2483/The Scary Monsters Aren't In Movies

The Scary Monsters Aren't In Movies
Date of Scene:	18 February 2017
Location:	Sakura Territory
Synopsis:	Kyouko returns home from her day in the country with Naru to find Momo has been watching scary movies.
Cast of Characters:	Kyouko Sakura, Momo Sakura

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Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko has been gone all day. This is pretty unusual, but it's also for a good reason that was explained to Momo beforehand- Naru wanted to work on experimenting with her magic, so she and Kyouko were going to take a train out to the countryside, outside the city, and practice in a place where people weren't likely to see. Just in case. Also it was kinda a date; they took a picnic lunch!

    Anyway, Kyouko left early, and is only now getting back, close to 9pm. It's been a long and exhausting day for her. And for Momo? She's had the run of the apartment for at least twelve hours (minus some if she had work), which means Kyouko can never quite be sure what she's coming home to. Still, that's not exactly on her mind as she trudges up to the door, yawning behind her hand. She's tired.

    The key rattles in the lock as she opens the door and steps inside, kicking off her sneakers, then pausing to pull off her socks too. "Momo?" She calls down the hallway, as she pads on bare feet across towards the door to her bedroom- she is tired and mildly dirty and sweaty from training all day. Changing and probably a bath are in her future.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Apparently today, 'run of the house' means 'Momo is alone and gets to watch scary movies.' One is playing right now, and the collective overly loud instrumentals and the screaming done on the screen drowns out Kyouko's entrance and greeting.

Momo cowers under a pile of blankets, shivering, clutching a stuffed animal that likely found its way into her collection by spoiling 'brothers.'

And even though she's expecting something, the sudden jump scare as her nearly leaping off the couch and clinging to the ceiling!

AIEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko frowns slightly at the overloud sound of the TV echoing down the hall, at first not sure exactly what is going on.. but then, a loud Momo-shriek! She recognizes the sound of her sister anywhere, of course, and, Kyouko being who she is, her first reaction is 'attack!' Panic seizing her heart, she yells out, "Momo?!" and dashes down the hall at full-speed..

    Only to find Momo trembling under a pile of blankets (or possibly, on top of them after that) in front of the TV. She pulls up short, staring for a moment.. then a frown begins to form on her face. "Momo." Much more calmly this time, though her heart stil hammers from the adrenaline. "What are you watching?"

    Slowly, arms cross over her chest.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo jumps again, but this time it's not the television that has her scared. Oh no, it's Older Sister Is Home Earlier Than Expected And I'm Busted!

"Oh poop!" She quickly fumbles for the remote before turning it something else entirely.

Of course, the damage is done, but she's still trying to beam at her sister through the high of being scared out of her mind. "Why Kyou-nee what an unexpected and pleasant surprise I didn't think you'd be home this early! I'm just watching..." She turns to look at the screen and her mind blanks. "The news?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko's lips twist to the side in something like a grimace. She's not even home that much earlier than expected- but it's easy to fall into a hole of TV watching and not realize how much time is passing! Even so, her eyes flick to the now-innocent TV.. then back to the not-so-innocent imouto.

    "And tell me, lovely sister, innocent darling little Momo," She all but coos as she takes another, somewhat menacing step forward, "Exactly how much TV have you been watching today?"

    It's not that she minds, in and of itself- it's that she knows that if Momo can't sleep due to being scared out of her brain, Kyouko won't be getting much sleep either, because there will be a Nightmare-having Momo clinging to her all night.

Momo Sakura has posed:
The girl gulps and crap-scoots back at that scary step! "Well, see, I mean, it started out with a nice movie, all wholesome! And then it became the afternoon! And the scary movies started! So...um...around then?"

Gulp, gulp!

Dog, who had pretty much scooted out of the way to avoid crushing hugs, trotted up to Kyouko and liked her hand.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko looms a little bit more.. then sighs softly, and seems to deflate. She's just really too tired for this, right now, after the day she's had- which while fun, and even romantic, also involved an awful lot of sweating, tumbling about in the grass, and even stabbing accidentally-summoned magical monsters.

