The shock was wearing down now. You feel embarrassed as you look at Maria, her being nude still did nothing to quell the feeling.
"Why doesn't she have clothes again?" You ask Nani. She doesn't respond instantly as she gathers food to feed you 3.
"Got the body from another witch and was going to process her to another servant. Can't modify or do rituals on her if she has clothes. So i just took them off and burned then." She sits on her lone chair. Still Maria is staring at you and the witch.
"So when will she have clothes? She is getting clothes right?" The witch sighs before trekking into what seems like a important room. Most likely a bedroom for her. She comes out carrying a simple outfit that Maria began putting on, giving you some relief that brings normalcy to a chaotic day.
"If we are done with play dress up with your new darling, lets eat!" After all the excitement and supernatural surprise you could use some food in you. It's a simple spread of gas station snacks and a soup made by Nani. The smaller meal fills you up with energy.
"Now that we are done, let's start the get to know you part!" Chipper as always, Nina clears the table and pulls a deck of cards between you and Maria.
"What are the cards for?" You know the witch had screws loose even without her being a corpse witch. But cards? Even Maria seems confused by the situation.
"Both of you will get 3 card to pull and answer the question on it. I developed this little game to increase understanding between each other. Just a simple 3 questions each and then you can go back home to start your honey moon." A mix of cringe and embarrassment raced up your spine at the new reality. It doesn't help that Maria is staring intently at you.
Without much more prompting you pull a card from your deck and read it out loud. "What is the worst thing a significant other can do and what would you do as revenge?" A queasy feeling brews in your stomach as Maria's stare intensifies.
"....tear off their balls and lock them in my room." You shiver in fear at her cold empty monotone answer.
"Y-you didn't answer the first part though." Your voice shakes but you persist because you need to know the answer to not die.
".....cheat or flirt with another woman." You already knew not to cheat from values taught to you from a young age and the witch telling you not to cheat based on her wording, but this just reaffirms that you must never try to cross your new ?spouse.
"Hey hey! What about the women that try to seduce him. What will you do with them?" Nani bags in and happily questions your dead eyed partner.
".....bleed the things dry for a ritual." A sharp stale of fear pierces through you. You struggle to keep your calm in front of such a steady answer, Nani's hollering in laughter makes that task even harder.
"A-alright your turn then." You try to keep the activity going, some part of you feels like it would calm the sense of dread you were feeling.
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She draws and begins to read out the question. ".....how many kids would you like to have and of which gender." You dwell on the question. Honestly you never felt ready for a kid and now you feel even less ready of that responsibility. Yet you did have a desire for family before running away from your old life.
"I would hope for 2 or 3 kids. Maybe 2 boys and a girl or a brother and sister." You answer honestly and see Maria's face grimace in disgust. While some part of you is sadden by the fact, a part of you also is happy to know that children may not come or even for a long while. You do fear what a child born from her would be or grow up to be.
You pull your next card with no prompting from Nani. "What is your favorite activity/hobby you enjoy doing?" A simple question and one you have hopes for some way to bond together.
"....occultism." Your hope plummets to the abyss as you have no knowledge of such a thing. You worry you won't have anything to relate or do together if she has occultism as her favorite activity.
"W-what ab-" "Ah ah ah~ No asking what is not on the card or by me!" Nani waggles her finger at you and denies you any more information on Maria. You relent begrudgingly because she has helped and probably knows best, at least you hope so.
Maria pulls her second card and reads it out. ".....what would you do if a significant other cheated on you." It was your questions from the first card. Though when the question is pointed at you, you feel uncomfortable. It brings similar memories you pushed down from when you were in a different world from this. Your throat dries and words seem to rebel from being said.
"...I would be sad. I would be angry and probably try to get revenge. But after that I would just run away and give up." Maria flinches into a stunned pose. Her eyes widen in question as they search your face. The still atmosphere between the two of you lasts but a moment before she relaxes her stance. Her eyes feel far less intense as before.
You pull the third card and read aloud. "What is your favorite location to visit?" Another simple question and one she answers with just a tinge of what seems like happiness.
".....I like libraries and book stores." She leans forward in what could be argued as excitement or interests in the question. You commit the answer to memory to connect with her later on.
Maria pulls her last card and her expression gains a sharp and hard quality you never thought was possible. ".....what do you see is my most attractive feature." She puts down the card and stares at you. Her eyes seem to cause color around her to dull and those orbs of abyss to shine in an unnatural light.
You shiver and try desperately to gather a semblance of courage. Her unblinking stare makes your instincts scream to run away.
"Y-your e-eyes are v-very p-pretty. T-they r-remind me of O-onyx or O-obsidian." She blinks.
She blinks some more and the feeling of dread and doom was gone. Any sharp qualities about her disappeared, leaving her looking somewhat like an owl. Words you never thought possible escape you.
"Y-you look like an owl, v-very cute." Her body freezes while her eyes rapidly blink like she was trying to process what you said.
*CLAP*
"AWWWWWWW, look at the adorable little love birds already flirting with each other!~" You flinch, having forgot all about Nani. A light blush fights it's way up your face and Maria seems to have her eyes transform into a camera with how fat they seem to shutter.
"Now that we know some more about each other, go home and have your first night together!" If previous experience with the witch didn't show how eccentric in her emotions she was then this just confirmed how crazy she acts. Why was there skeletons waving 'honeymoon' flags behind her otherwise?
"Now shoo shoo! Try not to fall too deep in love with each other for your first night!~" With confusing speed and strength she pushes the both of you up and just as quickly out of her house with a plastic bag hanging from your hands. With her and her undead minions waving the two of you away, you gently lead the still stunned Maria back out the forest the Revenant chased you and soon your house. Neither of you said a word on the walk and neither did you two even react as both of you slid into the same bed facing away from each other.
Tomorrow will have some answers, at least you hope.