i dont like him.

won't somebody come soon...? won't somebody come soon... mary - freshman - dormroom N-2

[falsifiedrose]

i like to draw, too ! [closed&kise]

[thunderpeace]

As much as Yayoi hated being prideful in her art, she  could definitely tell she was better than this girl. Not even by a small amount, a quite significant margin. She was better than Asuka, though, so that was a plus. “Oh no, this isn’t that great! I don’t really draw this kind of stuff often, and I-I’m not that pretty!” she blushed and rubbed her cheek, greatly embarrassed by her compliments. “You’re picture is good too! How long have you been drawing? I mean, you can’t have been doing this very long, right?”“

Yayoi could feel her palms begining to sweat, fearing that she’d greatly insulted the girl. Was she like Asuka, and wasn’t aware how…rather poor her art was? She wouldn’t cry like Yayoi would when people told her her art was bad…right? She decided her best option was to backtrack to her art. “I’m not really  happy with this picture, though. I feel like a lot of people will call me kind of arrogant for drawing myself in such a, erm, pretty way? I’m not exactly an idol, after all.” she laughed,trying to put the picture back into her bag.

[falsifiedrose]

It didn't surprise her.

Kise's art is amazing in Mary's eyes. It's only natural, Mary's own skill is much lower on the scale, only recently moving along to the more practical art mediums, not just crayons which she was so used to using. Her mind is at a crossroad-- one side felt a little hurt. It felt a bit like she was being belittled because of how poor her artwork seems compared to Kise's. On the other hand, look at her.

Kise, the girl whom, when she first spoke to her, was stuttering quite a bit. Her comfort must have hit a nice level.

"I-I never really used these kinds of drawing things before. I used to draw with crayons! I never touched a pencil before."

It felt silly to admit. With pencils as a medium, her doodles looked far more juvenile than she'd be willing to admit. It's best to stick to crayons. 

"I don't get it, though. You look pretty in the picture, and the picture is pretty!! Why don't you like it? It looks good!"

Let's minus the fact that Mary doesn't know what 'arrogant' means.

[falsifiedrose]

lots of new faces !

[monstrouscuriosity-deactivated2]

[ how long, exactly, had she been meandering around like this? surely, it had to be almost one hour, twenty-seven minutes, and some seconds. yes, that did sound about right. ]

[ this new outfit, no, this new body in its entirety, sure was something! perhaps, it seemed, that she had gotten to use to her previous appearance, to how that appearance affected humans that she, saya, was truly feeling foreign amongst these humans. was she truly “normal” looking to them, now? ]

[ she must have been, lest someone wouldn’t have called out to her. she spun around quickly, surprised at the notion of someone wishing to converse with her. it was a girl, a pretty, smiling, young girl. just like she must appear herself. ]

“ ma.. ry.. “

[ that voice, that was her new voice.. it would take some getting used to. this whole change would. ]

“ friends.. ? “

[ friends — friendship. that was, a positive relationship between beings that allowed gratuitous amounts of social interaction. fuminori had had friends, didn’t he? yes.. friends, from what fuminori used to say from times prior to his accident, friends seemed.. well, they quite wonderful! ]

“ i am.. saya. let’s be fr.. iends.. mary! “

[falsifiedrose]

"Mhm! Friends!"

The girl she spoke too, she spoke so softly. Almost timidly. Mary couldn't help but be even a little curious of her-- if not more anxious to befriend her. Friends are something she'd kill for. Literally, she would kill someone if it would mean making a new friend. It was just another concept she fails to understand. The mind of a functional human being eludes her, however, she is content with her own state of mind.

The blonde assuming a proper, stiffened stance, her smile widened further. The stranger introduced herself as Saya-- a pretty name if she'd say so, herself!

"OK! Nice to meet you, Saya! From now on, we're friends!"

There's no stopping Mary once her excitement elevates. She couldn't even help resisting to bounce on the balls of her feet.

[falsifiedrose]

lots of new faces !

"Wow, so many people...!"

