monika

[grigori]

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week 0; monday

[grigori]

[ monika will find yomiel on the boulevard, chilling at the cafe. on the back of a chair sits a goshawk, watching her approach. ]

I can pinch you if you think you're dreaming.

[ dry as a desert. ]

deadeyes my notifs............

[rerouter]

Has that ever worked? I've heard you can still feel pain in your dreams...

[Conversationally. Like, a fun little casual tidbit! She gives them a once-over as she approaches, trying to eyeball, like. Adulthood? How tall are they compared to her?]

Though, I wasn't talking about... well, our situation. It's just that sending a message in a bottle and getting any kind of reply at all sounds like something out of a novel, you know?

week 0; wednesday

[grigori]

Hello, Miss Monika!

[ accompanied by a dense brown bear is satariel, enjoying their time in the courtyard as they try to pick berries off the trees here. they're a little sparse at the moment. ]

What can I do for you today?

gently pats the mod inbox

[rerouter]

[Bear? Bear??? She stares at it for a moment, just a teeny bit shocked, before she shakes it off.]

Hey. [A smile and a wave, before she clasps her hands behind her back.] Well, you know... Your job is to watch over us, right? But it feels so weird to let you do that without knowing who you are. So, here am I.

week 0; wednesday

[grigori]

[ baraqiel, without their daemon present at the moment, will find monika wherever she might be out in a public space. it doesn't take too long for them to answer at least. ]

Something to ask?

[rerouter]

[She's probably still somewhere on the beach, tbh. Enjoy the seabreeze, Baraqiel! Monika turns around when she hears them approach, looking momentarily surprised before she offers them a smile and a nod.]

... Hi, yeah. I overheard that you can share more information with members of your team, and that you can only elaborate on some things in private. Is that true?

week 1; monday

[grigori]

[ suriel will come to monika, wherever she is, bouncing one of those weird glowing vegetables in their hand. ]

They're edible! Want to try?

[ they'll be nice and hand it over instead of yeeting if she does. ]

[rerouter]

[Thank you for having manners, Suriel. She nods and holds her hands out for it, looking at the vegetable like she's heavily contemplating how far she's willing to go for her diet. Whew.]

Have you tried one yourself?

week 1; wednesday

[grigori]

[ hello monika! shamsiel is...here. somewhere. ]

"Outside of this crowd recently"? I don't think I understand.

[rerouter]

[Wherever they are, Monika looks gently... moist.]

Ah, sorry... I mean, like, you know. Someone native to this world?

week 2; monday

[grigori]

[ monika can find rameel in the game room sitting on the oversized rook waiting for her. ]

Any kind that I want! Well, there are a few that I'd probably want to stay away from.

[rerouter]

Ahaha, really? Like what?

[Hello. She will take a seat on the nearby knight, making sure to wipe away any dust first.]

week 2; monday

[grigori]

[ coming to meet monika in the salon! ]

It's an interesting place, isn't it? One where there's always music playing.

[rerouter]

[She offers them a little wave, smiling. Hello.]

Right? The other two cities were too quiet, so this feels... nice? Though the music's a little, um, well. Nevermind that. We probably don't have to worry about copyright here.

week 2; tuesday

[grigori]

Random question, random answer! [ said with a smile on their face, hands on their hips, at one of the docks when monika happens to find them. ] I actually have. Back home we have canals like this, but I've also spent a lot of time on seafaring ships, too.

[rerouter]

Wait. Seriously?

[Oh. She was not actually expecting this answer.]

Man, that's so cool... [Wistfully, and also a little bit jealous.] Are you, like, allowed to tell me more about it?

week 2; wednesday

[grigori]

[ hello monika. ]

Earthquake?

A, ah...no. It wasn't.

[rerouter]

[Hello... For some reason, she. Uh. Nods but does not say anything? Instead she writes something down on the notebook in her hand, and shows it to them. It says:]

Do you know what it was?

week 2; friday

[grigori]

[ it may be a while before suriel answers, but eventually, monika is called to the salon. suriel sits on a couch, crutch against the side, and offers a tired smile. ]

Hello, Miss Monika. Sorry to keep you waiting.

[rerouter]

It's alright.

[Oof. Well, that's a shame. She offers a smile in return, seemingly unbothered, with her hands clasped behind her back.]

You guys had a rough night. So... Don't apologize, you know?

week 2; saturday

[grigori]

[ they are so tired, but will come to find monika, daemon weasel-formed and just barely visible in the folds of their hood. ]

In general, a shitshow. And yours? What did you think?

[rerouter]

[She smiles politely when she sees them, though it doesn't really reach her eyes. Pygmalion sticks close to her.]

I think... it would be nice if we never had to deal with this again. But that's impossible, isn't it?

week 3; tuesday

[grigori]

You'd make the request, and we'd give you the terms of the exchange.

