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[ SHOCKINGLY, papika is having difficulty going to sleep after the events of the trial. perhaps she had too much pizza and now has an upset stomach? maybe she is traumatized for life after the cannibal reveal? who knows.

either way, she's going to quietly leave her room. she's not entirely sure what she's looking for, but she still ends up poking her head into every one of the hotel's common rooms until she reaches the lounge. spotting percy inside, she realizes that it wasn't a what, but a who.

somewhat shyly, papika walks over to where he's sitting. ]

Hi Percy.

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[A good pure? Papika is a good pure and he allows this, hand coming up to tangle the ends of her hair a little and keep her close.]

Tomorrow's going to be better, okay? We'll figure out what to do for the rest of this week and go from there.

Right! We have to.

[ her lips curl downwards for a second, but then the smile's back. ]

We need to. For everyone.

We will. [A short nod.]

...it's pretty late. Think we should bother sleeping?

Do you think you can sleep?

[ considering what he has to do the next day. ]

Definitely not. [At least he's honest.] But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try yourself.

I'll stay with you. We don't have to talk the whole time, but...

[ she'll also probably end up falling asleep eventually??? so. ]

[He actually looks surprised.]

You don't have to do that. Wouldn't a bed be more comfortable for you? [Granted he's not loosening his hold around her shoulders so he definitely doesn't oppose to her staying, but. He's trying to be nice.]

It's fine! I don't usually sleep in beds.

[ this is honestly the most she has slept in an actual bed in like... ages, so. ]

...you know that's not really reassuring, right? What does that even mean?

Oh... I usually sleep outside.

[ yeah. there is nothing to reassure here, it's exactly what it sounds like. ]

...be...cause of the world hopping thing, I'm guessing? [He's hoping? Papika don't sleep outside voluntarily wtf.]

Nope! I found a nice... um...

[ give her a second as she struggles to find the right word. ]

A big pipe? To live in.

...okay last time I checked you weren't a piranha plant from a video game. [What in the fuck.] A pipe? Really?

What's a piranha plant?

[ because that topic is far more important than living in a pipe. ]

Oh, uh. [He leans over then to reach toward the bookshelf, picking up a book and opening the back cover before pulling a pen out of his pocket, quickly drawing a shittier version of this.]

As far as I know they aren't real, but I didn't think grain monsters were real either and I've definitely fought those.

Those are definitely not in my pipe! I would have noticed.

[ she would have also tried eating it, tbh. ]

I don't even know if you would have fit in your pipe if something else was living in there. Which we're going back to, by the way. The pipe. Why a pipe? [And then because it makes sense:] Was Cocona with you?

Nope! But the pipe is on her school's property, so it's convenient!

[ it's like, in a little woods-y area on the premises, so people don't go there. ]

Do me a favor and look into living somewhere not a pipe when we get back, okay? That just sounds really uncomfortable.

I brought a lot of pillows and stuff inside it.

[ it's a mystery where she got all the pillows. ]

... but okay! I'll do that for you.

That's all I ask. It'll be better for you, I think. Especially with...whatever's next when you get home. A safer place.

Mm... it's going to be super hard when I get back home, but...

[ at least it'll be the kind of "hard" that she's expecting. whole ass has been something else entirely. ]

But being here made you a lot stronger. Do you realize that? I see it in a lot of people, but you especially.

... Really?

[ she sounds genuinely surprised at that. ]

Yes, really. Have you ever known me to say something I don't mean? Is it that hard to believe?