keychild bears any biological characteristics of a Magia been conducted? Due to her abnormal conception, these necessary examinations need to be conducted..."

 

[Ash Vargold]

Ash glanced at @Luthien's response as Accelerator walked away, and...

Ash Vargold Lúthien
his what
you should find a different room, blue guy's on the edge of a breakdown as is

"...France? Like the country...?"

He watched Francesco take a seat on the couch. With nowhere else to go, he pulled his own drink out of the inventory and sipped it in awkward and slightly slurpy silence.

 

[Plutopia]

Location: Ordnung's room
With: @Luthien , Ordnung, Accelerator ( @Raid Boss }
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Resting her journal on her lap, Sophistria gratefully accepted the tea. Then, she took a sip and felt herself relax. It was good. All was well in the world.

It's a hobby of mine. As much as drinking something can be, anyway.

It's been fun to be surprised by the different kinds of tea in this world. And this one, is quite nice.

Well done. I might just have to declare you an asset and take you home with me. It's no fair letting Ordnung have you all to himself.

She said, without it being very clear if that was her version of a joke or not.

Glancing up, she saw Accelerator make his entrance. Her eyes wandered to Ordnung with her characteristically blank expression, then back at blue haired man with much the same.

Sophistria. Nice to meet you.

 

[Harper]

Upon Ash's compliment, both Harper's face and body contorted as if she was desperately trying to stop herself from break apart, before the Tigress let out a loud sigh as her shoulders drooped down, a light shake of her head following suit.

"...Thanks, Unc. You look nice too."

@Ash Vargold

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Harper nodded back at the cat girl maid, looking on in relief as Emmie seemed to take well to her gift. As Chako introduced herself, Harper figured it would be best to do the same.

"Nice to have you here, Chako. Name's Harper." She'd stop for a moment, letting her furred hand cup her own chin in thought. "Though... Aren't you a bit young to be a maid for hire? You a cousin of someone Clarissa knows or something?"

At the sight of Chako's little tail trick, Harper let out a big grin.

"Nice moves! Though..."She leaned back slightly, before letting her striped tail drop to the floor. It circled onto itself once, forming a small platform which Harper used to balance herself on the air as she sat back onto her own tail. "Afraid I got you beat there, heh~"

@Chako

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As she spotted the Purple-Haired Magia, Harper gave her a holler with a big smile. Now that's someone who she owed a thanks to.

"Ayyyy, MAI! You know, I never got to thank you for the help back on MITHRA. Unlike that snake brat, the spots that you threw your fancy gel in are healing better than expected!"She softly pulled on her skirt, revealing a large scar running through her kneecap that was in the process of healing. "Still walking a bit funny, but I'll be remiss to say I couldn't have been doing a lot worse."

@MAI

 

[Kyanna Wynne]

"Thank you very much!"

She smiled to @Raid Boss as she made sure they were very welcomed to the home, then glanced at @MAI as once again not-so-positive topics were brought up. She sighed—

"They will learn at some point, whenever we make them know that not every Magia is part of a hivemind."

A soft smile was given to her dear Magia, but also to @Ash Vargold that spoke words she agreed completely.

When @Harper approached MAI, Kyanna blinked surprised.

"Oh, a friend of yours?"

She vaguely remembered seeing that tiger in the Szofrit's fiasco.

 

[Chako]

Chako was very confused at the current situation. Mai's words were... What even was that!? Magia!? Not Beastfolk!?

Then... Chako sighed as she finally understood the situation, "Miss Clarissa, I can understand you may feel frustrated at your husband cheating on you with a Magia, but that's no excuse for neglecting the baby, alright? You can't push all the work of taking care of her towards Mr. Accelerator and proceed to not even learn how to feed her. As long as the three of you live together, you'll have to learn how to properly care for little Emmie, regardless of her being your biological child or not." Chako had no idea if her words would reach miss Clarissa's heart, but she made sure they would reach her ear at least. Miss Clarissa needed to hear that.

Then, Chako turned back towards the tiger girl, Harper, and smiled, "Look, Emmie, look! Look at the lovely trick she is pulling! She's so amazing, isn't she!?" While still making sure to hold Emmie properly with her arms, Chako tried using her hands to help Emmie clap her hands to cheer for Harper, "What trick will she pull out next!? Can you guess it Emmie!? Can you guess what amazing trick Harper will pull for you next!?" Chako knew Emmie wasn't old enough to reply yet, but that was not going to stop Chako from talking to this lovely baby anyways!

 

[Ash Vargold]

Ash glanced down at his outfit, a plain tunic and pants, then back at Harper with a shrug. Although...

"...unc???"

That was almost as bad as being called "papa".

 

[MAI]

"Appreciation - This unit is happy that her support had an effect and helped to prevent a Starcalled's demise."

"Addendum - Plese, refrain from excessive use of force and wagering of one's life in the future..."

