The Lowdown
- IC I Never is a ridiculous amount of fun. Sunday proved that you can totally play against characters you don't know; Monday proved that it could be done over Skype, though in person is much better.
- Way in advance, but I'm really looking forward to this upcoming Gallifrey.
- I have a Plurk now! I have given in to the masses. The name is Kiaxet. Friend me.
- Second City is having a Fourth Wall Event! Throw your characters in! Have fun! Let's all be derps together!
- I drove for three hours in gray and drizzle today, all job-related, and it just wiped me out. LA traffic is not a happy thing.
- I can't figure out if I want to do Disneyland this weekend or not. I think it's going to wind up depending on Whether I Feel Like It Or Not the day of - no other factors. We'll see.
Finally - because this took me forever - I wrote another Bitty Terra drabble! There are only two left after this one. I'm almost done. It feels weird.
Either way, please beta the hell out of it and enjoy! :Db
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Aqua had never thought a door could be scary. However, standing outside the door to the Master's study, trying to get up the courage to ask what would be a very important question, she was starting to think that doors could be the most intimidating things in the world.
But her question was currently more pressing than her fear of the door - or rather, of the answer she would get once she walked through that door and asked the question that was preying on her mind. It had started less than an hour ago, when she and Terra had joined the village kids for another game - something she never would have done in the first place without Terra, and something she was coming to enjoy quite a bit. They'd had to end early, some of the kids having to help their parents prepare for the market's end the next day, and one of them had asked the question - "Terra, where are you staying after the market's over?" They'd all heard Master Eraqus say Terra was staying at the castle until market's end - nobody knew where he was going after that.
Including Terra, evidently. She'd watched his face after the question was asked, and she'd seen the sudden fear flash in his eyes, heard the hesitation in his voice when he'd finally answered a second or two too late: "I don't know."
"Oh, well, tell us when you do, okay?" The other kids had missed the signs, but they hadn't been living with him for the past few days; Aqua had. She'd been there to see him react - with gratitude, with hesitation, with fear - to things she'd taken for normal. She could read him by now, enough to see the fear back in his eyes, and she realized she wanted him to leave about as much as he wanted to go - that was, not at all.
She'd left him in the training hall and gone to talk with the Master - or at least she would be, if she could summon the courage to open the door. Asking for permission to accompany him to the market now seemed as if it had been lifetimes ago instead of just days. Finally, she screwed up her courage, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
The answer had been immediate, giving her no time to think or get even more nervous - instead, she turned the knob and stepped into the study, neatly shutting the door behind her.
"What is it, Aqua?" Her Master closed his book and regarded her with an impassive look.
This was it. It was now or never, and for a split second it was almost never, until the image of Terra, looking frightened and hopeful all at once flashed in her mind and she knew this was far too important to run away from. "Can Terra stay with us?" she blurted.
There was a beat of silence.
"I- I want Terra to stay with us," she tried again, a little calmer this time.
"And why is that?" Her Master had that same inscrutable look, and she was getting nervous all over again.
"Because I like him here," she started, words coming out almost before she knew what she was saying. "Because he needs a place to stay and I think he likes it here too. Because- because he's my friend," and she knew from the feel of the words that she'd finally hit the heart of the matter, "and I've never had one before, and I don't want him to leave."
There was another beat of silence.
"Please, Master?" Because please helped, right?
"I will think on it," he finally answered. It wasn't a yes, but it wasn't a no either, and for now that was something Aqua could take comfort in. "Now, please tell Terra to come up here. I would like to speak with him."
"Yes, Master." Aqua was out the door before he could change his mind and before she could lose her nerve. It wasn't a definitive answer, but it was a start, and for now that was good enough for her.
- Way in advance, but I'm really looking forward to this upcoming Gallifrey.
- I have a Plurk now! I have given in to the masses. The name is Kiaxet. Friend me.
- Second City is having a Fourth Wall Event! Throw your characters in! Have fun! Let's all be derps together!
- I drove for three hours in gray and drizzle today, all job-related, and it just wiped me out. LA traffic is not a happy thing.
- I can't figure out if I want to do Disneyland this weekend or not. I think it's going to wind up depending on Whether I Feel Like It Or Not the day of - no other factors. We'll see.
Finally - because this took me forever - I wrote another Bitty Terra drabble! There are only two left after this one. I'm almost done. It feels weird.
Either way, please beta the hell out of it and enjoy! :Db
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Aqua had never thought a door could be scary. However, standing outside the door to the Master's study, trying to get up the courage to ask what would be a very important question, she was starting to think that doors could be the most intimidating things in the world.
But her question was currently more pressing than her fear of the door - or rather, of the answer she would get once she walked through that door and asked the question that was preying on her mind. It had started less than an hour ago, when she and Terra had joined the village kids for another game - something she never would have done in the first place without Terra, and something she was coming to enjoy quite a bit. They'd had to end early, some of the kids having to help their parents prepare for the market's end the next day, and one of them had asked the question - "Terra, where are you staying after the market's over?" They'd all heard Master Eraqus say Terra was staying at the castle until market's end - nobody knew where he was going after that.
Including Terra, evidently. She'd watched his face after the question was asked, and she'd seen the sudden fear flash in his eyes, heard the hesitation in his voice when he'd finally answered a second or two too late: "I don't know."
"Oh, well, tell us when you do, okay?" The other kids had missed the signs, but they hadn't been living with him for the past few days; Aqua had. She'd been there to see him react - with gratitude, with hesitation, with fear - to things she'd taken for normal. She could read him by now, enough to see the fear back in his eyes, and she realized she wanted him to leave about as much as he wanted to go - that was, not at all.
She'd left him in the training hall and gone to talk with the Master - or at least she would be, if she could summon the courage to open the door. Asking for permission to accompany him to the market now seemed as if it had been lifetimes ago instead of just days. Finally, she screwed up her courage, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
The answer had been immediate, giving her no time to think or get even more nervous - instead, she turned the knob and stepped into the study, neatly shutting the door behind her.
"What is it, Aqua?" Her Master closed his book and regarded her with an impassive look.
This was it. It was now or never, and for a split second it was almost never, until the image of Terra, looking frightened and hopeful all at once flashed in her mind and she knew this was far too important to run away from. "Can Terra stay with us?" she blurted.
There was a beat of silence.
"I- I want Terra to stay with us," she tried again, a little calmer this time.
"And why is that?" Her Master had that same inscrutable look, and she was getting nervous all over again.
"Because I like him here," she started, words coming out almost before she knew what she was saying. "Because he needs a place to stay and I think he likes it here too. Because- because he's my friend," and she knew from the feel of the words that she'd finally hit the heart of the matter, "and I've never had one before, and I don't want him to leave."
There was another beat of silence.
"Please, Master?" Because please helped, right?
"I will think on it," he finally answered. It wasn't a yes, but it wasn't a no either, and for now that was something Aqua could take comfort in. "Now, please tell Terra to come up here. I would like to speak with him."
"Yes, Master." Aqua was out the door before he could change his mind and before she could lose her nerve. It wasn't a definitive answer, but it was a start, and for now that was good enough for her.