To a girl whom has never seen the outside world until recently, crowds of students surprised her. The most she was used to were lifelike artworks, mannequin heads and headless statues whom would parade as her only friends for the longest of times. Tancho's existence (as well as her's) is a godsend, a relief-- a chance for her to make healthier friends.

She wore her brightest smile, her stance proper, upright, hands behind her.

"My name's Mary! Let's be friends, OK?"

[falsifiedrose]

i like to draw, too ! [closed&kise]

[thunderpeace]

Yayoi quickly became flustered, not sure whether to show the picture to her or not. She’d either think she was some weirdo who liked to pretend to be a super hero, or maybe even that she was some kind of super hero. Which in some respects she was. Her hand shaking a mile a minute, she decided that she might as well let her see. She slid her hand away slowly, revealing a picture of her as “Princess Peace”. She’d planned to draw the rest of the PreCures, but just doing herself such an incredible amount of time.

“It’s not very good, most of my art really isn’t very good. I’ve only been working on it for a few days, a-and it still needs a lot of work done!” she muttered, her face turning a shade of pink that could only be compared to a flower, and she gave a laugh so unconvincing that she could practically feel this girl cringing. “I’m sure your art is much better, there isn’t much to see here.

[falsifiedrose]

Poor girl. Mary's excited nature must've scared Kise a bit. Mary felt bad, now backing off only a little bit. She still wants to see the drawing. Showing off artwork seems like such a prideful thing to do-- it made no sense to Mary that someone would be so tentative about it.

Mary took one peek and was awestruck.

"Woowwww!!!! Wow, you're really good!"

It looked just like Kise, too, if not more... stylish? Is that the right word? A curious expression marks Mary's face as she spoke up again. "Did you draw yourself like a superhero girl? It makes you look so pretty!!!"

"I'm not nearly as good, but I'll show you my drawings just like I promised!!" 

Mary didn't let Kise have a say in whether she still wanted to or not, Mary skipping to her table, fumbling in her back for a tiny book. She flipped through. Dozens of drawings (mostly in crayon) were scattered to and fro, the girl only stopping when she found one of her liking. She ran back to Kise's table, laying the book down so she could see.

A drawing of herself, Ib, and Garry, all with roses-- crudely drawn, reminiscent of a child.

"I hope I get to be really good at drawing...!"

[falsifiedrose]

i like to draw, too ! [closed&kise]

[thunderpeace]

Yayoi often stayed late after art class to take advantage of the free supplies that were available to her. Once in a while another student stayed, but they were generally quiet and ignored her when they did. She’d become better at showing people her art lately, and had even taken the initiative to ask for her professor’s opinion on a manga she’d drawn. She could attribute it mostly to Asuka after she had a relapse of anxiety regarding her art upon coming to Tancho.

The current picture she was working on was actually a drawing of the PreCure’s Princess form. Lately she’d found herself rather melancholy since she hadn’t even been able to send her friends letters. Most of her attempts to keep the attention of another student long enough to actually become friends had failed horribly.

She’d happily been minding her own art as the bell finally rung when she heard someone approaching her. Too nervous to look, she hoped it was just the teacher trying to remind her that the class had already ended, as he often did.  Of course, when the stranger finally piped up, it was a fellow student.

“Whatcha drawing?”

Dropping her pencil and tensing up for a moment, she turned to look at the other girl. She looked to be about her age, and even was fairly close in height unlike a lot of other students. At first, she’d covered the page with her hands, but decided that she would never get over this issue if she didn’t take baby steps.

“Uh, well, it’s a picture of my friends and I.” she stuttered, trying to figure out how to explain why she was drawing them in such ridiculous attire. As adorable as she found the form, a lot of people might think it looked odd.

[falsifiedrose]

Did she scare her, Mary wondered. Her chin lifted off the desk, brows knitting together. She must've approached her too quickly. Poor Mary didn't understand the value of taking it slowly, instead approaching something head-on with all the charisma she had. Too much? Most likely.

Regardless of worries, Mary kept her best smile on. She's going to try and make new friends at the very least! There's no use over worrying over the wrong things said, right?

"Ohh, cool," Mary chirped, hopping back on her two feet once again. A lot of students took art just for the sake of an easy grade. Mary loved to draw. Kise must like to draw too. Already common ground! Exciting!!

