1757/Ave Maria

Ave Maria
Date of Scene:	24 July 2016
Location:	Plot Room #3
Synopsis:	Jiaying, Sora and Lacrima discuss a possible new alias name for Lacrima. Also ghost opinions and hugging and gifts being exchanged.
Cast of Characters:	Norie Okana, Jiaying Maki, Sora Hisakata

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Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima , who hasn't been in Norie-guise since she ran away- since people are looking for Norie. Not Lacrima, is sitting indian style on the futon she's claimed as she appears to be. She is dressed in more contemporary clothes though as she gently sighs.

She's at least been in a better mood since Natsumi visited last night as she eats leftover pizza. It's a day old and hasn't be refrigerated but she doesn't care. Cold pizza makes her feel better.

She occasionally is glancing up at the stuff bunny. That seems to be staring at her. And seems to get a little closer everytime she looks up.

"You can just come over if you want, you know." she says flatly to the rabbit, as she boredly seems to be surfing youtube and leaving nasty comments under the name 'vorpralvampyre'.

Look, being vile on the internet makes her feel better.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
The bunny throws it's arms up when it's just called out by the vampire and one would swear it would stick it's tongue out at her if it had one. Mind you that might be because the after image of a young peasant girl is doing just that. Jia's a bad influence on her.

The fox in question is currently curled up on the couch, notebook to the side, sketchbook on her lap and seems to be mostly working on that sort of thing. The art-y thing that is. At the comment, her ears perk up, she glances over at Norie, then turns to face Meifeng who has retreated to the top of the u style couch, fiddling with the controller. Occasionally it hovers there and there's sounds of frustration as she tries to get it to stop misbehaving long enough to work, eventually causing Jia to snatch it, turn it on and ask her something in Chinese. Which is probably just asking what she wants to ask before changing the channel. This is normal for Jia and she's happy with it.

"Norie, we should think up another name for you that is a good alias maybe. Would be a good start to starting over maybe?"

Sora Hisakata has posed:
The doorbell rings, and Sora is outside. She's brought along something, a little blue plastic bag that without a doubt contains something. She waits for the door to open, patiently.

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima hears the door knock and she suddenly opens her e-mail client... then checks her phone. Nope. No texts or messages from Natsumi-chan. So it can't be her.

She looks up to Jiaying. "I think that's someone for you. No word from Natsumi that she was coming over." she says quietly as her eyes look back to the rabbit and to the TV.

She gently closes the laptop in case it's company.

"If it's company, I can go do something else." she says quietly.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
Jiaying Maki stands up and runs her hands through her hair, her ears tucked back and then disappearing and her tail following soon after. She glances at Norie and asks, "Did you at least open a new email account last night with her?" Since she really doesn't want the official sort poking around. She gives Norie a moment, then opens the door. Upon seeing who it is, reaches out and tries to pull Sora in, nudging the door shut with her foot right after as she gives her a tight hug. "Hey!" She offers, glad she didn't tease Norie too much last night with Natsumi. The fox ears and tail are back out the moment the door's closed and she gives Sora a kiss before noticing the bag, which gets a curious look.

Norie's given a look after and she says, "If we're ordering pizza again you're doing it this time!" in a clearly teasing tone.

Sora Hisakata has posed:
Sora returns the kiss, and then follows to Jiaying's room, sitting down on her girlfriend's bed. "Hey Norie." She says cheerfully, reaching out to wrap an arm around Jiaying's waist while she sits, and pulling a little box out of her bag. It's a little, rectangular box wrapped in black paper, she hands it to Jiaying. "For the prettiest foreign girl in all of Japan."

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima blinks. "Oh. yeah." she says softly. "I did." she says quietly.

She realized what an idiot she was answering that, but. eh.

Oh, it's Sora-chan! This puts her at ease because it's company she doesn't have to leave for then. If she's ordering pizza, it'll be extra fishy.

She head tilts. "Hi Sora-chan." she says softly. "Don't tell anyone where I am, okay?" she says softly. "If anyone asks you about 'Norie'." she says matter of factly.

She does head tilt a little at the gift box.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
Jiaying Maki nods and squeezes Sora again after Lacrima answers about the email, a bit more at ease. She then settles down alongside her when she sits down on the futon and crosses her legs, leaning in close. There's that little box with black paper. She looks at it curiously then says in almost a whining tone, "But I don't have anything for you in return!" before realizing that just means next time she'll have to get her something. She starts to work at the paper on the underside, taking care not to tear it before suddenly stopping and asking, "I can open it, right?" Trying hard to get her voice back to where it should be in her head. She sounds kind of silly and her ghostly friend is facepalming.

Sora Hisakata has posed:
"I wouldn't, I don't even know who I'd tell even if I thought it was a good idea, and I know it's not." She promises Norie, then responds to Jiaying with a soft giggle, "Wouldn't be much of a surprise if I had given you the opportunity to buy me a gift before giving it, right? Just buy me something later~"

The box contains a simple silvery chain necklace, with a little half heart pendant. The pendant has a puzzle-piece like indentation. Close eyes may notice Sora is hiding a little silvery necklace below her shirt.

