1495/Poor Misguided Child

Poor Misguided Child
Date of Scene:	20 May 2016
Location:	Kimura Estate
Synopsis:	Norie looks in on Sachiko. There is talk, and dancing, and draining ... and Anshi.
Cast of Characters:	Sachiko Hayakawa, Norie Okana

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Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Kimura is out on business in the country. Again. For a Tokyo City Councilman, he sure does seem to spend a lot of time not in Tokyo. Then again, it's no secret that he's hoping to become governor of the entire Tokyo prefecture, which is more than just Tokyo. Indeed, ten years from now he will probably be making designs on Prime Minister.

But when Kimura is not at home, that means only the nanny is, and she is not nearly as attentive as Kimura would like her to be. Kimura, for example, makes certain that Sachiko is in bed, lights out, at a reasonable hour. He also make sure she has her rumpled teddy bear, and even reads her a bedtime story.

After all, nurturing a girl's heart's egg is the only way to ensure a good harvest, later. Right?

But none of these things happen when the nanny is in charge. It's not that she's a bad or neglectful nanny, it's just that Sachiko's fanciful flights wear her out, and by eight PM (which should be Sachiko's bedtime), the poor woman has fallen asleep in one of the chairs in the livingroom, leaving Sachiko to tend to herself. By ten PM, Sachiko might put herself to bed.

But not tonight.

Tonight, she is at least dressed for bed, in a thin white cotton shift and a tights that match in both color and weight. It will probably leave the girl sweaty, come morning, but she doesn't really think about these things. All she knows is she likes the green bows, and the way she can see her bellybutton through the fabric.

Sachiko isn't in bed, though. No, instead she's out on the balcony, leaning heavily on the stone railing, teddybear in one hand, and some kind of rope in the other. It's not a long rope, whatever it is; it doesn't even reach the balcony floor where it's dangling from her hand. But it is in all manner of colours: green, red, and blue, woven and intertwined in a fanciful way.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana had spent a few days figuring out where the City Councilman lived. It wasn't hard- most information is public record. Luckily, Norie Okana paid attention in school and knows her dewey decimal system. She wears her hair down. Purple hair.. eyes.. that pale complexion. Mainly, as a means of reverse disguise. No one will recognize her if she throws up the full disguise later. They'll just see the vampire. That's good, she thinks.

For all she knows, there's security guards. Not a problem for her. She can leave them sleeping on the job. She doesn't want it to come to that though. Lukcily, there are ways. Magical ways skipping through a slightly adjacent dark dimension.

Which she does when she nears the fence somewhere on the side of the building facing the balcony.

There's a quick flick of a phase into another dimension, and stepping out of the shadows... is Norie-- with the looks of Lacrima right now. She smoothes out her shirt, giving a slightly bemused look as she speaks out. "Sachi-chan~" she sings out.

"Are you trying to sneak out?" she asks. "That's not a very long rope." she says as she walks over and looks out over the edge to see just how long it is.

"Are you trying to break your neck? It'd be easier just to jump." she says, straight faced.

"You were hard to figure out where you moved to!" she says.

Then a pause. "Is your friend here?" she asks. What was her name.... Nano-chan? No... Oh, right! "Momo-chan?" she asks with something that might be a smile if smiles could look wrong.

"I'm not here to fight her, regardless~ Remember~ No fighting her~" she says.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko doesn't even startle at the sound of Norie's approach, though she does blink in surprise. "N--norie-chan?" she asks, confusedly, as she turns. "No, I'm waiting. An-chi is supposed to be back soon and she promised to read me a bedtime story." Her voice has a high pitched, whiny quality to it.

Lowering herself to sit with her back against the rails, bum to the ground, Sachiko stares at Norie. "It's notta rope," and indeed on close inspection it turns out to be braided hair. "It's my special magical talisman that An-chi gave me. She says if I fall, it will protect me. So I keep it with me especially when I'm so near the big fall to the ground." Three floors is indeed a long way to go.

"Howcome you're here?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana raises a brow. An-chi? Didn't Kukai say she was dead? Or something like that? There was a whole thing about... lying... right? She purses her lips as she leans out against the railing as she blinks. A magical talisman? She leans a hand towards it, to try to touch it. Perhaps just to see if something may happen.

