Outside? What outside?

Going outside.

Oh man, Satsuki's going to be mad because I made a mistake and left the front door open. This is really bad because she doesn't know any better and social services almost took her away once. They just took away someone's kid for the same reasons, except that kid got into traffic but I hated the idea of Ryuuko getting herself into some trouble, especially since she doesn't know any better and might get hurt (or worse).

Outside bigger t'an house. House's smaller. Outside nice. O'er there?

I didn't think she could get very far, after all, she moved on all fours, but I was wrong to assume that she couldn't move fast, considering how she hid Satsuki's socks or my homework. I searched almost all of the surrounding vicinity but I didn't find her. It seems she managed to get further from our street than I had thought. I had almost panicked and I wasn't really sure as to what to do, alternating betwixt contacting the police or Satsuki.

Sats, obviously, is at work and she'd be damned if I called her to report an emergency during her work hours, after all, the last time she was called during work hours, her boss had nearly fired her and would have had she not have had the papers from the hospital to prove it. Granted, she was working overtime but work hours are work hours, even it's time overtime, and she really has a lot to worry about as it is. Regardless, calling her was out of the question.

So the idea fell to contact the police but then, however, I recalled that social services were called before and, odds are, if I go the police for this simple dumbass mistake, then, well, they'd call social services, especially considering how stunted Ryuuko is and that is a special point of interest. For all I knew, they'd really take Ryuuko away and, frankly, they wouldn't think to listen to Sats or my side of the story.

Knowing both of those two conflicts, I opted to call Aikurou and tell him what happened. He wasted no time getting to me and asked me to backtrack, to which I relayed how Ryuuko got out after I had left the door open. After listening, he reassured me that what I've done was a mistake and that she'd be fine.

Those. Fl'wers. Pretty fl'wers, yellow. Yucky! Don't eat. Didn't like, no, didn't like that! That yucky. Again, not doing that.

Walking around, we talked and looked for Ryuuko, with Aikurou saying, "I should have brought this up but, once we find Ryuuko, I think it'd be best to get her a medical bracelet with contact information." I was confused, as I didn't really know what that was. Granted, I've seen those medical bracelets before, typically when people have like allergies or whatevers but I didn't see as to how Ryuuko could need one. He explained that said bracelet could be useful in circumstances like these because Ryuuko is wary of strangers and things unfamiliar, along with that she doesn't communicate her needs well to those who don't understand, thus the bracelet would communicate what she can't.

Of course, he did express his concern that social services would have a field day, honest mistake or not, and they might use what happened today alone as grounds to take Ryuuko away. I couldn't stand that and neither could Aikurou, thus giving a reason as to why he suggested what he suggested, along with that we should probably get a fence to keep her within grounds.

I told him that'd the latter one would be expensive, to which he said, "Yes, it would be, after all, but, if it's to keep Ryuuko safe, then, well, so be it, especially since the one of if not the first thing that ever comes to mind is how safe the home is. Ryuuko, through a mistake, got out and, now, we haven't too much of a clue as to where she is. If social services were to let her stay, then they'd demand that proper measures to be taken."

As we looked for her and talked, Aikurou caught sight of a sock, Ryuuko's, and suggested that we follow it's direction.

Like t'is. Wet, brown, feels nice. Would Mam like? No, wet-brown dirty, Mam don't like dirty, keep wet-brown outside, Mam like it outside.

Sock. Sock one, two feet, sock, sock not two. Where?

Ribbit?

We asked around until we got a lead that said she playing in the park near a creek. We got there and, from what we could observe, she seemed to be amused by the animal, a frog, she was eyeing and copying its movements, trying to follow it. Before Aikurou went to grab at her, she reached out to poke it, hopping back when it hopped towards her. She wasn't afraid, just startled.

She picked it up before putting down and poking it again, getting something of a croak in return. She was confused by the noise, assuming the noise was what the creature was called, asking "Ribbit?" At least, she just touched the thing instead of putting it in her mouth. While she was watching the frog, Aikurou took his chance and grabbed her, saying, "Alright, you had your fun."

She was startled but alright, withdrawing her arms and legs like the last time. Later, when Satsuki got home, a very, very, very, long conversation came after. I just watched the two of them, Aikurou and Satsuki, talk and time seemed to be standing still. Ryuuko was unharmed and it was a simple mistake but I felt terrible. For all I knew, if Ryuuko was taken away, then it was my fault that she was.

After that conversation, we were ushered to bed. Sats said nothing and the next morning was followed by a cold silence.