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tushanshu2014-01-11 02:00 pm
hisbabygirl) wrote in tushanshu2014-01-11 02:00 pm
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Hello..?
[Have yourself a twelve year old girl testing the water on the shiny new thing and mumbling to herself a little as she does.]
...I hope I'm doing this right.
[Oh right. The people can hear her. Sarah takes a deep breath and gets to talking.]
I uh, gotta say, this is some real crazy stuff going on. I don't even know where to start makin' sense of any of it. The Kedan people, the ones that work here? I think they work here. Live here? I dunno. They explained a lot of stuff but I'm still trying to wrap my head around even being here.
[Sarah pauses. When she speaks again it's with a little less certainty.]
Do they ever make mistakes with who they bring here? I'm not sure I'm the monster fighting type.
[Not real ones anyway.]
[Have yourself a twelve year old girl testing the water on the shiny new thing and mumbling to herself a little as she does.]
...I hope I'm doing this right.
[Oh right. The people can hear her. Sarah takes a deep breath and gets to talking.]
I uh, gotta say, this is some real crazy stuff going on. I don't even know where to start makin' sense of any of it. The Kedan people, the ones that work here? I think they work here. Live here? I dunno. They explained a lot of stuff but I'm still trying to wrap my head around even being here.
[Sarah pauses. When she speaks again it's with a little less certainty.]
Do they ever make mistakes with who they bring here? I'm not sure I'm the monster fighting type.
[Not real ones anyway.]
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[The same way you're on a giant turtle, Sarah.]
What makes you think that?
[Here come the questions.]
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[By which she means: beats the hell outta me, kid.]
It's just what I've heard, and it fits, doesn't it? You don't know me, but I've known Joel for a long time.
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[If she wakes up tomorrow and this is all some crazy dream, Sarah wouldn't be overly surprised.]
Everything's been so crazy.
[But another question comes to mind.]
Uh, what year is it? Where you know my dad, I mean.
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[There's a long pause - not only is she considering how much to tell the girl, but also, yeah, she kind of has to think about it for a while. Years are kind of meaningless after a point.]
Uh, it was about 2033, I think.
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Holy cow are you serious!? That's twenty years!
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Yeah, sometimes it surprises me, too.
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Hey Tess? Do you know me? Future me, I mean.
[Or is she gone for real like she remembers.]
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Then again, Joel isn't here, and maybe that's for the best. She can't even imagine how he would react to this. Not even a little bit.]
Uh. Not... really, no.
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[That's not the response she was hoping for, and only further cements what she already knows. Still, Sarah will hold out some hope for the time being. If back home is frozen, paused, then maybe there's still a chance.]
So... How's he doing? Like, where you're from. Is he okay?
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It's Tess who was less than fine. About as not-fine as she could be, but that's neither here nor there.]
In fact, I bet he shows up, sooner or later. And when he does, we'll give him a lecture about takin' his sweet time.
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[Sarah really misses her old man. Hearing he's doing alright is a comfort but seeing it for herself would definitely help a lot more.]
The whole time thing is gonna confuse him real bad though. Dad's not too good with this kinda thing, even when it's just on tv. Actually living it will make him freak!
[It's a happy thought, and one she'll latch on to.]
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Tess just smiles, almost sadly.]
Yeah, I'm sure he will.
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When she looks up again, it's with a question.]
Say Tess? You wouldn't know where I could get some clothes, would ya?
[Her voice is quiet, almost wary. It's time to slightly face that thing she's been avoiding.]
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Earth sector... Got it.
[That's good to know, but she's still wearing blood soaked pajamas.]
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Uh. I might have something - it'd be pretty big - wait, have you talked to Ellie? She, uh. She also knows your dad, she's... close to your age, I think.
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Yeah, she and I have talked a little, but not much.
I gotta say, it's... strange, meeting all these people that know him from so far away.
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[She has an inkling, at least - she knows there's a gap of months, between her own death and the point at which Ellie arrived, which means there's a relatively big chunk of time that she's just not aware of, which is really disconcerting. And that is only maybe six months. Tess can't even imagine what twenty years would feel like.]
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I just... wish he was here, you know? This wouldn't be so scary if he was.
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[Tess really, really does. This is one hell of a place, maybe a place for a second chance, but he has to be here first. And damn, she misses him.]
I'm sure he'll be along sooner or later.
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[More like he's always trying to do more than time allows for the good of them both. Sarah shrugs.]
I got him a new watch though. Maybe that'll help him along.
[She smiles, but it doesn't meet her eyes. In twenty years would he even have that watch anymore?]
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[Tess is the one who keeps him on a schedule, usually.]
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[Her face falls a little a that.]
Well... I hope he got some use out of it at least. I only just gave it to him a few hours ago.
[For her, at least.]
It was a birthday present.
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[Tess can't help but tell her that - even though it probably is just one more indication of what the kid already knows. That he wears it to remember her.]
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
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...Oh.
[Nodding faintly, Sarah forces a smile. Focus on the good things, Sarah.]
Y-yeah. He was always complaining about the other one being broken so. I dunno.
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