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[trailblazingspirit]

you've reached march 7th! i'm probably too busy being cute right now to answer your call, but leave a message and i'll get back to you asap! bye~

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un: shadowsword; text over Gemini; after Cu's post

[rupturingheaven]

March, check in with me please
Are you somewhere safe currently?

voice; un: photocutie

[trailblazingspirit]

I’m safe! I’m at my friend’s place. If these guys decide they want to come here and mess with us, I’ll show them what pretty girls are really capable of.

voice

[rupturingheaven]

... Thank goodness. I'm currently watching over someone because a friend asked me to, but things seem clear on this end so far.

I'll be sure to keep you updated. [She sighs deeply.] I'm pretty worried, but it helps to know you're safe.

[trailblazingspirit]

Your friend's okay, too? It sounds like this spilled over onto everybody else a long time ago.

For now I'm safe. I'm still checking in on people, though, and I'm—really worried for them. [And March is a Nameless, she's not the type to be able to let something like this go. Especially if people she cares about are in the crossfire.]

Gemini Text | UN: lunae

[heng_like_a_dragon]

[Dan Heng has a sneaking suspicion. He's once again been tricked into believing that someone he cares about went on a "fishing trip." This time, it's March. After what happened to Blade last year... he feels a chill in his blood. He sends a text to his best friend, hoping and praying against hope that it's not what he thinks it is.]

March?
Are you okay? Where are you?

[Please please please, he's not sure what he'd do if this happened again—]

voice; un: photocutie

[trailblazingspirit]

[It takes hours before she feels well enough to respond. When she does, her voice is quiet.]

Dan Heng…?

I didn’t worry you, did I? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.

text: un:kore

[aslowburn]

[Normally, harming one of her family would result in death. Persephone is not a merciful Goddess. She does not tolerate harm to those she loves. But she likes March, and it's clear that the girl was not in her right mind when she took Hermes' life.

But she told Hermes she would talk to her. This is not something they can ignore. ]

We need to speak, you and I.

text;

[trailblazingspirit]

[The last thing, the very last thing, that March wants to do is to talk about it.

What she wants is to bury herself in her blankets and hug her stuffed animals and never come out of her room. What she wants is to try and scrub the nonexistent blood from her hands until they're red and raw.

...but she can't do any of that, because that wouldn't be right. That wouldn't be fair. So:]

okay.

in person or over text bc i can do this in person but i dont
know
how to talk about it.

i killed someone you cared about, right?
im
sorry.

[aslowburn]

[This will not be an easy conversation, but Persephone doesn't mind being the one to do it. She can do this without getting too emotional about it, she feels. Though she's still angry about it, she understands the rage would be wrongly directed. That ship ruined many more lives and turned friend against friend.

But still. The conversation must be had. ]

You killed a member of my family. I am coming to you on behalf of them.

I am content either way. We can speak on here if it is easier.

text; un: fourseasons, three days after Horror Central(TM)

[consonanter]

[If there's anyone Noah has been worried about the most in the aftermath of all this, it’s March. To have murdered someone is already hard enough to take- but to do so when you're not even yourself? He can't even imagine.

So March will get this text from him, concern easily apparent. There's no sense of awkwardness or discomfort on his end- he knows March wasn't herself when this happened. She would never hurt anyone.]

Miss March? ...I know asking if you're well is rather pointless in this situation, all things considered, but- have you been able to be around company the past few days at all?

one day later

[trailblazingspirit]

[She almost doesn't respond.

How, exactly, do you apologize to someone for killing them in cold blood? She's not sure. She can't really tell Caleb or Dan Heng about this—some part of her is terrified they'll look at her differently. March looks at herself differently, really. But. Well. This had to happen sooner or later. So:]

dont worry about me.
im worried about you. are you ok?

[consonanter]

[The fact that she doesn't respond until a whole day later, and with a "don't worry about me" just makes Noah worry even more. March has always struck him as bright and open, especially in the memories he has of her.]

I'm doing better- I've been spending my time with friends and with Robin, mostly. We're recovering as best we can.

Still... you didn't answer my question. Have you seen any of your friends since we came back?

[He doesn't like pointing things out, but he truly is concerned about her. If there's anything he remembers vividly as Sunday, it was that he was always alone. He kept everything to himself, to the point of despair and desperation. Noah knows that the only way to heal from something like this is to let others help you through it.]

Action | Earlier in March

[whiteshroud]

[A Seal Knight always completes their mission, even if the mission is delivering a birthday cake to a girl.

So late one night, there'll be a knock on the door. Outside stands Shroud. Next to him, there's a floating box that's clear in the front, showing a birthday cake inside, decorated to March's aesthetic.

Open up Cryptid USPS is here]

action

[trailblazingspirit]

[March takes a second to come out of her room, having been doing a birthday stream, so when she opens the door she's wearing the sort of outfit you'd expect to see on an idol. Or at a cosplay convention. A jaunty little birthday hat is balanced between her horns.]

Hi, yeah, sorry to keep you waiting—oh my god is that for me?!

[whiteshroud]

[He clocks the outfit. Oh. that's a cute look. But first, focus on the mission]

Yes. Ragna commissioned me to make you a birthday cake, as an apology for disrupting the day itself.

Happy Birthday.

action | same dayish as the danmei announcement

[actnormal]

[From his room:]

Hey, March! Can you come here? I need an opinion.

[trailblazingspirit]

Yeah, what! [Coming in while biting off a bit of peanut butter-laden toast.] If this is about Dan Heng's announcement, no, I didn't think Jing Yuan was serious when he said "hi March I came to pick up my fiancé".

