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I remember, but somewhat vaguely. The old man was especially eccentric, maybe that was your grandfather...? [cheek scratch, herp derp

but oh, at that casual toss-out, ciel just turns around to eye ange quietly. ...money only buys death, huh.

let's skip out on the "I'm sorry"s.]

Mm. The succession and will arguments must've been terrible. [since ange is taking it like that...] ...if you could be reborn, [...] Ange-san, what would you want to be?

..

Well, if you've met grandfather, you've met them all. That guy's like a symbol of everything wrong with this family.

[ No kidding whatsoever. If Ciel met Kinzo, then Ange is fairly sure Ciel would already understand.. ]

As to your second question though.. that's a pretty heavy kind of thing to ask, right?

[ It's why she's quiet for a moment, thinking about it as she stares up towards the sky. It's weird, thinking about how many answers she could have had before. To be anything but her. To be happy, live a normal life, to be with her family, to be someone who could prevent her family from dying.

.. Did she really leave that all behind? Because when she thinks about it now, it's like she can't even feel the heavy weight anymore. ]

If I could be reborn.. I'd like to just be reborn as me. I can't deny that my life has been pretty crappy, and there's been plenty of times where I wished it would just end for weeks on end, but.. if it's the only path to get to this point where I am now, then I wouldn't want to trade it in for anyone else. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to apologize for it to my parents in the afterlife since I never did turn out like some cute girl the way I was supposed to, but.. this is me. A gloomy and slightly boring girl, but I'm happy.

.. Pretty corny, isn't it?

I... see.

[there is nothing to say beyond that. it's vague, but she still remembers an old fart, also she trusts ange, so she'll take her word for it.

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an answer like that though, haha.]

It depends on the perspective. I confess, I would expect you to say something like a rabbit, or a cat.

[She's wearing a faint and teasing smile, but not taking herself seriously in the least, and she makes no show of hiding it.]

Haha. I'm really impressed actually, Ange-san. That was very moving, and it takes a lot of strength, to be able to say out loud something like that. Despite all the hints you've dropped, to still go ahead and say that sort of thing with your usual expression...

[She looks away, ducking her head a little.]

I'm a little envious, personally.

[ For a very, very brief moment, Ange imagines herself as a rabbit. And she wrinkles her nose at the thought, it's too weird... she's not cute like that, okay! ]

I don't think it's something to be jealous of.. [ Nor is she so strong - or so she thinks, at least. Ange wants to be strong more than anything, but she knows her own weakness more than anyone else. It's why she can't accept the compliment as easily - especially not when it comes from Ciel, who always seems so much like she has everything together. ]

I mean, it's just the conclusion I arrived at after a really, really long journey. Maybe it's exactly that kind of experience that slowly changes you into an old lady who can say corny stuff like that, so in that case you should know more about it than me, Ciel-san.

'Envious' and 'jealous' aren't the same thing. Not exactly!

[don't ask how are they not

but she chuckles quietly, watching Ange fondly.]

Maybe I do, but it doesn't mean I have to like or accept it. I wouldn't change my past, but if I'm to be reborn, the life I've led has been too exhausting for me to consider redoing it all over again. Although I wouldn't complain anyway, I suppose... Haha.

[...]

And I'm not that old. Do I really look like it at all, to you?

[ Exhausting, huh.. she doesn't know much about Ciel's life before this place at all - aside from hearing about Mayfield, but she doesn't know anything about her world. What kind of place was it..? Ciel always seemed so well-adjusted that she hadn't thought much of it, but for her to say something like that now..

.. well, the past is the past. It's something she very well knows too by now. ]

No, it's more of a mental thing. I could easily see people calling you an adult, while it'd probably be a far stretch for anyone to say the same about me. [ That's putting it in the nicest way possible.. old spinster Ciel. ] Then again, this kind of conversation does sound like something two old ladies would talk about. Maybe I've seriously gone too far this time.

I still blame it over the fact that Mayfield shoved me in a Mother slot for two years. I could've been in a child slot and passed off for a third year senior for at least one more year, you know?

[small sigh! of tragedy!!]

But that didn't happen. I woke up as Merem's mother, and I was treated as an adult for two years. I really would've been a more senpai sort of person, otherwise. Which year of high school were you in by the way, Ange-san?

[ignoring the old ladies part, okok]

.. That guy? [ Yes, she does know Merem, considering she let him drink her blood in exchange for having him pop up if she'd ever need help.. clearly that's the way to becoming more capable of handling stuff by yourself, right. But even if it's quite a bit ago now in Haven, she sure does still remember him. ] I don't know if the idea of you being his mother is amusing or that I should just feel pity for you.

But back home I only just graduated high school. I'm already eighteen, after all.

[ Or.. well, probably slightly older now, but keeping track of it in Asgard and Haven is just a pain. ]

A little bit of both. As his assigned mother, I had the chance to advertize him over the phones by using 'concerned mother looking for suitable date for her perfect angelic son in light of prom night' as a perfect excuse. There was even another boy who volunteered! I'm sure the director could've appreciated that also, if nothing else.

[CASUALLY SAID... and somewhere across frozen multiverses, merem doesn't sneeze but maybe the rat king just twitched his nose.]

See, we should be around the same age. There's no way I look old!

[complaining is what old people do, though...]

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[ ...

Merem... at prom night.. and Ciel acting at the concerned mom, and...

She's not even going to try thinking of this. It's going to break her brain. Let's shove it into a dark "let's never mention this ever again" corner. ]

It's not just about looking old though, you know. I still have plenty of youthful zeal, it's why I don't seem like an old lady. [ youthful zeal ange pls... ]

[come on ange IT'S HILARIOUS

sigh

look each to their own in trying to catch breaks de-stressing ok. and it's perfectly ok if this is done at the expense of unpleasant and questionable co-workers you may or may not still actually genuinely care about...]

