malnosso: (The Intern)
malnosso ([personal profile] malnosso) wrote2012-10-12 05:39 pm
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[video, locked to luceti residents]

[ The message is locked to Luceti residents. It's a unique sort of filter rarely, if ever, seen on the residential journal system.

But, Luceti, you have a new resident. She switches on the video function, and somehow manages to look fairly calm. Those who assisted in her dramatic rescue attempt will perhaps recognize some of the changes about her; there are faint scars around her wrists and neck, noticeable only to the sharp-eyed or those who would know where to look. There is, however, one far more significant thing of note about her appearance: her wings. They are not as small as those of the residents, but they're not quite so big as the full-sized wings Lucetians might be used to seeing on those from outside the enclosure. They're a somewhat awkward medium size, and when she adjusts them with a sharp flap, a few feathers flutter away. They look strangely unkempt considering her otherwise neat appearance.

She sits at a table, the journal propped up to give a clear view of her, in a nondescript location. When she speaks, it's very different - those familiar with her unique style of speech will probably be surprised to hear the very slow, very clear, and very deliberate manner of her speech. Pronouncing words as slowly and clearly as she is may or may not be more irritating than her previous severely pronounced stutter. ]


Hello, Luceti. M-My name is Molly. I d-don't know which of you s-s-still recall who I am.

[ It's been a long time since her introduction almost two years ago, now. So dark, so bleak. She was so young, so scared. She feels so much older, now. Worlds older. ]

I must thank those of you wh-who c-c-came to get me. It was ap-p-p-- [ … ] I am grateful.

You must b-be wondering what I'm d-doing here. This m-may come as a surprise to many of you, b-but from this day forward I w-will be living am-m-mongst you in the enclosure.

[ This won't be the first time such an arrangement has occurred. But it certainly is under very different circumstances. ]

I c-cannot tell you wh-where, for my own safety. [ Her voice is carefully neutral, though it frosts on the outside edges, and her expression is not kind. ] But every so often, you w-will find me in a sh-shop in the central square. The c-c-clothes shop, t-to be exact. Wh-while I am there, I will b-be willing to talk t-to anyone who w-w-wishes to speak to me, a-a-a-- [ A breath. ] And answer your questions.

Those of you wh-who wish m-m-may bring me information you g-gather on your excursions outside of the enclosure. Those who d-do will b-be rewarded with information in exchange.

[ She lowers her eyes. Her hands twitch, briefly, as if she might raise them but thinks better of it at the last moment. She adjusts her head, moving her neck just so -- as if some phantom feeling were there, causing her discomfort.

But the moment passes, and she looks into the camera again. ]


I w-will t-take your questions now, if you have any.
hatesherjob: (down.)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-13 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
I was b-born in this world.
rashness: (It's a feeling)

1/2

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Edited 2012-10-14 03:52 (UTC)
rashness: (Don't you see?)

[voice] 2/2 actually

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Precis's thing about kids born in this world. He seems to remember this coming up some other time as well. He's never actually encountered a Third Party person - he's never been out of this barrier. So the connection like that isn't immediate. Instead, he thinks about Sophie and...]

Your folks still around?

[Sympathetic. Worried, actually]
hatesherjob: (pocket full)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-14 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... somewhat taken aback. ]

No.
rashness: (Crossed a line)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. [A light, sorrowful sort of line. He wonders how long she got to know them - if she got to know them. Sophie's so young, she obviously didn't. And while he never got to know his "real" mom (which never bothered him) or his "real" dad (thank God) he does feel the loss of never knowing his mom at least, sometimes. And he definitely feels the loss of his true father

It would be invasive to ask anything about it though.]
...'M sorry, that's gotta be tough.
Edited 2012-10-14 04:08 (UTC)
hatesherjob: (the rosy)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-14 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ She was five years old.

Molly is silent for a moment, considering how to respond. The sympathy is rather alien. ]
I managed.
rashness: (See the Error)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. [And he smiles at her - well, the book] I'm sure you did, yeah. [It doesn't make it better, or alright. That goes unspoken. He's not good with words, but he hopes she gets the implication] Hope they're the kinda people who'd be proud of you.
hatesherjob: (pocket full)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-14 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Pride doesn't matter.

[ Pride in a child is a somewhat strange notion to her. ]
rashness: (I want you)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
'Course it does! Gotta have pride to be getting on with things.
hatesherjob: (the rosy)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-14 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
... whether o-or not m-my parents would have b-been proud of me is irrelevant.
rashness: (The dean's house)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
...I dunno, I think they ought to be. I mean, you're living in this world, and I know this world sucks for us in here. And from what I hear, outside's even worse, and you're from outside, right? Just living's something I'd be proud of you for.
Edited 2012-10-14 04:26 (UTC)
hatesherjob: (pocket full)

[voice]

[personal profile] hatesherjob 2012-10-14 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
I d-don't remember them. The man who raised me didn't c-c-care about such things.
rashness: (Place on Earth)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-14 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, what'd he care 'bout then?
rashness: (Silvermoon)

[voice]

[personal profile] rashness 2012-10-15 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Results, huh.] You like 'em? Don't wanna insult who raised ya if you like 'em.

[...Because he kinda doesn't like the sound of that but. He doesn't want to be holier than thou about parents (well, guardians) of allvthings]