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Amelia looks up to see whatever knocked over her hat and see that the book of the ancient ones had settled on top of her head "hey Ina, can you get your pet off my head? at least talk em into resting on my lap instead" her comment causing the other three to stop talking and look over at her, though Marine had to look away to keep herself from laughing. a thud can be heard along with a pained groan as the detective rubbed her now aching head from where a certain magical book had struck said head, causing everyone to either laugh or giggle at her "I think our 'pet' doesn't want to be referred to as one" Amelia grumbles under her breath as she handed the book to its rightful owner "anyways, peko. the kids like to play games together and tend to argue, peko" Marine rubs her head while making a dramatic sigh "ah, they take after us far too well. truly, there's never a moment of peace when it's not bedtime" letting out a playful squeal at the weak swatting her lover gave her and the 'don't get us off track, peko' comment "so...how long do you two plan on having me and Ina watch over the kids for you? may request a bigger pay if it digs into work time" cue Amelia's turn of receiving an unamused response from her lover for goofing off "three days at most, peko" the four waved goodbye at the front door after Pekora told them where each of the toys and other items that are important to the kids, Marine closed the door then locked it before turning to smile at her lover "Pekkkooorrraaaa~" leaning forward enough to have their foreheads touching, gaining an amused grin at how startled the bunny-girl got at the sudden attention "where should we go? should we go to a romantic restaurant, a spa or maaayyybbbee" lowering her voice and added a seductive tone "a love hotal to spend the first night of our break admiring each other" she may have admired the red she managed to get for a bit too long for her own good "also, forgot to say this until now. but if you wanted a break to bang Rushia before she passed away, you could've just told me and I would've figured out how to give you more time to do it with her more, maybe even join in~" she caught a hand raising out of the corner of her right eye then yelped and jumped back in time to just barely avoid a smack to the head "oh no, I made the hot buns angry. now it's time for a tactical retreat!" laughing loudly and running away, she can already tell by the sound of rushing footsteps that her flustered wife was already running after her. she knew that the selective mute of a bunny-girl was going to slap her a couple of times for being such a tease if she was caught too soon, so she just kept running towards the actual place she wanted to start the break with
--with InAme and co--
the detective and priestess duo give a sheepish smile to each other when they overheard what the pirate was saying "uhh...should we check on the kids or stay here until needed?" Amelia thinks the question over before slowly nodding to herself "probably better to not rush into this, let's relax and let the kids come to us if they need something" she didn't give Ina a chance to respond when she started dragging her girlfriend over to the couch, sitting down while patting down next to herself "yo, wanna know something interesting a version of myself mentioned?" Ina gives a curt nod while setting the book of the ancient ones on the table in front of them "apparently, she made a deal with the ancient ones that had her going into your soul...well, your subconscious to be specific. she even met a physical form of theirs during her travels in there" Amelia was about to continue on with her story before noticing that Ina seemed to be dealing with a headache, she forgot about the story for now as concern took priority for her "you okay Ina? they aren't giving you trouble again" though she started to panic a bit at the 'shut up, shut up, shut up' that Ina kept muttering, up until she noticed that a forming blush was getting more and more pronounced "should I...ask what's the topic is now" she remembered a few cases in the past where the ancient ones had made their liking to the detective way too known to their priestess comfort, enough that she can make a guess as to what's bugging Ina right now "w-well..." Ina took a few seconds to compose herself before giving a flustered smile to Amelia "a few of them are begging me to figure out how she could do that and uhh...convinced you to...sate their curiosity" the detective blinks a few times while letting that sink in, she knew that some of the ancient ones had become...obsessed with her to put it lightly, but she didn't expect them to be that straightforward about it "rrrriiiigggghhhhtttt" she cover her blushing face while sighing "they're gonna bug you endlessly if I don't, right? fine. I'll go and find that Ame to ask her how it worked. just make sure they know to do their best at trying to avoid affecting my sanity" Ina opened her mouth to speak up, but got cut off by yelling in the distance "I'M NOT A FUCKING BULBASAUR" judging by what Marine told them, it was the elder of the two kids that shouted, Houshou Mashia. Marine wanted Rushia to name the kid, but the necromancer died before she could get an answer, so the pirate decided to combine their names as a means to let Rushia's name live on. the kid was an innocent sweet talker that had a short temper towards certain things, being called a Bulbasaur was one of the instant 0 to 80% pet peeves she had and one that the younger daughter has a habit of provoking "welp, guess we're needed now. Ima go and check on them. take your time if you need to calm down" with that, Amelia went upstairs and into a room that was littered with pirate and bunny-pirate related stuff from posters to toys to even a regular bunny that has an eyepatch over its blind eye. on the other side of the room were the two children of the household standing in front of a tv, the game they were playing had been paused "WHY THE