check in dinner // branwen+marlene
Date: Evening of February 16th, 1982
Location: Mainhouse at The McKinnon Ranch
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The body aches seemed to have dwindled by now. It had been two days since the Rosier Estate mission, and yet, Marlene felt like she’d only been conscious a collective couple hours or so since then. Therefore, even though she had enough energy to get back on her two feet, she was still feeling pretty weak, not yet back to normal. Not much was known about the state of things with the Order. From what her brother Alaric could tell her, she knew she had fainted in midst of a fight and Emmeline had successfully managed to heal her up enough to make it back to the ranch and to her family’s company. Her parents had returned, in what felt like after a long time a close quarter reunion, beginning to last longer than a holiday visit.
Even though she wasn’t awake majority of the time, Marlene knew she had been lovingly watched over and cared for. However, it was time she had probably shown face in the Mainhouse, as the refugees probably had a million questions for her and where she’d been and how she was doing. Marlene wasn’t in the particular mood to interact with any of them just yet, as she was still trying to adjust back herself, but she figured her presence would at least put them at ease. It was until she noticed the face of Branwen Yaxley, a woman who didn’t really match the exact version of “ease” she had in mind. As their eyes locked for a second, Marlene felt nerves in the pit of her stomach, able to muster a small, polite wave with two of her fingers, before looking away.