𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒓

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝑖 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒.

𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯, n̸o̸ s̸y̸s̸t̸e̸m̸, 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐼 𝑎𝑚 〘𝑎𝑙𝑙〙 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

/ I feel bad for keeping people waiting so long for replies,, my muse for mari tanked so hard and i am trying to revive her I promise!!

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

it's you, silly.

[𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘦.ᐟ ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ @BittyBotMaeve]

IT TOOK ME TOO LONG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WAS

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

I see her everywhere I go.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

.ᐟ .ᐟ .ᐟ .ᐟ

GRACIAS

i am old. * 😔

[𝘿𝙧. 𝙈. 𝙊'𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙖 🏳️‍⚧️ @DrM_Ohara]

@HACKEDBYMJ Happy Birthday!

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 .ᐟ

𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚊, 𝚖𝚑𝚖.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( the ai beams brightly. of course she would .ᐟ he's funny when he's all prickly and huffy. a little map pops up on a holo screen beside his face, little ink dots blinking over it. )

𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚘𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝. . .

[ً @ARACHN0HARA]

you’d prob’ly do it jus’ for fun, anyway. ( she’s lucky he isn’t still in his robe, or he’d have to turn back around before he accidentally showed up and showed * too much. ) wait, tell me * where m’s’posed t’buy the— the hats.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( said birthday girl makes her way into the café in a bit of a rush, arms full of bags. )

buenas .ᐟ i stopped by a flea market down the street and found some cute mugs and——

oh.

( she looks at the flowers and the coffee, blinking. )

[𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘦.ᐟ ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ @BittyBotMaeve]

flowers and a coffee she made herself wait oh so patiently for the birthday girl to show up to the cafe. 🌺 @HACKEDBYMJ

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸'𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

( she blinks over to the door, flailing her little arms )

𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘 .ᐟ 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢—

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( the view of him scrambling up seemed to satisfy the little figure, her head nodding. it would indeed delay the inevitable——she would insist and, knowing mari, it would make her laugh enough to be deemed worth it. )

𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 .ᐟ

[ً @ARACHN0HARA]

i * have a calendar, lyla keeps track of everything——it’s * what today?! ( elusive, always, when it comes to personal details. and miguel thought he’d been long past celebrations——at least none for him——but mai’s insistence has him staggering

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚠𝚑— 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛, 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 .ᐣ .ᐟ

𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 .ᐟ 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 .ᐟ

( little hologram balloons and noise makers pop up, confetti glitching around her )

[ً @ARACHN0HARA]

an important—— … party hat? for what? lyla, what’s she talking about? you don’t know?

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞. . .𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚊, 𝚝𝚘𝚘 .ᐟ

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 .ᐟ

𝚞𝚙, 𝚞𝚙, 𝚞𝚙 .ᐟ

[ً @ARACHN0HARA]

why is mari's holoagent in my Home nagging at me to follow her.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( she blinks. slow. tired. )

you'll keep watch .ᐣ

[𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘦.ᐟ ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ @BittyBotMaeve]

(flops her head over to meet mari's exhausted gaze.)

three da—? mari that's insane.

y'wanna try to sleep and i keep watching or something?

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( she turns her head to look at her. her hazel eyes were darker than usual. )

haven't slept. 3 days. tired. scared of nightmares.

[𝘔𝘢𝘦𝘷𝘦.ᐟ ݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ @BittyBotMaeve]

diva down.

(flops on the ground next to her like a blob.)

why are we dying on the floor?

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( she's on the floor, grumbling. )

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

help. dying. kupo.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛. . .

𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜. 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏.

( her head tilts. )

𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 .ᐣ

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( m.a.i. grins, clapping her hands together, regardless of no sound coming from it. )

𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 .ᐣ 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊, 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚝.

𝚘𝚑 .ᐟ

𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚖𝚢. . .

[ً @genuintels]

( curiosity’s quicker to take over caution. a girl of the future, always eager to push forward. something about it reminds her of discord’s attack. the whole of the city connected to the grid, easy to traverse. ) well, of course.

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

𝚜𝚘, 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎. . .

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( m.a.i. watches so closely. somewhere, there is information piling up, little by little, about this encounter. she wonders, idly, whether or not any of it will prove important. . .either way, she's having fun.

she blinks away from her hand, projects atop the screen. )

[ً @genuintels]

( the shakes: rhapsody, shriek, mr. ed; black lotus, dragonflower, cocaine. cyberspace high. rapture. something behind her eyes shutters closed. ) careful as anybody can be.

i like——jesus, how’re you * projecting? what’s your hardware? * where?

[𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒛 — ᴍᴊ ₊ ⊹ @HACKEDBYMJ]

( she blinks back to xina, pointing up towards the lights. )

𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗’ 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

( she makes a show of finding another seat, a little smile on her face. )