Meanwhile, she answers questions.

"To visit a friend~" she says. "You!~ I was thinking of you yesterday. So I came to visit." she insists. "-and I wanted to surprise you with a visit." she lies. She wants the energy. But she'll wait. She can wait now!- afterall.

Cinnabuns aren't an all the time food~

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko yanks the braided rope away from Norie's hand. "Hey, don't touch it," she says, protectively clutching it to her chest. Now Norie's up close, however, she can see it's shaped more like a noose. Why does Sachiko have a noose?

And why is she putting it over her own head?!

With the multi-coloured noose around her neck, Sachiko seems to settle, altrhough there is a strange sense of power emenating from her, now; the wind seems calmer, and it seems like it's just because of her nearness. As if the air can't possibly harm her, now.

The little girl looks up at Norie a moment, then blinks in confusion. "Wait, you came to see me? I didn't know you still thought I was your friend! I thought you just wanted me to be your food," she mumbles. Then she smiles and steps forward to very suddenly hug Norie. "I'm glad you think of me as your friend, Norie-chan. I like you, too. Howcome you were thinking of me?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana tsks. She doesn't get to touch it, she doesn't attempt to grab it. Does she notice the shape? Yes, she does. This causes her lips to straighten a bit. Then that strange sense of power. Okay. That's new.

Then she does that mock smile again. She's good at pretending to smile. "I was talking to someone about friends I still had. You came up. Then I realized I hadn't talked to you for a while." she says softly.

She purses her lips with a hrmph. "I /do/ enjoy feeding from you. I admit. You've never fought me over it." she says. "Only your friends have." she frowns.

She ponders. "Didn't Kukai say your sister was dead? Was he lying to you, too? I think he's been telling lots of lies recently." she says with pursed lips a moment.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko continues to hug Norie for a moment, then makes a sad face when th e hug isn't returned. She backs away, then peers up at the violet-haired girl. "Well, you need it, and as a magical girl it's my job to help people, unless they're villians. And you're not a villain, so if taking some of my energy helps you then that's good."

Reaching up, Sachiko tugs at the noose around her neck gently--absently tightening it against her throat just a little. "Wull she was dead," she says. "He did lie, because he said she died as a hero, and I know that's not true: she was a hero but then she became a monster. But now she's back from the dead." Beat. "I brought her back."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana continues to listen. Then blinks. A monster? She narrows her eyes. She releases the hug easily enough, she's cold to the touch, per usual. "So she did die. But was a monster. And then. You brought her back?" she pauses.

"A magical girl. Are you really one now?" she asks, squintting a bit at that noose. that might explain the odd power whipping around.

"How did you bring her back?" she asks.

Then a pause. Sachiko doesn't think of her as a villian? huh. Everyone else seems to have differing views of what she is.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
The little girl sighs and hugs her teddybear to her chest. "I'm not asuposed to talk about it," she says softly. "An-chi told me I can't, and I have to do what she says. So I can't tell you," she explains. "Sorry. But ... I did bring her back. I'm waiting for her, now. She should be here soon, I hope."

"But I am a magical girl, now. I always was one," she notes, giving Norie a challenging look. "But now I'm a better one. I can fly, and make wind, and stuff."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana wants to say, 'no you weren't', but she chooses not to poke that particular beehive right now- but she hrmmms. "I see." she says, a non-commital answer all around to all that. "Hrm..." she seems to think. "Fly, and make Wind?" she asks.

"I can float. I don't like to float or fly. I'm still learning. I like to teleport instead. I'm better at that." she says.

Another pause. "If your sister is coming back, I should leave soon." she says softly as she purses her lips.

She grins a bit. "But before I do..." she says.

"Would you let me drain....?" she asks softly. "While I'm here afterall~" she says.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko narrows her eyes faintly. "She's not gonna hurt you," she says quietly. "She's just going to probably tell me to go to bed. But if you're here maybe I won't have to go so soon." Hopeful optimism.

