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Apparently, it was possible to get sick in the circus. Pomni had been in her room for the past several days, occasionally crawling out of bed to interact with the group so they wouldn’t start to think she’d died or something.
Caine had babbled to the group about the next adventure they’d go on and that he’d just work on it for a little longer before sending them off; Ragatha decides to go check on Pomni before leaving. She walks through the bright and colorful hallways, running her hand along the wall til she gets to the door of Pomni’s room. Ragatha knocks on it and waits for a moment before she hears the little jester croak out a “yeah?” from her bed.
Ragatha slowly opens the door to find her sprawled out and tangled in blankets, just starting to sit up seemingly a moment prior. She looks tired.
“Just checking on you to see if you’re alright,” specifies Ragatha.
Pomni sighs, “I mean, I guess m’ not dead yet. Could be worse. It’s whatevertown,” and she collapses against a pillow. “Kinda sucks that it’s possible at all to get sick here. Pretty sure it’s hellish enough in this d[BONK!]mn circus. At least it’s not contagious or anything… You still got any of that stupid sauce?”
“Wuh- No, I mean- Yes, but not while you’re sick.”
Pomni groans into her pillow, and a muffled voice says, “okayyy.”
“How about cuddles instead of just getting high,” Ragatha suggests, also halfway knowing it could get her out of having to go one one of Caine’s hellish adventures.
“That’s… acceptable,” the latter admits, shifting to make space for her on the bed. Ragatha sits down next to her and wraps her arms around Pomni, who instantly melts into her. She then pulls the blanket up to cover both of them. Pomni sort of reminds her of a cat that’ll gravitate towards anything warm… Ragatha remembers she had a cat at home, but she can’t remember what his name was.
"Any... anyways, how's everything been...?"
"Oh, um, quite a lot. For starters... I think Jax somehow got a rat and put it in Gangle’s room. And then Zooble went apesh[BONK!]t and chased him around for an hour. It was sort of entertaining.”
Pomni giggles into Ragatha’s shoulder, “He's kinda had it coming, I mean, Zooble's hated him since I got here..." Ragatha merely nods in agreement, and Pomni continues, "You ever think Jax actually, like, regrets bein' an a[BONK!]hole all the time...? There's no way it's genuinely entertaining to him."
"I dunno, he acts like this isn't real. I wouldn't blame him for thinking that for a while but... well, he'd have to realize at some point that just because we have weird cartoon bodies doesn't mean we're not real."
Suddenly, she remembers the adventure the group is about to go on. She weighs her options to either stay or go and Pomni sees her hesitance written on her face.
"Are you okay?"
"Wh- I just... remembered we're supposed to be going on an adventure in a little bit."
"Huh? You can do whatever you want forever."
She thinks a moment longer about it before she verbally decides, "...Eh, alright, I'll stay."
Pomni mumbles something before melting back into Ragatha's arm; the latter nearly forgot they were cuddling at all, though she wraps her arms around the jester a little tighter before nuzzling her chin on the top of her head.
Eventually, they both fall asleep.