    She pets Dog's head lightly, then turns around, her back to Momo. She gives the Eye over her shoulder. "Well.. I sure hope that somebody doesn't have nightmares tonight.. because if somebody does, then somebody will know exactly which somebody to blame." She pauses.. going over what she just said in her head, then nodding her head. Yeah, that's right!

    Then she turns and walks back down the hallway to her bedroom- though she leaves the door open, which is as good as an invitation, even though she doesn't give one herself because of Pride.

Momo Sakura has posed:
She relaxes at the deflate before puzzling over the statement. "Um...me?"

And for a moment -- just a moment -- she considers leaving her sister alone. But...

Well, she just finished watching a bunch of scary movies and its safer to stay in groups!

She scurries to the bedroom, a rare opportunity indeed, and sits huddled in a corner on the bed. She chews her lip for awhile. "Hey, Kyou-nee? How come some movies think only a part of you can get posessed and kill people? Like your hand? What stops it from posessing all of you?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko's bedroom is generally off-limits to Momo (because Kyouko doesn't like having her stuff messed with), and has generally been even more-so since Naru started coming around regularly. Indeed, it was more "Kyouko and Naru's Room" than just Kyouko's, these days, as evidenced by the fact that a not-insignificant amount of Naru's clothing occupy the wardrobe, and other small things- but Naru isn't here tonight, and Kyouko, knowing her sister, is simply heading off the inevitable by inviting her in rather than having her bust in later anyway, terrified by a nightmare.

    She's in the midst of changing when Momo scurries in, but doesn't protest or even glance back until the rather well-worn clothes of the day are replaced by a long t-shirt, and then she moves over and just flops on the bed in the way you only can after a full twelve hours out and on your feet. She turns her head and regards Momo, huddled on the corner of the bed.

    "Because they're movies, and they need ta have silly ideas to be entertaining. If you were gonna get posessed, it'd be all of you, trust me." She says, which isn't very reassuring.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Plus, Momo has a history of Cleaning All The Things, and that can make it harder to find stuff for the more messy inclined.

After she finishes bouncing from the flop, she rolls over and snuggles against her sister. There's a brief shivering chill that runs through her! Those movies were scary!

"That's just it! I kept thinking how things can actually be so much worse! Except the girl in the TV. That's just...who came up with that?!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko shifts so she can put an arm around Momo and let the girl snuggle on her. Despite her complaints, which she feels rather obligated to make as an Older Sister, she doesn't mind Momo-cuddles. In fact, she rather missed them for a long while and though she might not admit it aloud, is happy to have them back.

    "I would suppose," Kyouko says dryly, "That leading the life we do, you would find the stuff on TV a little bit less scary as a result.. but yes, the girl in the TV is creepy." She admits, then laughs softly. "But I assure you, there ain't no girl in our TV. We only had one ghost, and we got rid of her, remember? Plus she wasn't that scary."

Momo Sakura has posed:
"Well, knowing it when all the lights are on and knowing it when the girl's getting her face sucked off by a monster are two different things." Haughty sniff!

Then she sighs! "I do miss her, though! All the doodles. Do you think she's happy?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "Face sucked off.. honestly Momo, sometimes I can't tell if you've been watching horror movies or reading those trashy romance novels Naru leaves around." Kyouko grumbles to herself lightly, giving her sister a squeeze regardless.

    "You miss her?" She snorts absently, turning and leaning up on one elbow to peer down at her sister. "I'm not sure I'd go that far. But.. well. I dunno if she's happy, but she wasn't happy here either, y'know. Hopefully she's better off.. and hopefully she is happy. You could always go find that Jiaying chick an' ask her if you're really interested."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo stills and tries really hard to look all innocent! "Gee, Naru leaves romance novels lying around? I-I never would have guesed! Ha! Ha!"

Nailed it!

