IC Inbox: Seasons

[ashenrose]

un; @)-,--

"The person you are calling is unavailable, please leave your message after the tone. Thank you."

[Catch-all for seeking her out / dropping her a message.
Currently living in Solarpeak with Rinku and Tau.]

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[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata's present arrives in a small box during the holidays. It's a set of Invisibility Chalk! His card explains how she can use it:]

Dear Mary,

I hope you're enjoying the holidays! This chalk is 'Invisibility Chalk'. If you apply some of it to any part of your body, it'll make you invisible for 1 hour. You can use it to hide if you ever end up in a dangerous situation - ideally, that'll never happen, but it's better to be prepared, isn't it?

-Hijikata

[Alas, he doesn't realise that applying the chalk will leave a silhouette of Mary in a random position on the ground, and if anyone touches it, she'll be stuck in the position the silhouette took for 1 hour. Hopefully they won't end up learning of that the hard way...]

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[ashenrose]

[Mary was delighted for the chance to experience Christmas in this world- and also for the fact that she's gotten her very first Christmas present! She very quickly texts him once it has arrived; ]

Thank you for my present! I'll keep it with me just in case, and I'm gonna send you something too!

text; un: abcdefgg

[reflectory]

[ Joy's recently discovered that she can message literally ANYONE in this world, and she's beyond delighted by the discovery. She wants to talk to everyone! She wants to make them happy! This can only go well.

Today's personal quest is brightening as many people's days as possible, and Mary is one of her chosen victims. She may be a spirit of joy, but she's still a newbie when it comes to actually trying to bring joy to others. Her heart is in the right place, though, which is what she thinks matters most. ]

I have discovered so many tiny drawings on this phone! I like them very much and wanted to share them with one of the other people here. Congratulations, you are the one who has been chosen!

🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧚🧚‍♀️🐟🐠🐡🦭🦈🐋🐬

Are they not fun? Do they make you happy? If they do not, I can send you something even more joyous.

Wow I'm late, apologies

[ashenrose]

[This was a new person! And Joy would be glad to know that the tiny pictures had indeed brightened up Mary's day.]

How did you do that?

I made a rose with the difrent letters but it looks like this

@)-,--

Can you make flower pictures to?

[That would explain why Mary's username was @)-,-- anyway...]

video; un: alchemist

[leucosis]

Hello, Mary. I was wondering if you'd like to go painting with me sometime soon.

Video

[ashenrose]

[She answers the phone almost immediately- don't mind the crayon smudges on her fingers.]

Albedo! Mhm, I want to. Where's a good place to go?

un: happyaround

[roundandaround]

[Life has been... a lot, and maybe Rinku doesn't need more stress, but she's never let that stop her --]

Mary-chan! Were you still looking for a new place to live? Because we've been thinking about moving for a while, and I wanna see if you found anything yet.

🔗

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[ashenrose]

Rinku hello! 💛 Yes I was. Frieda's going to move out of the place down the hall from me soon and I don't want to be on my own so I wanted to move somewhere else with Mimi and my Blue Dolls but I don't know where to look.

Are you looking too? Have you found anything? Do you want to look together?

[...It only just started to sink in as she sent the message that maybe Rinku was lonely too, and maybe they could stick together.]

presents (backdated to birthday)

[roundandaround]

[I know I was gonna put them into the birthday thread, but I figured why not do it here instead!

Rinku's given Mary a big, shiny seashell, along with a fold-up easel Mary can use to paint or display on the go.

She's also labelled two more gifts from Mecchan and Hina. Mecchan picked out a new hair ribbon that's glittery and green. Hina picked out some sensory sand to play with... by which I mean she flew into the display model and rolled around in it, so Rinku figured she thought it would be a good gift.]

[ashenrose]

[Rinku is getting a tackle-hug, I hope she knows this! She'll give the seashell pride of place to display in her room, and her own proper fold-up easel is very exciting! She's never had anything like that before.

She loves Mecchan and Hina's gifts too. Tackle-hugging them seems inadvisable, but she's definitely giving them pets. A cute hair-ribbon to go with her dress- and whilst Mary's never tried out sensory sand before, she'll definitely enjoy playing with it~]

gift

[roundandaround]

[Happy Yuletide! Rinku wants to make her ward happy this year, so she gives her a new doll, some nice paints, and a small shell.]

[ashenrose]

[Gasp!! Lots of treasures for her collection- the shell is being hidden away with the last one Rinku gave her, and the paints carefully tucked away with her other art supplies. Not long later, Rinku'll be able to hear her introducing her new doll to the others, all ready for their next tea party...]

