> Was Patchouli surrounded by a magic aura? If not, do the below:
> Move over to Patchouli and try closing her mouth completely.
> Regardless of the success of trying to close her mouth, try spinning her in place until she is facing (and pointing her hands in) the opposite direction.
> Then step back to where we were, cover our ears again, and step back into time.
>It's hard to tell, there is certainly a lot of light bright light around her, now that you have a moment to process it all, but it is not everywhere.
>You gently force her mouth closed and turn her toward the opposite wall; thankfully she isn't terribly heavy, perhaps lighter than she ought to be. Heavy enough to be a challenge, but not exhaustingly so.
>You cover your ears, and time flows once again. The shrieking is muffled for a second, and there is a bright flash of nearly blinding light from Patchouli, and...it seems like nothing else, your eyes are certainly dazzled at the moment.
>"Patchouli, it's Flandre," Flan says with surprising calm during this.
>_