(OOC: This doesn't exist, you're imagining it, Lexi never posts. Also, first paragraph is mostly flavor stuff, it's not important to read to understand the post, but it doers give some insight into Kindle's life)
Kindle groggily rolled over in her bed.
Crap, I have to wake up. She thought disdainfully.
Despite always wanting to sleep in, Kindle was diligent enough to wake up anyways. She forced her eye open and reached over to her nightstand for her eyepatch, which she failed to find. A confused look spread over her face, where could it be? She decided to find it after she got a shower, she couldn't search while half asleep. She slid out of bed, but instead of the now familiar feeling of her hospital gown falling loosely over her knees, she instead felt the rough scratching of denim.
"That can't be right." She mused aloud, "Why am I still dressed?"
She looked down at herself, and indeed, it was so. She was still fully clothed. That was silly, she was certain she would have changed before going to sleep. Unless she had been up late.
Oh, right, crazy beast monster. She remembered, feeling sheepish for forgetting.
With that mystery solved, she headed off to the shower.
"Kindle?" Rang out a raspy voice over the shower.
"Yes?" Kindle yelled back.
"The nurse said you were awake and could have visitors, I didn't realize you were in the shower."
"It's fine mom, I'm almost done."
Kindle quickly finished her shower alongside silence from her mother. Once she was fully cleaned up and dressed in clean clothing (which looked suspiciously like her outfit from the previous day, except that she was wearing pink, low-heeled sandals) she exited to bathroom. Her mother was sitting on the edge of the bed playing a game on her smartphone. Kindle's mother was a short, blonde-haired woman in her mid thirties. She was wearing altogether too much makeup to cover the signs of her aging. She wore a loose-fitting black t-shirt with the insignia of her current favorite rock band on it alongside a pair of blue jeans that were faded and ripping on one knee. She also wore the ugliest pair of shoes Kindle could possibly imagine, a pair of orange and purple sneakers that she had worn for almost four years. One day Kindle would convince her to buy new shoes, one day.
"Hey mom, whatcha playing?" Kindle asked cheerfully, a hint of sarcasm touching her voice. Her mom looked up, startled, "Oh um, nothing." She said, turning her phone off and faking a smile.
Kindle had to restrain herself from saying something disrespectful. She had learned long ago that her rants fell on deaf ears when it came to her mother. Besides, the woman was making an honest attempt to look like Kindle actually had her attention, even if it was a bad one. Sometimes it seemed like she actually cared, sometimes. "Right, so, I'm going to head down to the cafeteria, you think you could call dad for me?" Kindle said, starting for the door without even waiting for a response.
"I will honey." Her mom called after her, and as soon as Kindle was around the corner, she heard the jingle of points racking up.
A little while later, Kindle was sitting in the cafe eating some kind of spicy Chinese chicken dish that she had fallen in love with but still couldn't remember the name of. Her father, a rather stout man who despite being only 5'10", managed to seem like he was ten feet tall by the way he carried himself. It was from her father that Kindle got most of her appearance, most notably her hair. He also had the same silly little freckles coating his body. He currently wore a long-sleeved, white button-down shirt with khaki dress pants, telling Kindle he had recently left work. That meant it was it sometime in the early afternoon. His sharp green eyes were adorned with equally sharp black rimmed glasses that seemed to Kindle much to thin to see anything through. And he carried at his side a small wooden box, which he promptly open over the table, spilling out the blue and gold chess pieces within.
"Hey daddy!" Kindle said cheerfully (and sincerely so this time) as soon as her mouth was no longer stuffed full of rice.
"Hey Firecracker." Her dad responded with his pet name for her.
"I'm going to beat you this time." She taunted as he set up the chess board.
"Oh no, what new strategy have you devised to overcome me this time?" He responded with obviously sarcastic fear.
"It won't work if I tell you. But rest assured, you'll never know what hit you."
Her father sat down, gesturing to the fully prepared board, "Ladies first."
"Checkmate." Kindle's dad said triumphantly an hour and a half later.
Kindle let out an exasperated sputtering sound, "I got closer this time." She said, trying to be optimistic.
"You did, in fact, had you simply moved your bishop here," he pointed to a spot of the board, "and captured my knight three turns ago, you would probably have won. Though of course a lot can happen in three turns."
"Awww." Kindle said, realizing he was right.
And of course he was right, he was her father. He had a well-paying job as a math professor, volunteered at the local library, and always said he had the brightest little Firecrcker in the world. There was no man more perfect in Kindle's eyes than Abner Hope.
"Oh dear, look at the time." He said, disrupting Kindle's reverie, "I still have to get a shower before I head to the library."
"Alright, bye daddy, I love you." She said, standing. "I love you too, Firecracker." Her father said, standing as well.
They embraced, her father giving Kindle a soft peck on the forehead. He then packed up the chess game and left, heading off to be amazing.
Kindle sighed happily, it was good to have someone wonderful like her dad to offset the mess she called mother. She couldn't imagine what she would do without their lunchtime games of chess.
With her father gone and her mother otherwise indisposed, Kindle supposed the most reasonable thing to do would be to purchase more of that delicious chicken. She returned to her seat with another plate of food, yet found her mind wandering too much to actually eat it. She hadn't told her father about her apparent magical powers, and she wondered if she even should. Would he believe her? And even if he did, what then? She wasn't sure she wanted him involved with this world of monsters she had discovered, she wasn't sure she wanted to be involved herself. She buried her face in her hands frustratedly, what was she supposed to do now?