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Amazing what sleep and no murders can do for a girl (open)
Who: Naiya
What: Taking a few days off (under protest!)
Where: The streets of New York
When: Midday
Naiya began her staycation a few days after her long lunch with Isabelle. Though she didn't want to, she knew that it was what she needed. So with her office locked up, she went home...and furiously began to clean her apartment. Not that it was dirty, she just hadn't had the time to do more than the bare basics to keep it neat.
When she woke up refreshed the next morning, sunlight warming her bedroom, she started, afraid she had accidently slept through her alarm. As her big toe just barely brushed the floor, she drew it back. This was a day off, no work. Though her ritual-memorized body tried to urge her to begin her day, it was already SO late, she crawled back under the covers, and opened a long-forgotten book on her nightstand.
Three hours and hundreds of pages later, she got up, turned on the coffee maker and stepped into a hot shower. She had time to just stand under the water, and not fall asleep. What a novel idea! Her hair was properly conditioned, she didn't forget to shave or use face wash. She pattered around her apartment in her towel with her coffee mug in hand. Running a comb through her hair, and giving it a good towel-dry, she applied a bit of lip gloss to her lips. She chose to wear a pair of old faded jeans she refused to wear to work, because there was a good chance she'd get blood or something else on them. With her favorite black sneakers and white sweater, she wound a long scarf around her neck, grabbed her bag, and headed outside.
She didn't have many errands to run, all of her bills were paid, and she wanted to save shopping for food until last. So, she went window shopping, buying herself a large herbal tea from a nearby coffee shop.
'This is a good day,' she thought with a smile.
What: Taking a few days off (under protest!)
Where: The streets of New York
When: Midday
Naiya began her staycation a few days after her long lunch with Isabelle. Though she didn't want to, she knew that it was what she needed. So with her office locked up, she went home...and furiously began to clean her apartment. Not that it was dirty, she just hadn't had the time to do more than the bare basics to keep it neat.
When she woke up refreshed the next morning, sunlight warming her bedroom, she started, afraid she had accidently slept through her alarm. As her big toe just barely brushed the floor, she drew it back. This was a day off, no work. Though her ritual-memorized body tried to urge her to begin her day, it was already SO late, she crawled back under the covers, and opened a long-forgotten book on her nightstand.
Three hours and hundreds of pages later, she got up, turned on the coffee maker and stepped into a hot shower. She had time to just stand under the water, and not fall asleep. What a novel idea! Her hair was properly conditioned, she didn't forget to shave or use face wash. She pattered around her apartment in her towel with her coffee mug in hand. Running a comb through her hair, and giving it a good towel-dry, she applied a bit of lip gloss to her lips. She chose to wear a pair of old faded jeans she refused to wear to work, because there was a good chance she'd get blood or something else on them. With her favorite black sneakers and white sweater, she wound a long scarf around her neck, grabbed her bag, and headed outside.
She didn't have many errands to run, all of her bills were paid, and she wanted to save shopping for food until last. So, she went window shopping, buying herself a large herbal tea from a nearby coffee shop.
'This is a good day,' she thought with a smile.