2 tightropes walked - voice post

[freckleddoll]

Blimey, this apartment ain't 'alf large. Are they all like this? Can't get use t'havin' this much space. Wonder if Beast'd mind me sharin' her room. Real different from the tents. It's weird them bein' so high up too. Glad I've got a good head fer heights or I'd feel right strange. Nice of this place t'give us somewhere t'stay though, never thought I'd live somewhere like this.

T'other day, that was one of the curses, right? Frightened me stiff, all that noise an' fightin'. It was 'orrible, hope they ain't all like that.

Right, I wanted t'ask, someone told me there's an orphanage 'ere. Anyone knows who I can talk to 'bout givin' an 'and there maybe?


((ooc: all answers assumed voice, strikes muttered))

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suddenly!action;

[freckleddoll]

Jus' for t'night then!

[Trying, and mostly succeeding, to ignore the question of how she's going to be able to get to sleep on the other nights. But that could be dealt with later.

She took the offered spot, lying down and making sure the left side of her face is pressed against the pillow. She couldn't exactly be sure her hair would keep her scars covered while she was sleeping.]

suddenly!action;

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

[Beast called it a one-time offer, but in this place? She had an aching feeling she might extend it, even if- Well. It wouldn't keep Joker at bay for long, not if he knew. ... not if he knew.]

Mm.

[Even among their own, the scarred and damaged, they each had their own shames, their own habits. Beast lay her prostheses down gently, shifting back in to the bed carefully, laying down just as gingerly before she tugged the sheet back up, her right leg laid over her left's remnant, tucking it under in pale disguise of her lack, only then letting her eyes fall shut]

... 'night.

suddenly!action;

[freckleddoll]

[She gives her sister a smile then, even though her eyes are already closed.]

'night, Beast.

[And then, very softly, hardly intelligible]

Thanks.

[For being there, for not pushing Doll away. For letting her be safe with her family again, even in a place as strange as this.]

suddenly!action;

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

[Beast didn't answer because- Well, there was no need. Doll was always welcome, and she never needed to thank her for it. They'd all been through too much together.

Her only response was a slight curl, just enough that where she rested, her shoulder touched against Doll's back. Just enough to be a warmth, drifting off to sleep]

[antiheaven.livejournal.com]

[...] Maybe!

[freckleddoll]

Worth a try, yeah? Since you're 'ere anyway.

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

What interest is it of yours whether or not there is an orphanage?

[virgocentric.livejournal.com]

Do we really age here? Granted, maturity goes beyond that, but...

I'd like to know as well, if it's not too much to ask.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

And you sound like someone from my own country too.

Welcome to the City, I suppose.

[freckleddoll]

To give 'em an 'and there, of course.

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

Suddenly treading down the path of benevolence, are we? Do you think it's that easy to forget one's self?

[freckleddoll]

You from England too? S'good t'know. Some people 'ere ain't ever 'eard of it!

Thanks!

((ooc: ksdja I can't stand either of those movies, sadly. I'll give My Fair Lady a try again later.))

[freckleddoll]

What, y'mean we don't get older 'ere? S'that possible?

Girl named Hikaru works there, was told t'ask fer her!

/big sis smash! (someone got the lowdown...)

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Is it so easy to pretend, too, Smile?

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I am, yes--London, particularly. And I've come across that same unfamiliarity myself.

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

Only if it lets me advance my pieces further and bring me one step closer to eliminating a few problematic roaches from London.

[freckleddoll]

Spent lots of time there too! You talk real posh though...

((ooc: Oh, okay, that definitely works better :> I'll look it up!))

[virgocentric.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure myself. But is anything impossible anymore?

Duly noted-- thank you.

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Roaches?

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

Have you proven yourselves to be otherwise?

[freckleddoll]

Yeah, s'right, 'm startin' to wonder the same thing.

No problem, you're welcome!

[freckleddoll]

'ere, what'd ya mean, I always like helpin' out!

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

You'll find out soon enough, won't you, boy?

Take care you don't regret those words. Just because we're here doesn't mean I still can't take you over my knee- Something it seems your dreadfully in the need for.

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

You forget what position you're in, Beast. You stand to be crushed soon, and only because I know death is impermanent here, do I stop my foot from stomping the lot of you out.

Make no mistake. It's not an act of mercy that you're still alive today.

[phantom-earl.livejournal.com]

And just who are you helping this time? The man you call father, yourself, or those children who will be butchered for his amusement?