Gosh, it's so long. So long. Longest chapter I have ever written.
The same day, Miss Nightingale's office...
Aesop: *knocks on the door*
Aesop: I hope she's in...
Eli: She should be. Victor said so, right?
Aesop: I suppose...
Aesop: *knocks again*
Aesop: Miss Nightingale? You asked to see us?
Aesop: *opens the door*
Aesop: Miss Nightingale? Oh- She's not here...
Eli: She isn't? Then where-
Miss Nightingale: Ah, boys. Just the two I wanted to see. And Hastur, good evening.
Hastur: Yes, hello.
Aesop and Eli: *turn around to look at Miss Nightingale, who's holding mini Geisha*
Eli: Baby... Michiko?
Mini Geisha: *waves and smiles, avoiding eye contact and hiding her face behind her fan*
Miss Nightingale: Oh yes, I found her in Michiko's room, while I was cleaning it out.
Aesop: Cleaning it out? Why was you doing that?
Miss Nightingale: Well, I just thought... Since she's no longer with us, we can't just leave her room to collect dust. And maybe Mary wanted some of Michiko's things to remember her. Now, we have an empty room that we could use for other purposes.
Aesop: I feel like you should have just left her room alone. Perhaps her spirit is still living in her room.
Miss Nightingale: That's too bad. Her spirit will just have to move to Mary's room.
Aesop: She didn't specify what she wanted done with her belongings, so we should have left it.
Miss Nightingale: It's already done and Mary's already taken everything. The rest of the things I've thrown away. We can't go back now, and I plan to clean out everyone's rooms. When I say everyone, I mean those that are deceased.
Aesop: I'll let it go for Michiko's room, but you shouldn't touch the others'.
Miss Nightingale: *sighs*
Miss Nightingale: I cleared out space on my busy schedule for this. Plus, aren't you interested to see what's in everyone's rooms? Don't you want some of Naib's things? And Andrew's?
Aesop: Naib and Andrew...
Miss Nightingale: Yes. Victor told me what happened.
Aesop: Then... I guess we could go ahead with your plan...
Eli: Ironic much.
Aesop: I need some of their things...
Eli: And why?
Aesop: I don't want to part with them this early...
Miss Nightingale: See? That's how Mary felt. I'm just going to drop off this cutie to Tracy and then we can head over to the others. Do you mind waiting for me here? Don't go inside the office, it's a mess, and I don't want to be seen as a messy person.
Aesop: We looked in earlier and it seems alright. And you're a busy woman, so it's expected that you have things everywhere.
Miss Nightingale: Fine, go in if you wish. There won't be many places to sit, I'm warning you now.
