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[fishpanties]

Who: Aoko, Aella
When: Day 37, night
Where: Coming out of nature
What: Dehiatussss

[They've been MIA since Day 36 evening, but now! NOW!! They're dragging each other sllllowly back into Apartmentsville, covered in blood and cuts and bruises. Exhaustion, too, sure is a Thing. And hunger. And dehydration…

Basically, they look awful.

... But there's something to be said for 'YAY THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT!!1' relief.]

A-Aella, look! We made it!

Th'hell m' I s'posed to look, Pyxie?! I'm blind!

Sorry..!

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[jackoclubs]

[PROCEEDS TO SPLINT AND BANDAGE BROKEN ARM, THEN.

and then he pulls back and snaps his fingers and suddenly he is holding a white star-shaped flower!]

[fishpanties]

[That. THAT PROBABLY INVOLVED A LOUD, HIGH-PITCHED YELP OF PAIN AT SOME POINT. Or. Multiple points.]

[wait. wait what.]

... E-Eh-?

[jackoclubs]

[FIRST AID IS FUN .__.

but he twirls the flower in his fingers, before waving one hand over it and magically turning the petals black '^']

[fishpanties]

[man it's like she's barely seen any magic tricks before...

the whimpers of lingering pain trail off, and she just watches, bleary but transfixed.]

[jackoclubs]

[waves his hand over the flower again and it ~*magically*~ disappears again]

[fishpanties]

[uwaa]

[jackoclubs]

[pauses for a moment, tapping his index finger against his palm with a hum. and then he claps his hands together and magically produces a deck of cards from nowheeeere

shuffle shuffle]

Wanna help me out with this next one?

[fishpanties]

[hesitates]

[DO I DESERVE THIS '-'a]

[...]

[glances at her good hand; it's flecked with blood, but it's all dry.]

[... nods] S-Sure.

[jackoclubs]

[places the deck on the couch in front of her, spreading the cards out in a line, all of them face down. they all have red backs, too]

Pick one.

[fishpanties]

Okay...

[MIDDLE ONE]

[jackoclubs]

[scoops the cards up again and stacks them before shuffling them]

Make sure you memorize what it is. Don't tell me, okay?

[fishpanties]

[nodnod]

[jackoclubs]

[shuffles a bit more, before cutting the deck in half and holding one half out to her]

All right. Put it back in the middle of the deck.

[ps which card is it]

[fishpanties]

[THREE OF HEARTS]

[does as she's told, watching closely]

[jackoclubs]

[places the rest of the deck back on the stack but doesn't shuffle]

Let's see if we can find it again~

[spreads out the cards in a line again-- wait a minute. one of the cards now has a blue back and it definitely wasn't there before]

Hoooh, I wonder where that came from?

[fishpanties]

[- sits up a bit!]

How...

[jackoclubs]

[plucks the blue-backed card from the pile and turns it over

SURPRISE THREE OF HEARTS]

[fishpanties]

[WAI]

T-That's so cool...!

[jackoclubs]

[stacking the line of cards again, flipping the blue one over so it's face down, separate from the deck

fans the red backed deck out for her again]

Pick another?

[fishpanties]

... There's more..?

[but, picking another. it's the ace of diamonds]

[jackoclubs]

[shuffle shuffle. . . repeats his earlier motion and cuts the deck in half, holding one half out to her]

Memorize that one, too. And put it back when you're done.

[fishpanties]

[is an obedient aoko!]

[jackoclubs]

[stacks the deck again! and spreads it out in a line in front of her. no blue this time]

Huh. I wonder where it went?

[fishpanties]

Did you drop it?

[jackoclubs]

[taps his cheek]

'M pretty sure I didn't. [aha~] Or maybe it's been over here all along.

[reaches out to overturn the blue three of hearts card. . . which is now the ace of diamonds]

Ha! There it is.