Pink hair and powerful punches

[Affiliated with Mamono Island] Marbella | 17 | Female | What's up world, my name's Bellarmina (Marbella or Bella for short) and I'm a kick butt transfer student at Mamono Academy.

[thatcher-grace]

“What happened to you?!”

“I thought I saw someone from my past, and I tripped down a hill when I was at the academy ruins.” Thatcher rubbed his forehead, blood streaking across his face. Thatcher couldn’t exactly figure out how to explain what he thought he saw to Bella. He was sure he would sound crazy. Besides, he didn’t want to worry her. He smiled up at her. 

“Let me give you a fair warning. Wear hiking shoes, and don’t run in the rain. Even if you think someone is chasing you.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

thatcher-grace:

Thatcher stared at the cat in her arms, so cute and sweet. It fit Bella. They looked like great friends. He didn’t know where to sit, so he stood there and stared. There were a hundred things he wanted to say. But Thatcher didn’t know where to begin. How could he?

“I hope I’m just seeing things. I really want it to be nothing more. I just…can’t get it out of my head. Seeing her there was awful.” He took a deep shuddering breath. Thatcher shook his head and tried to focus on something more pleasant. Instead, he decided to reach out and give Blake a pat on the head. He hadn’t met her before.

Bella patted the space on the couch next to her after he patted Blake. “Victoria’s gonna be upset that you smell like another cat.” She joked a little, “Yeah Blake? Your too cute for people to resist.” She kissed the top of the cat’s head, earning a small “mew” from the cat.

“Do you want to stay over for the night? It’s not easy to sneak up on me and...” She paused for a second, “Well, now that Kaoru’s gone, I have a spare room and lots of blankets. You could even bring Victoria over if you wanted”

[rogetmcullough]

Overstudy, Oversleepy

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

rogetmcullough:

“Oh… Spellbound? Yeah, I work there. I know of it.” he blurted out. “I’ve lived here for, uh, 4 years now? that’s about right.” Roget figured it was about that long, he had lost track honestly, with all the days blending together because of the endless rain.

Bella blushed a little at her mistake. “Oh wow. I mean, aside from the obvious people, I’ve never met anyone who’s lived here that long.” By the obvious people, she meant most of the supers and the island leaders. Maybe he was one too?

[thatcher-grace]

“What happened to you?!”

“I thought I saw someone from my past, and I tripped down a hill when I was at the academy ruins.” Thatcher rubbed his forehead, blood streaking across his face. Thatcher couldn’t exactly figure out how to explain what he thought he saw to Bella. He was sure he would sound crazy. Besides, he didn’t want to worry her. He smiled up at her. 

“Let me give you a fair warning. Wear hiking shoes, and don’t run in the rain. Even if you think someone is chasing you.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

thatcher-grace:

From the way she studied the forest, Thatcher wondered if Bella had amazing vision. If maybe she saw her waiting. Another chill traveled down his spine. Thatcher never thought he would see a hunter again until he did. Bella suddenly looked much older than seventeen, and though he’d never asked, he wanted to ask just how old she really was.

He let her lead him away, back to the apartments. “I probably should. It might help. But Bella, what if she really is here, and she’s joined the hunt again?” He glanced behind his shoulder. No one was following them, but the fear hadn’t left his system.

If she were a cat shifter, her tail would be on edge right now. She hadn’t sensed anything or anyone, but that didn’t mean that there wasn’t someone out there. There were ways of fooling the senses, Bella just didn’t want to think about them. Bella unlocked the door of her apartment, since it was closest, and brought him inside. Blake, chipper as ever, chirped her greeting at the two of them.

“You’re probably just seeing things. Ama and Rei wouldn’t let someone like that on the island. And if they did, it was completely one accident. They let humans on here all the time, but we still all go through applications and background checks.” She plopped down on the couch and picked Blake up, happier to be in the cat’s presence. She always calmed her nowadays. 

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s---” Not fine. Bella’s brain interrupted her for the fifth time since she’d started the “it’s fine” mantra. The pink haired girl sat in the doorway of the now empty room, Blake in her lap, futilely struggling with her owner’s fingers. The small ragdoll was not completely oblivious to the girl’s feelings, as she’d butt her head into Bella’s stomach whenever she got too lost in thought.

“It’s not fine, is it Blake?” Bella asked with a sniffle, “It’s not fine and you know that. But I don’t know that.” She stroked Blake’s fur, looking out across the room. There were scuff marks on the floor from  chairs and shelves being scooted around to make the perfect environment. So many signs of life, but that was all that was left. Just the signs.

Gathering up the ragdoll in her arms, Bella stood and shuffled over to the bed, placing Blake in one corner before flopping down herself. Her kitten snuffled and made her way up to Bella’s face before plopping back down with a satisfied mewl. It wasn’t fine now. But it would be fine later.

She would be fine later.

[thatcher-grace]

“What happened to you?!”

