kaisou | Intro post!

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Intro post!

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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Mama?

[Dolores is not typically demonstrative, save for when she's finally reached the end of her rope, but oh it has been hard without either of her parents here. Even with Camilo and the rest of the family around it hasn't been the same. And she hadn't realised just how much she would miss them until she couldn't just go and find them whenever she wanted to.

So when she sees the unmistakable form of her mother, soaking wet and shaken and clearly newly arrived through some kind of labyrinth, she runs straight to her and throws her arms around her shoulders, bursting immediately into bittersweet tears.]

Mama!

Dolores!

[She is relieved to see one of her children and hugs her tightly back. Although she still doesn't know what's going on, het focus shifts from herself to her daughter.]

Are you okay? Were you hurt?

[With how tightly Dolores squeezes her arms around her mother she could be forgiven for thinking that she's trying to make sure she doesn't float away somehow. Meanwhile Dolores, suddenly embarrassed by her tears but lacking the capacity to stop them, swallows several times in an effort to regain control of herself.]

I'm fine, mama. [She pulls back just enough to see Pepa's face, managing a wobbly smile.]

I just missed you so much.

[Oh, there is going to be a lot to tell her...]

[Mirabel was on her way home, carrying some fabric from the store. As she's walking, she catches unmistakable red hair... red hair that belongs to...]

Tía Pepa!

[Mirabel nearly drops what she's holding and just, runs up to her.]

When-! How-! Why are you- I can't believe you're here!

[Pepa smoothes her daughter's hair, hands fluttering nervously. Just double-checking that she's okay. She notes, relieved, that Dolores is dry. So not caught up in that horrible hurricane.]

I was so worried. I thought you were all trapped in that awful place too. Have you seen anyone else? Your brothers? Your father? We have to find everyone...

Mirabel? What are you doing?

[She is eyeing the things Mirabel is carrying.]

You're going shopping at a time like this?

[Oh... oh boy. Mirabel shifts the bag so that her things are hiding a bit, not really sure how to approach the fact that they've been here for months. And a lot has happened in those few months.

A part of her really wants to hug her, tell her everything, but she can't just... unleash all that when she already looks stressed.]

Tía Pepa... how long have you been here?

[Let's just... start with that, for now.]

What do you mean how long have I been here? As long as you have. But while you were off shopping, I was looking for all of you in a strange town in the middle of a hurricane!

[There is a small rain cloud brewing over her head. Not nearly as big as it should be for how upset she us. She is not going to take the truth very well.]

[Oh no. Oh gosh. Mirabel looks around, hoping for somehow Julieta to appear out of thin air.]

Um... tía Pepa? I've been here for about four months. A lot of the Madrigals... have been here for a little while...

[There's no easy way to approach this, so...]

This is Kaisou. We all got kidnapped here at one point or another.

Edited 2022-04-17 14:05 (UTC)

[Four months? There's no way that's possible... right?]

This is not a funny joke and I am not laughing!

[It's now raining. Just in about a three foot radius of Pepa. She's already soaked so it doesn't matter to her. But Mirabel might want to keep her distance.]

Four months! Are you trying to say I missed four months worth of time?

Edited (Wrong # of months) 2022-04-17 14:32 (UTC)

[Mirabel does step back, waving her hands helplessly. She really wishes his mom were here right now.]

No no no! You didn't miss any time! It's um... it's like... we were here while you were back at home?

You were... in some kind of maze before you got to the city, right?

[ Camilo's been out shopping for new clothes, to prepare for starting school in two days — which he's nervous about, privately. He'll never let on about it, of course, much like he's tried not to let on to a lot of his feelings about his Kaisou experience so far. So much has happened — his labyrinth was awful to start with, things went horribly awry in the fairy realm with Mirabel and Luisa, everything with Antonio... And dealing with it all without his parents. He'd only opened up to Dolores at all about how he was feeling — how much he missed his parents, wished they were here to guide them, comfort them, just go through all this together... At least missing their parents together has brought Camilo and Dolores a little closer.

But most of the time when he gets to missing his parents too much, he just holes himself in Pepa's bedroom alone to lie on her loveseat reading her books. Whiiiiich are decidedly not meant for teenage boys, but that didn't stop him from binge-reading them anyway. It was a bittersweet self-soothing pastime he'd picked up, but his mom's room has always been a comforting place, cozy and full of memories, and it just... helped him miss her. Likewise, probably only Dolores knows he does this every now and again, but that's only because she's probably overheard him in there. He'd never bring it up. Just as ever, he tries to keep a smile on, tries to lift everyone else's spirits in spite of all their recent troubles here, tries to find those silver linings to create little joys for all the others... and tries to keep the rest of his own feelings concealed.