[ baraqiel comes and joins monika on tuesday now that the shenanigans are over from yesterday, still fully layered and hiding the rest of themself under the cloak to cover up all the bandages. ]

You complete the terms, you get the requested thing, whatever it is.

[rerouter]

I see. So... is there a limit on what we can request? Or how many requests we can have at the same time?

[A beat, as she watches them.]

... By the way, you're not overheating, are you?

week 5; monday

[grigori]

[ honestly, baraqiel's respect for monika went up after her secret. so they're more than willing to come meet her in nerak to complete the exchange. ]

Let's see the pen, then. We'll get it imbued and you'll be able to use it from here on out.

[ holding their hand out for the pen! ]

[rerouter]

Yay!

[Unironically. Please do not respect her and her cootie shots.

Monika digs through her slightly crispy satchel with her left hand, until she pulls out a red pen with a heart attached to the cap.]

Here you go.

week 5; wednesday

[grigori]

[ well, given that monika asked her to have dinner with her, shamsiel will be waiting for her at one of the tables. ]

What is on your mind?

[rerouter]

[Monika takes a seat, greeting Shamsiel with a smile while Pygmalion hops on the seat beside her — to the horror of the staff probably.]

Well... First, you know how you're share the affiliation of the deceased at trial every week. Are you allowed to do the same for the ones who've died at execution?

week 5; saturday

[grigori]

It could've been worse, I think?

[ sitting somewhere in the void, but not outside, trying to avoid murder locations and just - preening her daemon by hand, plucking damaged feathers from it in its raven form. ]

Nero kind of bottles everything up, so, he probably needed that. [ the trial overall was bad tho ] It's alright, Monika, I think you did what needed to be done.

[rerouter]

[Satariel is valid. Monika joins them wherever they are with Pygmalion in tow, the red fox looking at the other daemon curiously.]

Mm, I'll feel happier if it helped him release some tension. But right now, I just feel a little bad about... well, you know, the timing.

[Everything happened so fucking much, my dude.]

I hope you won't of me as greedy if I ask what it would cost to get another charge for my pen, though.

week 6; monday

[grigori]

[ yomiel will come to meet monika in star circle! less commotion about cosplayers there, even if they do still have their wings tucked away under their cloak. they seem to be in a pretty good mood, for once! ]

Did you have something in mind?

how did that tag from the other thread end up as a tl here i'm in tears

[rerouter]

[this is not a date because she would not homewreck reze....... maybe]

Ehehe, well... A little bit of everything is too much for one day. [She is absolutely delighted by this turn of events, already dressed up in her nicest clothes. Modern society!] But how about a we grab a bite and choose from there? I bet there's a ton of stuff you haven't done in a while.

week 6; monday

[grigori]

The same world, yes, but not the same time.

[ after already admitting, to a degree, last curfew... it's fine. it seems the watchers can talk about themselves more? but here is baraqiel to meet her out in the circle. ]

[rerouter]

[It's fine. Last curfew is precisely why she's asking, to be honest. At that, she tilts her head.]

I see. No wonder you get along so well! Are you from his future, perhaps? Or is it his past? [A girl is nosy.] Though, I guess you could technically be total strangers...

week 6; tuesday

[grigori]

[ shamsiel is wherever they need to be for monika's sake. ]

I am too. It looks like we've hit it super big in terms of population, but are you having difficulty with your room?

[rerouter]

Oh, no. It's nothing like that. I'm just curious about how it all worked out... We're not, like, invading our apartments are we?

week 6; saturday

[grigori]

[ it's been a difficult day, so suriel offers monika some bubble tea as they come to meet her. ]

No one's mentioned a note. Do you think it's something important?

[rerouter]

[The fact that three separate people have offered her bubble tea is hilarious. She accepts it with a smile. Her voice is still pretty rough, but...]

Yes. [Nodding, as she rummages through her satchel with one hand.] Hold on, I'll show you.

[She pulls out a notebook! And after flipping through it, she turns it around so Suriel can read what she wrote down.]

... If you can't comment on it without exploding into dust, just say so.

week 7; tuesday

[grigori]

[ so, hua cheng... does not write back. ever. but he was already publicly shamed for not writing well last week, so it's not really that surprising. ] Back home, I have a power available to me that works in this fashion. No matter the distance or the realm, I could still communicate with someone. [ he holds up a hand, fashioning a silvery butterfly out of hard starlight. ] I could give you a fragment of that power, if you wanted. It'd let you send a wraith butterfly with each group.

[rerouter]

[Sir, please. Your writing.

Monika seems a little dazzled by how pretty the butterfly itself is, but after a moment, she nods.]

As long as that's okay with you, I'll take them. What do you need me to do?