FUCK AM I AN 'UNLIFE BUNNY' THEN?!" the other kid responded with "YOU'RE A BUNNY AND A NECROMANCER, THEREFORE YOU ARE AN UNLIFE BUNNY BECAUSE YOU BRING UNLIFE IN THE FORM OF MAKING UNDEAD!" Amelia covered her ears because damn, the two are loud when they're yelling "you two, shut up or used your inside voice! you're scaring the pirate bunny" the two jumped and looked at the newcomer to the room before crossing their arms and pouting while looking away from each other "yeesh, you two are worse than when Gura and I argue" Amelia walks over to then kneels down next to the two kids, her detective instinct making her take note of their appearances. Mashia had a pirate-themed outfit with her short shirt, long-sleeve jacket, jeans that had a rip or two in them near the knees and a captains hat, the center of the hat had a skull on it with bones crossing into an x shape with the center going behind the skull, Ame also caught sight of earrings that were of the same skull and bones design as the hat icon. if she recalls correctly, Marine said that the top of Mashia's hair was red then turned to green, resulting in a red circle of hair at the top of the head that turns to green around the forehead range "you two certainly love green, and you seem to have gotten your ears pierced at a pretty young age too. Mashia was it?" she looked over to the other kid after noting that both of their clothes were almost completely green in one way or another, she faintly recalled Pekora mentioning that Uruko wanted to dress like the papa she never got to meet in life and it showed. an amused smile made its way to Amelia's face when she noticed that the oversized outfit the jr bunny-girl was wearing is one of the outfits Rushia used to wear on streams when she was still alive, her attention turned to the stuff that were more unique to the kid, the outside of her hair being the same green that Rushia had like with Mashia's hair from the forehead range and lower, however, she faintly caught sight of the inside hair and noticed it was Pekora's hair color 'a two-sided coin, Rushia's hair on one side and Pekora's hair on the other' was her conclusion on the matter, she then caught sight of Uruko's braid where both sides of her hair colors were visible then Amelia's attention was turned to the heart-shaped locket necklace, its three colors stripes were the same ones that were associated with Marine, Pekora and Rushia and it was opened to show that the picture inside was of the three mentioned girls snuggling together with snow falling around them, clearly taken from before the necromancer had passed away. she glanced over to Uruko's big rod, a gold staff with a ruby skull at the end of it that has gray glowing eyes "you two seemed to care a lot about honoring your 'father' huh, I'm certain that she would feel pretty happy seeing how much of an effort you two are putting into making sure she's remembered" the two kids forgotten their lil verbal fight already to puff up with pride "of course. I, Houshou Mashia, shall be the greatest necromancer pirate the seas will ever know! birthed from two of the three greatest people to ever lived!" Amelia had to hide her smirk behind her hand when Uruko gave a snarky reply of "aren't you too dense to be a great pirate, ruko?" though the detective had to raise her hands to pat the two on the head "alright you two, try not to argue with each other again. how about we go down and see if we can get something to eat" getting up while shaking her head and shrugging her shoulders "I dunno about you, but I had to deal with my gfs not waking me up in time to have breakfast and made me have to rush over to here to make it on time" closing one eye with a teasing tone in her voice as she takes a couple of steps back "can't tell you how annoying it is to see a lil shark-girl grinning at you while she's taking a break from eating your portion of breakfast reminding you how late you woke up" looking away while snickering "but she's the one that has to deal with the stinkbomb under her pillow" the two kids giggle at imagining the outcome of that before following after Amelia, they normally don't trust strangers that quickly, but they heard enough about the detective and the rest of myth to know that their parents trusted the group enough for them to trust the myth group "psst" doesn't stop Uruko from breaking a bit of her goody-two-shoes image to show a bit of her true prankster nature "what is it, sis?" most expected Mashia to cause trouble and not be a team player while expecting Uruko to be the teachers pet and team player "you may be a cute Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur's are still an eyesore" when it's really the opposite when Mashia instantly feels guilty for betraying a friend even in a game while Uruko betrays her party in a moments heartbeat when she feels like it "FUCK YOU URUKKKKKOOOOOO!" cue Amelia having to chase after the chaotic siblings while two figures hidden in the realm of the dead watched the scene unfold within one of the deadbeat's bar branches "told you that they were fine" Calli slides a ghostly glass over to the only other person in the room, the ghost catching it and taking a sip before lowering the glass to speak "thanks. I...needed to see how they all were doing" Calli took a seat while cleaning out a glass that was currently going unused "you're welcome Rushia" she watched as the ghost-girl leaned over into the orb showing the chase scene and caught sight of a small loving smile on the face of the formerly necromancer "if you like, I could head over to tell them that you're watching over them and you love them with all your heart" Rushia turned her gaze to Calli and thinks it over before nodding "please do. thank you" then went back to watching her kids goof off and annoy each other, feeling a warmth in her soul they gave that also came from watching Marine and Pekora messing around and getting into fake fights over the stupidest of things, always ending up laughing at how absurd they gotten