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[The video's not very clear when it comes on; it's dark and gloomy, showing hints of thick dust and cobwebs--a glimpse of a window reveals deep fog--and then it shifts to Rita's wide-eyed face. When she speaks, she's trying very hard to pretend she's calm...and failing pretty horribly.]

I-is anyone else stuck in this weirdo place? I mean, it's not like I need help or anything, but-

[A loud creak and sudden clatter of footsteps interrupts her, the shutters to the window abruptly blowing open, and she jumps with a yelp.] Aah--! Uh--it's not sc--just where's the exit, already?!

[Maybe realizing that the video's still recording her little freak-out, she quickly shuts it off.]

[ooc: Tags slow forever. ._. Sorry!]

This needs to...No, wait, that's no good...

[The shuffle of papers, the scribbling of a pencil in the background--someone's busy. But the distraction doesn't last long as Rita takes note of the date-]

Wait a minute--September?! How the hell is it--it's almost October again...

How could they bring back Estelle now- What if something-

[ooc: Tags could be late, sorry! I have only about an hour before next class. Strikes are hackable.]

Unbelievable. I am not staying here with all these idiots and this--this dog!

I don't care what this useless thing says--there's no way this is happening. Any idiot knows there's no such thing as curses.

[ooc: Cursed with Feels Like the First Time. Not only is Rita missing her City memories, but she's also from very early canon for the curse (first visit to Aspio/Shaikos Ruins early).]

I'm not cursed today.

[Rita's hideously smug over this fact. Both because she gets to sit out while other people do ridiculous things, and...because of what day it is.]

You better remember to prove how good you are, Tyr!

[Not that she's excited to see his ice-cream-cake-making skills. Not at all! Okay, she totally is.]

Let's get one thing straight: I'm forgetting these curses ever happened, got it? You all should do the same!

[What Rita has failed to notice--but what's pretty obvious to anyone who looks thanks to the green tank top she's wearing--are two or three small fading bruises on the sides of her neck. The genius mage still has some hickeys as a souvenir.]

[Here is one Rita, glancing off to the side of the camera defensively.]

Okay, if--if nobody comes and picks them up, I'm not keeping them all.

[A slight blurring of the video as the camera rotates, and the picture focuses on no fewer than half a dozen cats lounging in various spaces in the study.

Yeah, guess who was busy during that robbing curse. Eyes is nowhere to be seen...because he's out of sight of the device, comfortably situated in Rita's lap.]

[ooc: If your character owns a cat, feel free to have theirs be part of Rita's haul!]

[Why a stack of books doesn't make a good stepladder is demonstrated pretty well when the stack wobbles, Rita slips, and everything crashes to the floor. Several books go with her, and she mutters some choice words. Particularly when one falls right on her head.

Eventually, she sits up in the middle of yet another disaster in the study, clutching her head with a dazed expression that actually has nothing to do with this accident and quite a lot to do with a recent mistletoe curse. Her face goes a few shades of red, even as she berates herself; this is stupid, pointless, and she shouldn't care...right?]

Argh, what am I doing...? There's no way that's normal at all.

Okay, there's seriously too much junk around here. We don't need any of this stuff, so I'll sell it to anyone who asks.

["Junk" is pretty accurate. Rita's gathered a pile of mostly-useless items, from broken glassware to used post-it notes, a human skull and an old coin, and more. Some Most of it probably isn't even hers.]

Oh, this thing--

[At this point, she holds up a sealed sandwich bag...with a biohazard label. Inside is a trio of innocent- and tasty-looking meatballs.]

Use it for tests or poison or something, I don't care--just don't handle it without the proper safety measures. I won't be responsible for any deaths because of this thing, all right?

And no refunds! Don't buy something if you don't actually want it.