IC Inbox: Seasons

[ashenrose]

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"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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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?

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[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...]

[roundandaround]

Gallery...

[Rinku walks curiously down the hall. She summons a ball of light to illuminate the dark hall and makes her way to the painting... and stops. Her talk with Mary rings in her mind.]

Are you... Lady in Red-san? Mary-chan told me you didn't like strangers. I'm not gonna hurt anything.

[That's the number one rule of going into someone else's heart. Don't break anything, don't destroy anything that's meant to be there, even if it's dangerous.]