“I thought I saw someone from my past, and I tripped down a hill when I was at the academy ruins.” Thatcher rubbed his forehead, blood streaking across his face. Thatcher couldn’t exactly figure out how to explain what he thought he saw to Bella. He was sure he would sound crazy. Besides, he didn’t want to worry her. He smiled up at her. 

“Let me give you a fair warning. Wear hiking shoes, and don’t run in the rain. Even if you think someone is chasing you.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

thatcher-grace:

“I haven’t been sleeping well for the past few weeks. And I’ve tried all my usual tricks, including both well and poorly written literature and tea.” Even Victoria had tried to help, growing more distressed as her attempts at cuddling and being his generally adorable cat didn’t pay off. “Victoria tries to mother me. Trust me, you and Blake would never be free from her motherly grasp.”

Her words brought back his fall, and Thatcher felt himself shiver as the chill climbed up and down his spine. Part of him wanted to drop it. Saying it out loud would only make it real. “I…Bella…yes. I thought I saw one. I’m sure it wasn’t anything. I probably just imagined it. It just spooked me a little, that’s all. It probably wasn’t real. I just thought I saw her, that’s all.”

Her eyes flickered over the forest’s edge and she couldn’t help but tense automatically. A hunter like that on an island full of supers? It was like a homicidal kid in a candy store. But she was much older than him, and had a few more tricks up her sleeve than the young warlock would ever know about.

She wrapped a protective arm around his waist and started tugging them back towards the apartments. Specifically hers. “Do you wanna talk about it?”  Sympathetic blue eyes looked up at her much taller friend. “You seem pretty distressed.”

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[thatcher-grace]

“What happened to you?!”

“I thought I saw someone from my past, and I tripped down a hill when I was at the academy ruins.” Thatcher rubbed his forehead, blood streaking across his face. Thatcher couldn’t exactly figure out how to explain what he thought he saw to Bella. He was sure he would sound crazy. Besides, he didn’t want to worry her. He smiled up at her. 

“Let me give you a fair warning. Wear hiking shoes, and don’t run in the rain. Even if you think someone is chasing you.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

thatcher-grace:

Thatcher shrugged. He didn’t protest as Bella looked at the wound on his head, just one wound to complement his many forming bruises. “I just wanted to go for a walk alone. I haven’t been sleeping well, and I go out to the ruins sometimes to practice anyway, so I figured I’d be fine. And if I disappeared, I knew you would take care of Victoria for me. She does like you.”

He couldn’t help but crack a small smile at Bella’s disapproved look. It was nice that she cared. “I wasn’t expecting to see anyone. I just thought I did. It’s not a big deal, I’m sure.” That didn’t explain the terror he felt at the time, but Thatcher wasn’t about to just say it without thinking about it, or even how to describe just what had happened at the ruins. Bella was his best friend. He wasn’t about to make her worry anymore than necessary.

“You haven’t been sleeping well?” Bella searched his face for any hint of anything. Distress, sadness, anything at all. She knew too many sleepless nights, and she didn’t want them to happen to her friends. “Victoria would probably baby Blake with how small she still is.”

Something nagged her at the back of her mind and she couldn’t help but tense up a little. “Thatcher, did you see a hunter out there?” She didn’t even have to put the word ‘witch’ in front of it, he’d know what she meant. The island was safe. Ama and Rei wouldn’t let anyone like that ever set foot on Mamono.

[rogetmcullough]

Overstudy, Oversleepy

[rogetmcullough]

“Uh,  Grisham.  I love his book, The appeal. Quite the twist at the end.  Lots of suspense in the middle. Exciting.”  All the poor boy could focus on was if that was Bella’s real hair color…. Bright pink.

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

Bella couldn’t help but laugh a little. He was obviously very flustered, probably not used to people or the island yet. “Well we do have a pretty cool bookshop in town. How long have you lived here?” Out of habit, she smoothed down a piece of hair that somehow always managed to escape whatever hairstyle she was trying to pull off at the time. 

[rogetmcullough]

Overstudy, Oversleepy

[rogetmcullough]

Roget swallowed and nodded, “That’s what I keep trying to tell myself I’m spending thousands of dollars a semester on. What about you? Anything interesting” he said as he pushed some of his curly mop out of his eyes.

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“Currently no. I’m just a high school kid.” She laughed a little, “But Theater seems to be calling my name.” There was a sparkle in her eyes that just screamed ‘outgoing kid’. Theater would be the perfect place for her. “Who’s your favorite author?”

[kanorei-blog]

The cat giggled and picked up on of the demon masks, trying it on and turning to Bella. “What do you think? Good one on me?” She smiled brightly as she put it back, teeth glinting in the low lighting.

 “I’m glad you like it! It’s tough, I will admit… I get more help with the Western stuff. Our stuff is left to me.” She smiled, turning to glance around the area. It did turn out especially well this year, if she did say so herself. Maybe it was that Yama was back and helping again, and having his shrine around made the energy extra special. “I’m not so sure I have too strong of a connection to home anymore, but I agree. It’s very nice.”

