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[Ariel's closet is getting ridiculously full. With every piece of clothing that got dirty, she got a new one rather than washing it, because the washing machine was a mystery that she couldn't figure out and didn't really want to figure out. But forty dresses and other such things in her closet? This is a little too much.

So, Ariel's in the back of the kitchen where the washer and dryer are, and she's got a frown and a squint on her face as she leans to try to figure this out. The clothes go in... here, right? Right. That's the only place they can go. And then... This detergent stuff goes in with them. How much goes in...?

Surely, the more that goes in, the cleaner it'll be, right?

...

Well.

Twenty minutes later, the entire first floor and even the bottom of the stairs of Community Housing 4 is absolutely covered with soap suds. Ariel's by the entrance of the kitchen, on her knees and trying desperately to get the bubbles back into the kitchen. It's... mostly a futile effort, so she holds her hair with both hands, unaware that she just got bubbles in it, and then she slides across the suds to get to her journal on the counter.

The image shows her looking off to the side awkwardly, before she smiles widely and writes. She's... trying to be innocent, like she did nothing wrong, but... ahaha...]

~~Does~~ ~~How~~ Could someone tell me how the clothing cleaner works? Is that what it's called?

And [...] how to clean up a lot of [...] bubbles?

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[Tra la la, so Rise's on her way back to her apartment, see? And her apartment's on the third floor— not that that's ever given her a problem. Three floors? Eh, she can handle it.

Except that when she pulls open the door to CH4 today, soap suds will casually just ruin her nice clean boots like...so.]

H-hey! What..?

[EEK oh god. Not another person!

Ariel will just. Hide behind this counter here and peek her head out a little. She is totally innocent of this, she totally didn't embarrass herself with all of this, totally.]

[Ugh, these were brand new. She bends down to remove her boots and pad in barefooted. It's all...wet.

This is terrible.

She raises her voice and it sounds quite irritated.]

Whoever it is, you'd better clean up this mess! Gee.

[Ariel winces over that, before she brings up the nerve to scoot herself into sight. She peeks her head and shoulder around the doorway to the kitchen, smiles sheepishly, and wiggles her fingers in a tiny wave.

... Hi.]

[Her annoyed look disappears for a moment when Ariel peeks out (she hadn't been expecting anyone to own up since well, this is quite a mess) but the surprise that takes its place morphs back to annoyance again-- except that it isn't so frowny in this case.]

Is this... [yours?]

[Ariel glances back at the washing machine, and she gives a slow nod. Yes. Yes, this is hers. And she's quite embarrassed about it, too.]

[Resisting the urge to go for the world-weary sigh because that really wouldn't be nice...]

Do you know how to use a washing machine?

[... Ariel feels like she should know, since she's "human". So she presses her lips together, glances away, and shakes her head. Nnno. She doesn't. Sorry.]

....

[Sigh. She hitches her bag up her shoulder.]

How about I show you then? But you gotta help me clean up this mess, okay?

[With her lips still together, she nods, but still tries to smile. Ooooooh she's made people mad, she knows it. She'll just. Twist her hair in her fingers as she glances off towards the washing machine. Jeez, she knew this thing was hard to figure out, but...]

[She tugs lightly at her bag, looking around for anything to put it on. Well, somewhere that isn't the floor, at least.]

Just give me a moment to put this down...

[She nods - it'd be best to put that bag somewhere safe and high and all, seeing how the bubbles are still spewing. Then, she takes a few steps towards the washing machine, still a little wobbly thanks to how slippery the floor is, and raises her head to study it some more. She figured out how to turn it on, now how to turn it off...]

Three Seashells - Action/Written

[action] Somehow, I think I'd pay to have a huge clusterfuck thread of CH4 people.

[action] YES.

[action] I think that can be arranged somehow.....hngh.

[action] That would be glorious. B)

[action] ....everyone is also busy. ;A;

[action] Oh bawww.

[action] Maybe I should do this threadjacking thing. Hnngh.

[action] You can do whatever you'd like! /o/ I encourage threadjacking.

[action] Got permission to threadjack Ginji's thread! We can lead this one there?

[action] Of course~

[action] \o/

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