You laugh until you cry; you cry until you laugh

[sailorgenerous]

Who: Virgo musicians - Ghost Quest people and their friends
What: When eight musicians go missing, what happens to those left behind? What happens when those eight come back far worse for the wear?
When: Feb 1st-3rd and after
Where: Virgo HQ
Warnings: Talk of torture, violence, brainwashing, etc. It's ugly in here, folks.

The past three days have not been kind. The hauntings were odd, yes, but when your friends went missing without warning or a trace - well.

How have you been coping? Have you been coping?

And then they came back just as suddenly, and...it looks like your worries were not unfounded.

This isn't good, is it.

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[sponsorigami]

[ Ivan nods. The origami starts to collapse against itself a little like an accordion. It's easy to lose the order at first, but then it just repeating the same fold sequence over and over to make the individual petal blossoms. ]

[giglio_madonna]

[Repetition is soothing, a white noise she doesn't have to worry about. Eventually, after a few petals-]

How many more, do you think?

[sponsorigami]

Not too many. We can start putting the flower together in a moment.

[ He inspects his origami piece from a few angles and compares it to the diagram. Yes, they can put together the flower soon. ]

[giglio_madonna]

Good... [As she gets to work on the last few petals, Luce hums.] Thank you again, Ivan.

[sponsorigami]

Anytime.

[ It feels better to say than "You're welcome." He'll do whatever he can for her. ]

You can add my origami flower to yours. It could have company.

[giglio_madonna]

I can put them around my room. It'd be nice, I think.

[sponsorigami]

[ With the flower done, Ivan nibbles on some of the snacks he brought over. ]

Would you like me to show you how to fold some other flowers?

[giglio_madonna]

Oh? [She glances back up to him again, twirling one of the flowers in her hand.] How many do you know?

[sponsorigami]

I don't know. The more I fold, the more I seem to remember and want to fold more.

Is it possible to be addicted to origami?

[giglio_madonna]

I think that's what we normally call "passionate about a hobby", Ivan.

[sponsorigami]

[ He hasn't paid too much attention to what he's doing with his hands, just folding a sheet without much thought, but when he looks down, he's folded a cherry blossom. Well, then. ]

What do you think? Should I fold some to put in my hair and change up my style?

[ He holds it up to his hair. ]

[giglio_madonna]

I can do it up for you right now, if you'd like.

[Leaning back, she tilts her head to the side curiously.]

That shade of pink does fit you so well, after all.

[sponsorigami]

Do you have a way to do so without a clip or something?

[ Moms are so resourceful. ]

[giglio_madonna]

Well, if you don't mind me fiddling with your hair a little... I think I could work something out.

[And it'd be more focused work to keep her mind clear.]

[sponsorigami]

I don't. I'm curious to see what you'll do.

[ He sits up straighter and tries to hold still. ]

[giglio_madonna]

[Taking the flower, she moves around the table to patiently start working it all together. It's a good thing that Ivan's hair isn't extremely short. That means, with a little patience, she can get some of the strands tied through the paper to keep it in place.]

It's not very stable, and a clip would probably keep it in place better, but still.

[sponsorigami]

I want to see what it looks like.

[ Ivan stands up, excited... and a little too quickly. Flop. The flower ends up on the floor. ]

... Oops.

[giglio_madonna]

[Shaking her head fondly, she kneels down to get the flower again.]

No need to rush.

[sponsorigami]

[ Ivan goes still again. He wants to see what he looks like with Mom's styling. ]

[giglio_madonna]

[Patiently, she works through his hair again.]

There... And slower, this time.

[sponsorigami]

[ Ivan moves as slow as possible to the point where it looks like he's not moving at all... ]

[giglio_madonna]

...A little faster would be alright, dear. I'm not sure you're actually moving right now.

[sponsorigami]

[ He moves to stand a little faster, but it'll probably be faster to bring him a hand mirror or take a picture with a cell phone. ]

[giglio_madonna]

[She's starting to realize. Shaking her head, she starts to move to the bathroom.]

Have a hand mirror, dear?

[sponsorigami]

[ Her son. ]

Uh... try the drawer in the bathroom. I don't really use one.

[ Messy windswept looking hair is kind of his thing, after all. ]