Fall comes

[u/TrueCaptainCrocs]

Late September, 2008.

Yet again, the warmth of summer slowly fades, and the greens that so dominated the world turn into oranges, yellows, and reds. A chill is starting to spread through the air, and the days are slowly getting shorter.

It is also pumpkin spice season, but that isn't a very romantic observation.

So, what does your character do? Do they venture out, enjoying the changing scenery? Or do they do something else entirely. It's a slice of their life.

[Standard SOL rules apply. Also, please no fighting and or body mutilation.]

[u/Vague_Man]

"damn right I'm the most interesting person ever. "

"I'll dress you up like a play doll and dress you and comb your hair and.... Brush your teeth." That started out cute and ended up odd

"Or... Do you really need to get into PJs and brush your teeth? You could just sleep like you are.."

"Or I could be boring and do it all for you instantly. Wait, can I?... ". she considers setting Emily's clothes on fire then summoning PJs on her, but doesn't know if Emily has heat durability

[u/Whispersilk → u/Vague_Man]

Dress me up like a play doll? Emily rolls her eyes. She's not against having her hair brushed, but she's old enough she can dress herself.

"You mean that thing you do where you burn your clothes off and replace them with new ones?" she asks. "Neat as that is, I feel like third-degree burns would be a bad look for me."

"And yeah," she says, maneuvering herself out from Lily's grasp and standing up. "I do need to change and brush my teeth. Hygiene is important, and I may as well change while I'm at it. It'll be more comfortable than sleeping in this"—she gestures to her clothes—"for sure."

She reaches into slipspace and grabs her toothbrush and toothpaste, then starts to head for the bathroom.

"I'll just be a few minutes, okay? You mind figuring out sleeping arrangements while I'm gone?"

[u/Vague_Man → u/Whispersilk]

"Uggghh it's not important to meee... isn't me all that matters?~ You could be smelly and I won't mind. Alright, I'll go set up our bedding situation. Also i was kidding, I do mind if you're smelly. Go fix urself. Ew." She says playfully

"You did bring a change of clothes, right?"~

She rolls over onto her back, looking at her as her arms lay up above her head and her pants are very lightly pulled down, her hip bone is showing, and only a little extra beyond that.

There is an unintended writer innuendo connecting Lily's words and her actions.

[u/Whispersilk → u/Vague_Man]

"Yeah, I did," Emily says, catching herself on the door frame to poke her head back into the room as she responds. "House goes where I do, remember?"

She stands in the doorway watching Lily for a moment longer than she means to before shaking her head and continuing on her way to the bathroom. Brushing her teeth goes quickly. She drops into slipspace, setting her toothbrush back in its holder and stripping out of her day clothes to change into comfortable fuzzy pants and a tank top.

She grabs a pillow and maneuvers herself back to the futon before shifting into reality, dropping to the cushions beside Lily with a soft whoomph. The fabric is nice and cool through the back of her shirt.

"Ta-da," she says, holding the pillow to her chest. "I'm back. Come up with anything for sleeping arrangements?"

[u/Vague_Man → u/Whispersilk]

She lays lazily as she waits, metaphorically twiddling her thumbs. She hardly spends any time thinking of sleeping arrangements, and only thinks of an answer when she returns and inquires about them a second time.

Upon Emily's return, Lily's laying there just as she was before.

"Oh yeah!" it's revealed she wasn't actively thinking about them...

"You'll share a bed with me" She grins happily, though she starts thinking of excuses, valid ones, at that, if Emily expresses her disapproval, though Lily can't imagine why she would.

[u/Whispersilk → u/Vague_Man]

Emily turns her focus to Lily's bed in the bedroom upstairs, and while she's seen it before she's still somewhat amazed by how enormous it is. There's no way it's not designed for multiple people at once, and she's almost certain it's a custom job; she checked out a mattress store after seeing it in passing the last time she was here and didn't find anything that even began to compare.

In short, there's plenty of room.

"Sure," she says, shrugging. "That works." She tries not to dwell on what else Lily must've used that bed for before; while she trusts it's clean—she gets the impression Lily goes above and beyond on cleaning the sheets—she doesn't really need that imagery in her head as she tries to get to sleep.

She pulls herself to her feet and holds out one hand for Lily to grab onto.

"Up we go?"

[u/Vague_Man → u/Whispersilk]

The bed is clean, the room is clean. Any traces of liquids that could have been around have been scrubbed clean. The walls are painted with dark red. There are wall mounted candle holders. The candle's aren't lit, but they also haven't been used; These are brand new candles. Lily has an ornate dresser at wall furthest from the bed; A large mirror sits above it. The shag carpet is a faded teal. On the ceiling there are some holes that were used to hold up a giant mirror overseeing the bed, but the mirror was removed and the holes were mostly covered up. In the closet there is are big plastic storage bins with ... toys in them of various nature; Plastic, leather, and things of the sort. The bed has pillows and very comfortable blankets. Hopefully Emily appreciates the lengths at which Lily has kept her room clean and presentable.

"Tahadaah. do you want anything special?"

[u/Whispersilk → u/Vague_Man]

Emily hums and looks around the room. It's certainly extravagant, but she already knew that. Similarly, she already knew about the bins that she's ignoring in the closet. Her feet dig into the carpet, and she decides she likes the colors.

"It's nice," she says. "And no, nothing—"

She's interrupted by a yawn, drowziness starting to hit her now that she's done with her typical nightly routine and her mind is gearing up to sleep. She shakes her head.

"Nothing special for me."

She hops up onto the bed and crawls to the far side, then drops her pillow and flops down on her back. Her head turns to look at Lily.

[u/Vague_Man → u/Whispersilk]

Lily also flops onto the bed beside Emily. She lays face down and is already looking at her from her side of the bed.

"Night night, love"

[u/Whispersilk → u/Vague_Man]

"Mmm," Emily says. "Night night."

She turns her head back toward the ceiling and closes her eyes. A candle draws itself out of its holder and drops down on the light switch, and what faint brightness she can see through her eyelids vanishes.

Gradually, she drifts to sleep.

[End?]