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City Mods ([personal profile] citycouncil) wrote in [community profile] cityarcade2016-03-15 01:38 am
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[meme] Test Drive

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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I know Kate, but do you want some help looking? It might be easier if there are two of us.
37hours: (smile)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
See? They're really nice.

Yes, please. Leo says that two pairs of eyes are better than one. He says that a lot when I lose things in the house.

I point down the direction I was walking.

I was going this way because I already looked the other way down the street. Do you have somebody you're looking for? I can help you look for them, too.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She pauses, takes a breath. It isn't something she's had a moment to think about yet, and there's still a lot that has to sink in. ]

No. I don't have anyone.

But, hey, all the more reason to stick together, right? This way it is.
37hours: (hammock)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard the reporter ask Ma about why she didn't give me to an orphanage after I came to Room. And she said why would she do that, but she got real quiet. I know why she didn't do it. It's because if I wasn't there, she would be alone, and then she would be sad. I don't think people should be alone. Everyone needs to have someone.

I walk up to the lady and hold my hand out.


You have me now. I'm Jack. If we know each other's names, then we can be friends.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Taking Jack's hand, she smiles. It feels like the first time she's really, genuinely smiled in a long time. ]

I'd like that, Jack. I'm Michelle. So I guess that means we're friends now.
37hours: (smile)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I think Michelle looks really pretty when she smiles. I think she's a little happier, and that makes me happier too.

Definitely friends. Is this your first time in the City?
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
In this city, yeah. Between you and me, I'm not really sure how I got here. Is that what happened to you, too?
37hours: (hammock)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I nod and squint down the street. I really don't remember if I've seen it before.

This is my second time here. But I don't know how it happened either. I think it's some kind of magic. Last time, I was at school with Grandma and then I blinked and I was here. This time, I was at the supermarket. But I don't remember how I got back last time.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I was driving, and then I was here. But hey, maybe we'll be able to figure out how to get back, too. If you did it once before, there's probably some way.
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[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think so. But best would be if I knew how to come and go. I made some friends here, like you, but I don't know if you can come back to Akron with me. The magic might not work that way.

Sometimes I wish I could take all the people in the world that I love and put them all together. Not in a place like Room, but just close, so that everyone can visit each other.

What's your home like?
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if that's how the magic works, either, but I do know where Akron is. I could come see you, maybe.

My home... This might sound a little crazy, but I'm still trying to figure out what it's like now. I was inside, for a really long time, and I didn't get to see much of what was happening. Then it was only a few minutes after I left that I wound up here.
37hours: (hammock)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know why Michelle thinks that sounds crazy. I don't think it sounds crazy. It sounds like Room.

I was inside for a really long time too, in Room. Ma had me in Room, and we didn't get out until after I turned Five, because I grew big enough to understand about what's real. Old Nick kept us in Room and wouldn't let us out.

I squeeze Michelle's hand.

Is it kind of like that?
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It takes her just a moment to respond, as much so she can figure out what to say as to let the weight of what he's said sink in, but she squeezes his hand in turn. ]

It's just like that. A man named Howard brought me to a place he'd built and wouldn't let me out, either.

You and your Ma must have been very brave, to get out.
37hours: (hammock)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
When Ma and I got out, so many people in World became interested in us. They wouldn't stop taking pictures. They say that we're special for getting out, that it was really hard. I don't feel the same way that Ma does about it, because Old Nick didn't take me away like he did Ma. I was born in Room. I think it's harder for Ma, because she remembers what World was like before Room.

I think it must be hard for Michelle too, so I turn around and give her a tight hug. The kind of hug I would give Ma. I wish she was here.


Yeah. I was brave. But you were brave too. It's not just brave when you get out. It's brave when you're inside with the bad guy. I hope you don't go back there.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-15 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's not what she's expecting, in part because she's never really thought of herself as brave at all. Maybe everything that's happened recently should have changed that, but whatever she's managed to do, it doesn't balance all the things she hasn't done. Still, it's a start, and hearing that means more than she can say.

She leans over a little, enough that she can return Jack's hug without pulling away. God, it's been a long time since anyone hugged her. ]


Don't worry. I'm definitely not going back there, no matter what. The bad guy can't get to me anymore. And it sounds like — Old Nick? — can't get to you or your Ma again, either.
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[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-15 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
The hug's not exactly like hugs I have with Ma. Ma and Michelle don't smell the same, and I think maybe Michelle is a little taller, but the feeling is close. I don't know how to explain it, but the hug feels happy sad, a little bit of both mixed together. So I try my best to open my arms even more and hug her even tighter.

Sad is not always a bad thing, Grandma told me, but I hope Michelle feels more happy than sad.


Good. If we see Howard, we'll call the police and the police will put him in jail. That's what they did to Old Nick. Ma told me... there are really bad guys out there, like Old Nick and Howard, but most people aren't that bad. If we stick together, the really bad guys won't get to us.

I lean back a little so I can see Michelle's face.

And we're friends, so we have to stick together.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-16 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even with the subject at hand, she smiles down at him, warm and fond. It's a little bittersweet, too, sure, given what they're talking about, and the fact that he shouldn't have to have experience with that sort of thing, but it's hard to argue with that logic. ]

Of course. That's what friends do, right? We stick together. And we make sure no bad guys can get to either of us again.
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[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I know being together is a good thing. Ma couldn't stop Old Nick by herself, but she could stop him after I came. I think that's why you see that good people stay together, like in families or as friends. Everyone's stronger together.

Yeah. Sometimes I think I want to be a police officer when I grow up, because then I can stop bad guys everywhere. But I'm not big enough yet.

I look at Michelle, and I remember Ma when she sat in her room — the one in the house with the hammock — and talked about all the things she wanted to do before Old Nick stole her. Some of them, she can't do anymore. I hope Michelle still can.

What kind of job do you want to do?
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-16 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
A police officer, huh? I think you'd make a great police officer when you're big enough.

[ It's a strange thing to consider now. She'd stopped thinking about the future the way she used to when living in that bunker, and that hadn't changed with what she saw when she finally climbed out. Now, though, maybe she'll have a chance to revisit all of that. ]

I've always wanted to design clothes.
37hours: (smile)

[personal profile] 37hours 2016-03-17 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I used to think I was really big already. But then one time, Leo put me on his shoulders, and World looked so small from up there. It made me feel powerful — like I could do anything. Maybe that's how the police get their brave.

I'll try. Or maybe I could be a teacher, that would be cool too. Because then you get to help people learn things.

I smile when Michelle tells me about her dream.

What kind of clothes do you want to design? I like pink clothes, because Dora wears pink. But when I wear pink, people think I'm a girl.
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[personal profile] panickedandran 2016-03-18 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
That does sound cool. I bet being a teacher would be a lot of fun. And either way, you'd be getting to help people, right?

[ She smiles in turn. ]

I design all sorts of stuff. And I think if you want to wear pink, you should wear pink. It's a great color.