#FIRMLY GRASP IT🗣️‼️

[bochedogmeat]

King of fucking around and finding out 💥

[seastarblue]

“Commute Shenanigans”

(ENOUGH KAIDEN NOW ITS MEHRIS TURN YIPPEE 💫✨‼️💫✨🗣️✨✨💫‼️)(fr tho love them)(their pronouns are she/they btw)

"I'M GONNA BE LAAAAAAATE!" Mehri called to no one in particular as she barrelled through the throng of people outside of the inn, replying to their swears with shouted apologies. She took a hard left, and sprinted down the narrow street while shrugging on their shawl and tying their frizzy hair into a sub-par ponytail. She almost dropped the precious parcel she'd tucked under their arm, but after some fumbling it was firmly in their grasp.

She continued their impromptu morning run throughout the city, stumbling in about seven places, stopping to help an old woman with her cat who had gotten stuck in a tree-- or did the lady get stuck? oh well-- and almost knocking over a cart full of... bananas making their way to the markets for the day, which was a bit strange considering they were in a desert, but Mehri didn't have time to mull over it. The merchant driving the carts hurtled yet another string of curses at the poor messenger, which she returned with... strangely garbled apologies? 'That can't be good,' she thought, but possible brain damage aside, she kept on running. And running. And running. Weird how she hadn't gotten tired yet, at this point she'd be huffing and puffing...

Mehri suddenly stopped when she saw something out of the ordinary. Well, not too out of the ordinary, considering commute portals were pretty common in El Arsilt, but she'd not seen any like this before. She jogged over to the green swirling mass-- 'another difference,' she noticed, 'commute portals are normally plain white'-- and decided to stick their hand in. With a *whoosh*, the portal engulfed Mehri, their parcel, and their... blanket?

Mehri woke with a start, legs burning as if she'd actually been running all the way across town. She giggled at their silly dream, and tucked themself in bed again. As she closed her eyes, she realized...

'...I'm *really* gonna be late!' With a whoosh, Mehri tossed off the covers and actually headed to work.