blessingone: (I know more of the stars and sea)
Fenimore ([personal profile] blessingone) wrote2011-01-26 12:22 am

[ voice/action ] please not now

[It takes Fenimore some time to reach for her journal after they find Shirley missing. But, eventually, she drags herself over and opens it. It's no small matter for Shirley to have made friends in Luceti -- the girl had spent her first fifteen years friendless. She can't just leave that alone. But, even once she opens it, there's silence for a full minute. When she sighs and begins speaking, her voice is calm, though this is by willpower alone.]

For anyone who cares -- [While it's intended as a general "to who it may concern," the slightly bitter edge that creeps in at the end sounds accusatory. She knows it isn't fair and regrets the unintentional addition, but she has belligerence against the world to spare today. When she continues, her tone is flat again.] ...Shirley has gone...home....

[She trails off. The voice doesn't sound like her own. In fact, the entire entry sounds -- and, by the camera, looks -- as though it were made by someone else. Except for the tone, it sounds as though.... She slowly reaches up to touch a braid hanging from the side of her head.

Shirley's voice continues, quiet and strained:]
Oh, that isn't fair.... [Using Shirley's hands, she closes her journal and cuts off the feed.

She doesn't want to meet any of the others like this. Not now. Even though she knows that Stella is out of the house, chances of running into her accidentally seem small enough to risk it. In any case, getting away from the house seems pretty attractive right now. She doesn't have to change, thankfully -- they're close enough in size that her clothes just feel a little loose in places. Though of course, on her way out, she does have to stop to grab some things for the cold weather.

Her intent was to avoid people entirely, but she stops at the river next to house 34, by the bridge. That's where she had found Shirley after Senel had left. Shirley had acted strong, no matter how much it had bothered her. "Acting"...but, if she thought about it, being able to act that strong was strong in itself.

She can be found sitting with her arms around her knees on the bank, north from the bridge and away from the pathway -- this time, it's far too cold to even wade, whether or not ice impedes that. She hopes that she's out of sight, and it might have been hard to accidentally catch sight of her were she not wearing a hat that stood out against the snow.

It's still a stupid hat. It doesn't even keep her ears warm.]


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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Ugh, another case of mistaken identity. She doesn't look up right away.]

I'm not wearing the hat because I like it. I only took it because I didn't have anything else to wear. [Wait, she probably should have started with saying that she's not Shirley rather than with blatant lies.]
drawnbythesword: (Could that really...?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. You seemed like you were pretty taken with it before. I must've been mistaken...

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
...No, you weren't mistaken. But I'm not Shirley.
drawnbythesword: (You see... It's like...)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah.
drawnbythesword: (Wow... That's so...)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
[...Wait.]

--Ah! My apologies!

...Then, are you her twin...?

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
[...

Well, granted, she is
someone's twin, but:] Have you not noticed what's going on this week?
drawnbythesword: (I really don't get it.)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
...Only vaguely... It's rather hard to keep track of everything that's happening.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Point.] People have been getting turned into other people they know. ...I don't look like this, the rest of the time.
drawnbythesword: (What's happening...?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ahh... So that's what's been going on... Maybe I'll understand these experiments someday.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
...I doubt it. [Experiments, how do they work? She's returning to looking a bit downcast, though, now that the brief irritation has passed.]
drawnbythesword: (Seriously... I don't get it.)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-27 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah, probably. [He nervously rubs the back of his head. Well, this is awkward.]

Ah, well... Sorry about the mistaken identity, then. I hope I didn't upset you.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, she considers dodging the comment entirely or possibly letting out some of her belligerence on him. But, after a moment, she sighs.] It's not anything you did.
drawnbythesword: (Could that really...?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-28 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Still, I apologize for that.

[...] ...You know, she had bought another hat to go with that one.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks up at him.] She did? [She sounds perhaps a little too interested in this, grasping the chance to hear any news of Shirley, even if it was something in the past.]
drawnbythesword: (I really don't get it.)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-29 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, she did. It was a hat with... ear flaps on it? Something to wear underneath that hat. She was really fond of that one.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
...An earflap hat under another hat? [Seriously?]

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[......]

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[And then she starts to laugh -- a little. It's not very loud, it's not particularly continuous, and there's an undertone of sadness, but it's something.] Wearing two hats...did she think she could turn it into a winter hat like that?
drawnbythesword: (It wasn't a problem was it?)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-29 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[...It sounded like a brilliant idea to him at the time, but... He'll go with it.]

Haha, yeah... I guess she did.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
She really had no idea what to do with hats, did she? [She shakes her head, with a smile that is one part fond and two parts bitter at her disappearance.]
drawnbythesword: (I swear to uphold my promise!)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-29 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
There's something to be said for that level of commitment, though.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's that she doesn't know when to give up. [She sighs.] But...it wasn't always a bad thing....
drawnbythesword: (You see... It's like...)

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[personal profile] drawnbythesword 2011-01-29 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
She's determined. Maybe even stubborn a bit.

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[identity profile] blessingone.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
...I didn't see it at first. You're quick to pick up on it.

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