Holiday Present Delivery

[rustyhonesty]

On December 24th, a package is delivered by fairy delivery services. The package card says "From Jean. I hope this will bring you happiness and entertainment."

Inside the package is a book full of drawings she can color. A Coloring book made by Jean himself. But all of the pages have a blank page next to them so she can draw her own version of the picture Jean made. The whole book is made of watercolor paper. There is also a set of watercolors and a brush.

The images are of all sorts of animals and friendly looking monsters, both from here and from his memories of Avalon, as well as flowers.

Delivery

[mayoninofukucho]

[The fairy delivery services bring Mary a couple of Yuletide presents from Hijikata: A palette of magical watercolours (they change hues when touched even long after drying, and they glitter!), and a box of little chocolate animals.]

Delivery

[urtitan]

[For Yuletide, Frieda sends Mary a cute set of mittens and a winter hat in bright colours, and a bag of snowman-shaped marshmallows.]

Holiday Present Delivery

[hopelesslyaverage]

[Mary gets a pack of different holiday-related cookies Naegi made himself. They're not perfect, but they're all edible and decorated as good as possible. There's also a hot chocolate spoon.]

delivery

[abnormalizes]

[A gigantic pack of no less than 120 different colored pencils, along with a sketchbook and a coloring book to use them on. They're good quality pencils, too.]

Backdated to around Monday

[roundandaround]

[Rinku had come home from questing early in the morning and immediately crashed asleep in the soft room. When Mary gets home from school, Rinku is there, awake and holding a bundle of fabric while her Pokémon work together on a colouring book.]

Mary-chan! Welcome back! How was school?

[ashenrose]

Rinku!!

[Her face lights up when she sees Rinku is home and awake, and she's eagerly kicking off her shoes and rushing over- she's not gonna bother to change out of her school uniform yet when she can instead go pester her.]

Yay, you're back, you're back!

[...She'd get to the question in a moment.]

house

[roundandaround]

Mary-chan!

[Rinku's come home with a Mary doll with button eyes that looks like she fits in with the Blue Dolls. She sets it down on the couch.]

Another artist friend of mine just had her brother go home, and I wanted to ask her if she wanted to stay over with us in the guest room, at least for a weekend or so while she figures out what to do. Tau-chan always tries not to bother others or get in their way, but I think she's lonely. But I wanna clear it with you first.

[Mary had been all in favour of their last guest, but Tau isn't a fluffy dog.]

[ashenrose]

Yay, Rinku, you're home you're home~

[Just abandoning that homework she'd been working on to run and give Rinku a hug and- get distracted half way through rushing over. Huh. That sure was a doll that looked a lot like her! Interesting!

...And wait she'd just been asked something hadn't she?]

Huh, I don't think I've met her. But if she's your friend I wanna be her friend too~ You said she liked art right? We can show her the art room!

[No thoughts on the implications of letting someone stay with them whatsoever. No thoughts at all in this head of her's.]

un: abnormalitylover, text

[abnormalizes]

[Attached: a selfie of Evangeline and Rider. Evangeline is making a heart shape with her hands, while Rider is obviously flustered but has a tiny smile.]

Dating Rider now! I'm really happy.

[ashenrose]

Yay! I'm gonna add her to my picture too!

[Will Mary finish the picture of Eva and her lovers first, or will Evangeline find another partner... it remains to be seen.]

un:happyaround

[roundandaround]

[During this event thread]

You guys are still okay, right? I know it's cold and we don't have heating, and Mecchan was crying earlier... I'm delivering care packages, but if you need anything I can get something for you!

backdated to after the auction

[roundandaround]

[The auction party was fun, Rinku lost a lot of money and gained a lot of prizes, and Mecchan and Hina have crashed asleep on the couch. It's about time for Mary to go to bed too, but Rinku pulls out one thing.]

Oh, Mary-chan, one moment! I won you something, too.

[She hands her a Safety Pin, still in the package.]

I know you don't go questing, but just in case anything happens, this'll keep you safe when you use it.

sometime after Oct 2

[roundandaround]

[Reunions had been teary and cuddly, Mary still had the day off from school as Rinku explained the situation, and when they finally let Evangeline and her Pokémon go home to rest, the inhabitants of Fine Arts House had time to rest themselves. Rinku hadn't brought up the topic then, despite having talked about it with Evangeline. Mary needed the time to process everything that just happened. Really, she did too.

But eventually, another time, Rinku does bring it up while setting out breakfast for everyone. She'll get the hang of pancakes one of these days...]

Hey, Mary-chan, what do you want to do for your birthday party?

