thinking about how playful Odile is. parroting back animal sounds. playing up the “grumpy old woman” bit in a way that lets the others bounce their energy off of her. turning Mirabelle’s tutorial into a chance to tease everyone pop quiz style. promising dramatic retribution to anyone who wrongs her (wasabi sandwiches, may your house fall down on your horrified face, my revenge would be swift and absolute). letting Siffrin and Isabeau make guesses about her “research” instead of shutting it down because she likes to see what they come up with. the fact that “Opposite Ends of the Age Spectrum Alliance” was not invented for the hallway decision but something she and Bonnie had already come up with at some other time when they teamed up precanon. i linguini you, Siffrin.
woman who’s having the time of her life pretending to be a terrifying no-fun killjoy for the amusement of her friends
also the ways she lets people “in on” her playfulness like it’s a secret. no one can know i love to gossip, Mirabelle. only doing the animal parroting thing when she and Siffrin are alone and making no further comment as Siffrin ????????s about it. teaming up with Bonnie to “secretly” put potatoes in Siffrin’s pockets. poking fun at Isabeau about his crush before the others know about it but also genuinely being a confidant. secret quests. all the ways she connects with each of them individually and makes each of those connections feel special and secretive and mysterious in a “we’re playing spies together” kind of way
hiding tidbits and information about herself from the others not because she would hate it if they knew, but in the way you can hide treats in a toy and watch your cats a) figure out that there’s something in there that they want b) struggle to get at it and c) get all excited when they finally succeed. it’s enrichment for all of them
