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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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The electrical outlets are those holes in the walls, right?

Thank you - What's your name?

Yes, you should try to avoid getting water into them if at all possible.

Adele. And yours?

Ariel. And don't worry, I'll get this cleaned in no time!

[...]

It'll just take forever to do. [SIGH. Well, she's the one who caused this...]

Will you require assistance? I am certain others that live in the same house, or complex, as you would be more than willing to help.

I think I'll be all right. Maybe we could even make a game out of it!

That would make it less tedious work, though would you work in pairs, or in teams?

Depends on how many people show up, I guess! [...] If people show up.

Do you know any cleaning games? I'd race my sisters sometimes back home! [Outside of their dad's line of sight, anyway.]

I am certain if you ask, they will show. As for cleaning games...For the most part my sisters and I would designate certain areas that needed cleaning, and whoever finished first won. That might work here.

That could work! [And judging by the big smile on her face, she's excited to try it out. But also:]

You have sisters, too?

Six older sisters, yes.

Oh - I have six older sisters, too!!

[OH MY GOSH THIS IS SO AMAZING.]

I do not have it as bad as Henri, though. The youngest in the family, with seven older sisters including myself. It is difficult sometimes, when you are the youngest, yes?

"Difficult" is one word for it. I love every one of them, but they can be so [What word would be best for this...] older sometimes!

Overbearing? Instant that they know what is best, no matter the subject or your thoughts on the matter? That nothing you do is right?

Yes, that's exactly it! And when one agrees, so do all the others.

Then it is six against one. So you can either bend, or you can play tricks upon them until they are no longer interested in telling you what to do.

[She smiles, the expression seeming somewhat mischievous.]

Sometimes I do the former, buuuut...

...A week before a very large society gathering, I dyed all of their hair pink. And had them convinced one of the others had done it.

[... AAAAAAHAHAHAHA]

~~Are you~~ Did you really

[Her writing's a little shaky, she's a little too busy laughing at the mental image of all her sisters with pink hair.]

It was a thing of beauty. They left me alone for at least a month after that incident, if I recall it correctly.

So their hair stayed pink? Even during the gathering?

[Oooh she's just trying not to bust out laughing again.]

They tried to find wigs that they liked to wear. I had...taken the time to ensure they would be unable to find any.

[TOO LATE there she goes, here's more shaky writing.]

You're absolutely wonderful! I only wish I could do something like that!

You simply have to be stealthy and creative. The most recent prank was...actually not too terribly long ago. They were bothering Henri about how it was he chose to raise his daughter, Fleur, and in return? We had all the furniture in their bedrooms glued to the ceiling.

[SNRK] I couldn't do that, where I come from. It's even hard to do just a few pranks! My daddy watches over us all even when I don't think he can even see us!

But one time, my oldest sister told me that no one would ever want to date me if I kept acting the way I did, and the others all agreed.

I put seaweed in their hair while they were all sleeping. You should've heard them screaming in the morning!

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