i came out to have a good time and i am honestly feeling so attacked right now

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on the streets

[thirdbeauty]

[Natsuru probably picked the wrong day to be out on the street wearing her maid outfit. It likely has something to do with the music group, or helping Vietnam promote Honeybee, but now she's just really embarrassed that a stranger noticed her.

Also, that commanding tone. Jeez, lady. Nevertheless, Natsuru comports herself with the utmost dignity and composure.]

E-eh?! Um... wh-what do you mean, exactly?

[Okay, maybe not.]

[ex_doses270]

[ It's amazing the confidence you have when you can buy a thousand-dollar thing at any time. The outfit gets a brief look of disdain, but it passes soon enough. Maybe she is a maid. Who knows. ]

This place. [ Excella gestures, taking in the place as a whole. ] Is this meant to be some facile ruse?

[thirdbeauty]

[A brief look of disdain is enough to get to Natsuru, if only a little bit. Still, she figures out quickly enough that this woman must not have been here very long.]

O-oh... you're new? Um...

[She really needs to work on her people skills. (But really it's just Excella making her nervous.)]

It's... kinda complicated. Basically, we're all taken here and... assigned to houses and stuff...

[A+ explanation, Natsuru.]

[ex_doses270]

[ With an explanation like that, there's another one hot on its heels. Her lips purse briefly, coolly keeping her gaze on Natsuru. ]

You must be simple if you think that will be adequate. I am not 'new'. I have apparently been taken. [ Her hand props on her hip. ] Where is this?

[thirdbeauty]

[She was just trying to start it off simple! And she was about to interject that everyone's been taken, like she just said, but the question cuts her off before she can start.]

Ah! [She must seem so very small and timid right now. Despite standing at eye level with the other woman.] ... It's called Holly Heights. It's... supposed to be in America, but... no one really knows for sure.

[She's so rattled, she has to take a moment to collect her thoughts here. Wasn't there something else she wanted to clear up?]

[ex_doses270]

[ Excella never let mere height stop her before. She does listen, at the least, though her peeved expression doesn't lessen. It's less at Natsuru, more at the situation itself. ]

That much is obvious from the decor. I don't suppose you know why?

[thirdbeauty]

[Thank goodness for that, at least? Though Natsuru clearly doesn't know how to deal with someone like this, so maybe it's not such a relief that the venom isn't actually targeted at her.]

N-not really...

Like I said, we're assigned to houses, and... pretty much just live here. ... Th-that is... until we get sent back where we came from.

[ex_doses270]

[ She doesn't believe that outright. That's rule number one of business. But her tone drops to a less accusatory one, shifting her weight onto her other foot. ]

And that is all? There is no reason except for us to take a vacation in some squalid suburbia?

[thirdbeauty]

Pretty... much?

[That wasn't supposed to be a question, but her relief at the tone shift mixes with confusion and makes it sound like one.]

I mean... sometimes the landlord will play stupid pranks, or assign us jobs, but... nothing bad usually happens.

[ex_doses270]

Hm.

[ She sniffs a brief, disbelieving noise through her nose. Nothing bad 'usually' happens is the same kind of terminology she heard around the Progenitor virus only causing 'a few' fatalities. ]

I would speak to this landlord, then. My time is precious, and I cannot afford to waste it indulging their games.

[thirdbeauty]

Um, that's... kinda complicated, too...

[She glances downward, seeming rather upset about something. ... And then blushes and turns away because god woman what is with that outfit? Like she can talk.]

... No one's ever really seen him.

[Hands demurely folded over her lap and still looking ever so meek and awkward, she reluctantly meets Excella's gaze again.]

Th-that is... he only talks through messages. I'm not even sure he's really here...

[ex_doses270]

[ That outfit is fashion, Natsuru. Deal with it.

She hm's again - a short, sharp sound. One of those, eh? Someone is playing a sick game with her and the rest of these people. ]

I see someone has been reading too much Orwell. Is there nothing to be done, then, except wait?

[thirdbeauty]

Huh?

[Yeah, that name means nothing to her, so she's just going to look confused for a second before moving on.]

Well... pretty much? No one's ever really figured anything else out...

[Realizing how that sounds, she suddenly brightens up, rushing to add a silver lining.]

But people get sent back all the time! So it's not like we're all stuck forever! And... if you need anything, I might be able to help!

[Finally she takes a breath, but it's not much of a pause.]

The, uh... house I'm assigned to is right over there, by the way. ... Just in case...

[And she motions to a house in the distance. In the direction Excella just came from. ... In fact, it's the very same lawn where she would have woken up.]

[ex_doses270]

How heartening.

[ The sarcasm. It drips. She turns her head to follow Natsuru's finger, and... ]

You must be joking.

[thirdbeauty]

[Huh? ... Natsuru turns to glance at the house again, and then back to Excella. What's she talking about?]

... Is something wrong?

[It's just a house like any other on the street, isn't it?]

[ex_doses270]

[ It certainly is. And that's terrible. ]

This - [ a flourish towards the house ] - is unacceptable.

[thirdbeauty]

... What's so bad about it? It's just a house.

[She feels like she's missing something here, but she has no idea what.]

[ex_doses270]

A commoner's house. I require something much better than this.

[thirdbeauty]

Well... yeah, they all start out like that. But people can make renovations and stuff, so...

[Wait a second...]

H-hold on... you're...?! Y-you mean we're...?!

[ex_doses270]

If you are attempting to say 'living together', no, we are not.

[ She flicks her hand again, as if dismissing Natsuru. ]

Find me something better.

[thirdbeauty]

[Why is it her job to find something?! Not that Natsuru's going to actually complain about that, nope. This woman is pretty imposing and Natsuru pretty much always does what she's told to anyway.]

But that's... um...

I mean... all the houses are like this. I don't even think there are hotels here...

[There are, but even if Natsuru knew about them, it's not like Excella would get much use out of them with the $500 she has to her name in this place.]

[ex_doses270]

[ You're a maid, right? Do maid things! ]

It is a poor substitute for a town, then, if they do not even have hotels. There must be somewhere better than this. Surely the landlord, if he is so powerful, would not live in one of these as well?

[thirdbeauty]

[She's not her maid! ... Yet? She's certainly doing a poor job of acting like she's not. Now that she's found out they're assigned to the same house, she's gotten a little too invested in helping her.]

Well... no, his house is different.

But no one's ever seen inside it. All the windows are dark, and if you try to go to the door, you just... wake up in front of your-... er, the house you've been assigned to.

It's pretty hard to find, too... it seems like he really doesn't want anyone bothering him.

[She's never been herself, but she's heard stories.]

[ex_doses270]

[ She sniffs again. That's a discouraging thought, but nothing that can't be explained. No such thing as magic, Natsuru. Next you'll be saying people can change genders with bracelets! ]

Evidently. [ She exhales, sharply disappointed. ] Very well. Then I suppose this must do for now.

[thirdbeauty]

[That would be silly and ridiculous, wouldn't it?]

Um... i-if you want, I could show you inside... ah, Miss...?

[She's looking for a name here. And neglecting to mention they're supposed to be "married". Which is probably the wisest decision she's made in this whole conversation.]