In Another Lifetime By Yosh Episode 36

Talulla is confused as to where Calista must've gone finding her room empty and the place sounding quiet. She leads herself over to Marvin's nook to find a amusing sight.

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Episode 36:

April 27 2023. The day is Thursday.

While sleeping beside each other Calista (since she’s so used to sleeping with stuffed animals) wraps her arms across Marvin to cuddle him. But he’s so passed out that they all don’t notice until the morning when Talulla finds them.

Talulla makes her way to the kitchen. 

Line 1) Talulla: Huh? Calista is usually up around this time. I wonder what happened.

Talulla walks back to Calista’s room.

Line 2) Talulla: Her bed is made. Did she leave early? Why is everything so quiet?

Talulla walks back into the kitchen.

Line 3) Talulla: Come to think of it. Where did everyone go? Where’s Marvin?

Talulla makes her way to where Marvin sleeps (his nook)

Line 4) Talulla: Is he still sleeping?

Talulla finds Calista cuddling Marvin. She is shocked.

Talulla

Line 5) Oh, how the tables have turned.

Calista is quietly snoring. Marvin is sleeping deeply. They are both knocked out.

Talulla shakes Calista awake.

Talulla

Line 6) Wakeup Calista. You’re going to be late for work.

We get a view of Calista slowly opening up her eyes from a first person point of view.

Line 7) Calista: Talulla? Is she waking me up? Why?

Line 8) Calista: Didn’t I set my alarm? This is so unlike me.

Calista wakes up and is tired looking.

Line 9) Calista: Huh? Marvin? What’s he doing here?

Calista realizes how she fell asleep. And Rapidly gets up from her stance as she unwinds her arms from Marvin.

Calista

Line 10) Oh my Gosh. I fell asleep next to Marvin.

Calista starts blushing.

Marvin starts moving after Calista unwinded her arms from him.

Talulla

Line 11) Yeah, yeah. Stop acting like it’s some accident. I know that you did it on purpose. 

Calista

Line 12) It wasn’t on purpose. I swear. I guess I just nodded off in front of him and crashed on his bed.

Talulla

Line 13) Then explain the cuddling.

Calista

Line 14) I-. It must be because I’m so used to sleeping with a stuffed animal.

*Demonstration comparison of a stuffed animal with Marvin.

Calista

Line 15) I just needed something to wrap my arms around.

Talulla replies in a sarcastic tone

Talulla

Line 16) Yeah. That explanation doesn't sound suspicious at all.

Marvin starts to wake up.

Marvin’s narration:

Line 17) An unknown scent lingers.

Line 18) It smells like vanilla and maybe a hint of rose.

Marvin fully opens his eyes and peers at Calista.

Line 19) Huh? What a pleasant way to wake up.

Line 20) Oh right. She fell asleep next to me.

Line 21) I could SO get used to this.

Marvin

Line 22) Good morning guys. Are we running late?

Talulla

Line 23) Look who’s trying to change the subject.

Calista

Line 24) Marvin. You should’ve woken me up last night and told me to scram to my room.

Marvin

Line 25) How could I? Do you realize how rude that is?

Marvin

Line 26) You and Talulla own this place. It’s certainly impolite for me to tell you off like that.

Marvin

Line 27) Besides. What’s the big deal? We’re friends after all.

Marvin

Line 28) I’m sure you’ve fallen asleep next to a friend before.

Marvin

Line 29) What makes this situation any different?

Calista

Line 30) Because you’re a guy-

Line 31) Calista: He has a point. I must be blowing this situation out of proportion. That seems to be a bad habit of mine.

Calista

Line 32) B-But didn’t you notice I put my arms around you?

Line 33) Calista: Now why did I bring that up? I should’ve left that at bay. He didn’t seem to notice it.

Marvin blushes.

Line 34) Calista: Great. Now some awkward tension.

Marvin

Line 35) No wonder I was so warm.

Calista blushes.

Calista

Line 36) Sorry about this.

Marvin

Line 37) Don’t be. I was the one who should’ve done something about it.

Calista and Marvin keep apologizing to each other.

Talulla

Line 38) Huh? I could watch this all day.

Talulla

Line 39) Hey, love birds?

They both turn to Talulla in confusion.

Talulla

Line 40) I would love for this to keep going. But we’ve got work to get to. So, let’s get ready.

Calista starts getting ready for the day.

Calista’s narration:

Line 41) It should have occurred to me to be more suspicious on why what I was cuddling was so warm.

Line 42) And the unfamiliar scent.

Scene cuts to Calista sleeping by Marvin’s side.

Line 43) It was quite comforting.

She digs her face into Marvin’s back.

Calista blushes as she recalls that memory.

Line 44) I can’t believe that was Marvin.

She comes to the dinner table to eat breakfast.

She peers at Marvin as he eats.

Line 45) That aroma was quite pleasant to take in.

Marvin catches her gaze and Calista looks away in embarrassment.

She blushes and eats her breakfast and Marvin smiles at her.

Line 46) Talulla: It’s like watching a romance movie. What a breath of fresh air.

Marvin’s narration:

Line 47) As usual we went to work and the day went on.

Line 48) I came back and we did our nightly habituals.

Them playing board games all together.

Line 49) I spent my days with the girls.

Another day goes by.

April 28 2023. The day is Friday.

Line 50) Same thing happened Friday.