[ashenrose]

[After Evangeline had brought her back home, Mary's... unhinged behaviour had started to settle down. She hadn't quite gotten her usual energy back, keeping her dolls and Pokémon close, seeming more pensive and agitated than before everything happened-

But her thoughtful expression did brighten for a moment as Rinku spoke. It was an important question!]

...giant candyfloss.

[That's... about as far as her thoughts went so far.]

birthday, backdated for when birthday

[roundandaround]

[Mary's birthday gifts included:
-A fluffy princess dress plus a tiara, labelled: From Rinku! I'll take you costume shopping for Halloween too!
-A glow-in-the-dark rock painting kit, accompanied by a hand-drawn card reading: DER MARY. YOR NISE. HAPY BRFADY. FROM MECCHAN
-A fluffy blanket (in case of unseasonable weather again? Or Hina just liked the texture, more likely), with a card that's been scribbled on by Hina.
And yes, she got her candy, and yes, it was half her size.]

[roundandaround]

[Rinku calls from the kitchen while she's texting with one hand and rummaging through the pantry with the other.]

Hey, Mary-chan! If I invited you as a plus-one to a party, what all would you want that'd make it fun for you? You're the first person I thought to ask.

forward-dated to first week of jan

[roundandaround]

[This is bad.

The city turning into a musical might be fun, but something weird happened at the end of Rinku's song with Max at the concert, and it ended with her looking surprised and then collapsing on stage. She's been in a coma in the hospital since, and while her family and loved ones have been trading off keeping vigil, no one seems to know what happened. Mary might have even heard a confused and worried healer mention that her body's still here, she's not going into her flower, but her soul is missing.

(Mecchan has been relocated to a makeshift cry room in the hospital to keep the staff from crying, which does not help the issue.)

Maybe in her dreams, or maybe in her heart, something wanders in, though. Rather, someone.]

Eh? ...Hello?

Ib Spoilers

[ashenrose]

[Mary hadn't been sleeping properly- well, it was more accurate to say that she hadn't returned to her canvas to rest since Rinku had been rendered comatose. But finally, her stamina had worn thin, and she dozed off with her Pokémon at her side- her largest Blue Doll being used as a pillow.

Ahead of Rinku, a dimly lit corridor stretched out ahead toward an open space, where eerie paintings hung on the walls- mostly in oil paints, but others with watercolours or mixed media.

Sure was strange how that lady in the painting was watching her, a malicious gleam in its eyes...]

before the New Years stuff

[abnormalizes]

[Evangeline got a dress in a package.

She recognized it right away. The dress her dad made her, when she was a child. Clearly patchwork, made from tons of different scraps, plenty of which Evangeline assumes were taken from people's trash... but a pink princess dress with a poofy skirt and all. A labor of love, and her childhood self was over the moon.

But obviously, it doesn't fit her now. What should she do with it?

Her first thought is to donate it for some child in need, but her heart hurts at the idea. Especially that someone might receive her dad's hard work and turn up their nose at the idea of wearing scraps, or be ashamed of it.

...Instead, she knocks politely on Mary's door.]

Mary, are you in? I have something to show you.

[ashenrose]

Evangeline!!

[Mary rushed to the door to open it, holding her arms up ready for hugs-]

What is it what is it, I wanna see-

during the event

[roundandaround]

[Rinku has been busy with work, but she also came home disappointed the previous day that she wasn't medically cleared to go on the mission. She noticed Mary looking down, though, and she does need to talk to her about some things...

And then she got distracted by a sale on beading kits and came home with a few for supplies for a family activity.

So now the whole family is at the table trying out beading bracelets and charms. (Aside from Hina, who tried, failed, and started napping.)]

This is pretty fun, huh? It was on sale too!

[ashenrose]

Uh huh!

[Certainly, the new crafting activities had brightened Mary's mood- and she was happily gathering some orange and yellow and purple ones together with the letters.]

I've not played with these before. I bet you can make lots of different stuff.

video; un: jean

[rustyhonesty]

Hey, Mary... would you like a bunny?

[He lifts up a Happy Bunny.

Look he and Rinku talked about bringing souvenirs for Mary so here he is.]

They can find treasure but are otherwise cuddly companions.

Video; un: @)-,--

[ashenrose]

It's so cute!!

[She's excited- okay yes she'd have to ask Rinku about it but for now she's just staring at the cute little thing.]

Valentine's

[roundandaround]

[Most of Rinku's gifts may be for people she's crushing on, but each of the kids gets a little bag of chocolate, and Mary gets a pack of valentines for her classmates and help filling them out!]