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*It's night-time, and outside of Building 6 there is a young-looking gothic lolita vampire and a bed of roses.

Rachel, in an attempt to not get dirty while planting a garden, has been attempting to do the entire thing with spatial manipulation - you might see the dirt itself shift around the roses if you looked long enough. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be going well for her, and the rose "garden" is lopsided and mismatched, and the roses don't look healthy. They're wilting a bit.

And because of this, Rachel is looking all the more irritated and frustrated.

Clearly this is the best time to bother her.*

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*Sleepy Vampire is sleepy. And asleep.*

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[Noel doesn't know what to do. She could just leave, but... what if something happens to the roses? Uh. Um. Erm.

Maybe... she should just stay for a little while longer. Yeah. Keep the roses protected and all that.]

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*Wait, she might be stirring now.*

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[Is she? Noel's going to look over, waiting to see any other sign of the girl waking up before saying anything else.]

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*And red eyes slide open.* ...hm?

It's quite rude to stare.

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Huh? O-Oh! I'm sorry! I just noticed you were waking up, so...!

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"Waking up?"

Are you saying that I had fallen asleep? Nonsense.

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Then... what were you doing just now?

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I was sitting and watching you to ensure that you did not horribly disfigure my garden in your clumsiness.

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[...Huh?] But it looked like you were sleeping just then.

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Are you mad, or merely blind? I have been observing you this entire time. *Totally in denial.*

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I saw them -- your eyes were closed! [Someone's just confused now.]

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*...well, Noel does seem to have finished the bed, so...

...is there some truth in what she's saying? Did Rachel really fall asleep out here? She's not happy with the idea.* ...hmph. So you say.

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[She does say so. B| And once she notices Rachel looking over at her BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.] ...Do you like it?

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*As much as Rachel hates to admit it

and she really, really hates to admit it

it is an improvement. A bit.* I suppose it isn't terrible.

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[Wow.

Noel's shocked.] ... Really?

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Mediocre, yes. Utterly and pathetically average, yes.

But it does not make me sick to look upon it, and we must take our victories where we find them.

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As... long as I didn't make it worse, I guess.

[There goes more of her confidence.]

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*You have confidence, Noel?* ...no. You did not make it worse.

You made it different. *Those words could have sounded like a compliment from anyone else.

Not Rachel.*

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[Damn it all.] Is... Is that a good thing?

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If it is not a bad thing, must it be a good thing? No, it is neither.

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Then it's just... somewhere in the middle.

[...Bland.]