Line 51) Since I went on a date with Calista Tuesday. I didn’t want to bring anything else up to her, just in case she would question my intentions.

Line 52) Doing too much all at once will make me seem suspicious.

Line 53) I need to be meticulous about my plan.

Line 54) I cannot jeopardize Calista's feelings for my own gain.

April 29 2023. The day is Saturday.

Line 55) Talulla brought up an idea for us to go to a painting parlor.

Line 56) There I spent time with Calista as we painted mugs together.

Calista showing her mug at Marvin.

Marvin

Line 57) How cute.

Calista

Line 58) Can I see yours?

Marvin shows his and it looks like a masterpiece compared to Calista’s. She is shocked in amazement.

Calista

Line 59) Woah. I see you mister V@n G0gh.

Marvin

Line 60) Oh, come on. You’re giving me way too much credit. I’m flattered though.

Calista

Line 61) No seriously. You have a knack for art. You’re so talented.

Marvin's narration continues:

Line 62) We then ate at some cute cafes to taste the local food.

Line 63) Talulla really saved my butt with all these dating ideas.

Marvin admiring Calista as she tries the food at the cafe and takes pictures of it.

Line 64) She’s so interesting when she likes something.

Line 65) It’s like you can see it in her eyes.

Line 66) The way they light up with passion. 

Line 67) It’s so adorable.

They get back home and unwind. They are all wearing skin-care masks as they watch another movie.

Marvin's narration continues:

Line 68) She gets quite sentimental when we watch movies.

Line 69) It’s so fascinating how much emotion she expresses in her face.

Line 70) It’s empathy for sure. She’s been through something like this before.

They finish the movie and chat for a bit.

Calista

Line 71) They said in around 2 weeks they’ll put our mugs in the kiln and we can pick them up.

Talulla

Line 72) Ooh. I can’t wait to see how they turn out.

Calista

Line 73) Especially yours, Marvin. It was truly a work of art.

Marvin

Line 74) I think it might turn out a bit dark. I didn’t pay much attention to when the lady came around with the colors for the glazes, after they were put in the kiln.

*Flashback to that scene and Marvin just chooses whatever color.

Calista

Line 75) Come to think of it. I didn’t pay much attention either.

Marvin’s narration:

Line 76) And if you think I forgot. I’ve been asking Calista questions about herself everyday.

Line 77) So, far I’ve found out that she hates mushrooms, got bad grades in highschool, and gave herself a belly button piercing by accident during middle school.

We get a flashback of all those scenes.

Line 78) Of course in return she’s asked questions about me too.

Line 79) I told her I didn’t learn how to potty train myself properly until I was 5, sprained my knee when I was 15 from trying a dance move and failing miserably, and tried to cut my hair and it ended up looking horrible so I wore top hats to school for 2 months until it grew out.

We get a flashback of those scenes.

Line 80) My secrets were a lot deeper than hers. But her reactions are what made my confessions worth fessing up to.

Line 81) I’ll tell her all about myself if I truly have to.

Calista is in her room looking at her calendar. They have washed all their masks off and are ready for bed. Marvin walks by.

Calista

Line 82) Hey, Marvin. Come take a look at this for a sec.

Marvin enters Calista’s room.

Calista crosses Saturday April 29, 2023 on her calendar.

Calista

Line 83) It’s been officially 2 weeks since you’ve gotten here.

Marvin

Line 84) Oh yeah. You’re right.

Calista

Line 85) Do you think you’ve made progress on your goal of getting out of here?

Marvin’s narration

Line 86) I have made progress. Slowly but steadily Calista is making her way to my heart.

Line 87) At this rate. I think I could fall in love with her at any time.

Line 88) I just hope that I don’t realize it too soon, because I want to spend all the time I can here.

Line 89) I miss my time. But I don’t want to go back just yet.

Line 90) I need to savor my previous moments with Calista.

Marvin

Line 91) I’ve made my progress.

Calista

Line 92) You haven’t given me much of an update about your dating life. But I won’t pry. I’m glad you're making progress.

Calista smiles at Marvin.

Marvin

Line 93) Thanks. But you still owe me your fun fact of the day.

Calista

Line 94) And you still owe me yours.

Calista

Line 95) Alright for me. When I was 12. I watched a horror movie for the first time and couldn’t sleep for 5 months. I had to sleep in my brother's room for a while until I got over it.

Marvin

Line 96) That must’ve been your origin story. That’s why you're so scared of horror movies.

Calista

Line 97) Listen. Who isn’t scared of horror movies? It’s a completely normal and valid reaction. Especially when they slap you in the face “saying it’s based on a true story”.

Marvin laughs.

Marvin

Line 98) Oh boy. You bring up a good point.

Calista

Line 99) So, what’s your fun fact of the day?

 Marvin

Line 100) I’m lactose and tolerant.

Calista

Line 101) Oh…?

Calista

Line 102) But if I recall correctly. I’m pretty sure you had dairy at some point during your time here.

Marvin

Line 103) You recall correctly.

Calista

Line 104) Oh my Gosh. Are you okay?

Marvin

Line 105) This may be too much information. But I was fighting for my life in that bathroom at one point.

Calista starts laughing.

Calista

Line 106) I don’t mean to laugh. Are you truly okay?

Marvin

Line 107) I’m alright don’t worry about me. Sometimes I let myself go all out.

End of episode.

Author's Note

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