#lilmamamiracles

Meenah ‘Minerva’ Makara was a patient troll, even as a human. But when the reaction to breaking her sweeps of ghosting is trying to jump off the knock-off Eiffel Tower to get away from her, yeah, she’s going to be a little grumpy. “W)(AT THE FUCKING )(ELL CALLIE?”  Yanking the younger troll-turned-human back onto the platform by the scruff of her sweater, Meenah found herself yelling right in her face and god- she looked terrified. Like she’d seen a literal ghost, or well. Something maybe more scary, like a vampire or a zombie? The girl’s dealt with enough ghosts. Twisting and turning Callie was trying to get out of her grip but Meenah was easily holding on to her. After a deep calming breath she tried again.  “no reely what the shell, stardust, its just me. im only tryin to see ya a minute.” “yeah bUt why? minerva it’s been years! years! yoU told piper yoU wanted nothing to do with Us anymore remember? with me! no offence bUt some warning woUld have been nice!” Meenah finally lets go of the sweater, afraid Callie was going to wiggle out of it, but gets ready to chase if she takes off again. Thankfully Callie just backs up into the tower wall, again trying to put distance between them. She looks chuffed, which is just as well, the feeling was mutual.  “oh bo--o ho--o it aint pike back when you didnt know where i was or anyfin, seriously stop makin this a bigger deal than it already is. im tryin to mend a bridge here!” “i’m sorry! i wasn’t aware there was a bloody bridge to be mended! yoU jUst decided we were all too mUch to bother ever coming back to!” A fist slammed into the wall next to Callie’s head, and Meenah loomed over her in a way that sent a fear she hadn’t had in sweeps run down her spine. “yeah and i stand by that. yall were too much, and again, i thought you fucks were DEAD till i came back for my stuff and lo--ok at the damn mess you was in, stardust, that whole lady english bullshit. i wasnt aboat to go back to my old life dealin with yoar fuckery after all that bullship with the sanctum-” Callie flinched at the word, “not when i had found my peace. espsholey after he showed up again. you reely think i coulda handled going back?”  Pushing back away from the wall Meenah gave Callie some distance, taking calming breaths. No it wasn’t Callie’s fault she stayed away but by Arceus she wasn’t helping things. “my dum-bass kid didnt even put it together i ever left, stardust, why would i a gone back?” For Callie’s part, she looked extremely uncomfortable. None of this was particularly news to her, but everything had been relayed through her Sprite, Pip. The mentions of ‘him’ and her sister still didn’t seem to weigh well on her. Honestly she looked like she was going to attempt escaping again. Fuck, this wasn’t what Meenah came here to do. “lisfin, does it matter why im breakin my silence between us? its yoar wrigglin day callie and im tryin to wish ya a good one.” “again yoU coUld have jUst, idk, messaged me or something? listen it’s- it’s good to see yoU, meenah- minerva, really, it is. i’m glad yoU seem to be alright. yoU- yoU look well-” Callie raised her hands placatingly, she was inching toward the door now. “which is somefin i cant say foar you, gill.” Cutting her off, both verbally and physically, Meenah shot forward the close the door. “which is also parta why im here.” This caused Callie pause, that was harsh but. Oh? For an awkward moment they just stared at each other. “.... okay?” “whale look at you! callie when was the last time you actually went out- not here boat like, out, with a friend, oar to treat yoarself or- i dont know!” Meenah gestures out toward the city. “i go oUt! i see friends! well, a friend! Um. Uh... i think i last went oUt early october? to see a movie, with serket.” Callie bit her lip, knowing what was coming next. This, this was why she was on such bad terms with Pip and Meenah as of late. She braced herself for the rebuttal. “exactly. over a month ago, an ya only got that one friend and you arnt even sayin much to her now-a-days huh.” Meenah’s response was a lot softer than she was expecting, and also, not what she was expecting to hear. “stardust lisfin, take it from the queen of issholeation hershellf, you dont want to cut yoarshelf off- yourself off from everyone you care about. rebuilding a social network is tough but as long as youve got someone in yoar corner you can. im worried youre just gonna. stop. stop tryin. youve been livin like one a yoar scary alts doin fuck all boat play video games and copy bo--oks together foar way to--o long now. pips told me, chess told her, were all worried cal.” Callie was apparently speechless, because she was just letting Meenah ramble. At some point she slid down the wall, sitting down on the grated floor. “you know i dont trust yoar friend boat if shes who you got, fuck it, you should try an sea her moar.” “she’s bUsy! i see her, when i can... besides it’s not healthy to pUt that kinda expectation on serket. i need to branch oUt-” “you do,” “-i... i jUst. i.... don’t know how! it’s not like when i first started meeting people, when friends of friends coUld be friends- or bro pUshing others into spaces where interacting was inevitable! i- i scare people off. i fUck Up relationships before they can even start! i scared a literal trickster god away becaUse i coUldn’t shUt Up! it’s not fUnny!!” Trying to control her snorting, Meenah shakes her head, waving, “no- no yoar right its not. sorray, no its not funny and i said itd be hard. boat for right now i think bein able to lean on a friend to keep ya from fallin overboard aint a bad thing.” Meenah reaches down to give Callie a hand, but for a few moments Callie stares at the red spade tattoo on her palm. “oh that ol’ thing? ill tell ya aboat it over coffee.” She pulls the smaller woman to her feet, dusting her off.  “so heres an idea. sea if serket would be alright keepin you in that haunted cabin a hers over the holidays. youd be better off outta the hive, i think. and hey, thats a literal dream vacay foar some.” “why do you keep trying to push me off on serket? yoU lot have been on my case aboUt her for- fUck, years now at this point!” “yeah, callie, because shes jarvis little creation- ugh!” Both Callie and Meenah froze up in different ways, Callie in almost a disasociative way and Meenah in anger, “yoar doin it again! i thought pip said you reeled back on that!” “i did bUt yoU’re still WRONG. if she were connected in any way shape or form to that- that-HIM we woUldn’t be friends, woUld we? i woUldn’t be alive, there’s been so many chances to kill me now- we woUldn’t be ALLOWED to be friends. she’d hate me- he woUldn’t need to be rebUilt! he’d have so many other bodies, meenah! s-sorry, minerva. serioUsly, she’s not-” “ugh just shut up. i get it yoar still deludin yoarshelf. its fine. shes not the one im worried aboat anymoar anyway. i think you are right at least that yoar friends- i.... have questions. boat ill wait on that. i dont trust her boss. an if hes not jarvis then fine, its unfounded worry, boat thats beside the point. serket herself. shes yoar only close friend right now so if thats who ya got. thats who ya got. we wont stress ya out aboat it anymore. we havent in a while if it aint been obvious.” Meenah pitied Callie in a way. She turned to magic to deal with trauma and it’s done her nothing but get her tangled up in the very web she was trying to get away from. At least, as far as she saw it. Maybe the girl was right. Still, Callie just looked confused and like she was struggling with herself now. Meenah reached out and pulled her in by the shoulder.  “hey. forget it foar now. just think over my suggestion alright? now its still yoar wriggling day and i want to take you out foar coffee or tea or somefin alright? we got a lot to catch up on.” Callie still didn’t seem the most comfortable that she was there, but she let herself be pulled along to the door. “alright.... bUt one qUestion before we go.” Callie pulled at the holographic coat around Meenah’s shoulders. “what is this thing even made of?” With a laugh Meenah pulled them through the door, toward the elevator, “fuck if i know pip got it foar me. cute right? i think it makes a splash~”

This really was your favorite spot in the whole city. In all of the world inhabited by Pokemon you call a second home. You use to think you liked the Anistar Sundial just a bit more and yet here you are, so often just watching the city from above. It was peaceful up here, and despite some heavy memories attached it was just a really good spot to let your mind unwind. You also weren't really supposed to be up here, but the maintenance staff and Clemont, the leader of the gym downstairs, had long since gave up trying to stop you. Being one of the Kalos Champions had it’s benefits.  Still, it wasn’t uncommon for someone from downstairs to pop up to see if you were around, so you don’t turn around when you hear the maintenance door open behind you.  The sound of boots clacking against the grated flooring make you perk up, however.  ”i thought youd be here.” A tall, dark and beautiful woman leans over the railing next to you. She’s wearing a sleek, black sleeveless turtleneck and matching slacks, but with the most outrageously flashy holographic overcoat you’ve ever seen, gathered around below her shoulders. If it didn’t look so soft, you’d think it was one of those pvc coats, but it had too much flow for that. She even had matching glasses. But by far her most striking feature was the impractically long raven-dark hair she had tied back in a braid to rival an anime character. From halfway down it ombre-d out to a striking shade of lavender. Well, that was new. “m-meena- no, minerva. w- i thoUght yoU didn’t want to see me.” You’re suddenly alert, and scrambling backward, trying to keep your distance.  She gives you an annoyed look, crossing her arms over her chest, now leaning sideways on the rail. “cut that ship out callie, its yoar wrigglin’ day an i came out all this way to see you. whale actually i went back to yoar hive first and you wernt there so then i came all this way. i guess it wasnt pike. the worst trip in the world- YO )(EY WAIT!” Springing forward she manages to yank you back from throwing yourself off the platform. Still strong as ever, but you still try and twist out of her grip. You want to fly away, and you’re not even sure why, but you haven’t seen Meenah- no, Minerva Makara in sweeps, only having communication through Piper, and you did not want to have some kind of dramatic blow out on your birthday. Or any day. You made peace with the fact she didn’t want to see you again so WHY WAS SHE HERE?