Then she sighs and reaches up to fiddle with her hair. "Well I guess you can drain me, but probably shouldn't do it here on the balcony. I might fall, and while the necklace will save me, I don't think I want to fall."

So Sachiko turns and pads back inside, tighted feet hardly even whispering as she steps from stone to hardwood.

Inside, her bedroom is not at all the picture of a little girl at play. There's a small bookshelf with a few books, a tiny scattering of the day's clothes, a four-poster queen sized bed, and a dresser. No toys, no mass collection of stuffed animals. It's about as impersonal and boring a room as a little girl could have.

Sachiko bounds towards the bed, and has to jump to get up onto it it's so high. Then she turns around and wiggles her feet as she watches Norie follow her inside. The soles of her tights are darkened from the dirt on the stone.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana looks around the room. It's so boring in here, isn't it? Some books. No toys. She outgrew 'toys' a while ago, but her room has some decorations- and a closet she can hide in. She purses her lips and walks over to the bed. "I don't know." she says softly. She has no idea about the specifics afterall. And if An-chi is undead, well, she has no clue if undead types get along! She'd rather not find out tonight probably.

She tsks some softly. "This is a boring room. Why don't you have someone decorate?" she asks softly.

She hrms and keeps her hands in front of her, one folded over the other. "Let me know when you're ready, Sachiko~ Would rather not surprise you~" she says softly. "And-- you might not even fall unconcious now! If you have more power." she purses her lips bemusedly.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko looks around the room as if for the first time, then shrugs. "I guess I could," she agrees quietly. "There's a few things in my backpack. Maybe I should get some toys for An-chi to pla y with. She used to love tinkering with things. Making things work weird. I dunno."

Then she looks up to Norie again and pats the bed beside her. "SIt down. Then you can drain me. I feel weird sitting with you standing, especially if you're gonna grab me and drain all my energy."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana listens to Sachiko. An-chi liked tinkering? She files that information away. Maybe it'll be useful. Maybe she can help with that! Maybe she'll surprise Sachiko, or maybe she'll just file away the information for later if it ever becomes relevant later. However, she nods. "Things for your sister would be nice, wouldn't it?" she asks. "My brother hates me nowadays. Be lucky yours loves you." she insists.

She sits next to Sachiko and gets comfortable. Yes, this is nice. This is a nice, big bed. Who needs a bed this big!?

She wears that look of lovely bemusement again as she places her hand out. "Take my hand, Sachiko-chan." she asks softly.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko watches Norie study the room, then the bed, then frowns. "Your brother sounds liek a meanie," she notes quietly. "Siblings are supposed to be best friends. Like An-chi and me." She sighs, then reaches up to take Norie's hand. "Is it gonna hurt, now that I have mor emagic?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana frowns. "Well. Whe my transformation was finished, the first thing I did was attack him. I didn't know what I was doing. I just knew I had to... fed. He's the one who walked through that door. I'm positive he remembers somehow." she frowns. "Even though he shows no signs of it."

She softly shakes her head. "I don't know." she says softly. "If it does hurt. Just pull away." she mutters. "If you can."

"Drenaje." she mutters.

And with that, a purple glow and draining! This feels about as unpleasent as it did when Sachiko wasn't nearly as magical. Not more, or less. She just doesn't fall unconcious immediatly. Probably. But of course, the question is-- does she 'taste' different.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Taste different? No. React different? Not by choice! Almost instantly, a howl from beyond the grave whips through the room. A massive wind blasts past and around Sachiko, not disturbing a single hair on her head--and slams into Norie's chest, sending the poor vampire flying across the room.

Sachiko blinks in surprise and confusion, then opens her mouth to protest, "What? What just happened?!" Hopping off the bed, she bounds after Norie. The wind is gone just that fast. The little girl looks mortified. "Norie-chan, are you okay?"

Norie Okana has posed:
WHUMP.

That's the sound of Norie hitting the wall. Hopefully, no one wakes up to investigate the massive thud that just happened. Luckily, there's no hole in the wall or dent-- but maybe a few books fell from that bookcase. Was she potentially expecting something different to happen. Of course. Just not that thing to particularly be being flung across the room.

