Golden Age: Revival

*The three yawn, Taiyo laying her head on Euryale's arm.*

"So can we go home yet?"

R"Yeah, I guess so. Arthur will take care of the fire."

*He looks at the funeral pyre once more.*

R"I guess he really didn't make a ghost."

*Roatha & Nero start to walk away. Euryale turns to Taiyo.*

E"Do you need me to carry you?"

Taiyo:<That would be nice.>

"As much as I like to watch things burn, sleep sounds mighty nice."

*Azuma and Mimiru begin to leave.*

*Allina leaves with them, yawning.*

Allina: <Finally...!>

*Euryale grabs Taiyo from the back & under the legs & picks her up, walking off.*

E"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'll be staying in that room I rented out. I'm sure Stheno's worried sick by now."

Taiyo:<My hero...>

*Taiyo attempts to love up to Euryale, but as armor is uncomfortable she stops.*

[At least it's kind of like a dream come true.]

"I'm go-"

Mimiru:<Going to be sleeping on my couch.>

Allina: <Well, I'm going home.>

N"Someone should go with you girls to the hotel. Someone who is not me."

*He pushes Roatha forward.*

R"Sure, I'll do it...I guess...."

E"I don't need a babysitter."

N"And no one says you do. But this hotel is a long ways to go carrying Taiyo when we know there are people after us. And monsters."

*Taiyo had fallen asleep in Euryale's arms. Elsewhere Mimiru and Azuma are heading back home.*

"Why are you forcing me to stay at your place?"

Mimiru:<In case you start puking your guts out or something in the middle of the night. Someone has to make sure you don't pass out in a pool of your own vomit.>

~The next day!~

*Taiyo wakes up to the probably unwelcome realization that Roatha is sleeping in between her & Euryale. Probably more unwelcome is that he's hugging her closely.*

*Taiyo grits her teeth, picking up a pillow and holding it over his head and begins smothering him with it.*

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*Mimiru wakes up to the unpleasant sount of Azuma puking out his guts in the bathroom. While Mimiru stands in the doorway a white haired, elderly woman in a fuzzy, white house coat, matching slippers, and reading glasses shuffles in beside her.*

Grandma Tugai:<What ails ya, boy?>

Mimiru:<Well... During our trip to South America I think he was bitten by something. I don't know if it was a snake or a... Spider.>

[I know it won't work, but it'll be better than nothing, right?]

*Grandma Tugai puts a finger to her chin in thought then shuffles past Mimiru then Azuma over to the sink where she kneels down and opens the cupboard underneath. In the cupboard is a collection of bottles each with something of a different color inside. From the cupboard she withdrawls three bottles. One has a murky yellow liquid inside, the other a murky blue liquid, and the other a dark red liquid. From the counter of the sink*

*Allina wakes up and yawns loudly. She's wearing a short yellow nightdress. She crawls off of her bed and walks out of the bedroom after picking up her necklace from the bedside table. A young boy with short messy black hair, dark blue eyes, and white skin wearing only a pair of grey shorts walks out of the bedroom next door to hers.*

Allina: <Morning!>

Razz: <Hi. Fancy seing you around here.>

Allina: <I've been... kinda busy.>

Razz: <I know. I saw the necklace glowing earlier.>

*She widens her eyes and quickly hides the necklace behind her back.*

Allina: <It's... it's a toy.>

Razz: <No, it isn't. That's an actual gem.>

Allina: <Why the hell were you spying on me?!>

Razz: <I saw a bright light coming from under your bedroom door early in the morning.>

Allina: <I-I'm going to go visit grandpa.>

Razz: <By yourself?>

Allina: <With some friends.>

[Now what? Grandpa asked me to ask him if he wanted to go but... I can't do that. Even if I'm pretty sure he'd say no. Maybe I should call someone... someone who isn't a jerk. Dammit.]

*Euryale rolls over, staring blearily at Taiyo.*

"What are you doing?"

Razz: <He asked you to bring me along.>

Allina: <How did you know that?>

Razz: <I'm not going.>

Allina: <Oh. Okay!>

*She runs past him downstairs and into the kitchen. There's a plate of fresh pancakes with peach topping sitting on the large table, as well as some other pastries and orange juice. She sits down to eat and a black cat jumps onto the table and snatches a small cream donut out of a plate.*

Allina: <Hi Kee!>

*The cat nods to her and sits down, staring at her as she eats. When she is finished, she calls Nero.*

Allina: <...Pick up, jerk.>

"Be with you in a minute."

*She speaks through gritted teeth. Had Euryale not have just woken up she'd clearly see the look of hate on Taiyo's face.*

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Grandma Tugai:<You almost done?>

"Al... Almost."

*He pulls his face from the bowl, closes the lid and flushes. Turning his attention to Grandma Tugai she gets a clear look at how awful he looks then holds out the bottle of dark red liquid.*

Grandma Tugai:<Before you hurl anymore of your insides into the toilet take some of this. Providing you're not dying of the plauge it should subside your vomitting. And this is for the toxins if it was a spider that got you.>

*She presents the bottle of murky yellow liquid. Azuma nervously takes the bottle with the red liquid in it and after removing the cap begins to drink. After downing half the bottle's contents he begins coughing as he fights to keep it down.*

E"Oh my Gods! What are you doing?! Stop that!"

"No! I hate him!"

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*Azuma hands Grandma Tugai the half empty bottle with the murky yellow liquid in it a look of disgust on his face.*

"What the hell was that?! I think I'd have been better off without your hokey medicines."

Grandma Tugai:<Don't give me no lip, child.>

*She forces the other bottle into his hands and begins to leave the room.*

Grandma Tugai:<If you're not feeling any better in half an hour try that. If that doesn't work... Well I'll get back to you.>

"...Thanks?"

"Why? I think he likes you. Also, if you don't stop, I'll have no choice but to use force."

"No he doesn't!"

*Her grip slowly starts to loosen up.*

"...I don't care. Go ahead."

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"Uh... Thanks."

Mimiru:<For what, making you come here? I'm not going to let you be alone while you're... Well... Sick...>

"Still. It's nice that you're looking out for neglectful me."

"I didn't want to have to do this."

*She grabs Taiyo's wrists & starts pushing them up away from Roatha's head.*

"Well, I imagine he won't like you much if he finds out about this. But if he didn't before, why wouldn't he have objected when I told him to sleep beside you instead of on the floor?"

*She pulls her arms away from Euryale.*

"Because you were beside me and it gave him the chance to snuggle up to you."

"But it was you he snuggled up to! And besides, why would that matter?"

"Not whe... Forget it."

*She gets off of the bed and heads to the door putting her flip-flops on.*

"What's wrong? Where are you going?"

*At this moment, Roatha starts to get up.*

"...Home. I could use a change of clothes."

*With that she leaves.*