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))

Comments

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Us in a proper house.

You guys did real good. 'Course I like it.

[freckleddoll]

Feels a bit like a dream, don't it?

'm glad you do! Bet we can make it feel real cosy between us.

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Like a dream, yeah.

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

How'll we get the money? Joker said- A circus here, right?

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[freckleddoll]

Yeah!

...Beast, you'll alright, right?

[freckleddoll]

Right, I can continue t'tightrope walk there, and they needed a new ringleader an' Joker got the job! S'turning out really well. 'm sure there'll be somethin' fer you too!

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe I'll talk ta the owner myself, bet I can handle it.

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

... 'Course 'm alright, Doll. Just.

You know. This place.

M'worried about Dagger an' them.

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[freckleddoll]

Yeah, 'm sure you'll be able t'get a job there! An' Joker can put a word in fer you an' everythin'.

((ooc: fff typos, sorry))

[freckleddoll]

I know, I keep on wonderin' 'ow they all are. Wish there was a way t'know if they're alright. Miss havin' them around all the time too.

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

They can take care of themselves, rightly so, Doll. Dagger'll take over, 'n Peter's good enough with it, too.

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Joker can-

I'll just handle it myself.

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[freckleddoll]

Yeah, you're right. It'll be fine.

[freckleddoll]

...'m sure you can. The owner's some girl named Road if ya wanna talk t'her.

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

Mm. It'll be fine.

[freckleddoll]

[And she's going over to Beast's room for a comforting arm around the shoulders now.]

suddenly!action;

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

[and there really are times she wishes she could act better- but-]

Joker's been takin' right good care a you before I got here, right?

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[freckleddoll]

[and Doll really doesn't mind though. She'd rather know when Beast isn't feeling happy, so that she could help.]

Yeah, 'course he 'as! [rubs the back of her head sheepishly] Better care than I was takin' of myself b'fore he got 'ere, that's fer sure.

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

You were the first to get here?

[that troubles her, for sure, fretting over tucking some stray strands of Doll's hair back over the left side of her face]

How long were you- None of us mean ta leave you alone-

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[freckleddoll]

Yeah, I was. Right shock, too, endin' up in the middle o' the City like that.

[She smiles at her - Beast is one of the few people Doll feels alright with letting touch that side of her face.]

Only a couple of days. Nah, it ain't your fault. Nothin' t'be done about it, really.

suddenly!action;

[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

[Beast was sure she wouldn't smile like that if she knew what she'd done]

Right...

[Fretting, just a bit more, before she pulled her hand back, idly fussing with a few strands of her own hair, distracting things, nothing of any real value]

So- Tell me 'bout this place, huh?

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[freckleddoll]

Bit 'ard t'describe. Lots o' this...[hesitating over the word] techn'logy stuff everywhere. People 'ere 'ave been real nice t'me so far too. An' it's real well looked after, an' no one even tried t'get me t'move on when I was stayin' outside.

[Stopping to think for a bit over what else she could say about the place, her visible eye on Beast worrying with her hair.]

Ain't always this good though. Sometimes weird stuff 'appens. Weirder than this, I mean. They call 'em curses. Right b'fore you got 'ere there was one, lots of people ended up fightin' but no one was gettin' 'urt, or at least if they was, it didn't stick.

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

[She listens, somewhat sullen, sinking back on to the simple bed the apartments provided- and yet something like that was still so nice by their standards, fingers smoothing over sheets]

Curses... an' this place is supposed to... what? Just bring people here?

suddenly!action;

[freckleddoll]

[She sits down next to her, hands on her knees, raising her shoulders in a small shrug.]

Yeah, guess so. S'all I can understand 'bout it. Dunno 'ow it happens, it just does.

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[lackingbeauty.livejournal.com]

...

[Silence, before Beast just seems to sag a bit, flopping down on her stomach, her face tucked in the crook of her elbow]

If Dagger 'n the rest don't hurry up and get here-

[If, her mouth trembled with the words, her worry too evident. It had just seemed all wrong, that mansion, and-]

I'll-

[A condition, needed a condition-]

I'll never accept his stupid ring, neither.