walk me home in the dead of night
It's a convenient merging of timelines that finds Flora returning to her home only moments after Hotaru has entered it. Exhausted and drained, the Doubletake moves with the weary determination of one who could fall asleep in an instant but has to resist for reasons far larger than her mind can comprehend.
"Wh—" Perhaps it isn't so surprising to see her door half open. Perhaps it was the wind, perhaps a monster, or perhaps some wayward citizen looking for their queen. Either way, it's with a sigh that Flora enters, pushing down the urge to collapse to the floor in tears.
"Is...someone here?" Pressing at the ring on her finger lest whoever—or whatever—means her harm, Flora glances into the living room and then kitchen before eyeing the staircase warily and wearily.
"Wh—" Perhaps it isn't so surprising to see her door half open. Perhaps it was the wind, perhaps a monster, or perhaps some wayward citizen looking for their queen. Either way, it's with a sigh that Flora enters, pushing down the urge to collapse to the floor in tears.
"Is...someone here?" Pressing at the ring on her finger lest whoever—or whatever—means her harm, Flora glances into the living room and then kitchen before eyeing the staircase warily and wearily.