She gets up fast enough. Being flung into a wall isn't exactly damaging to the vampire. It stung for a moment. She's glad her disguise isn't up, now. THAT might had been a problem.

She pauses and frowns. "I'm okay. But I told you to stop if you felt hurt." she says softly as she brushes down her shirt with a hrmph.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
"It didn't hurt," Sachiko whines, looking Norie over worriedly. "It just ... I dunno what happened. I touched you, and you said your weird mumbojumbo word, and then ... you just flew!" she says, confused. Did she not hear the wind? Did she not see it throw Norie?

For a moment, Sachiko looks at a loss. Then she leaves Norie to go begin collecting her books, putting them back on their shelves. After the last one is put away, she reaches up to remove t he necklace again, then says, "I wonder if An-chi was defending me from you, too. Sorry." She sighs, then sets it down at the edge of the bed. "Don't touch it," she says, glaring at Norie worriedly, before asking, "D'you wanna dance, before you try again?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana frowns. "That word is just in a different language." she says softly. She sighs and shakes her head. "I should probably not try again right now if you were being 'protected' but---" she nods a bit.

"I won't touch it." she says. "I am still curious about it." she insists. "I know what it's like to have a necklace you don't want others touching." she says with an almost teasing tone.

Then.. dance?

She frowns and purses her lips as she looks around.

"We can try." she says softly. Can always try to dance. "Just if something won't happen..." she says softly. "Especially if you couldn't control me being flung into the wall~" she says more bemusedly. She doesn't seem pariticularly upset about it. Sachiko seems apologetic, afterall!
R"Hrmm..music..." she mutters.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko smiles excitedly and heads towards her dresser. She pulls open a drawer and begins digging through. Out comes a leotard, then she turns and eyes Norie thoughtfully. Another Leotard comes out, but she doesn't look confident. A moment later, she pulls out a a second pair of tights, as well, then offers these to Norie.

"I dunno if they'll fit," Sachiko suggests, "but you can try em." Then she's tearing off her thin nightgown and stepping into the first leotard herself. "I've got music in the walls," Sachiko explains as she finishes stepping into her leotard. "I'll go find a song while you try to change. What kind of music do you want? I have a lot of mp3s."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana looks at the leotard and purses her lips as she holds it--- you can't really judge a leotard like you can a shirt or a pair of pants. She decides that she can wear this one- and even if she couldn't, she could always magic one on. Only, it'd be bath themed. She doesn't really wanna dance in a bat themed leotard.

She slips into it. Yup, it's a little tight, but she's had to deal with that before. It won't break or rip--- she might stretch it though.

She finishes dressing up and pouts a bit. Nrg, draws her hand up to her wrists and---poke. poke. down to her ankles, poke poke. Leg warmers, and wrists bands--- with a bat pattern. She likes these. She nods a bit. "There we go." she insists as she stands back up and smoothes the clothes out.

"Let's go with...." she thinks a bit. "Slow? Not too fast." she insists. "I'm not feeling fast."

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko watches Norie change, curiously observing the vampire as she disrobes, and then puts on the new outfit. "Wow, it fits," she murmurs amusedly, then turns to a small panel in the wall. There's a small screen there, and she begins flipping through it. A moment later, Clair de Lune begins to play over speakers hidden in the walls. It's quite, and played on Piano.

Sachiko steps away from the wall, moving a little differently, now that she's actually trying to dance. Her movements are stiffer, and yet more graceful at the same time. Locked knees, careful footing. She approaches Norie, and then holds out her hand towards the other girl. "You gotta do the boy part," she reminds.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana purses her lips a bit. "Barely, but it'll work." she says softly. Then she calls it 'the boy part' and recent conversations about this make her expression just sour for a moment. "Let's call it 'the lead part'." she says.

Oh man, Kukai is in sooo much trouble when she finally hears Sora's side of the story, probably.

She places her hands on Sachiko's side and off she goes. Her movements are gentle, graceful, practiced-- but she's slowing herself down for Sachiko's sake- unless she can keep up with her movements.