Even Camilo can't keep his composure, though, when he spots a woman who looks a lot like his mother from afar, squinting against the sun to do a double-take. As he approaches and gets a better look from a short way's away, his eyes go wide — it's unmistakably her. Provided she, uh, remembers who he is... But his first reaction is hard to swallow, operating on first instinct before logical worry. ]

Mamí?! Mamí...!

[ He drops the bag of clothes he's holding and rushes her, wrapping her in a hug immediately; her son probably hasn't hugged her quite like this since he was a little kid. With his face hidden against her, it's hard not to crack at long last, and his face contorts as he feels the tears threaten to well up, though he swallows and takes a deep, shaky breath in a vain effort to disguise it. She probably hasn't seen Camilo cry since he was a little kid, either... But even he has his limit. ]

Edited 2022-04-17 21:29 (UTC)

[Bruno has been finally braving the city a little more. People in general are still a lot to deal with, but he really is making a college try at getting better at this. There's been a drop in their family showing up after Antonio, so he's more than a little surprised to see a soggy sister sitting there.

He approaches with caution...mostly because of the Antonio thing. It'll break his damn heart if Pepa doesn't recognise him. So he'll raise his hand in a tiny little wave of greeting.]

Uh- Pepí? Are you- do you recognise me? Weird question, I know, but I gotta ask.

[As Antonio was out and about walking to his home, he couldn't help but notice the a woman who looked a little odd. Despite knowing his parents would be angry, that didn't stop him from walking up to the stranger. Was she one of those new people who people kept talking about? Especially when she was covered in water?

However, as he approached her, he recognizes something. Wasn't she...?]

Hey, aren't you that lady I saw...? [The one who was suppose to be her Mamí?]

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?

[Pepa is surprised but relieved at first, upon seeing her son. But that relief quickly fades to panic at his demeanor.

At least her concerns over her start here in that hurricane are currently on hold.]

"Ay, Mijo, you're shaking! Are you hurt? Let me look at you."

[ Camilo inhales sharply, biting back tears, willing himself some semblance of composure as he pulls back to face her. He forces a weak, lopsided smile, but he can't disguise the emotion on his face. Even like this, he's still trying to smile, though, and brush off how much his heart is swelling inside his chest. ]

I'm fine, Mamí... Are you hurt? Are you okay...?

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...

I'm fine. I'm just a little bit... water-logged. Ay, and now I've gotten you wet too.

[She fusses over him a bit. Her hands going to smoothe his hair and touch his face.]

I talked to Mirabel earlier. She told me crazy things. It doesn't make any sense. You've all been here for months, Mijo? Is this true?

Edited (Mispelling that was bothering me) 2022-04-19 10:02 (UTC)

[ It has been a bit of time since another member of their family arrived in the city; it almost seemed that several arrived nearly at once, and then suddenly stopped. So while a part of Luisa had hoped that others might turn up in the city, she hadn't quite been expecting to see the familiar shock of red hair as she was heading back home that day. ]

T...Tía Pepa?

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.]

[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?

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.

[Pepa is not mentally or emotionally prepared to be confronted with Antonio. She hasn't had nearly enough time to process what she's been told about her youngest son.

The way he greets her really does just seal it for her. He doesn't know who she is. But there's a tiny spark of hope because he seems to remember something. It takes every ounce of her strength not to start crying. How is she even supposed to address him if he doesn't know her? Especially when she's not sure she can speak without her voice cracking.

She can't stop herself from reaching out to try to hold him. Stopping short. What if she scares him? She manages to croak out a slightly desperate question.]

D-do you remember seeing me somewhere before?

[With opening up a new restaurant, Julieta was all over the place. She was out shopping ingredients, putting up fliers, watching other restaurants, or trying their food (could really NO ONE make good coffee in this city?) and just generally getting the word out about her restaurant. As it happened, when she saw a familiar tall figure with flaming red hair, Julieta dropped what she was doing and rushed over to her, wrapping up Pepa in a hug.]

PEPA! [Julieta hadn't even stopped to consider that Pepa might not even recognize her the way Antonio did. To Julieta, her other triplet was here, and that's all that mattered to her at that moment.]

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