Pester 1

After laying in your recuperacoon for what seems like just 15 minutes, you awaken to it being pitch black outside. As you're sitting up, you have a really weird feeling about something.. You're not sure what that something is, though. Meifra proceeds to grab a rag from her nightstand, wipe her face off and stand up. When she closes the drawer, the scuffling noises continue. She looks around her room to see what the potential item could be, and realizes her door is a little open... Meifra walks up to the door, and peeks out into the hallway.

"h-h3llo? Zai ar3 you awak3??.. did you op3n my-"

She stops mid sentence and sees that the door in the kitchen is wide open. Meifra quietly, but speedily walks up to the door and looks outside for a moment before locking and closing it. She turns around, leans against the door and sighs.

"ZAAAAAAII!!"
..No answer.
"LURZAI!!! AR3 YOU UP TH3R3?" She shouts up the stairs, to no avail. "god dang it, LURZAI ZHODIX! ANSW3R M3!!" Meifra starts walking towards the staircase, flipping on the lights in hallway as she goes. She starts heading up the stairs, up into Lurzais room, and tries opening his door. Three bangs come out from the door, "ZAI! op3n up!! this isn't funny, at all!".. No answer. She bangs on the door one last time, but softer than before. "Zai i,, i'm sorry i call3d you a j3rk okay? but you r3ally w3r3 b3ing m3an! I just want3d us to sp3nd mor3 tim3 tog3th3r.." Still no answer. Meifra heads straight to the bathroom and starts picking around in random drawers, pulling out a safety pin, a bobby pin, and then heads back to his respiteblock door. She jams both of them in the lock, and wiggles them around trying to unlock his door. After struggling to get them to line up into the grooves right, she finally manages to click open the lock, and opens his door. A bit of looking around can tell you that no one is here. There are books and papers strewn everywhere, clothes both dirty and clean on the floor, and the only light that's on is his desk light. Meifra flips on the ceiling light, turns off his desk light and starts digging through stuff on his desk. There's nothing really much of interest here just big words she can't pronounce and names of trolls she doesn't recognize. Meifra heads back into her room and sits down at her desk, and opens up trollian.

peculiarDandelion [PD] began trolling conceitedProphet [CP] at 3:04AM

PD: wh3r3 ar3 you?? i wok3 up and th3 kitch3n door was op3n, and so was my door!!
PD: if you w3r3 going to just l3av3 in th3 middl3 of th3 night you could'v3 at l3ast l3ft m3 a not3! or wok3n m3 up and told m3 3:
......
PD: ar3 u s3riously not answ3ring your palmhusk!!
PD: i was going to apologiz3 to you but you ar3n't 3v3n h3r3! nor are u answ3ring me!!!!
......
PD: fin3! don't m3ssag3 m3 back, just don't g3t fr3aking cull3d out th3r3!! mad or not i still car3 about you zhodix 3':<

peculiarDandelion [PD] ceased trolling conceitedProphet [CP] at 3:42AM
peculiarDandelion [PD] began trolling antagonisticCreations [AC] at 3:57AM

PD: h3y, damoni!! i n33d to ask you som3 qu3stions
AC: SO yOu've finally cOme tO yOur senses? What can the smart, handsOme, spectacular, DamOni help yOu with lOve?
PD: i'v3 told you not to call m3 that!! but that's b3sid3s the point, hav3 you talk3d to Zai at all r3c3ntly???
AC: If by talked tO him yOu mean being tOld utmOst immediately to "> sshut tthe ffuck uup aand lleave mme aalone" then yes.
PD: gr3at!! wh3n was that?
AC: A cOuple days agO. Anyways, back tO us. YOu didn't just message me tO get dirt On yOur nOt-matesprit did you? YOu shOuld really mOve On frOm him, Meifra. 
PD: that isn't h3lpful at all damoni! and stop calling him my "not-matesprit", its w3ird and kinda rud3! our quadrants ar3 non3 of you'r3 business, and you'r3 just mad Zai won't giv3 you his r3s3arch papers!!! ar3 you going to quit b3ing w3ird and h3lp m3 or not? 3:<
AC: Frankly that's pretty fucking rude. YOu shOuld be grateful a mutant such as yOurself is even being cOnsidered to be in ANY quadrant with me. HOwever I'm willing tO OverlOOk yOur rude remarks, I knOW. YOu're welcOme. 
AC: What else did yOu want tO ask me, dear?
PD: grrr!! n3v3rmind!! i don't 3v3n know why I still hav3 you add3d!