@Harper

But while that would probably never happen, Kyanna re-joined MAI shortly.

"Clarification - Starcalled Harper was present when Szofrit breached containment and had stupidly, but bravely leveraged her life to save several individuals, including the head of MIT who is in the other room. She had, luckily, survived her bravery."

@Kyanna Wynne, @Harper

She then proceeded to look at Chako before narrowing her eyes. Clearly, things were a little off here.

"Observation - This individual seems to have a poor grasp of the situation."

"Restriction - It is not known at present whether this individual has clearance to access the information regarding the Keychild and her parents."

"Recommendation - It is, however, ill-advised to speak of martial prospects and a 'mother' in front of Accelerator. It may... surface extremely upsetting memories."

And so likely would the knowledge that MAI was technically carrying around the severed hand of Accelerator's better half. Thankfully, no one had to know that.
@Chako

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Living Room

"Ah, yes. Pronounced exactly like that Starcalled country, France! Bonjour, comment allez-vous? I quite like how agréable Paris sounds as a name too."

France replied after stopping his lute-work.

"There aren't many cultures here that can adequately capture the French finesse I've heard so much about. A shame, it is this bard's goal to visit many places, yet a Starcalled country appears an unreachable distance."

As if something had struck the hair at the back of his neck, France looked up stairs where the blue-haired magia had gone.

"This may be presumptuous, but should you not accompany the person for whom this party is organized? He may be walking in a waking nightmare."

France smiled as if he had divined some thought about Accelerator that others have missed.
@Ash Vargold

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Kitchen

Clarissa turned her attention back to Chako after she helped Ivan up and plucked the wooden spoon out of his eye socket. If there was anyone who was as clueless as the felis, it would have been Clarissa, who sidestepped the logistics completely.

"I'm not neglecting her! She's just a weird baby, okay?" Clarissa got closer to Emmie and prodded her squishy cheek.

@Chako

"Ugaah!" The baby clapped per Chako's assistance and wiggled her hands in Clarissa's direction before being distracted by Harper, MAI, and Kyanna, waving her tiny arms at the kitchen visitors.

@Harper @Kyanna Wynne @MAI

"Do you want milk, Emmie? It's not like I can even produce any in the first place..." The fixer felt a pang of incompetence as a woman in that moment.

Just then, France entered the kitchen and put his hand around Ivan who was nursing his mortal wound.

"You would look excellent with two eyepatches, brother!" France let out a ginger laugh before turning his attention to the rest of those who had gathered round the table. "Oh, is this the little princess I've been hearing so much about? Hello little one, and salutation to everyone else."

"Children are scary... Clarissa, are babies negotiable?" Ivan shuddered from his haunting thoughts.

"W-wait, I didn't agree to marry you yet!" Clarissa stammered a reply.

"Well then, it's time to stop dawdling and get ready for the festivity."

France clapped his hands gracefully.

"If you're here for the make over, let's get set up i the living room, if you have the skills, man the cooking station. Ivan, mix the drinks, Miss Clarissa prep the food, stat, Miss Chako watch the baby - commençons~!"

"Aye sir!" Clarissa saluted and flattered her apron before heading to the kitchen counter.

"Got it." Ivan fell in line at France's soft command, scrambling over to the pile of drinks they had brought.

 

[Ash Vargold]

"Is everyone just blabbing about the...?

"That man isn't really my responsibility."

...but "France" was heading towards the kitchen, leaving Ash alone in the living room. They weren't far, but it was a house that was mostly full of strangers and a catgirl who hated him for some reason.

Th-thump.

"...fuck it."

Upstairs it was.

 

[Raid Boss]

Location: Ordnung's Room

Ordnung gave Accelerator an acknowledging nod as he scribbed a reply on his notepad.

"It is managed. You need not concern yourself with it."

He held his firm gaze on the magia before he turned toward Sophi.

"This woman is a close associate, you should acquaint yourself with her since much of our works are related."

Accelerator nodded respectfully at Ordnung and Sophistria.

"Speaking of, are you still having those nightmare?" Ordnung asked the magia through his paper.

Accelerator who had felt Ash coming up behind him pre-emptively walked into the room to clear the way. "Yes. I'm afraid so. So many dead... blood on my hands. Is this the memory bleedover?"

"I'm afraid so. Let's continue to monitor it. There is some consciousness continuum we have to work out first before we take any measures to fix it. Do your best and enjoy this occasion. It is your party, after all." Ordnung wrote.

"I'll try, thank you." Accelerator nodded before he headed downstairs once more.

After Accelerator was out of the room, Ordnung let out a long sigh as his glasses turned opaque with worries plaging his mind. He continued writing on his pad. "I'll have to pick your brain about him at some point. I may have been too desperate and sloppy in his operation."

@Ash Vargold @Luthien @Plutopia