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[Katie's been busy the past few days... doing a decidedly odd collection of activities, at that. Housemates might note she keeps coming home covered in sand and tired enough to actually go to bed at a decent hour. And she's quiet. Brook's gone home, and so's Zoro, and she heard Archie got hurt (and she needs to ask him about that at some point)...

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Love is not love. Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove

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[When Sparrow pokes his head out the door, a small child drawing arrows on his house is not what he expects to see.]

Oi! Katie! You're not drawing demony symbols, are you?

O no! it is an ever-fixéd mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken

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Of course I am. [Industriously continuing on with her arrow. This one's a lovely green colour. Though she does pause after a moment reflectively.] Why, do you think I shouldn't?

XD

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No, no---carry on carry on.

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Why are you doing this?

Katie claims to have met Shakespeare.

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Haven't you ever mailed someone a box before? [She scratches her nose with the end of the chalk before giving him a patient look.] It's so the tornado knows which way is up. And won't shake it about too much.

HA!

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Tornado?! [The pirate looks frantically around for said storm, stepping out of the house as he does so.]

Stop messing with me LJ. /third try

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Tornado. [La la la, continuing to draw. Her nose is a terrible shade of green now.] They like to eat houses, you know. And dogs. And picnic baskets. Did you have any plans for the day?

[The weather is beautifully sunny, actually. Not a cloud in the sky!]

GAH LJ.

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Plans? I---

Oi. Hang about---today's the day, isn't it, Silvertoes? Today you're gonna do it!

[And somehow that is both wrenching and glorious at the same time.]

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[Switching to yellow now. And tossing the leftover green at Jack.] Do what?

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Get your very own attic, with a view, lass. [He reaches for some chalk.]

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[That gets the brightest of smiles.] I'm very fond of views. Does the attic come with a pillow and a blanket?

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[Jack will now provide some assistance on those arrows.]

Aye; I don't think that will be a problem at all, child.

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Thank you. [She's gonna need those shortly. And oh good, some help with the arrows! That's actually more helpful than he knows, so Katie will relax just a little more and work industriously beside him.] Are you all packed to go?

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[A snort as he continues to help with the coloring.] I'm a man with very few possessions, Cabin Girl. There's nothing to pack, really.

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Well, as long as you've got a comfy chair to sit in, then. Tornadoes make for very rough rides, you know.

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What about an intensely comfortable couch?

[He slows down in his drawing, dragging the chalk unevenly across the wall.]

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Hmm. I suppose it will do in a pinch. [She puts the finishing touches on her own arrow and glances at him.] When would you like to leave?