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[fallen_april]

At some point this morning, a little six-year-old sneaks out of the infirmary, where she decided to sleep last nightShe's in the same outfit as yesterday, and her hair could use a good brushing and being pulled back again, but she's cheerfully sitting on a barstool eating chocolate chip pancakes and drinking chocolate milk

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[bohemian_mark]

And at a table, there's a man with a camera. He's filming people. And really, he looks extremely innocent. Whoops?

[fallen_april]

Eventually, she does have to finish her yummies. And when she does, she looks around for someone interesting.

Cameras are interesting!

She slips off the bar stool and moves in front of the camera and strikes a pose. Yes, she is a bit of a ham.

[bohemian_mark]

The blonde man behind the camera grins. And starts to narrate.

Well, dear viewers, we seem to have come across a true camera lover here. Tell the folks at home what you're doing, Roger your name, my dear.

[fallen_april]

He gets a big (and vaguely familiar) grin.

"My name is Princess Sarah Marilla Lucy Pevensie Blythe," she declares proudly. "And this place is in my closet. Like Narnia! And you can call me Rilla, 'cause the other name's really long, and everybody calls me Rilla anyway, even though it's not really my name. And I'm six and three quarters and I'm going to be in the first grade!"

She felt the need to make sure he knows exactly who he's talking to.

[bohemian_mark]

Oh, Mark knows that grin. And he almost dropps his camera. Fucking Milliways. He grins right back, however, and shuts off the camera. "Want to know a secret, Rilla? It's in my bathroom." He pauses. "You like Narnia, then?"

[fallen_april]

Mazel tov, Marky, you're the only one who's recognized it. Granted, she's only talked to two other people she knows well, but still.

She giggles a little. "So you come here instead of going to the bathroom?" Hey, she devours chapter books like candy. She's not gonna still say 'potty'.

There is nodding. "Uh-huh. And Mr. Archie said that Lucy and the White Witch come here sometimes, and that he got to go there! That's so ace, I wish I could go. What's your name?"

[bohemian_mark]

"Sometimes. My roommate thinks I'm nuts." Especially when the bathroom door opens and Roger can smell beer instead of shampoo. "I went to another world once, and got to film the wedding of the king and queen." He beams. "They were all blue. And they could talk to you inside your head." He pauses. "Oh, I'm Mark."

[fallen_april]

"They were blue?" she giggles. If she were a couple of years older, she'd compare them to Smurfs, but the little blue buggers haven't made the trip from France yet. "That's really silly."

[bohemian_mark]

"Yeah, it was rather silly." Mark grins. "It was pretty, though." He pauses. "I don't get to do interesting things all that often, really."

[fallen_april]

"Why not? Do you live someplace boring? I do, I live in Hartford, Connecticut, and it's real boring, mostly 'cause Mom and Daddy won't buy me any more books, 'cause they say I've got enough, but I already read all of them, and some of the Anne books are lost."

Pout.

[bohemian_mark]

Mark laughs. "I live in New York City. Which is interesting some of the time." He pauses, and grins. "The people I live with are really funny sometimes." Beat. "So, if someone were to give you some books, you'd like that?"

[fallen_april]

"New York City is really ace, I went there once!" Bounce bounce bounce.

"Books, I'd love books, I only have Anne of Green Gables and Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside from the Anne books and that makes me sad 'cause I never got to see Anne and Gilbert get married or see Jemmie born and that was sad and I want to see more of Walter because he died and that was very sad and I don't like wars 'cause they kill nice people, and the other people must have nice people too so I don't see what the point is. And I have the Narnia books and A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. And I had Little Women, but Miranda took it, so I didn't get to read it."

She has quite a babbling ability. And opinions.

[bohemian_mark]

Mark laughs. "Stay here a minute, dear." He walks to the bar, and returns with a bag, full of books, including a full set of Anne books, Little Women, and a few others, including Phantom Tollbooth because the mun loves it and things everyone should read it. "Here. This should keep you occupied for a while."

[fallen_april]

She squeals happily and pokes at the books, and then...

"Oh! Can I also have A... A Once and Future King? 'Cause it's about King Arthur and has knights and swords and princesses and Miniver said I should read it." It may be a while before she gets through it, granted, but she'd like to have it.

[bohemian_mark]

Mark laughs. "Of course, dear." He goes to the bar, then returns, with the book in-hand, putting it in the bag. "There."

[fallen_april]

"Thank you thank you so much!" she bounces and hugs Mark tightly. No one's ever gotten her books before. They're new books, and they're all hers.

She pulls one out and pokes around in the bag. Bar was smart - there's a skinny marker in there for exactly the purpose she wants it. She opens the front cover and very very carefully writes "Sasha Cornwell" in her neatest handwriting before sitting back proudly. No one can take her books if her name is in them. Out comes another book, and she repeats the process.