"Can I see? Pretty please?"

That's pushing it a tiny bit, Mary.

"I can show you some of my drawings, too! I love drawing. I love it a lot!!"

[falsifiedrose]

i like to draw, too ! [closed&kise]

Class was out now. As the teacher gave his final lectures, the students began to weed out one by one. The teacher himself would soon follow suite, leaving whatever students chose to linger behind to their own.

Mary loved art class. She loved to draw, albeit she wasn't very good at it. The young girl really did hope to improve one day, and if she kept at it, she would surely see signs of getting better, right? That's what she was hoping for. Until then, she will keep practicing.

The friends she's already made were leaving the school. It felt pretty bad the more she thought about it-- no, she could make new friends. Mary was freed from the gallery. Now isn't the time to succumb to a little loneliness. Look at her, surrounded by young boys and girls roughly her age, all waiting to be friends with her. The thought itself excited her.

Another girl stayed behind, it looks like. Was she too into her drawing and didn't notice the bell ring? Or was she like her, and didn't have to take another class afterwards right away! Mary wore her best smile, gingerly striding to the girl's table. Her legs bent, reclining to squat in front of the table, chin resting on its surface. Mary spoke.

"Whatcha drawing?"

[allformulas]

“Ehh, no, that’s me,” he said, rubbing the back of his neck, “but I don’t remember anything that would cause someone to go looking for me…”

That wasn’t strictly true; Ferris could have put it into another kid’s head that he was a wild beast or a perverted slacker that needed to be taught a lesson, but he didn’t sense any violent intent from this girl, so he’d already discarded that possibility. And to be hugged out of nowhere was a little… well…

“I think you’re looking for someone else.”

[falsifiedrose]

"So you're Mr. Ryner... But... you're not... Ryner..."

The poor girl didn't understand it. Ryner wasn't a very common name-- it didn't sound the part, anyways. Her doll-like poise returned. Blue eyes never left the other man's visage, her face illustrating her state of confusion. 

"Well," Mary began with a sudden smile, "a stranger person told me I should go hug Mr. Ryner and Mr. Sion! I already met Sion and gave him a big big hug, and I didn't wanna forget about you, either! I didn't mean to surprise you... I dunno, I don't think there's another Ryner here if you're not the one I was supposed to hug." 

[teethbrushings-blog]

how do you even work a turban [ open ]

[teethbrushings-blog]

A reassuring sigh left the males lips, that may have been a bit more exaggerating due to Karen’s current appearance. Seeing that the duck was at least kept safe was one of her top priorities, since it seemed to be the best friend of the original owner of the body she was occupying. Which was strange all on its own, but she wouldn’t complain.

Approaching the girl who had captured the duck in her arms, she brought up her arms in order to take the duck back. Which had brought Tapioca into a more calming state, being once again in familiar arms.

“Sorry about that, he just ran off for some reason!”

“But thanks.”

With that childish tone along with the laugh that came shortly after it, the fe… male had brought up a hand and simply waved it off, “Ah, no need to call me by that. It makes me feel old!!”

Older than she apparently thought, we may as well add.

[falsifiedrose]

She was able to feel, if only slightly, the softness in Tapioca's feathers for a brief moment. For the moment she felt overjoyed, able to feel something at her rigid fingertips for the moment. Well, more rigid than she was used to, being fluid in movement in her own body.

"It's OK!! Your duckie's really cute."

She spoke sincerely despite the gruffness in her voice. Her lips fell into a tiny pout, apologetic for calling the male by "mister". 

"Oh, sorry!! What do I call you, then? ...!! My name's Mary! Well, um... this body thingy isn't Mary's, but I'm Mary!!!"

[teethbrushings-blog]

how do you even work a turban [ open ]

Seven A.M.

Wakin’ up in the morning.

Gotta get dre…ssed… Oh. Oh. Oh.

And this single moment was possibly placed in the top ten most awkward things that has happened to Karen Araragi. Let alone a few things of the past — such as anything dealing with brushing teeth — certainly being at the top of the list, this alone gave Karen more than enough reason to let Akira suffer with an explosive bladder once they had changed back.

