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In the aftermath of the storm. Everyone is doing their best to pitch in for cleaning up. The snapping of twigs is heard as both Ragatha and Pomni are gathering the fallen branches to dispose of.
“Again, why are we doing this?” Pomni asks.
“Apparently Caine wants everything to look perfect in case anybody new shows up.” Ragatha replies while trying her best not to walk into puddles while pulling a wagon with the fallen debris they’ve collected.
“How often does someone new show up?”
“I don’t know but it’s so inconsistent it could be tomorrow, next week, we have no idea.”
The two continue to pick up the debris and whatnot. “Do you think Caine went overboard?” Ragatha asks. Pomni looks at her with an expression that reads ‘you should know the answer.’
“Right, right. Sorry. Wanna split up so we could cover more ground?” Ragatha suggests. Pomni nods, “Yeah sounds like a good idea.” The two go off looking for some more stuff to clean up.
Pomni begins walking and gathering things. She suddenly feels a little lightheaded. Out of nowhere she passes out.
She begins to wake up in a dark void.
“Huh?” Her voice echos. “Where am I?” She walks around her footsteps echoing. She stops and sees something that she can’t make out, yet it feels familiar to her. She walks up to it.
“Freedom…” it whispers as it reaches a claw out and and holds it against her head.
Her eyes widen she let’s out a gasp and wakes up. She looks down at her hands, she sighs. She gets back to gathering stuff.
Meanwhile, Ragatha is walking around before she stumbles upon a large flowerbed. “Oh wow.” She says in astonishment. “This must’ve just grown because I never saw them around here. I wonder if Pomni would like one of these?” She then begins looking for the perfect flower to pick.
Pomni is still gathering fallen branches and other debris. Still unsure what earlier was all about. She doesn’t know what that was. Was it a warning? A dream? A memory? No it couldn’t have been a memory, what kind of memory was that?
“Hey Pomni! Hey!” Ragatha calls out. Pomni turns around, “Oh hey Ragatha, what’s up?” She asks.
“Nothing I just got something for you.” She reveals a flower. “It’s red your favorite color.”
Pomni looks at the flower offering. She smiles, “Thanks, what are you doing?”
“Hold still dear.” Ragatha begins messing with Pomni’s hair. “There we go! Now go look at your reflection!”
Pomni goes the nearest puddle. She smiles at the sight of the red flower tied in her hair. “You look beautiful Pomni.”
“Thanks I’ll make sure to wear it at all times.” Pomni tells her girlfriend. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
“I love you more!”
With that, the ragdoll and jester finish cleaning up the mess and go back to one of their rooms to cuddle. "This had been an amazing week." Pomni says as she snuggles against Ragatha. "Mhm..." the ragdoll tiredly agrees.