"What do you like about dancing, Sachi-chan?" she asks softly, and out of the blue as she seems thoughtful suddenly.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko allows Norie to pull her closer. As they begin to dance to the slow piano music, she keeps her head down, carefully watching Norie's feet and following along as best she can. "Lead part," she agrees happily, as she begins to dance.

Sachiko isn't a savant at dancing. Sure, she's good for a seven year old who's only spent a little time at it, but she isn't a prodigy. Still, she keeps up alright, stepping through the positions and turning when Norie indicates she should.

"I dunno," she says quietly, after a few moments of silence. "I guess ... it makes me feel special," she explains. "When An-chi was around, I didn't realise how bad our life really was. I thought everything was fine. But then ... mama died. And An-chi died. And ... I just didn't feel special. The Clockwork Caseworker asked me what I wanted to do--what would make me feel special--and I said I wanted to be a ballerina. So then I started going to dance."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana keeps a good lead. She's done this before. For a long time. It feels good to dance again. At least, properly dance. She's been dancing with Utau, but that's at nightclubs. Finding boys silly enough to try to pick them up or rob them to drain and steal heart eggs from- for Utaus side at least. Norie has no intrest in a heart's egg. She can't make an omlet with it and eat it for energy.

Norie isn't a savant either. She's just practiced for a long while.

"I see." she says softly. She keeps her her graceful dance, leading along, keeping it slow- "Watch my feet. I'm keeping it slow and repetitive." she insists.

Then a pause. "Dancing used to be fun with my friends. Then I turned into this thing..." she says. "Then it became hard to touch anyone without wanting to drain them for a while." she frowns. "I ended up hurting a lot of them. So I quit. I didn't really know what else to do." she says softly.

"I dunno if I trust myself to go back and many of those connections I had with my friends are gone." she mutters.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko does watch Norie's feet. Carefully watching, doing exactly what Norie suggests. She follows well, all things considered. Follows, and doesn't even begin to try to lead. After a few moments, she finally has enough of it down to look up at Norie and smile.

"I trust you," Sachiko says, those profound words spoken honestly and without any hint of irony. "You can dance with me any time, Norie-chan. I like dancing, and I like dancing with you."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana almost feels bad when Sachiko says she trusts her. Almost. Something inside her is stopping her from feeling guilty about it. She closes her eyes and she continues to dance and lead Sachiko along the floor. This isn't a proper dance floor, but it'll do, of course.

Something in her feels at peace right now though. That's something.

It makes her think of the words she's found. She doesn't feel normal--- but she does feel 'right' again.

Then a pause, when the song begins to slow down and come to a close. "That was fun." she admits genuinely. "I need to sit down. And besides. I can try again." she motions to trying to drain Sachiko again. "Keep the necklace at the side there. Don't wear it. Maybe it'll work then." she says.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko hugs Norie when the song is over, then bounds back towards her bed. She enjoyed the dance immensely, and it shows in the glow on her face. As she settles down on her bed, she smiles at Norie. "Okay, we can try again," she agrees. "And afterwards, I should get ready for bed again."

Briefly,s he glances at the door, and the glow of a smile seems to fade. "I wonder when An-chi will come home," she mumbles softly. Then sighs and looks back to Norie. "Go ahead," she says. "I'll leave it off."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana still cold to the touch, she still hugs back. Hugging still feels 'good' to her. She's hoping that's not a feeling she'll loose ever. She softly steps back and sits back down on the bed, as she gently stops, and waits to take Sachiko's hand when she's ready.

"I'm sure she'll come home soon." she says softly.

"For now..."

An uncertain pause.

"Drenaje." she mutters softly, trying to drain, yet again.

She braces. Just a moment. Ready this time.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
There it is. That sweet, delicious taste of Sachiko's energy. The drain happens, and although the noose seems to shift, there's no wind; nothing to knock Norie away from the girl. Whatever the protective measure was, it doesn't seem to hold.

"Oh," Sachiko mumbles, eyes wide as the biting tingle starts again. She whimpers quietly and leans into Norie, biting her teeth. "It's like ... touching an ice cube in the dry air. It hurts a little," she says. "But it's okay. I can ... I can ..." she starts to close her eyes, clearly growing tired.

