forgetyourusedtobe: the road not taken//robert frost (v] no more)
Eʟᴇɴᴀ Gɪʟʙᴇʀᴛ ([personal profile] forgetyourusedtobe) wrote2013-08-09 12:30 pm

Є007 spam//video

spam - racetrack.
[Elena wakes up early as she always does. She doesn't recognize the room she's in, but she has a vague sense that this is where she's supposed to be right now. So, she doesn't panic or start trying to find her parents or Jeremy. They'll come for her eventually, she's sure. And besides, Mommy always said that if she was ever lost to not panic. Instead, she just hops out of bed and starts looking for her diary. When she can't find it, she settles for an empty journal she finds after pawing around through the things in her room.]

[She lays on her bed, writing away for a while until she starts to get hungry for some breakfast. But before she heads to the mess hall, she's looking for Racetrack. The first place she thinks to look, is naturally Racetrack's room. She scampers off, barefoot and still in her PJs with her new diary and knocks impatiently and loudly on her door.]


Racetrack, wake up!

spam - open.
[Elena can be found all over the Barge. Usually she's sitting and keeping to herself with just her journal - even if she's decided to just plop down in a hallway - writing away and humming a made-up song. Sometimes she's drawing in her journal for parts of her stories because she's pretty certain she's going to write a lot of kid's books because she's such a great "drawerer" on top of being a writer. Sometimes she's just exploring and wandering - though still with her journal. She doesn't let it out of her sight ever and she won't let you hold it either. She's a little more wary of the adults than she is the other kids (you aren't supposed to talk to strangers, after all), but she still has a smile for everyone regardless.]

video.
[Elena's holding the communicator upside down, but doesn't seem to realize or possibly care all that much.]

Anybody know where I can get some chalk? I wanna play hopskotch.

((ooc: Elena is affected by the flood and is currently 7 years old. All responses will come from [personal profile] usedtobe!))
strangehistorian: ([whelp] the curious?)

spam

[personal profile] strangehistorian 2013-08-09 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's possible she'll see a small copper dragon wandering the halls.

Or that the dragon will see her first.

In either case, it doesn't seem hostile, just very curious about sniffing all of the doors. All of them.]
jumpeduplittleshit: (The eyeballs fixing.)

[personal profile] jumpeduplittleshit 2013-08-09 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's in the hallway that he nearly trips over her, and Christ, how young are these brats going to get? When he has to pull up short as he rounds a corner, he just snaps at her.]

Someone's going to fall on you.
intelligently: (85)

video.

[personal profile] intelligently 2013-08-09 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I could find you some. [ More like put in a tiny request with the Admiral and ping, chalk? ]
youwill: (What is its nature?)

[personal profile] youwill 2013-08-09 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has no actual preference for children. Mostly, he prefers them silent and out of sight, but on an occasion like this, he will make himself a kid-person.]

I believe there's an art room. Would you like to check there with me?
usedtobe: (pic#6599784)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-09 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elena rubs at her eyes a second at the dragon wandering around in the hallway. Things like that aren't supposed to be real, just in the stories.]

[Still, she can't help, but be a little curious herself and closes her journal, pen stuck in the middle of it.]


Uh...

[What do you say to a dragon? She didn't think this through. Well. Only one thing to do.]

[She smiles and holds out a hand.]


Hi there.
usedtobe: (pic#6599789)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-09 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elena looks up at him and is very matter-of-fact about the incident:]

I tried sitting on the corner, but it wasn't comfortable.
usedtobe: (pic#6599788)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-09 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elena lights right up at that. Enthusiasm is her middle name.]

Could you really!?
usedtobe: (pic#6599783)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-09 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elena hesitates. It takes her a moment for the grown-up stranger vs. chalk debate to resolve itself.]

Yes, please.

[Manners! c8]
youwill: (don't your eyes seek out)

[personal profile] youwill 2013-08-09 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[If only she never grew up 8c]

My name is Garret. Where are you? I will come meet you.
jumpeduplittleshit: (And the old earth must die.)

[personal profile] jumpeduplittleshit 2013-08-09 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[No, no matter-of-factness allowed, you are a baby.]

Then go sit in a chair somewhere.
usedtobe: (pic#6599788)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Elena. Uh...

[She looks around herself. She's in a hallway, that's much for sure.]

Hold on.

[She sets the communicator down on the floor and gets up to see what the nearest landmark is. Enjoy the view of the wall/ceiling until she gets back.]

I'm on the floor with the hospital. [Infirmary is hard to say, okay. She also picks the communicator back up. It's right-side up this time!] It's not very far from where I am.
usedtobe: (pic#6599792)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
I think better here.

[Watch that matter-of-factness continue. You're not Racetrack or Mommy or Daddy, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU.]
youwill: (don't your eyes seek out)

[personal profile] youwill 2013-08-10 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[It's lovely. Fortunately Hannibal is ridiculously patient and capable of counting every little mark on the ceiling. It's good practice for the future. He smiles politely when she returns, and nods.]

Then stay there, Elena, and I will meet you shortly. [He's already heading for her level.]
jumpeduplittleshit: (Ye merry souls farewell.)

[personal profile] jumpeduplittleshit 2013-08-10 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[But he is a giant douchebag who will crouch down to get in her face because he is such a douchebag oh my god, I'm sorry.]

How about, I'm going to step on you the next time I see you sitting in peoples' way?
usedtobe: (pic#6599786)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Okie dokie artichokie!

[Elena sits tight and goes back to writing in her diary while she waits. She's really not paying much attention for when he turns up.]
usedtobe: (pic#6599795)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Elena presses her back against the wall and frowns at him. She's trying to be brave. That's the only way to deal with a bully. Be brave. Tell an adult. Be brave. Be brave.]

Then I'll just tell Racetrack what you did and you'll get in trouble.
jumpeduplittleshit: (The old earth had a birth)

[personal profile] jumpeduplittleshit 2013-08-10 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
And I'll say it's an accident, and I'm so sorry, and everyone'll just carry on, won't they?
youwill: (what we see every day.)

[personal profile] youwill 2013-08-10 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[He just kills his feed and tucks the device away, but it's not long before he spots her. He stays very quiet as he approaches, stopping a couple feet away and craning his neck to see what she's scribbling.]

What are you writing?
brothermayi: (ʭ & i look back)

video 5eva

[personal profile] brothermayi 2013-08-10 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[YOUR COMMUNICATOR IS UPSIDE DOWN, DUMBASS. Cassel rolls his eyes.]

Hopscotch.

[judgiest voice]
usedtobe: (pic#6599786)

6eva

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrug, but with a little pout.]

I'm bored and there's no swings here.
usedtobe: (pic#6599789)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
You'd be lying and Racetrack wouldn't believe you!
usedtobe: (pic#6599784)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
A story. [She looks up and grins. It's proud and toothy.] I wanna be a writer when I grow up.
youwill: (What is its nature?)

[personal profile] youwill 2013-08-10 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
That is quite the aspiration. [He returns the smile, though it's much smaller.] Do you know what an aspiration is?
jumpeduplittleshit: Kevin Schmidt (Hark! death is calling)

[personal profile] jumpeduplittleshit 2013-08-10 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a really good liar.
usedtobe: (pic#6599790)

[personal profile] usedtobe 2013-08-10 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Elena tilts her head.]

Is that like an idea?

[She's obviously thinking of inspiration.]

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