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Izumi observes Peppa's face frozen in a smile, only for the girl's temple to flare up.
"What do you mean she's on vacation?! ...Yes, I know what a vacation is! Well, can I book any openings for after she gets back- Whaddya mean she didn't say when?!? Grrragh!" She ends the call, and flings her goggles away.
Izumi coughs, and gets the attention of a huffing and puffing Peppa. "It's fine, Peppa. I appreciate the thought!" She strokes Peppa on the back soothingly. "But are you alright? You look pretty stressed out."
Peppa's eyes narrow. Is she... Is she being consoled right now? This day is nuts!
But if Izumi confided in her, she may as well do the same. "I'm fine, I'm just wishing today went better though. It's like everything that could go wrong went wrong in ways I didn't even know they could!"
"Yeah. But hey, you shouldn't let it get to you! Sometimes people just have off days." Peppa swears there's a mirror behind her, but Izumi doesn't seem to notice as she continues, "And just because the chocolate you made was lost doesn't mean you can't give her chocolate at all. How about this, go get her her favorite kind, clothes beam up another package, and uh... draw her a picture! You'll know what to draw."
Peppa snarls at her cousin's words. They make too much sense! "Ffffffine."
"Just be sure to do it in..." Izumi checks her phone, then her already pale skin pales just a little bit.
"Do it in what, Izzy? A sketchbook? My room? In-"
"Five minutes."
Peppa's eyes go blank, and she wheezes out a Ghost Peppa, her palms pressed together and flapping her wings as she ascends to the heavens. But then, a Sexy Halloween Devil Peppa pops out of her mouth and catches the ghost's tail, murmuring with her tiny voice, "Get back in here, you!" and the Ghost is pulled back in, wailing "Noooooo!" as flames erupt within Peppa's throat.
Peppa shuts her mouth, and coughs. She blinks, then looks at Izumi with evident worry, and confirms, "Five minutes, you say?"
Izumi, who has had her gaze locked on Peppa for all of that, pries it away to look down at her phone once more. "...now it's four."
Ugh, another lethal amount of time! This time around, Peppa accepts the idea that her initial plan may not be feasible, and she could always do something for Cocoa after school, during her bedtime. She'll just have to call in sick tomorrow, she can do Mom's voice pretty well.
And she considers Izumi, if she has eight hours till Cocoa gets out of school, she could spend the time hanging out with her cousin! Could get their mind off some things. "So do you have to spend the whole day studying, or do you wanna go-"
A banging on the door cuts her off!
"What ARE you two doing?!" Gohan shouts. "I thought you said something about telling me what's up!"
"Ah shiitake, Gohan again," Peppa grumbles. "And for sure, you don't wanna tell him?"
Gohan bangs on the door again. "Finish wiping your dirty butts and get out here!"