Rei laughed, gesturing to the stack of empty plates building up in her hand. “Oh, I’m havin’ plenty of fun. Have you tried out any of the games yet?”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“Where do they get these things? What demon actually looks like that?” Bella laughed a little bit. She’d only encountered a few, but they all looked relatively human to her.

She took in a deep breath, ingraining the smells of the festival into her mind so she’d remember them until next time. It tickled memories at the back of her mind; of festivals long gone and a nights spent under the stars with a certain kitsune. “It’s like I’m a kid again.”

“Have you tried all the foods already?” Bella hid a laugh in the sleeve of her yukata. “No, I was about to try to snag myself a goldfish though.”

[kanorei-blog]

Falling Sun was always so fun! Sure, it was a royal bitch to organize, but it left the island buzzing with a happy energy before the chill set in, and Rei herself with a full stomach every night. Putting it on could be bittersweet, adding the traditional elements to her current lifestyle, homesickness thicker in her chest than normal. Nearly a thousand years and she still couldn’t get over it all. How pathetic. 

She wandered the more traditional stalls, decked out in her favorite yukata, stuffing takoyaki in her mouth as she walked. She spotted a head of pink hair and a pretty print on thick cotton near a mask stall and rushed over to talk to Bella. 

“That dango stall is the best, isn’t it? I hope you’re having fun.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“Rei!” Her gleeful voice sounded off from behind a kitsune mask. Bella moved it off her face so she could beam the bakeneko a bright smile. “It is! I could almost cry. I haven’t been to a festival in years.” The warm orange glow of the lanterns bounced off her skin a bit, making Bella glow too.

“How you manage to do this is beyond me. And the Western parts seem fun too! It should make El and the others really happy to have a piece of home. I know I’m happy to have a piece of home.” She made a mental note to buy some lanterns to launch later as she eyed the lanterns from another booth.

“I hope you’re enjoying yourself too and not just running around worrying about things.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

Oh it was beautiful. Bella would have skipped through the stalls if she could, but the yukata she was wearing was a bit too restricting for that. It was a beautiful sight to see; a mix of her culture and western culture. The pink haired girl stopped at a booth for dango, her face lighting up as the person running the booth handed her the skewered, sticky confection. It wasn’t often that she was able to have something like this, since she had never had any luck finding the ingredients at the store.

“Oishī~” She brushed the powder off her face, still grinning as she headed over to what appeared to be a mask stall. Kitsune masks had always been her favorite for some reason.

[thatcher-grace]

“What happened to you?!”

“I thought I saw someone from my past, and I tripped down a hill when I was at the academy ruins.” Thatcher rubbed his forehead, blood streaking across his face. Thatcher couldn’t exactly figure out how to explain what he thought he saw to Bella. He was sure he would sound crazy. Besides, he didn’t want to worry her. He smiled up at her. 

“Let me give you a fair warning. Wear hiking shoes, and don’t run in the rain. Even if you think someone is chasing you.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“Thatcher!” She scolded, tugging him down by the collar slightly so she could examine the head wound. “What were you doing around the ruins anyway? That place attracts so many creatures, you could’ve been killed.” Bella clicked her tongue.

She had such a disapproving look on her face, but she was glad he was at least a little okay. “Who would you see all the way out here? This island is so remote that you would’ve run into them in town, not the woods.”

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

It’s just me!

“No!” She shouted, scrambling herself back into a corner of the balcony. Her arms came over her head to shield herself. The small snake girl was whimpering in fear. Her bright blue eyes glimmered with tears. The woman standing before her. She was dead. She was supposed to be dead! Right? Humans couldn’t live this long.

“Y-You can’t be here! You can’t!” There was a tremor in her voice, anger overshadowed by fear. Seeing her here... Oh it made her shake and all the scars on her back sting painfully.

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[thatcher-grace]

“You’re a monster”

“I…” Thatcher reached a hand out, and left it in midair. It filled the empty space between them/ The floor felt as if it had fallen beneath him and the weight of her words crushed his very being. Thatcher had been called a lot of things in his life. But a monster was the one insult she could give that shocked him to his very core. 

“I’m sorry you think that. Please, Bella. Just leave me alone then.”

Even she saw what a monster he was. Not that he could hide it for long. 

[thatcher-grace]

Thatcher nodded, watching the furious rain smack onto the pavement and plants outside. He should have grabbed an umbrella before he left. Then again, he wasn’t expecting to go running today either. 

“If you want to leave, I can try to move the water around us,” he offered. 

[bellarmina-marbella-greyling]

“We could make a blind run for it, if you think you won’t slip again.” She said with a stupid grin. Despite the shoe on her face, she’d still seen him fall. “Or take one of the prop umbrellas.”

She’d known there were umbrellas in here the whole time, she just hadn’t wanted to use them. Not yet at least. Lazing about in the theater department, where the energy was good and everything felt familiar, it felt nice.