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana eyes do glance to the 'necklace' that she clearly sees as a noose and takes that energy in~ So delightful and young and energetic and still tasting like a cinnamon roll... of course, when she begins to close her eyes, she eases off a bit, perhaps, to not take too much this time.

She's isn't ravenous, she doesn't 'need' the energy, she'd just 'like to have' the energy. It shows, it doesn't feel like she's taking Sachiko for nearly all she's worth-- not like the first time at least.

"I think that's all I'll take." she says softly.

"Are you still awake?~" she asks softly.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
By now, Sachiko has put her head on Norie's shoulder. The little girl has her eyes closed, but her breathing hasn't slowed. "'m awake," she mumbles in reply, then puts her arms around Norie. "It's colder than you are," she notes with a grumble, then starts to lay down--still in her leotard--and drag the covers over herself. And apparently Norie, too. "You're so cold."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana purses her lips and-- is apparently having covers dragged over her. "I'm cold because I have no blood flow, technically. I can fake it for effect when I have my disguise up. But..." she shakes her head.

She sighs and smirks just a bit, why fight it for now?

"I'm sorry I'm not warm." she says softly. "That's just how I am. I feel better now though." she insists.

She gives Sachiko a soft half-hug.

"I should leave before your sister gets back. If the necklace protects you, she'll probably be like everyone else when you let me drain you--- horribly upset." she insists.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko whimpers when she realises NOrie is going to leave her. "But I don't wanna be alone," she whines quietly, then sighs and buries her face against Norie's arm. She really ought to change for bed again. She ought to make Norie give her leo and tights back, too. But she's tired, now; and whiney, too. "Please don't go," she mumbles. "I'll explain it to An-chi when she gets here."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana would of course, give the clothes back. They're not hers. Except the wrist and leg warmers. They probably wouldn't even exist for longer than a day without her prescene anyways. Magical henshin outfits are weird things.

"Okay." she says softly with a soft nod.

"I'll worry when she gets here then." she says. Nothing she can't handle, right?

Unless An-chi can purify. Then she might have a problem.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Sachiko perks up just a little and cuddles Norie closer. "You should make yourself warm," she mumbles quietly as she finishes drawing the covers up, "so I'm not gonna freeze." Pause. "Oh, I should have changed," she says, staring past Norie at her discarded nightgown. "Mmfff. Too much effort," she reiterates, then puts her head against Norie's chest and closes her eyes. "ninight," says the little girl.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Dragged beneath the covers, still dressed for dancing rather than sleeping, Norie and Sachiko are cuddled up tight. The little girl, however, is shivering, since Norie hasn't got any body heat. Shivering but asleep, lips pale and muscles tense.

It's almost two hours more before something changes. When it does, it happens suddenly: a gust of wind rips through the room, tearing the blankets aside, and nearly tossing Norie with them. Sachiko seems utterly unaffected, though she does shiver all the more, and whimper just a bit.

Standing in the doorway is a girl who can't be much older than fourteen or fifteen, dressed in a green skirt and a white seifuku of some nearby school. Her hair is unmistakably the same colour as Sachiko's, but it's a bit of a puffy affair. It's the eyes, though, that are truily different: a single shade of brilliant green throughout, with no sign of pupil or iris. She stands, hand out, face towards Norie, wind flashing around her and unsettling her skirt. Angry? Or merely judgemental?

Norie Okana has posed:
The deep dark sleep. Norie may be some sort of horrible monster, but sleep serves a purpose. To file things away so one doesn't forget more than they've ever learned over what may be a very long life if nothing cuts that short, so perhaps things can be recalled in dreamlike states later in life--- to rest the flowing energy of the dark just a little--- to give time for her mindset to catch up and head to reset.

She has three things that happens when she sleeps. Sometimes she dreams of the past life of the last weilder of the power, Podoerso. She learns things sometimes- when this happens. Sometimes she wakes up in some strange weird surreal garden courtyard and she talks with the voice. Talks with the voice have gotten more pleasent since she stopped 'fighting it'. She /almost/ looks forward to it sometimes, depending what's happened recently. Then there's the most common, deep, abstract swirls of wispy grey against a black backdrop that sometimes take shape into things such as faces and places and abstract humanoids.

