route_1065 | Ghostly goings-on

*will approach and knock lightly, then*

[quietly, from the other side of the room, but at least it doesn't sound like she's crying anymore?]

Oh, just another minute, please...

If you're sure...

[True to her word, it's only about another minute or so before the door slowly opens. Turns out she was using part of that time to get changed into the clothes that Ryner was wearing when things all went down. ...And also to write a couple of short letters, if the envelopes she's carrying are any indication.]

Sorry, I just wasn't quite finished writing...

Writing?

I couldn't see my parents, but I can at least leave them a note for when they return, right? So that I can say goodbye properly.

...And also...

[She hands him one of the two envelopes.]

When I leave... could you please give this to him for me?

*nods, and takes the envelope*

All right.

Thank you.

[And so now she'll just quietly walk over to the master bedroom (tidy and neat, but actually looks to have been lived in fairly recently) and place the other on the bed in there.]

*you know, much as he's still worried about Ryner, there's just something sad about watching this... :/*

[And when she's satisfied with its placement, but before she can burst into tears again, she leaves the room and shuts the door behind her. She's trying so, so hard to not seem sad.]

...I can't say that I'm ready. No, I'll never be ready... But I can feel it now. Or, well, that is, I know what I've been feeling all morning, now. My time is almost up.

*nods*

I suppose there's not much to be done then, is there?

[She nods as well, lowering her face.]

When it's time, I don't think I could stay longer no matter how much I wanted to. But until then, I don't know how to leave, so...

Well, I think in that case we can afford to just wait a bit more.

Then I'll get lunch started. That way it will be there for the both of you when he returns. I can't make a feast in his honor, but I can at least do that much...

That's quite considerate of you.

It's the least I can do for him, right?

[heading downstairs now...]

I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

*following*

[To the kitchen! Where she is going to immediately start getting out ingredients for a macaroni and cheese dish.

Rose, Elfy, and Jiru had been kind of watching the action from the bottom of the stairs, but the three of them immediately hide to the side of the banister when people start coming down.]

*well, now, what are those three up to that they feel compelled to hide...?*

[They just don't want to be in the way of Marian coming down the stairs okay.

...Also Rose is trying (and failing) to pretend to be less interested in the proceedings than she is. The other two are just following her lead.]

*well, once Sion's sure everything's fine with you lot he'll probably just take a seat and watch the proceedings for now*

[Marian sure is making (a relatively simple and quick recipe of) baked macaroni and cheese!

Jiji is going to demand attention from you now that you've sat down though, Sion. Hope you were prepared for that.]

*is there ever any way to be fully prepared for Jiji....

Sion will give the umbreon pettings and such though, yes*

[Someone somewhere could probably figure something out? Though, they'd probably have to have endless energy... But yay, pettings~

...Anyway, the recipe she's using will be a few minutes. (This one says 25.)]

*well, he can certainly keep busy with the pokemon at least that long...*

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