You look younger than you really are to me, physically. I don't about zeal, though...

[ange you're more like charles

but charles can claim it because he is pretty zealous about his anger issues and grudges

y tu??]

[ It's actually pretty sad just how much Ange and Charles have in common despite them being completely different in nature.. aka girl turned witch and old man vampire who looks like a kid.. ]

Do I really look that much like a kid? [ She's not sure if it bothers her or not - it's just a strange feeling to be called that way now. It's never really been anything she thought about. After a brief frown though, she reaches up, and with a fairly simple movement she grabs her hair decorations and pulls them right out of her hair, making her pigtails fall down at the sides of her head to mix in with the rest of her hair so it all just hangs down. ] .. There, I don't look that young anymore now, right? Or it should help, at least.

[her babby bat has anger issues tho, at least tenshi-chan doesn't n_n]

You look a few years younger, aha. It's a personal opinion, but I'd place you around... 16, I think?

[...

woah, ange without her twintails! ciel actually will take a brief moment to stare and appreciate it, because ange rarely goes anywhere without those, doesn't she?]

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Hehe, right. All you need now is a headband, and you'll truly have nailed the picture of a lofty and dignified oujo-sama!

[also

ciel swears this has nothing to do with akiha]

[ are you secretly trying to rebuild the stereotypes of shiki's harem in haven now, ciel... ]

I.. I don't want to look like something like that to begin with. [ Huff!! If it isn't obvious, Ange's always been sort of a rebel, so she's never really been the dignified rich people's daughter that her aunt who raised her wished she'd be.. besides, being called that would only remind her of Amakusa with his constant "oujo" this, "oujo" that. ] I'd rather just look sixteen then. I'll leave the whole ojou-sama thing to someone else.

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[WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT

it's not like arc's even around enough to be noticeable and no one will ever be as crazy as kohaku, okay. ~~ciel is not good for rebounds anyway~~]

It's certainly a lot of responsibility, especially if you add unfortunate family circumstances ["and completely irresponsible onii-chans", but she's not that callous so THIS WILL BE LEFT UNSPOKEN] to top it off. Besides, I imagine very few know here, and even less care, right? That should suit you well, Ange-san?

[ hey if we still had beatrice around she'd be crazy enough with her literally 7 or 8 personalities... ]

.. Yeah, I don't exactly plan on telling everyone. Not that I'm going to go out of my way to hide it [ or else she wouldn't have brought it up to Ciel now despite trusting her a lot ] so if people ask, then they can know, but..

[ She shrugs, thinking of all the sheer trouble money brought her back home. It isn't good for anything, so why bring it up? ]

I guess I'm fine with just being "Ange" for once. That people can meet me as myself instead of immediately knowing about my status or my family or whatever. That's not weird, is it? [ Ciel-sensei's advice column.. ]

[kohaku made the G-Serum and built mech-Hisui

not even Beatoriche can top that srry2say]

It sounds far too reasonable, if I must answer. People will get to know Ange Ushiromiya, deadpan extraordinaire, instead of a seemingly lofty and untouchable figure surrounded by meaningless riches, right? That must be quite liberating, actually, so it's definitely a good feeling to have!

[this round is met with APPROVAL

we good 8|b!]

[ yeah, beating mech-hisui would mean going all the way to nasu-tier... ]

I'm glad to have your approval. [ And although it's a slight joke - as if she would need Ciel's approval for that to begin with - there's some genuine part about it as well. Ciel definitely seems to have a more adult kind of attitude than she does, so she can't help but almost look up a little to her in that sense.. ]

Besides, the whole "rich girl" type just doesn't suit me. It's as if someone would try to force the bum stereotype on someone like you. Completely unnatural, right?

Please feel free to direct towards me anyone who doesn't. I'll talk to them, too.

[ciel onee-san isn't a bully]

Ah...

[:V]

That sounds really strange. Maybe in an alternate universe, Ange-san?

[which we all thank God isn't one we know...???]

[ in b4 some weird au in carnival phantasm.. ]

Don't put it that way, you'll jinx it. Before you know it they'll bring in weird versions of ourselves from other worlds into this place. Although I'm pretty sure some version of you that's like that existing would be enough to break any world.

No way, Haven's really focused on horror, it wouldn't do anything silly and lighthearted on its own. If it brings an alternate self of ours, it's probably going to be a shadow self that represents what we repress and the strongest of our destructive impulses. That won't do at all, plus it's totally different.

[this is... genre savvy, right...]

[ A little too savvy.. if this goes on Ciel and Ange will be able to give classes on jamjars. ]

You're sure? The place I was stuck in before really seemed to like mixing up horrific stuff along with really light-hearted things. It worked well enough to distract most people from the horrific stuff, as sad as it is to have to say that. [ She still doesn't know if there were just that many idiots in Asgard or just a lot of naive people. ]

Oh, I understand perfectly. Mayfield was like that too, actually. Especially around Halloween and Valentine were when the silliest of events happened, thinking back.

[a beat.]

But it's never been like this with Haven, at least not how I remember things. Do you recall them differently?

[they really are super qualified...]

Not really. Then again, there's never holiday-themed things happening like in Mayfield or Asgard. [ She's not sure if she prefers it the Haven way or not.. on the other hand, Ange would rather get maimed than get embarassed (she has great priorities, okay) but on the other hand, she's pretty sure some people would be pretty pissed if she got herself maimed. Sounds like a lose-lose kind of situations. ]

Maybe they're just trying harder to keep us from realising what day it is. In Asgard we didn't have calenders either, but at least those themed kind of things told us what time of the year it was supposed to be. Although it was almost like everything seemed to pass twice as fast there.

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