Intro post!

[weatherforecast]

WHO: Pepa Madrigal
WHERE: Labyrinth and then the city
WHEN: April 16th
WHAT: Another Madrigal appears!
WARNINGS: n/a




The Labyrinth:

[Pepa does not understand what's going on. The last thing she remembers is being surrounded by her family. Happy. Safe

And now she was huddled in an unfamiliar building while a hurricane raged outside the doors. She assumes it's her doing. The weather usually is. So she's frantically petting her hair as she murmurs to herself.]

Clear skies... clear skies... clear skies...

[Was her family here somewhere? She had to get this under control and find them.]


The City:

[Maybe someone finds her and helps her out. Or maybe she finally plucks up the courage to brave the hurricane and escape on her own looking for her family. Either way, Pepa is in the city now. With a phone and some instructions.

Soaking wet from a hurricane, shaken up from her ordeal and very lost.]

What is going on??

Comments

[weatherforecast]

That doesn't make any sense! I would have noticed if you were missing!

['We'. Pepa will return to that later.]

A maze? You mean that town with the hurricane?

[It was oddly set up... very hard to navigate even without the weather.]

Were you there also?

[nonmagical]

I - I don't know how it really works. But I've been here for four months, and you - were back at home while the rest of us were here. Mamá has been here two months. We all showed up here at different times, but none of us noticed the others were missing.

[She... doesn't get how it works, but that's how it works.]

Yeah! Every one of us has a "maze" that's based on who we are when we first show up. I wasn't in the town with a hurricane. If I'd know you were in there, I would've come and got you...

[weatherforecast]

None of this makes any sense.

[But then, neither does this situation in general. She doesn't know where they even are or how she got here. Or what was up with the hurricane town she was in before that was very different from where she is now.

It is now snowing lightly on her. She's too distracted to realize how... tame her gift is behaving.]

So everyone is here in this place? And for such a long time...?

[She's... starting to believe it.]

[nonmagical]

It doesn’t, I’m sorry…

[She looks down, wishing she could offer some kind of comfort. The truth is, their family has been through a lot since their short stay here.

So doesn’t even know how to explain Antonio… she doesn’t think she has the heart to. And Felix wasn’t here either, as far as she knew.]

Mmm, a lot of the family is here.

[weatherforecast]

A lot of them? That means some aren't here. Who? Who are we separated from right now?

[nonmagical]

Well uh, Abuela isn’t here and papá and… tío Felix.

[weatherforecast]

[Her face crumples at that. She hasn't been apart from Felix in a very long time. Not for any substantial amount of time... what is she going to do without him?]

But everyone else is here? Julieta too? Is she here?

[She needs her sister. Without her husband, the next person she immediately knows she can rely on is Julieta.]

[nonmagical]

[Oh... oh no, she doesn't want to see her aunt making that face. Mirabel never wants to responsible for seeing a family member look that sad.]

B-but he might show up soon! We had this weird month where like, a bunch of Madrigals all showed up around the same time? So he might come through soon...

[She doesn't want her to lose hope.]

Mamá is here. She's actually just opened a restaurant.

[weatherforecast]

There's no telling how long that could be...

[But she can't dwell on that.]

Your Mami. I need to talk to her. And your tio Bruno. Ay, they must have been looking after all of you all on their own this whole time.

[nonmagical]

Tío Bruno’s probably back at Casita. Mami might still be at the restaurant? She’s been really busy with it.