[Open] I'm looking through a hole in the sky

[mincingminuet]

WHO: Penelope Raban and You
WHERE: All Over Recolle!
WHEN: All Through November
WHAT: Event Catch All, with open prompts for Penelope's recent regains.
WARNINGS: Possible language, mentions of violent memories.




I November 3rd

[The skies over Apprassage are generally the last place a person can expect to hear the noise of low flying aircraft, but today seems to be an exception. A dull, almost muted whine emanates from up above, not sound enough to be a nuisance but enough to catch attention. Look up and spot a small ship whisking along at a good clip. Follow it and eventually it will set down at the grocery store or Penelope's house, and out climbs Penelope! Say hi maybe?

Friends and acquaintances who happen to be out and about can actually expect the craft to come to a halt not too far off, and a small loudspeaker crackles to life.]

Hey sailor...going my way?

[The bottom port hole slides open at that, almost invitingly, if you trust Pen to fly you around...]


II November 4th-November 23rd:

[Well far be it for Penelope to pass up a chance to have a little fun with turkeys. Donning a capotain like any good pilgrim, and an old witch hunter costume she'd worn to a Ren Faire a few years ago, she's out in search of poultry and their eggs. The campus is her first stop, but she'll eventually end up in Tisse, Hollingberry Field, and various other places! With a net slung over one shoulder, a go-pro attached to a shoulder strap, and a mischievous grin, she's off on a quest.

Help her find eggs, or ask why she's dressed up? Or maybe just roll with it when she comes running up to help you deal with an aggressive bird...]


III All Month Long:

[One thing Pen hasn't done in a while is go out in search of victims for pranks. Or helpers. She doesn't post low effort Vine style videos on her channel too often, but sometimes you just gotta. Camera rolling, she heads to the streets, approaching friends and strangers alike. With a smile and a wave to announce herself, she hustles on up.]

Hey! Got a sec to help me with something?



IV November 25th:

[The strange shifts in businesses going on around Recolle City weren't exactly unnoticed, but for some reason Pen had never considered that it might actually affect her. Not until she went down to the post office to check her business PO Box and got a letter from an unexpected source. One of the stipend checks that her sponsor sent out, right on time. Only...instead of the Fuji Industries logo, it was stamped with an unfamiliar one.

Heading outside, she plunked down on a bench and just stared at it, mumbling to herself...]

...What the hell. When did this even happen?


V Wildcard!

[OOC: Prompts for some things will be added in the comments for specific people as the month progresses. But if you want to do something that I don't have listed here feel free to drop me a comment or PM me at intercession and we can make it happen!]

Comments

[mincingminuet]

It is.

[Gross but still...love is love.]

I hope you feel some better about it, Hime. I know it's scary but it's...yeah. It's reality.

[lastcomfort]

...M-Mmm...

[ Her mood clearly dampens a bit. She looks down at her lap. ]

I-Is it...is it all real? For...for real, real?

[mincingminuet]

Yes. Or...okay.

[Unbuckling as they reach a hovering point, Pen puts both hands on her cousin's shoulders.]

It was real in the past life, and some of it is real now. I don't know about all the crazy monsters and stuff in the other world, but I know that the powers and such are real. And the memories are.

And hell, they're freaky, but you know they aren't gonna hurt you.

[lastcomfort]

...

[ And the memories are...

They're real. What she saw, what she felt--

--how is that possible? ]

...P-Pen...

[ They aren't gonna hurt you. ]

...Do you remember the monster that you fought? That you and Tons fought because of me?

[mincingminuet]

[Okay, that reaction isn't a good one. Pen frowns and pulls her face back enough to study Orihime more closely.

Clearly something else was on her mind now...]

Yes. I do. I couldn't forget that.

[lastcomfort]

[ This is what she's been meaning to talk about, but really hasn't wanted to. She wanted to dream about being a sky pirate! That would be so much fun. Or even just eating the world's biggest jelly donut. Why not that?

Orihime looks up, much more somber than her usual self. ]

I know what it was following me...why he was following me.

[ She exhales slowly. ]

The other me? That...that was my brother.

[mincingminuet]

[Quietly, Pen undoes the buckles holding Orihime down and pulls her upright. Into a hug. A hug she clearly needs after a statement like that. That rattles her, more than it probably has any right to. It's not her brother, not Frank or the others. But still.]

I'm sorry.

[It's all she can think to say, but she says it again.]

I'm really sorry, Orihime. That thing...? You mean to say it was your brother, or something like your brother's ghost?

[lastcomfort]

[ She does need the hug. She needs it pretty badly. So she doesn't hesitate to return it, wrapping her arms around Penelope and trying to hold herself together as she looks over her cousin's shoulder.

She nods, taking a deep breath. ]

Yes...he died. And...and he thought I forgot about him. I think that's why he was--

[ That. ]

[mincingminuet]

[Pen just does her best to envelope the bigger girl then, holding tight and rubbing her back slowly and surely.]

Well, he wasn't right. And he's gone. That was...just something in the fog, Orihime.

[Granted fog or no, she's still scared shitless of Famfrit and Cid, but that's not important.]

I'm sure that you wouldn't forget about your brother without something really going wrong. Like magic, or amnesia.

[lastcomfort]

[ Just something in the fog... ]

No...I don't want to think I would either.

[ Orihime wants to be a good sister, but she finds it hard to believe something would be that hurt or upset without good reason. ]

But what if he was right? I haven't seen anything else with him...

[mincingminuet]

Then something happened.

[That's...really the only reasonable explanation.]

You aren't a forgetful person, and you are nothing if not kind. Based on what we know about you, the only logical explanation is that you were traumatized by the death and blocked it out, or that something like a blow to the head or supernatural made you forget.

[lastcomfort]

...

[ Penelope really believes that, doesn't she? It's comforting, but...also, has she ever been wrong? ]

Y-Yes. That has to be it, doesn't it?

[ She smiles, slight as it is, and rubs the corner of her eye. ]

[mincingminuet]

[Why wouldn't she believe that? She does have strong hopes for and opinions about Orihime though, and she is completely biased.]

It does. There's no question about it.

[She is emphatic, in fact.]

[lastcomfort]

[ Orihime pulls back a little, nodding and putting on a stronger face. ]

Still...to think that someone could become like that for any reason...it's like a horror movie.

[mincingminuet]

Well, it's a mystery we'll solve with time, I think.

[time and more memories.]

[lastcomfort]

...You're right. I shouldn't worry too much...

[ She'll try not to, at least. IF she has things to distract her... ]

I'm sorry for bringing the mood down. L-Let's go back to the flight! That's way nicer to think about.