Just kidding.

Okay, maybe just half kidding.

What really was currently on her mind was finding out exactly why she got switched up in this body in the first place. She was a hero! She didn’t have time to go ahead and deal with this when she had a good number of things on her list she needed to do. Main example being patrolling the campus and making sure that the other students were alright… especially if they just so happened to be stuck in an awkward situation such as this.

So she was just going to ignore whatever Akira had on his plate and do whatever she wanted. And with a cool sidekick too, being that she was more than happy to be reunited with the duck since the last time Karen had seen her new animal friend was when the older male had interrupted their game of DDR. Rude.

But heck yeah, being able to carry a duck around was a lot of fun.

But it didn’t take long for things to go down hill once Tapioca had found its way out of Karen’s arms.

“Hey! Wait up!” With a familiar voice ringing in her ears, it was a bit confusing that Karen wasn’t being talked to rather than talking herself. But she immediately pushed that aside and gave chase to the duck who had quickly turned a corner. And she just so happened to find someone just down the hall, lucky here.

“Hey! Stop that duck!”

[falsifiedrose]

"I got it!!!"

Mary didn't let the switch effect her for very long. It was a surprise seeing a familiar face on the mirror this morning-- a face not even hers at that, but that didn't matter very much now. Everyone must've still been freaking out, but Mary saw this as a little fun event. See what it's like living in the other girl's shoes for a day or more.

She wasn't used to the rigidness in the girl's muscles, making rapid movements a bit of a pain, however, Mary managed to catch Tapioca in her arms, herself having slid on her knees to catch the big guy.

"Whew. You're fast, aren't you?"

She gave a curt smile, slow to stand, turning towards the stranger. Hopefully the duck won't fly off before she handed him back.

"Here you go, mister!"

[gayloruranus]

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IF YOU DON’T THINK THAT MARY IS JUST THE CUTEST THING EVER YOU’RE PLAYING IB WRONG

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[falsifiedrose]

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[falsifiedrose]

“H-hey, wait a second…”

How was he supposed to deal with this kind of thing? Ryner wasn’t used to children acting like this towards him, or to anyone being this affectionate, for that matter. He stood there in awkward silence for a few moments before nudging at her arms, trying to dislodge her gently.

“Erm, I think you’ve got the wrong person, so…”

She didn't even know Ryner by face, only by name and rumor. Mary could've been mistaken, regretfully.  The smile on her face was lost, the girl allowed herself to be pried off, stepping backwards.

"You're not Ryner...?"

Her hands were placed in front of her, folded, standing curtly before him. Her head lowered in apology.

"I-I'm sorry, mister!!!"

[falsifiedrose]

[Well, talk about unexpected. He knew Mary was always around, and that cheerful attitude of her was… energizing, to say the least. But he wasn’t expecting such things, Sion wasn’t expecting a hug from the smaller female.] 

- “…Ah? Why is that, Mary?”

[And before his question could be answered, he noticed the small gesture from the blonde. Following the command with a half-clueless face which was now next to her, golden eyes stared at blue ones with a small tint of curiosity.]

- “Do you want something?”

She hasn't felt so affectionate in so long, especially towards an adult whom accepted such actions from her. It was refreshing, encouraging to her. She wished to spend more time with Sion if time merits it.

Once the man leaned down, Mary pecked his cheek, rearing back, flat on her feet, a smile proud on her face.

"Everyone was kissing people, so I figured I should do it with you, too! Because you're a really nice grown-up." Kinda like a mother.

[falsifiedrose]

While half the school's mackin' lips, Mary learns about space pilots.

　

[falsifiedrose]

you should give your papa and mama a hug and a kiss on the cheek, mary! (by that i mean ryner and sion)

Papa and... mama... But Mary doesn't have parents--!!!

"OH! I dunno about the Ryner man... I think he's mpregging someone else, but.. OK! I'll give them both a big hug and a kiss!" A careful one for Ryner. Just to be safe.

[doctor-whomura-deactivated20150]

(｀ω・)

[falsifiedrose]

Everyone gets kissus.

Everyone.