Tonight is the third type. Dreaming of wispy shapes--- which are suddenly disspated into the waking world hard and fast as the blanket is ripped aside. She can feel it jolt her. She sits immediatly up and looks around-- where is she----

Oh. She was here. Apparently stealing warmth from Sachiko unintentionnaly. Her lips purse as she looks back up. There's a girl. With odd eyes. She head tilts.

"Ah..." is all she can say as she tries to search her thoughts. Didn't Sachiko say something about a sister returning soon.

"Sachi-chan, wake up." she softly tries to wake the girl awake. "I think your sister is here." she says softly as she looks back to her.

"That's who you are. Right?" she asks.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
Oddly, Sachiko doesn't wake. She stays asleep, still shivering, huddled up tightly on the pillow. She doesn't shift towards Norie for contact; doesn't seem to be moving at all, except for the slow and steady rise and fall of her chest for air.

The girl in the green skirt arches a single eyebrow as it looks at Norie, then asks, "What business is it of yours? Who are you, and why are you draining my charge?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana tsks. "She's not waking up. Too drained." she says as she stands up. She purses her lips and makes no active attempt to attack in any way. She does make her way across the room towards her proper clothes. She begins to change, piece by piece-- making the leg and wrist warmers dissapate into nothing- having been magical created. She talks while she does so.

"She let's me. I require energy. She helps me." she insists. It's a most truth. She doesn't add 'also, I enjoy doing it and she tastes kind delicious'.

She's back into her floral shirt and skirt soon enough and walks over to Sachiko and moves the blanket over her. No need to be cruel and let her be all cold.

"She told me you're a monster. Don't worry. I am too." she says. "She'll be fine by morning. Maybe a little groggy." she says.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
"Is that what she told you?" asks the form of Anshi curiously. "A 'monster' am I?" she asks, then turns to regard the prone form of Sachiko thoughtfully. "Hmmm. I wonder if she realises the veracity of that statement."

The girl's green eyes turn back towards Norie, then she observes, "You're not going to touch her again. If you do, I will consider you a threat to my plans. And you must understand that I will not anything hinder my plans. If I so much as smell your scent on her, I will hunt you down and take every ounce of energy from your slender, pathetic body, leaving you helpless and weak. Do you understand? The girl belongs to me, and I am not the sharing kind."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana purses her lips. She listens to 'Anshi' for a bit as she considers. She isn't speaking like a sister. Sachiko puts her sister in high regard. Meanwhile 'An-chi' is calling her girl. That she belongs to her. That has has plans. She removes her finger from her lips.

"Plans. And what would those be?" she asks softly. She looks over to Sachiko and narrows her eyes as she looks back.

"Mmmm. She's a friend. I can't just 'leave her be'." she says. "She's my dance partner right now. If you mean just for me to stop draining. Mmmmmm." she has to think about this.

"I can live with that. I suppose. But my question still stands. You don't exactly sound like a sister. Even my brother talks to me with some degree of playful disdain." she muses.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
"Dance partner," the girl--Anshi--replies. "Huh. Interesting. I wasn't aware she had a dance partner." Then she turns to regard Sachiko again, noting the girl's garb. "Ah, she changed. Hm. Well I suppose I did not tell her to remain dressed for bed."

Anshi sighs and lowers her hand at last, then takes a step into the room. "She will do as I say," Anhsi notes to Norie. "Even if that means abandoning her dancing with you. It's not personal, you understand. I simply haven't got the time or energy to waste on such frivolous pursuits as 'dance'."

Then, the girl smiles wickedly and turns to regard Norie. "You say you are a monster? Why?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana scoffs. "You picked someone already touched by this magic in some way and you didn't expect them to know anyone such myself? You should had found yourself a better charge. Someone who wasn't 'touched'." she says.

"If you didn't want 'problems'." she insists.

She head tilts. "I'm a 'monster' because life is unfair." she says matter of factly. "Besides..."

