Text, un: Mariposa

[nonmagical]

WHO: Mirabel and the network
WHERE: In her room
WHEN: A few days after the event, late at night
WHAT: Mirabel has some questions
WARNINGS: Maybe near death mention? Possession talk.

[It’s been a few days since the fae realm ordeal. Mirabel’s learned a few things. One, she’s still furry. Two, she can’t sleep. Not after… everything that happened. She doesn’t want to talk about it, not really. But she really needs to sleep. So she has a late night question for the network.]

I’m having problems falling asleep. Either I can’t fall asleep or I keep having nightmares. Is there something I can do so I can get some sleep?

[And then she has another question. She’s very careful about asking this one, so she locks her second question from the rest of her family.]

So I’ve been reading up on possession. [A lie.] It seems like a pretty scary thing to go through. Can anyone tell me more about it? Like… what happens if it happens to you?

[A pretty innocent question, right? She hopes no one sees right through it.]

Comments

[nonmagical]

It's a wolf. That's about all I know about it.

[whiteshroud]

[A wolf huh. Jun pauses, thinking what might make a wolf more tempted to speak up]

Try talking to it when the moon is out. You might feel ridiculous doing it, but howling might work too.

Some beings that possess choose to be silent to their hosts, but doing stuff to appeal to it might coax it to talk.

[nonmagical]

When the moon is out. Got it. ... Do I really have to try howling?

[whiteshroud]

I'm not sure. You're the first wolf possession I've encountered.

If nothing else, it can't hurt?

[nonmagical]

My family's gonna think I'm crazy. People are going to think I'm crazy.

[Mira, you're family and people already think you're crazy.]

... All right, I guess it can't hurt.

[whiteshroud]

[...]

Isn't your family already crazy? Just embrace it.

[nonmagical]

They're not

[She thinks about sending that message. Really thinks about that. For a long time.]

Okay, so maybe we are. But I think howling at things maybe crosses a crazy line?? I don't know. I'm willing to try anything at this point though.

[whiteshroud]

[yeah he THOUGHT SO mirabel!! ]

Just pray that howling is the craziest thing you'll have to do.

Some possessed have to drink blood for their contract price.

[nonmagical]

dios mio I'm glad i don't have to drink blood??

I think anyway.

I hope not.

[whiteshroud]

Probably not, if your patron spirit is a wolf. Contract prices are usually related to what the patron spirit finds important, so drinking blood is usually for beings that drink blood themselves.

Though, I wouldn't rule out something to do with hunting or eating meat.

[nonmagical]

I guess I could eat more meat...

[Hopefully the spirit won't mind if it's cooked??]

[whiteshroud]

Couldn't hurt?

Well, in this specific instance anyway. [Nutrition and animal issues not withstanding!!]