Silver ice storm (Ami thread, Lime warning)

[Anastasia]

By a small miracle, you find no one in the gym or on the way. Getting replacement clothes and undergarments is done easily enough, even as your body finally begins to slow and settle down.

Rising your hair from your shower, you do feel more normal now. More in control, in your own special way.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami rubs at her hair, with the towel, feeling the blue stands absently, and trying to quell her inner disquiet.

"What was that?" She wonders, listening to her voice echoing off the tiles. "I've never..."
Not even when you were...enamoured of her? a little voice teases.
No! Not even then! It was a simple crush, that's all.
Surrrrre. Not even when she was naked, pressing those oh-so-perky assets into your back?
I'm not denying my attraction to Usagi! Ami insists to herself. I was...am lonely. But never for purely physical gratification... Again, her face heats up in response, recalling the undeniable pleasure of the event.

It may have been a dream, but...there was something wrong...

Shivering at what that thought inplied, she slipped from the locker room, and began thinking about how to get home...without embarrassing herself in fron of the professor further...

[Anastasia]

Sadly, you can't teleport as some of your friends can, nor can you drive underground by yourself. As you head through the hall of school, thinking, no easy answers present themselves. Though...you are passing close the greenhouse. Glancing through one of the windows to it, you notice it's still bright and lively, even when the weather is like this.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blinks, smiling a little at the greenery. Perhaps she can't get home just yet, but...Tellu had offered her a space in the garden, if she needed to rest...and with her nerves jangled as badly as they were, that didn't sound bad.

Reverently, she steps into the gardens, feeling her mood lighten at the surroundings as she makes her way to the spot Tellu showed her.

[Anastasia]

Once you enter, you smile even more. It's warm in here, more like late spring than the bitter cold outside. Though, it is making you sweaty right off the bat, your breath coming quicker in the heat.

Perhaps she has the temperature up because of the blizzard outside?

As if cued, the plants move out of your way after a moment to the little clearing...

Where, on a momentary inspection, you find the Mistress of this house. Laying on her stomach as she gently feets water to a little purple flower at the edge of the clearing, Tellu glances up. "Ami," she smiles, her white lab coat and pants shifting as she does.

"What got you up here today," she asks, motioning for you to sit.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles in return, dabbing at her forehead with her sleeve lightly, and wondering at the temperature for a moment. "Hello, Tellu..." she replies warmly. "I was just looking for a place to relax..." her expression wavers a moment before she reassembles her composure. "It's...been a long few days." she finishes lamely.

[Anastasia]

Nodding understandingly, "You're welcome here, Ami. I heard from Eudial that you were involved in something a few days ago." So commenting, she moves so that you have plenty of space to sit and stretch out.

"There was an ice spirit but you stopped it," On so asking, you note hints of both interest...and perhaps jealousy.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods and wearily lowers herself to the ground...and is completely unable to supress the shiver of comfort that comes over her at the sensation...though... it really is warm here, isn't it?

Ami nods and sighs. "I...got in over my head." she confides. "Rei-chan has been helping me expand the limits of my power, but even with what she taught me...I nearly died...Poor Hotaru-chan looked exausted before I was healed enough to be bandaged..."

Ami pauses and smiles softly. "It really wasn't me, though. We all did it. All my contribution was was putting her into my talisman."

[Anastasia]

Tellu listens to every word you manage, watching before commenting back. "Still, you got to do something," she smiles, wistful. "That's a step up...."

Suppressing a fine sigh, the green haired girl puts on a brave smile. "Beats sitting around....anyway, are you feeling better?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ami shakes her head and smiles shakily at Tellu, feeling very tired, all of a sudden. "I-I...don't know..." she stammers, feeling strangely emotional over everything that's happened in the last little while. She curls up slightly, not quite into the fetal position as her eyes mist slightly and trembles a little, distantly wondering what'd happened...

The 'dream' seemed to be the final straw in an emotional rollercoaster, and her control was finally wearing off...

[Anastasia]

"Ami," Tellu asks, quietly coming over to you as you show signs of distress. Kneeling next to you, "Are you alright?" Worry impinges her voice at your status, as you feel your emotions boil and simmer.

[Bean Bandit]

"I'm s-sorry, Tellu..." Ami shudders, wiping at her eyes with her sleeve and the fabric coming away wet as her eyes begin to water. She lets out a long breath, trying to regulate her breathing and get herself back under control. "I don't even know w-why..." she giggles weakly, shaking her head and rubbing at her eyes again, still trembling. "I-I'll be alright.."

[Anastasia]

"Oh, Ami..." Tellu sighs, visibly saddened at your emotional, physical and mental state. Deciding on her course quickly, she lays a hand on your shoulder. "There, there..." she murmurs softly, trying to console you.

"You're crying...oh, Ami..."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami shivers, turning slightly toward Tellu, and takes comfort in what the the green haired woman offers, while trying to get herself under control.

Finally, the emotions are wrested back below the surface, and Ami relaxed a little, drained, but more comfortable...through quite embarrassed that she has an audience.

"I'm...sorry I made you see that..." Ami ventures timidly, wiping her eyes, hopefully for the last time.

[Anastasia]

Tellu smiles back timidly, her own emotions quietly showing. "It's fine. You look like you could use someone to talk to," she goes on, moving to outright sit next to you.

"If nothing else, I'm ag ood listener," she offers, smiling as much as she can.