14 tightropes walked - accidental video/action

[freckleddoll]

Beast...Joker!?

[Doll is making her way through the crowds, being pushed and shoved around easily considering her small stature.]

Are any of you 'ere? [jostled again] 'scuse me.

Dagger? Jumbo?! [craning her neck, trying to see over the other people as she continues calling out her siblings' names in the hopes at least one of them will be there and hear her. She looks pretty tired, considering she spent much of the previous day looking for them as well]

If only I could see t'least one of 'em for a few minutes, t'know they're alright. [spoken to herself, low but not low enough for the device she doesn't know is recording not to capture it.]


((ooc: open for fourth walling! Network or action (just...don't hurt her |D). Anything goes, just no spoiling her past the point she's from i.e. chapter 28.))

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[freckleddoll]

Was the first one t'get 'ere...then Joker arrived, then Beast. But 'e left again soon, an' Beast left a couple of weeks ago.

[Sitting down next to her, looking at the crowds of people in awe but mostly keeping an eye on her sister, almost as if she expects her to disappear any second.]

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

Well...

{puts a hand on Doll's reassuringly}

I'm 'ere now, so, don't you worry, Doll. You're not alone any longer.

[freckleddoll]

[Trying not to let her smile waver, because she's quite sure Wendy won't be here for long. But at least she's reassured that the others are alright - she can hang on as long as she knows that.]

Thanks, Wendy. S'really good t'have you 'ere.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

We'll get you out a here, too, Doll.

[freckleddoll]

Yeah... [finding it hard to believe though.] Want t'be with the rest of ya again.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

Just bide yer time. Everything comes with it.

Tell me 'bout your stay here, 'ow about that?

[freckleddoll]

You're right... [Wendy always had good advice, a calming influence on the rest of them]

Well...'ve made some good friends! Penny, Vivio...Penny's even teachin' me t'read. An' since the circus don' travel 've got lots more free time. I 'elp out with the little 'uns at the orphanage 'ere sometimes. An' I got a puppy now too. Called 'im Tiger. [Deliberately leaving out all the bad stuff that had happened.]

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

That's great, Doll.

They got an orphanage 'ere?

[freckleddoll]

Yeah, ain't too bad.

They do! 'cause sometimes children get brought 'ere too, an' they can't just stay on their own.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

That sounds good a you, Doll, but...

{her small hand squeezes slightly, that knowing look}

It can't be all that good, can it?

[freckleddoll]

A-ah...

[She squeezes back, wondering how much to tell her. Wendy would realize, of course she would.]

Sometimes...weird stuff 'appens. They call 'em curses. Ain't always too bad, but sometimes it's scary...people get 'urt. If 'm not affected I just 'ide in the apartment with Tiger. Otherwise... [she shrugs]

An' some of he people 'ere ain't that good either.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

Otherwise?

{Wendy returns the gesture just as equally, listening, as she did}

'ave you been hurt at all? You got people you can go to?

[freckleddoll]

I jus' try an' deal. Ain't been affected too badly so far. The worst's when I get turned back into a child again. Always think 'm lost an' spend ages lookin' for all of ya. Don' like rememberin' what it was like back then.

[Sighing, hanging her head for a moment.]

Not really. A while ago someone saw my face an' gave me a scare. Grabbed me an'...called me ugly. But 'e let me go without doin' anythin'. Beast was still 'ere back then. Gave 'im a right piece of 'er mind.

An' yeah, I guess. There's some people I can ask for 'elp if I need it.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

... Good she was here.

{a pause, looking around them}

When we're not here, don' go forgetting what you know when we are, alright? You're the princess a our show, Doll. Don' be listenin' to men who don't know what they're speakin' on.

[freckleddoll]

T'was. Didn't know what t'do...

[Still keeping her eyes on Wendy's face.]

Yeah, I...I know. [a small smile that she's trying to keep from becoming sad. It was hard to remember without them around her.] Thanks, Wendy.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

{Wendy smiles back, the comforting and knowing sort of thing}

No need, Doll.

Now, see 'ere. Show me 'round, won't you?

[freckleddoll]

Yeah, 'course I will!

[Getting up and looking around, wondering where to take her first.]

Can show you the apartment where 'm stayin' - you can meet Tiger! - an' the circus. The orphanage an' the gardens an' the Welcome Centre, maybe, Penny's usually there.

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

{Wendy hops off the bench with a small bounce, adjusting the cape about her shoulders}

Show me it all, alrigh'?

[freckleddoll]

Sure, anythin' you like, Wendy!

[choosing the apartment first, making sure Wendy with her shorter stride can keep up.]

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

{She keeps up, making sure to make note of all she passes}

Been livin' 'ere?

[freckleddoll]

Yeah...s'weird, livin' in rooms an' all instead of a tent.

[Doll's used to the apartment building by now, but she used to find it very strange when she first arrived. She unlocks her apartment's door, standing by to grab Tiger when the puppy makes an excited dash towards them as soon as the door is open.]

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

Well, this whole place is wei-

{Good thing Wendy's quick on her feet, or maybe bad that it shows off how on guard she is, when she quickly sidesteps back in to the hallway until Doll has the dog under control until she steps in to look around}

[freckleddoll]

[Doll pulls the door closed behind them, Tiger struggling and yipping enthusiastically in her arms, licking at whatever part of her face he can reach.]

Easy, boy, easy! [laughing] He gets excited easy.

D'you like it? [It's not large for an apartment, but much bigger than what they're used to. It's also very neatly kept, besides a few well-chewed toys for Tiger strewn about the floor.]

[hasntgrown.livejournal.com]

S'more than nice, Doll- 'm glad for ya... what's this-

{She looks about, poking curiously at the modern appliances}

[freckleddoll]

Yeah...s'hard t'believe 'm staying somewhere like this.

[She sets Tiger down again, and he eagerly runs around Wendy, sniffing at her feet curiously]

Oh...s'called a fridge! Keeps food cold, so it don' go bad for ages. There's these others too...[explaining the appliances one by one] Took me an' Beast a while t'figure 'em out.