oo3 » voice. forward dated to sunday morning.

[notbeth]

[ Oh look, another person is fumbling with the tablet today. There's a short capture of the grey sky and a glimpse of bright red hair before a "clunk!" sound can be heard and a panicky-- ] Oh no! Did I brea-- [ The video stops there.

Several minutes later, the audio comes on. Whether it's by mistake or choice, who knows. You can still hear the rain coming down heavily and then a young girl's voice speaks up. The same one who was panicking not too long ago. ]

Hello? Is there anyone who can hear this? Hello? I'm-- [ her voice is almost hard to make out in the rain, so she talks louder: ] I don't know how I got up here and I'm stuck! Somebody on the street told me they were gonna come, but it's been forever and it's cold and raining and-- [ She sounds cold, tired and scared. ]

Can somebody come and get me down from the roof? [ A beat. ] Please?


[ ooc: max will be retrieving her! otherwise all network replies will be icly delayed by an hour or so. ]

Comments

[chubbybun]

Yes, he has an unfortunately distasteful sense of humor.

[notbeth]

Well... I guess I wouldn't talk to him then. If he's some kind of criminal.

[chubbybun]

Fear not, he would not find a child to be an especially interesting target. He has spent too long fighting the gods.

[notbeth]

[ A long pause. ]

You really mean it-- that you're a real god and you aren't making it up for some reason?

[chubbybun]

Yes, I mean every word. 'Tis more in heaven and earth, et cetera, et cetera.

There are dragons and elves and many others as well.

[notbeth]

Dragons? You've seen dragons?

[chubbybun]

Yes, and fought them too. But all the dragons I've met here have been quite friendly.

[notbeth]

There are seriously dragons here, too? The kind that breathe fire and fly?!

[chubbybun]

Yes, very serious dragons. Some small enough to hold as well.

[notbeth]

[ She's in awe; it doesn't sound like he's joking at all with her the way most would play along with a kid. ]

Small ones? Are they baby dragons, then?

[chubbybun]

I have seen a fledgling here, along with the large adults. Though such a tiny dragon is too young to hold a conversation.

[notbeth]

So they talk, too...

[ Whoa. ]

Am I really not dreaming?

[chubbybun]

A dream would probably make more sense than this.

[notbeth]

I don't know... they're not supposed to make sense.

[chubbybun]

But life ofttimes presents us with scenarios far stranger than our minds would dream.

[notbeth]

[ Kate pauses to consider and her expression falls again. ]

Yeah, that's true... it's not really fair.

[chubbybun]

At least one cannot call it boring.

[notbeth]

It is boring. Life does unfair things and then becomes boring!

[chubbybun]

Art thou bored? There are many other children here at the moment.

[notbeth]

I don't want to play! I just want my dad!