"She was nice! And she didn't mean to make our bathroom smell like the sewer." And then her eyes widen! "Oh yeah! I can ask her!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko's eyes narrow as she peers down at Momo. "Momo, you are not old enough to read about that sort of sucking face." She then pauses, and amends, "Or any sort if sucking face! Including horror stories!"

    She sighs.. and then settles for punishment in the form of tickles, which she applies with vigor to Momo's sides. "You can ask her if I decide to let you live!" She mock-threatens. "I hadda long day and the last thing I need is to come home to a trouble-causing imouto!"

Momo Sakura has posed:
"I skim if I start blushing too much!" Truthfully, kissing sometimes still makes her blush too much!

And then she's shrieking and flailing! "Nooo! Stooop! Aieeee!" She wiggles around some more, trying to tickle back but failing! "I'm too cute to not let live! Trouble-causing is in my imouto contract!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Before very long, Kyouko is laughing almost as hard as Momo, and she has to stop lest she run out of breath just as much as her 'victim'. She sits back on her heels, letting MOmo have a respite from the tickles, and grinning.. her mood much improved by inflicing minor torment on her sibling.

    "You are too cute." She says, fondly, and then flops over on her side on the bed. "Ugh. Seriously, Momo, I have had a long day and I'm tired as hell. If you wake me up in the middle of the night, I am going to skin you alive." This threat is not serious, but it is heartfelt. Even just laying there, her eyes are drooping.

Momo Sakura has posed:
There is much panting and and recovering to do! "You're...you're lucky you stopped! Much longer and I woulda...I would got you back!"

Somehow.

She affects a very convincing Sweet and Adorable Imouto Smile. Then she rocks Kyouko back and forth. "Noooo, don't skin me! The only way you get to skin me is if you use the leather to bind a book, and that's illegal!"

She sighs and snuggles back down. "Maybe the bad nightmares will get cancelled out by the scary movies and I just have weird dreams?" Her voice is almost hopeful!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko snorts absently. "A Momo-leather book? You're weird, kiddo." But there's definitely an affectionate edge to that statement. She pushes Momo away for a moment, but only so she can squirm up and then squirm down underneath the covers. But she holds the corner open so Momo can squirm in with her.

    Then she lets her head plumf down against the pillow. "Turn off the lights, will ya?" She mumbles, already sounding half-asleep. "And before you get funny ideas.. this is only so I can protect you from nightmares, because, see above re: skinning if you wake me up."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo nods, All Serious. "Oh yes. It's been done before!"

She turns off the light, and it's a scurry back to the bed before she's wiggling and squirming under the covers next to her sister. Her bare feet are presses against Kyouko's shins. Fortunately, they're not as ice blockey as they have been in the past. "What funny ideas?" She snuggles down, moving so her tushie isn't poking out from under the blanket because it's impossible to sleep with a cold tush!

But then she's yawning, and her toes vibrate from it. Scary movies sure take a lot out of a girl!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko has actually braced for the cold-Momo-toes, and it's almost a surprise when they aren't as bad as she's expecting them to be, but she still lets Momo tuck them between her shins to get warmed up. Also luckily, there's plenty of blankets on the bed to avoid cold-tush-syndrome.

    "Funny ideas like thinking you can sneak in here to sleep any ol' night." She murmurs, her eyes actually already closed, though she's not quite asleep.. and ignoring the fact that Momo sneaks in here a decent amount of the time anyway, just usually after she's already fallen asleep and can't protest.

    She puts her arm over Momo, and rests her chin on top of her sister's head. "Don't worry, Momo." She says, sliding her shins against cold toes lightly. "I won't let the monsters in. Promise." There's a certain seriousness to that sleepy declaration.. one that comes from knowing that monsters are, in fact, quite real.

Momo Sakura has posed:
"I only come in when the dreams are too scary."

And then, it's as though Kyouko said the right thing. Immediately her body relaxes and her eyes droop, head nestled and tucked against her sister. Because really, if anyone can keep the monsters away, its her sister.