NIGHT SHIFT / breakdown

[APHRA CIPHER .]

perhaps if aphra had been raised right, she wouldn't feel like she had to be distant from her own children. they didn't appear to be around the typhoon anymore - neither did pincher - but in all honesty, aphra was quite content with that. their children were a mistake; they should have never been born. so aphra could not relate to roxanne wanting to have a happy, loving family. to her, that 'happy, loving family' was one who never associated with each other. if they never saw each other, there would be no fighting, and as such, everyone was happy. not loving per say, but happy.

aphra heard that roxanne had bore cubs, though the oriental longhair didn't care in the slightest. she somewhat sympathized the other female in the sense of falling in love and the other disappearing, but the kids themselves? aphra didn't care. roxanne decided to let herself conceive, she would have to deal with the consequences. the cipher heiress came up to roxanne, having been alerted by the sound of her hiccups. "you're not helping." aphra mumbled to michael, rolling her icy eyes at his words. that's not how you help a grieving woman. maybe she really did care, but that wasn't something she was going to admit out loud.

fighting the urge to recoil away from the wet sand clinging and dirtying up her fur, aphra decided to sit close to roxanne - but didn't quite touch the other girl yet. after all, that would be invading valuable space. and when a woman was upset, she didn't want attention - she wanted to be left alone. if one must comfort her, they better have their space - that was, at least, how aphra felt. aphra took a deep breath and forced a small smile on her face. "hey, why don't we go get a drink or something?" she asked, casting a glance at eulia. "i'm sure michael or someone wouldn't mind watching your kids for a while." a girl's night out, so to speak. that would be aphra's way of coping, at least.

★ open your eyes up, step in the ring ━