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima head tilts a little as she frowns at Sora. "I ran away. I didn't want to hurt my brother. So I ran away. Just don't tell the police or something if they come asking questions." she says.

"...working on a new identity I guess..." she flumps.

She eyes the silver necklace and nods. "That's pretty." she says.

"...do you have the other half?" she asks at Sora-chan.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
Jiaying Maki immediately pulls the necklace over her head and adjusts it once it's hanging from her neck. She doesn't seem to have a problem wearing it above her shirt even! She fiddles with her hair after it's been all displaced by that. Norie's question gets a curious sound from her and she takes a look at Sora, looking for the chain to answer the question for herself! Spotting that, she leans in, squeezes Sora rather tight and says cheerily, "I love it!" and then leans in to give her a kiss, really, really glad she didn't tease Norie about being all sappy last night.

That moment settled in, she settles on the futon back in a lazy cross-legged position and smiles to Sora, "I'll find something for you." Which translated means she's going to be fretting about this for the next few days, probably even asking Norie for help. Still smiling, sharp teeth on full display she asks Norie, "Do you know any other languages? Exchange student's an easy one." Oh right, there was that thing.

Sora Hisakata has posed:
Sora does in fact have the other half, pulling it out above her shirt. She returns the kiss, squeezing her girlfriend just as tight, keeping up the hug until Jiaying lets go, then she lets go too, but not without showing off one more feature of the pair of necklaces, slotting them together so they stick together neatly, "They'll separate if you put some force on it, so it's totally safe."

"Yeah I heard you ran away, Norie. It's okay, I wouldn't tell people. I bet that Souma-baka would, though. Just to screw you over." She sounds a little worried, "So try not to get anywhere near him."

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima blinks at Jiaying. "I...." she was about to say she doesn't, because she didn't /used/ to. Until months back ago. When this happened to her. "Actually. Spanish." she blinks once. "Because of the whole vampire thing." she says rubbing the side of her head with a soft uneasy look.

Lacrima probably wouldn't tease Jiaying even if she did tease her last night. This is Jiaying's house. She's a guest. That'd be a mean thing to do.

Then she gets sort of dreamy. "I wonder if Natsumi-chan would find be spoken too in spanish to be romantic..." she says softly as she taps her bottom lip.

Then she breaks from her reverie and frowns a bit. "Souma already tried to kill me. I don't want to be near him period. He'll just try again." she says.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
Jiaying Maki shakes her head and says, "I only know one Spanish name and that's a guy and a famous one so- probably out. Might be an easier place to start if you're going that way right?" The dreamy moment gets a soft snrk from the fox girl. However, most of her attention is temporarily on the jewelry that's currently connected together. She pokes at it lightly and asks lightly, "Is it magnetic or clasped?" trying to take a look at it, clearly liking the gift and the mechanics behind it!

Then there's a beat and she asks, "What do you mean that it's totally safe? That they come apart or something else?" Suddenly looking really confused and starting to think she's forgotten something in Japanese and translated it wrong, her ears pinned back and the green fur on that tail standing on end. Then she lets her breath out when she realizes she's panicking.

Sora Hisakata has posed:
"Isn't 'Maria' a popular name in Spain? Maybe your mom is Spanish and your dad is Japanese so you can use a Japanese surname, that would explain why you don't have much of an accent, too." Sora suggests helpfully, then she notices Jiaying seems confused, "Yeah if they wouldn't come apart if you put force on them, it could be dangerous if one of us stumbled or something, but they do."

Norie Okana has posed:
Lacrima reopens her laptop and takes a note. "Maria...." she says softly. "That might work..." she says softly. She taps her chin and head tilts. She looks back up. "I think she means... yeah they come apart easily." she says helpfully.

She glances over to Sora a moment as she purses her lips. "Yeah that could work." she says as she taps a few more times at the keyboard.

She sort of sighs a bit as she eyes the bunny again. "What do you think?" she asks. She bets the bunny doesn't understand English. She still asks.

Jiaying Maki has posed:
Jiaying Maki slowly thinks she understands, then nods quickly and says, "Right right!" She pokes at the necklace curiously, reaching up to see what's needed to pull them apart before promptly putting them right back together and settling in cozily. "Maria is a nice name." Though she does mangle it just a touch. She'll be the first one to admit she doesn't speak a word of Spanish and her English isn't much better.

The bunny gives Lacrima a shrug when it realizes the vampire's trying to ask her a question. The Ghost picks up the stuffed animal, carries it over and drops it on Lacrima's lap before replying in surprisingly audible Chinese, "Wo bu shuo yingwen. Ni hui shuo zhongwen ma" before turning mostly inert for the moment. Maybe she thought the vampire wanted something to hug too. The good news is, Jia asks the question in Chinese, gets the answer and she says, "She likes it too."