"I'm not the one you should be worried of." she snaps. "You should be worried of her little girlfriend with the purification magic." she snaps."'Momo Akatsuki'. If you're worried actual threats to whatever you're doing." she waves a hand away off to the side. "She's her 'hero'."

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
The girl--Anshi--stares at Norie with a judgemental sneer. "Oh, you poor misguided child," she says. "How dare the world mistreat you that you should become a monster." There's a sense that if her eyes weren't so featureless she might be rolling them at the moment.

Instead she simply stares.

On the other hand, the warning is interesting. "Momo Akatsuki," she repeats the name quietly, then turns to regard Sachiko. "She's told me about her; the girl who she sits with at lunchtime. Hm. I'll have to think about that. I wasn't aware she was powerful." Then, the figure turns to regard Norie once again. "What do you know of the Ruling Family of Waldia?"

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana scoffs. "I didn't ask for your pity , I get that enough from people who want to 'fix' me." she rolls her eyes- which can be seen. They're bright and purple against stark white. She smirks.

"I'm not particularly intrested in hindering anything. It hasn't bothered me yet until right now anyways." she says waving a hand off to the side.

"Waldia..." she scrunches her nose. "The name is merely familar in passing. It's a strange name." she says softly. Of course it's familar. They go to the same school. "Maybe around school. I go to Seiyou. That's where I hear such names usually in passing." she says. "But that's all that's familar." she says waving another hand off with a sigh.

"Are you looking for someone?" she asks curiously.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
"No one in particular," Anshi lies, smiling at Norie tightly. "I was merely curious. It's a name I heard Sachiko mention; I thought you might be related."

But since she's not, that certainly makes life a little less complicated for the demon. She stares at Norie for another moment, then looks back to Sachiko. "I suppose you kept her up well past her bedtime. She's going to be cranky and worthless to me tomorrow," she notes with a frown. "Especially as you have drained her of her energy." The girl makes a sound of disgust, then turns her face back towards Norie. "I've half a mind to take the energy back and feed it to her, but she will simply have to suffer the consequences of her decision. Tomorrow, I have needs for her to do some things. She'll just have to do them while tired."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana Scoffs. "She bounces back fairly well actually." she says. "I think she'll be fine." she says. "Though I bet that little white rat is crying right now." she chuckles. "He was trying to get her to 'wish' to become a Puella Magi." Crying is like the last thing coobs does. This still doesn't stop her from imagining it.

"Ah- No. I am the vampire Lacrima." she says curtly.

Does she buy her earlier statement about no one in particular. Nope.

"I wonder what you are..." she says softly, pondering. "Mmmm." she just shakes her head, the question seems to be asked rhetorically, like she know she won't get an answer.

"What is it you're seeking, or looking to do then?" she asks more directly. "I'm willing to answer similar questions of course." she says.

Sachiko Hayakawa has posed:
"Hmm," replies the elder sister as she toes out of her shoes, then wanders around the bedroom collecting Sachiko's discarded nightgown, as well as one for herself. If she is a monster, she at least seems to think she needs to sleep like a normal girl.

"I don't trust you, yet, The Vampire Lacrima," the girl admits as she heads towards the closet and steps inside. Her voice drifts out along with the sound of rustling cloth, "And I'm not sure how you can be useful to me, unless you are in terested in killing the Trollop Princess for me." Anshi emerges again, this time dressed in a ruffle-sleeved grey teeshirt, and matching boyshorts. The contrasting girliness and her obvious evil tone may be confusing, at a glance.

Perhaps that will change. But for now," she notes, "I need you toleave. It's past Sachiko's bedtime, and you are keeping her, and myself, awake."

Norie Okana has posed:
Norie Okana purses her lips. "Kill a Princess?..." she thinks. She tsks. She shakes her head. "That's an odd task. Still...." she says. "I've never killed anyone yet. Perhaps it might be fun. Perhaps not." She shrugs.

She purses her lips and hrmphs. "We'll talk again." she says.

She looks to the balcony door and begins towards it. She stops and turns around, simple glance as she purses her lips before she steps back outside the doors and closes them behind her- until she lets herself whisk off into the Dusk Zone- and away.

She has some things to think about now.