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[just_growed]

Here comes an African-American girl of about ten or eleven. Her dress is plain, but of good make and clean, though it has been mended in (several) spots, and her feet are bare. She is definitely on the darker side of the scale, and her hair sticks up every-which-way in little tails. Her back is full of welts and scars, but, as it is at the moment

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[rhombal]

Mod note: I had to delete some comments to avoid confusion, in case people were wondering where those went!

[shabazzjunior]

You might not want to go barefoot around here, sweetheart. It's not safe right now. *Joe is, for the record, well-dressed, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses -- his appearance might surprise Topsy. And the scars on her back would certainly cause some raised eyebrows, so it's probably a good thing they're covered.*

[just_growed]

She stops and looks at him. He thinks he's white. Like Rosa. And Rosa's mean. "Not inside, kin go barefoot if'n I want."

[shabazzjunior]

Usually I'd agree, honey, but a whole big building blew up here just lately. There are sharp things on the ground, and I don't think you want them in your feet.

[just_growed]

"Ain't got nothin' in 'em yet." She blinks. "Blowed up? Like a firecracker? Whose buildin' was it? Was it real big? Was anyone killt?" He expression is rather gleeful.

[wonderfulboy]

*looks at her curiously, sitting cross-legged in the air* Are you an Indian?

[just_growed]

She looks up at him. "I ain't no Injun! Why'se you floatin'?"

[wonderfulboy]

Cause I'm Peter Pan! *crows proudly*

[just_growed]

"...Yahs crazy."

[lil_live_wire]

*is poking (very carefully) around the edges of the mansion and smiles at Topsy* Hi! You shouldn't climb, it's dangerous. *is parroting her Daddy*

[just_growed]

"I ain't climbin', I'se walkin'."

[lil_live_wire]

But walking on stuff is dangerous, Daddy said so! The big house all went boom, and it was loud and scary and now it's all broken and dangerous. *nodnod*

[just_growed]

"Maybe for you, you'se li'l an' white/i>."

[prince_des_mers]

How would she feel about an Indian? He's come out from wherever he hides, clad as usual in dark clothes that almost do and almost don't blend into his dark kin. He is looking at her with very dark eyes.

[just_growed]

Topsy ignores him, and searches about in the rubble for more pretty things.

[prince_des_mers]

After a moment or two, his fingers move almost imperceptibly, and a small glittering something falls.

[just_growed]

Topsy looks up at that. The glittery-thing is still near him, though, so she starts to casually make her way around to behind him.