PeculiarDandelion [PD] ceased trolling antagonisticCreations [AC] at 4:13AM

Meifra leans back in her chair, obviously disgruntled. Why does every interaction with that guy leave you with a slimy feeling? Gross. You decide you should wait a couple of hours and see if Zai will come back on his own, or at least reply to your trolling. There's no need in getting yourself worked up right? You decide to grab yourself a snack from the meal vault and head back into your respiteblock. Might as well knock out a couple of hours watching videos on GrubTube. Fortunately for you, you only have to pass 3 hours before you hear someone try and open the kitchen door. Meifra runs out into the hall, and slides into the kitchen quickly unlocking the door.

Meifra immediately grabs Lurzai, and pulls him in for a hug in the doorway. She almost squeezes the life out of the poor guy.

"WH3R3 HAV3 YOU B33N?? i'v3 b33n worri3d sick about you!! i was so worri3d i w3nt as far as m3ssaging DAMONI to s33 if h3 kn3w wh3r3 you w3r3 or what could hav3 happ3ned! of cours3 you know h3 wasn't any flipping h3lp but!!!!" and before he even has time to respond, she pulls him into the kitchen and closes the door.  "g3t in h3r3 b3for3 you cook!! it's almost sunris3!"
"> ii ddiidn't mmean tto bbe ggone ffor sso llong."
"that's it? just you didnt m3an to b3 gon3 so long??"
">... ii ddon't rreally kknow wwhat yyou eexpect ffrom mme mmeiifra."
"i 3p3ct you not to l3av3 me (lit3rally!) in th3 dark Zai!! w3 got into a spiff and you l3av3 without any notic3?? you w3r3n't even answ3ring your trollian.. i don't know what you do all day up th3r3 in your r3spit3block and th3 on3 tim3 you com3 out you do it whil3 im asl33p?? w3'r3 suppos3d to t3ll 3ach oth3r things Zai.."
It goes quiet. Zai hasn't taken his eyes off the lovely floor since he got home, and he's been twiddling his fingers the entire conversation. Meifra grabs Lurzai by the arm and leads him into the living room where they both sit down on the couch.
"talk to m3 zai. i dont know what to do or how to h3lp you if you dont t3ll me.."
"> tthere's nnothiing tto ttalk aabout! ii jjust wwent oout ffor aa bbiit! iis tthat rreally aa ccriime? ccan ii nnot eeven ggo ooutsiide tto gget ssome aair? ii ddon't gget wwhy yyou're sso uupset wwiith mme.. iit's nnot llike iit's aa bbiig ddeal."
"it IS a big d3al zai!! that's why im so work3d up ov3r it! no on3 wants to just. M3SSAG3 DAMONI FOR FUN ZAI. i think you of all p3opl3 know this pr3tty w3ll, h3's gross!"
"> ...yyeah. ssorry yyou hhad tto mmessage hhiim ii gguess."
"why don't you apologiz3 for som3thing that actually m3ans som3thing to m3! lik3 running off!"
"> .....ii jjust wwanted ssome aaiir.."
Meifra turns around on the couch to face him head on. He's still staring at the floor, except this time much more intently. Like if he looks away from the couch his gander bulbs are going to start leaking. Meifra scoots closer to him, as Lurzai flinches and scoots to the edge of the couch. She leans forward and wraps her arms around him, and he tries to wriggle out for just a moment before stopping and going limp on the couch. Mei can tell he's exhausted, and beat. There's no point in arguing about it any further, so she resorts to what she knows best. Physical comfort, a long much needed hug.

"> ii'm ssorr..ssorry.. mmeii"