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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??

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[After her conversion with Mirabel, Pepa is feeling even more upset and troubled. A snow flurry has been following her around. But when she sees Bruno she runs to him and throws her arms around him. She's grateful to find one of her siblings. The kids have been filling her in on things. But she needs a fellow adult.]

Of course I remember you. Ay, it's good to see your face. My day has been crazy. Mirabel and Camilo have been telling me about this place and... a-and...

[And she might be crying now. Because Camilo told her about Antonio. And what is she supposed to do? Her baby doesn't remember them! Has been brainwashed!]

Ay dios mio... why is this happening to our family?

[He lets out a soft oof at the hug, before returning it. He's desperately glad that she recognises him. He doesn't think he could handle another family member not remembering him. ]

I'm glad to see you, too. [He'll just give her a little squeeze, to try and ease the crying. Deep breaths, in and out. Pepa is here, Pepa remembers him, Pepa is safe.]

I don't know. It's just been really weird for four months. Are you- [obviously she's not okay, the weather is proof she's not okay] who else did you speak to?

Other than Camilo and Mirabel? Dolores. And some strange boy in armor. He found me. In that... that awful little town. At first I thought he'd taken you all from me.

[But he hadn't seemed like a bad person. He'd saved her. Brought her out of the hurricane.]

Ay, Brunito, what do I do? My children have been here without me for so long... and Antonio... my little Antonito...

[Camilo told her.]

[A boy in armor....] The uh...Golden Guard? He likes to call himself that. A kid?

[Oh...but then she mentions Antonio and his heat sinks. He doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse that she's aware of this already. It's...awful. He would give anything right at this moment to take away his sister's pain. To make nothing that's happened with Antonio real. ]

I'm sorry, Pepa. I'm so sorry. I- I don't know why he doesn't remember us. We're- we'll figure it out, okay? We'll...find a way to bring him back.

[He doesn't give himself to optimism a whole lot, being exposed to how utterly miserable most of the future is put paid to that. But for his sisters? He will do everything in his power to make both of them carry less weight, even if he has to carry it himself. ]

I hope so... I wish Felix were here... But I'm also grateful he doesn't have to see this.

[It's a complicated feeling.]

Ai... but tell me what you've been up to? I've missed even more time with you than I already had.

I know, it's only him, Agustín and mamá we're missing. It's...weird they didn't show up, too. But I don't get how this place works and I've been here for a while. It's...probably safer for them to be home, though.

[And not dealing with stuff trying to destroy them on the regular. ]

Oh, I've been...uh. Mostly existing? [Comforting!] I made some friends? Like... non-rat ones.

[Please be proud of him, Pepa, he interacted with other people and formed social bonds and everything!!]

[Safer not to be there. She doesn't like the sound of that at all. Her children have been here without her, Bruno. She has a cloud again.

But she tries to focus on that friend thing.]

At least some good has come of... whatever this is. Please tell me more. I could use some good news.

[He catches the cloud- hard to miss. It's been so long and there had been such a distance put between them, so he dithers for a moment, before putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. Not trying to stop the weather from happening, far from it, just being...there. A presence for her. ]

Well, one of them is called August- he can see the future too...kind of. He uses tarot cards. We get together with this other kid who can see the future to try and work out what's coming in this place. It's...kinda nice. Being able to talk about it.

You found other people with the gift of vision? Are they people from this world? Or are they like us? From other places?

[She's still getting her head around it but... she reaches out to cup his cheek.]

Ay, I'm so happy for you, Brunito. You deserve all the happiness in the world. You know that, don't you?

I have! Both of them are from here, it's just me that's from...not here.

[Aww, Pepa. He manages a tired, nervy little smile.]

Gracias, mi hermana, I'm trying to uh...get used to that idea. It's a work in progress. So do you.

You'll tell me more about them, si? I've been missing a lot of things. And I could use some good news.

Sure! Arthur's pretty new to it, he's a kid- about Camilo and Mirabel's age! He's getting his footing, but her trying. August, he's a friend of mine, he sees them through these tarot cards. He's been helping me with telling people what I see? Been passing it on for me so I don't have to...y'know-

[He waves his hands vaguely to try and encompass all his issues in one gesture.]

It's made it so much easier. Not having to directly tell people myself.

They sound lovely. I'm so happy you have people who understand, hermano.

[She squeezes his hand. Really. It does her heart good.]

Something good has come from... all of this.

Thanks, it's...really nice. To have people who get it?

[He'll return the little hand squeeze.]

It is, just small victories, you know?

Sometimes the little things make a big difference.

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