seventeen fancies

[ann_withane]

[Have one Anne Shirley, alone and forlorn, completely forgetting about the network device.]

I was only gone a few minutes. How come everything changed?

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[playstheblues]

Hi, Anne.

[ann_withane]

Blue! You're still here! Oh I'm so glad. I know it's silly, but I was afraid everyone had gone.

[playstheblues]

I'm still here.

Are you okay?

[ann_withane]

I'm... I'm as fine as can be expected.

You don't think they'll evict me, do you?

[playstheblues]

Who would evict you?

[ann_withane]

The landlord. I don't have a job, so I can't pay the rent. Do you think there's anywhere that I can get a job? I'm very good with babies, and I'm pretty good at cleaning. There are always people who need things cleaned, aren't there? I don't want to end up homeless, starving in the streets, begging for alms. Although it would be romantic...

[playstheblues]

Anne, you're twelve.

They won't make you work to pay the rent.

[ann_withane]

Somebody has to! And I know how to work for my keep.

[playstheblues]

Who handled your money before?

[ann_withane]

Arthur did.

[playstheblues]

Um.

Why won't he do it now?

[ann_withane]

He's not here anymore.

[playstheblues]

I just saw him come back the other day!

[ann_withane]

REALLY? Where is he? Why isn't he home? Or at the farm? Or on the Network?

[playstheblues]

Anne, did you assume without actually asking around?

[ann_withane]

I looked for him everywhere! What else was I supposed to think after being gone for so long?