[actnormal]

No, it's not that. But honestly it's Jing Yuan, I'd've thought he was joking too.

[Caleb has his closet open. It is a bit of a mess.]

So I have a date this weekend with Lia.

IT'S SANTA TIME

[mmmleather]

[Congrats, March! Your secret Santa will arrive whether you are conscious or not!]

[The package is wrapped in simple brown paper, but contains a few things. A real leather jacket, a small fluffy pillow (huggable sized!), and a set of... oh. Well. They're romance novels. They are the bodice-ripper sort of romance novels. An effort was made - an effort was absolutely made.]

[The note reads: I found these stories very enjoyable. And do not worry, there is a leather kit inside the jacket, so you need not be concerned with its care. A pleasant Wintersend to you, Ms. March. - Zevran]

Not Santa But -

[doublethumbsup]

[A little before Christmas, there's another gift for March.]

[With everyone trying to help boost Hermes through their Issues regarding what happened last year, they figure it's probably time to do what they'd meant to do a while ago. And what better time than the holidays? They think]

[A package is left. It's very simple, just a mini polaroid and some film. With a note.]

[Hi, this is Hermes. From the space station? Sorry that's not how I wanted to start this out. But. I'm sorry. For avoiding you and stuff. If you want to try and talk sometime... I want to try too. if not thats also cool and no worries ok? you don't even have to keep the camera if you don't want to but like I heard you liked pictures. So

Yeah.
Bye.
- Hermes]

UN: MusicologyMinor - Thanksgiving Aftermath! Most likely moving swiftly into action.

[youwouldntdownloada]

[It's still November.

Yasuho has felt tired, paranoid, irritable, and over all just bad for most of the month, but truly, this mess with Turkey Tom and the Endless Thanksgiving took the cake. Trying to stay positive was one thing. She could manage that; positive Thanksgiving has become something of an art form.

Trying to stay awake was another story. In a sense, it was lucky that her dinner-time at the table with March came first. It meant she was at least coherent enough to hear when suddenly, over the air, came-

March 7th is in love with Yasuho.

...Unfortunately it also meant that she wasn't quite coherent enough to reply. Realistically her heart was soaring at March's protest. Over Christmas??? Like a perfect Hallmark movie moment, while the snow was falling and the lights were twinkling and presents were traded and-

Yasuho thought March knew that.

...And honestly Yasuho sort of felt like melting into goo. She could sleep when she was goop. Or something along those lines, right?

There were more tables after that though. And if she couldn't see March again until after they escaped Turkey-tory, there'd be actual Thanksgiving tables too, even if Thanksgiving with her mom looked more like sitting there with grocery store pie while her mom fought birds in Fortnite.

Whatever the case- even if it's as soon as the last table is done and Yasuho rouses from the couch in the dimensional living room- Yasuho finally sends.

A text.]

christmas? 🥺

[trailblazingspirit]

[March would've loved to be able to talk to Yasuho about her secret almost immediately, had even tried, but she'd gotten swept up fairly quickly in the "celebrations" and been recruited to take pictures, because—well, it's her or whatever the terrible turkey generates, and frankly March would rather she did it, y'know? She knows she can do a fantastic job, but she does wish she can charge the stupid turkey her fee. Maybe she can even hike up the price.

She's helping clear away the last table when her cellphone buzzes in her pocket, and quickly excuses herself to check it. Then she stares down at her phone screen and smiles down at it, her face tinging pink.]

Christmas!!

I'm so sorry the stupid turkey outed it before my gift arrived, I was hoping to do it super romantically! I was planning to hire a live band and dress all cute and I even got my new little rabbit robot (she says her name is Hyaboo??) to learn a new dance. And then I would kiss you under the falling snow. (And even if there WASN'T snow Yanqing promised he would sprinkle snowflakes!!)



It was all planned out!!!! I hate this turkey titan and I'm gonna throw him out a window the second I see his nasty little bird face!!!

[youwouldntdownloada]

[The faint sound of what could be a mix of laughter, sobbing, and also unintelligible babbling can be heard from far off in the living room. The over all impression seems to be that Yasuho is...Happy? And overtired. But mostly happy?

She is curled on a couch, under a throw blanket, and currently trying very hard not to shout very loud about how wonderful March is since she's pretty sure it's not the time to be shouting.]

thats so romantic march wtffffff 😭 it sounds so perfect...

(we can still do that right even if it isn't a surprise???? 😭 i would kiss you under falling snow)

(or even if there wasnt snow id do that)

The morning of the 7th of March

[chrysospoeia]

[ The very morning of her birthday, March will find a carefully-maintained potted set of orchids, meticulously dyed with blue and pink to evoke the colors she so often wears. There is also a set of instructions on how to care for them, and a note from the gifter. ]

Miss March—

Today is the seventh day of the Month of Evernight. Or March, as the rest of the cosmos calls it. That makes today your birthday. I spared no expense in creating these flowers to match your sense of style, and so I do hope that you enjoy them.

Respectfully yours, Professor Anaxagoras

[ ... And a footnote. ]

P.S.

Arriving later today will be a set of “inkcap mushrooms” for Miss Evernight, as well. Treat them with care.

[trailblazingspirit]

[Some time later, March sends back a picture of the orchids and the mushrooms, their pots arranged so they're close.]

Thank you Anaxa!!! These are so pretty and I'll make sure to take really good care of them.