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Adelaide Cooke
UN: wellcooked

STATUS: Undergraduate

ACCOLADES: None yet! But soon!

BIO: I'm new here and extra new to all of this magic stuff! Please be patient with me!

© TESSISAMESS

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[transfusionem]

[Adelaide shoots Marcel a look right back - let him talk! Let him be free!]

I'm glad you're back.

[And she is.]

And I'm...I'm doing okay. Are you feeling any better?

[It feels like a lot has happened the past few weeks.]

[yokeye]

Yeah, I think so. I mean, a couple of my apologies were like... really awkward and I think I scared some girl in the greenhouse because I was too loud or like panicking or something, I don't know, but-

[No, stop.]

I am doing very well. There were perhaps one or two missteps, but it is a process. I had several good conversations with people I had upset and hurt.

[Hopefully, Marcel's satisfied with that much, because Toki can't keep up that way of speaking around Adelaide.]

I'm worried about you, Adelaide. Are you really okay? You can tell me anything, you know... Can I hug you?

[It's so awkward to ask, but Marcel would just pull him back if he tried without warning.]

[transfusionem]

[This is...so awkward. It pains her to see Toki not acting like himself. He's normally so full of energy, and now it's like...He's a weird pod person. He's not who she knows and loves.]

I'm glad you're doing okay...

[Even though she sounds uncertain.]

Of course you can hug me. [She opens her arms, ready to embrace him.] And I'm doing okay! I promise. Things have been...calming down.

[yokeye]

[Toki wastes no time embracing Adelaide in one of his clingy hugs.]

Okay, but... that offer stands.

[He won't press if Adelaide doesn't want to talk about things. She's here and she's apparently doing okay.]

[transfusionem]

[She returns the hug, and she's glad that still feels like Toki.]

I'll consider it.

[She laughs softly, before pulling back.]

So...what's with your new friend?

[yokeye]

Uhh, this is Marcel~! He's a personal guard, looking out for my safety and all that~!

[All that being everyone else's safety, mainly. Marcel gives Adelaide a nod; but that's the extent of his interaction.]

He's going to help me for a while... Stop me before I... do things... Which I don't think I'm going to, but... You never know~!

[The laugh that follows is a little sad. He's trying his best, but it's hard when it seems no one trusts him to do anything at all unsupervised. He agrees with it, to a certain point. It's just unfortunate that it came to this.]

[transfusionem]

...I see.

[Adelaide frowns a little at that, looking between Marcel and Toki. Constant surveillance.

She doesn't think that's what Toki needs. She thinks he just needs someone to help him to understand where to draw the line, not a glorified babysitter.]

Do you...ever get any privacy? Like, could we have a conversation with him...waiting outside or something?

[yokeye]

"If you prefer that, Miss Cooke."

[Marcel answers, of course. But he's quick to unclip the leash and walk down the hall towards the common room. He's uninterested in most of these mundane conversations.

Toki waits until he's out of earshot.]

Oh my god, thank you! I can't ask him because he'd just ask you if it was okay and it's this big thing about like proper etiquette or something and that it's not my decision, but a mutual one if we have a private conversation! But privacy! Yes! I mean, he doesn't like hang out in my room and things, but any time I leave, he has to come with me. Like even just to other floors in Lumiere!

[He regrets signing that consent form.]

[transfusionem]

[She's glad he leaves without a fuss, shoulders relaxing once he's gone.]

How long is he gonna be around...?

[Because, like, she can't imagine living like this forever.]

It's not a permanent thing, right?

[yokeye]

No, well, maybe. I mean, there's a re-evaluation in like six weeks, but like I don't know what counts as like evidence of "noncompliance" or "failure to progress sufficiently" and it's all vague...

[He expects to screw up somewhere long before the six weeks are up.]

[transfusionem]

Six weeks... [She nods, slowly.]

I think you can do it - you can prove to them you're okay at taking care of yourself.

[Maybe she shouldn't have faith in him, but she does.]

[yokeye]

[Adelaide thinks he can do it, and that gives him a little more confidence.]

I think I'm doing better! It'll be fine!

[And now that Marcel's gone, he can ask what he's been wanting to.]

Have they... Is there any more information on who, or what, has been influencing people?

[transfusionem]

Yeah!

[It will be fine. She has faith in that much, at least.]

And...no. Not that I've heard of, anyways. I don't know if they're planning on keeping us in the loop, but. [She sighs.] I just hope they can find them before somebody else gets hurt.

[yokeye]

I hope so too. Maybe I'll ask Professor Jailbreak when I see her.

[He smiles, an attempt at reassurance. He will find this person, and they will be dealt with.]