I won't pretend that I intend to stop living

[mildwildchild]

Who: erryone in Pride
What: recovering from the events of December 7
When: late December 7/early December 8 - ???
Where: Pride HQ and wherever else they're allowed to go
Warnings: Carnies? references to I Will Twist the Knife


So maybe you've just gotten back from the most mellow kidnapping ever and you're itching to tell your bandmates about what went on with the cool helmeted guys while everyone else was at that stuffy party. Unfortunately, you'll have to wait a little while to tell them, but that's okay - surely you can keep yourselves occupied until everyone else returns.

Or maybe you're one of those who wound up at that party of Naomi's, and your night was a little less fun. Now you're back at HQ, possibly with mended physical injuries and almost certainly with a few new psychological scars. Now's your chance to check in on your friends and bandmates who missed out on all the trauma and deal with things as best you can.

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Molly (Maki) | OTA

[nandemonai]

[Molly is a little dazed and confused as she shuffles back into Pride Records HQ. someone had tried to kill her. twice, if Rei's theories were correct. and then there was that whole thing with Naomi and Lesedi and she just... has no idea what has been going on. she may not have any injuries to speak of, but she is rather young, barely a teenager. what she saw does have an impact on her.

her stomach in knots, Molly ventures towards one of the studios so that she can find a piano. she... just needs to play. needs some comfort. then she'll head back to her penthouse to find the others... she should probably do that first, but she's not in her right mind now]

[wounds]

[He runs into her as she goes towards a studio.

He hasn't slept in a while, his arm is in a cast and generally he doesn't look in top shape. Then again, it seems like nobody can really say that right now.

He's glad to see Molly still in one piece- she wasn't in the lab room either.]

How are you?

[nandemonai]

[she and Genos keep running into each other, sometimes almost literally! it's kind of strange, but she's glad to see him, too.

until her eyes settle on that cast. worriedly, she lifts her gaze to him] What happened?

[wounds]

[Pride HQ is only so big, and all the bands live here.]

I broke it. [Because somebody from Virgo pushed him off a balcony, but Molly doesn't need to know that. She's probably stressed enough from whatever happened to her that night.]

Don't worry about it.

[nandemonai]

[her shoulders droop and she nods. she won't ask him how it got broken, because maybe she doesn't want to know.

her eyes drift downward again]

That party... It was really crazy. I think some people were trying to hurt me.

[wounds]

[A lot of Virgos were trying to hurt Pride members, that's true.]

It was. You're still up and about though, that's important.

[nandemonai]

[she nods at that, rubbing her arm]

And you are too. [she looks up at him again, unsure of what to say. she really is glad to see him...] How are your bandmates?

[wounds]

They're alright.

[Well, they're not injured anymore.]

How are yours?

[nandemonai]

Kido was hurt pretty bad, I think. I... didn't get to see the others before we were forced out of that. Um... Laboratory? I was on my way to meet up with them.

[wounds]

[He nods.]

I was in the lab helping as much as I could.

[nandemonai]

You were helping? Doing what? [she couldn't even imagine helping out in that place]

[wounds]

I'm... not really sure. Santiago led me in.

[nandemonai]

[oh. Molly cringes at the name. she still remembers what Lesedi did that night. she saw it!] Well, I'm just glad you're all right, even after all that...

[punchesyu]

[They're back at HQ. If being teleported here isn't the weirdest thing he'd ever experienced on Tera, he'd be lying. It's jarring, and he tries to make his way back to his own penthouse. It's slow going for him though, recovering has made him weak, and he is stopped by the sound of a piano in one of the studios.

He opens the door slowly to the studio she's playing in, stopping to listen for a second in the doorway. He wonders if he should even bug her now, but she looks as bothered as he feels, so he steps inside regardless. Yosuke waits until she stops playing before saying anything.]

Yo...didn't know you played more than the flute. [Despite how tired he looks and sounds, he tries to be a little uplifting. Even tries to smile a bit.]

[nandemonai]

[teleporting was weird for Molly too. everything that happened tonight had been weird, from her talk with Rei all the way up to Lesedi ripping Naomi's heart out. she kind of wanted to just curl up and sleep, but Molly feared that if she closed her eyes, she would see that scene before her again.

when she starts playing, Molly doesn't know quite what is. it's one of the tunes that keep picking at her, an earworm she cannot get out of her head. but she quite likes it, and she is so focused on the music and the peace it brings her, she doesn't hear Yosuke enter the studio.

then he speaks and she jumps. she clutches at her heart, turning to gasp at him] You scared me!

[punchesyu]

S-Sorry!

[He holds his hands up in apology, even though that was kind of funny. He wonders if she scares really easily if something like that would make her jump. It actually helps to improve his mood a little.]

Didn't mean to sneak up on ya like that. I guess that song just caught my attention.

[nandemonai]

[well, Molly did just witness some scary things. she's still on edge. her posture relaxes once she sees who is there. and then she turns around to face him, getting to her feet immediately]

...Yosuke! Are you okay?

[punchesyu]

[His expression softens a little, it saddens a little, but he tries not to look too down considering that she's concerned for him and he's alive.]

As okay as I'm gunna be, I guess. [It's a lot to take in.] What about you? You didn't get...

[He can't say it. It's too soon for that.]

[nandemonai]

[Molly understands what he's asking, and she shakes her head, moving closer to him. she's glad he's safe]

I'm not hurt. ...There was... I think some people were trying to hurt me? But I was lucky.

[punchesyu]

I heard there was some fighting between Virgo and Pride members. But I didn't think they were trying to kill us...but that doesn't make any sense! Why would they try to do that?

[It's a frustrating thought, one that'll bug him until he figures it out.]

[nandemonai]

[Molly leans against the wall, crossing her arms over her stomach]

How should I know? [she's not snapping at him, but she doesn't know anymore than Yosuke does. in fact, she might even know less. it's weird, and just makes her question getting into this business] I just wish I could go home for the holidays.

[punchesyu]

It would be a lot easier if we could just do that and forget this even happened...

But now I'd be afraid of someone following you home. Maybe it's better we stay here for now. [He's not sure if he believes what he's saying, considering their boss is a psychotic murderer.]

[nandemonai]

[oh... Molly hadn't even thought about that, people following her. she bites her lip, looking down at her shoes]

...Have you talked to Rei at all? Did she... [did she try to kill anyone, is what Molly wants to ask, but she doesn't dare. she couldn't imagine Rei doing such a thing!]

[punchesyu]

...I haven't talked to her since I passed out on the floor. I don't think she was doing anything shady...I don't even know if she's alive right now.

[He immediately regrets saying that. Horrible thoughts float into his head, and he grimaces and fumbles to look for his phone. He opens it, not seeing any messages, but he's too scared to text her or call right this second. He doesn't want to know, not right now, if she's dead. He doesn't want to call and not have her answer. He hasn't even had time to collect himself yet. He's not even sure if what happened was real. But when he puts himself together, he'll blow her phone the hell up.]

[nandemonai]

[still looking down, Molly nods. she's not ready to pick up the phone yet either. she wants to talk to her band first]

I talked to her at the party for a little while. She... She was acting so strangely, but i think she was trying to help me.