…Huh.

She wasn’t aware that sleep paralysis demons could purr

Wait, she recognizes this fur ball! This is Mozilla Firefox!

But how did it end up in her room?

Did he also wake up Nina?

As she looks to the other bed, she finds no wife in sight

“ Ah, this little troublemaker probably woke her up, and she went to the bathroom or something”

She gives the kitty some pets. She sees that the door was left ajar, probably how the cat snuck in, and evidence that Nina is out.

“Where is your dad, orange menace? Did he let you have a moment of freedom? Or did you run away in a rebellious movement”

Mozilla makes some cat noises.

Hopefully, it’s the first option.

She starts hearing some movement outside, seems like someone is walking throught the hall. She can’t see them, so they must be coming from the bathroom.

Whoever they are, they’re not particularly fast. Is it Nina?

She hears a door closing, the sound catches Mozilla’s attention.

Maybe it was Oliver, and the kitty is going back to his room.

Beebo loves praising his cat for his good manners. But he’s also Orange, so Marigold tends to doubt the veracity of his claims.

Good thing of being in a closed space is that he’s not getting lost any time soon.

Marigold wanted to talk to Nina, she’s sure the talk about… dead brothers… must’ve stirred something in her.

And there’s no better time to talk out feelings than witching hour. Mari’s specialty.

She lays down, turns on the lamp, and waits for her return.

Perhaps rest her eyes a little.

Nina has not come back.

It’s been about 30 minutes and she has not come back.

The only time she takes that long in the bathroom is when she’s showering, and there’s no showers on the train!

Could she be feeling sick? Perhaps she’s out there getting herself some herbal tea?

Maybe she had too much in her head to sleep?

Either way, it’s time to get into action. She is wifeless and the world refuses to answer why.

She puts on a bathrobe. Oliver was right. There really is a drastic temperature drop, even in summer.

She doesn’t bother fixing her hair, there’s more important matters at hand.

As she leaves, she hears some chatter coming from Simon and Owen’s room. Did those two stay up late again? That bad habit is not gonna help them in university.

Mari would know.

Actually, it sounds way more muffled than their usually loud laughs. Oh, is it also a late night feelings conversation?

While Marigold would love to have every single piece of information on anything that could possibly negatively impact her children, she also knows some things need to be spoken with a peer rather than a mother.

They’re growing. She can’t carry them anymore.

Even if she thinks their marriage was a bit early, she could never regret having her kids.

They are a handful. A particularly expensive handful.

But they are hers. The best thing that her pre-destined fate had to offer. Her family.

A family that has been gaining new members as of late.

Is nice, to finally have such a thing as a happy family.

And she would do anything to keep it that way.

Sounds like the boys went to sleep. Her silent guard ends.

She has also been hearing low chatter in one of their new trainmates’ rooms, but that’s something that she would rather not intrude upon.

She checks the bathrooms part and finds none of the doors have the lights on.

She goes even deeper and finds an empty room.

Where is she?

“My wife…. Where’s my wife…”

She walks through the trains corridors