And you can't pull me down

[musacal]

[ There's a groundhog anxiously pacing around the halls when suddenly everyone appears in the lobby and she's rushing up after all the initial reactions. ]

Wh... What happened?!

[ And where the FUCK is Maya UHHHHH ]


(ooc: y'all can respond to this however you want and make any generic top levels you need!)

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[brokeforgood]

HOLY SHIT, H DOESNT SUCK ANYMORE!

[comeandfindme]

She- she'd- she was-

[ Sorry! Your Peregrine has experienced an error and needs to restart! ]

[mayavericks]

[Peregrine, you might have more important things to worry about! Namely, the raccoon that comes running in. Can raccoons look startled? Because you know, he kind of looks like he's seen a ghost?]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Well, at least one of us has to give it to the banana straight. Might as well be her.]

Maya was the culprit. She was under the effects of the motive - But at the last second, Janis and Hester saved her life... I think.

But her and Hester are both still back in the auditorium!

[mcfife]

[Angus is still trying to break down the door with Bruiser helping! By barking at the door.]

Maya- she!

[He's getting nowhere but it's a good emotional outlet.]

[musacal]

Wh-What?!

[defyingfrigidity]

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I... I'm not entirely sure???

[brokeforgood]

Oh my god! She was all like —- and Janis, she—- and then—- [Shes just doing a lot of sound effects and moving her hands a lot]

[fourbutts]

[ If anyone wants to talk to Janis, uh. She is currently lying on the ground. Is it very unfun to do in this swimsuit? Yes. Does she visibly care? Not even slightly. ]

[comeandfindme]

[ this raccoon is not ruddiger right, we know what ruddiger looks like, he looks like a blob of flesh and fur because farrah can't stop feeding him things that are bad for him but he loves who is this fucking raccoon

wait it's ruddiger. what's happening. ]

[musacal]

[ That. Is a lot for her to hear at once and she can't. Fully process it.

...Also she's throwing off the groundhog head she doesn't give a shit right now ]

W-Wait, what? Maya-chan... she what!?

[mayavericks]

[Rude as fuck. This is, in fact, a blob of flesh and fur that looks very annoyed now.

He'll pull on Peregrine's pantleg and head outside.]

[comeandfindme]

[ sorry baby i love you

Animals are empathetic. Janis is lying there on the floor and Peregrine wants to check on her, wants to do something with every explosive emotion that's inside her right now—

But she follows Ruddiger. Outside. ]

[mayavericks]

[The moment Peregrine heads outside, she'll hear it -- a pained scream, one that might just sound familiar considering everything. Regardless of whether she's able to follow the noise, Ruddiger takes her into the woods.

And from there into a clearing.

Where currently, Maya Tendo is still breathing. She's currently trying to force herself to her feet, using a sword. It's not her own, but rather one from the pit. And judging by the blood seeping from her leg, it's pretty obvious where it came from.]

[comeandfindme]

[ She follows Ruddiger, but mostly she follows the scream. Through the woods.

The trees are still there so we have to prepare to go back again—

She runs through the woods. Without the fearful gait she's had since waking up with the memories of her stupid, stupid mistakes (God she makes so many of those), she runs. She doesn't know if anyone's following her. She doesn't care.

And then— ]

Maya.

[ She breathes heavily. There are so many things to say. But instead, she just launches at her in the hug she wishes she'd given in the goddamn auditorium. ]

I love you. I'm sorry. I love you—

[ Like Sunday, all over again. ]

[mayavericks]

[Given that Maya is A) down a leg, B) in pain otherwise, and C), competely exhausted due to her ropes class from hell, there's no hope for her in terms of staying on her feet. She falls to the ground in a heap, dirt getting everywhere and probably in places it shouldn't be.

But she's alive. She doesn't know how, or what was done. Part of her is terrified for Hester, another part is terrified for Janis. But the part of her that mourned the loss of Peregrine, the damage done to their relationship, is so relieved. She buries her face within her hair.

Through the sobs, she manages:]

Not -- Not a curse. Never a curse.

[musacal]

[ Nana sees Peregrine follow Ruddiger and tries to go after her... when she also hears the scream.

And then she's running behind her. She didn't get to help with Maya this morning, couldn't even go to her side, and has been full of worry and anxiety ever since.

This time she doesn't care. She's going to Maya. She's going to one of her dearest dearest friends.

Peregrine already has her in the hug, so Nana just falls to her furry knees beside her. Already there are tears in her eyes. ]

M-Maya-chan!!!

[ Maya's here. Maya's back.

Maya's alive. ]

[musacal]

[ ]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[SHE's NOT A GROUNDHOG?!]

She killed Elle and Orpheus under the effects of a hallucination... And then she had to kill Eurydice when she attacked her.

It was, uh.... I'm sorry. We've been through a lot.

[As she can probably see.]

But before she was executed, I think Janis- [looks her way??] did something and saved her?

[musacal]

[ ]

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine still is only wearing her sleep shirt and her cloak. Her feet are positively covered in dirt and probably more than a little scratched up from how fast she ran. She looks down at Maya and runs her hands over her face, checking for any injuries as she just. Completely loses it, crying just like Maya. ]

Never— you can never do a- anything like— never— I'm so fucking— sorry, I'm so mad—

[ It's mostly little fragments. Someone should.......probably? Get her off of Maya? Since the girl has a leg that needs to be bandaged? ...And oh god, she'd only wrapped her stomach, she should probably have those sutures, she left her fucking backpack in the dorms— All these thoughts do somewhat occur to Peregrine! But she's too busy with the explosion of relief for any of it to matter, as she starts laying kisses on Maya's head.

It's been a long fucking day. ]

[mayavericks]

[Everything hurts. But gods, if she doesn't feel some semblance of relief staring up at Nana. She would have thought she'd never see those eyes again.]

I -- think I may have your mistake beaten, Nana-chan.

[fourbutts]

[ Raises a fist from where she is lying face-down. ]

Narrator shit, baby!

[ She half-yells, almost manic, directly into the floor. ]

[mayavericks]

Will you -- at least [She winces. She sobs. She laughs. She feels so many things at once.] -- Keep me around long enough to make amends?

[musacal]

You... You sure have! Y... You big idiot!!

[ Aaaaaand now she's fully crying, covering her eyes with the paws of her suit. ]