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[a very alert, and clear sounding voice comes through. It's River but it seems a lot more coherent and in touch with all her faculties]

Simon? [slight growing concern]If anyone has seen my brother Simon? It's very important that I ( Read more... )

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[the pattern was there, once a word, twice a name and it was there. It's confusing and River has tried to avoid the truth, but she can't avoid him forever]

Simon? [it's mostly to make sure she wasn't dreaming the other two times. two ( Read more... )

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[she awakens and the stillness is what she notices first. A cautious motion draws her knees up and then off the edge of the bed to allow bare feet to press to a floor that doesn't have the hum of Her beneath soles. The steps are silent ( Read more... )

Things I've Had To Say to Jayne More Than Once.- No you cannot just see if it works the same way ( Read more... )

It's been eight years since the message went out. Echoing amongst everything that it could find a corner of to hit. Flooding the ears of the everyday man and they knew... they knew what had been done. She'd been a part of it, like a slender arm embracing it all and tugging it into herself so that no one else had to know what she felt... what they ( Read more... )

Only takes two pounds of pressure to kill someone.
Bare feet feel better.
I'm better now.
It still hurts.
Too many nicknames.
Rats can't throw-up.
Not enough words.
Old enough to know better.
Young enough not to care.

[for makeyourlist]

Kaylee brought it back with such a look on her face of pride, as if she'd found the Lost City of Atlantis in her spare time. I didn't get it. I understand the concept of it, but the actual progression that followed her finding that box of little plastic pieces that interconnected to form some sort of miniature torture device... I'm not quite sure I ( Read more... )

He was going to come for me. The promise had been made all those years ago. Silent and still on the stairs, as our parents whispered among each other about what was in the best interest of me. They thought they were doing right by me, thought that this was the way ( Read more... )

[takes place when River is nine while at home with Simon]

"Mei Mei, that's morbid.""It's not. It's adventageous. People should be lucky to have this already done for them." She replied matter of factly to her older brother. They had buried their Grandfather the weekend before and River had gained an odd fascination with death and the proceedings ( Read more... )