First Fairytale

[maddattik]

[There's a rattle and a clatter, and what sounds like a chair being knocked over before a woman's voice can be heard. It's faint, as though she's on the opposite side of the room from the comm, but it's clear, each word crisp.]

I can't--

I can't stay--

Where--

I was fine out there why am I in here who made me come in here? [An audible breath

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[Jinx was just smoking in the hallway when he spots a beautiful specimen of a woman. As he's about to relight, he sees a clearly confused woman leaving her room.

Still in the same spot, he calls out to her.]

Ya' look lost; new here?

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[You are not a child, Jinx.

But the sudden voice catches Attika's attention and she spins on her heels, looking for the source. She brightens when she sees Jinx.]

Lost? Oh no, I never get lost, I travel too--

[And she noticed the ears. The bright expression vanishes in a heartbeat, replaced by terror. Oh, she's seen ears like that before, and they are always a very, very bad sign.

She bolts in the opposite direction. Bye, Jinx!]

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[Is it bad that he's not a child? ;A;

Jinx takes a drag before responding.]

Ya' sure 'bout that?

[When he looks back up, the woman is sprinting down the hall.

Fuckingshitdammit. Why must his ears be the firs thing everyone notices?

He goes back to that cigar.]

[flipspuzzle]

[Yugi may not be a kid, but hey, he looks enough like it to pass as one. But as he's wandering around and exploring, he finds her, too. He takes a few hesitant steps towards her and calls out to her, though in the Japanese language.]

Miss? Are you all right?

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Oh!

[Oh look, a child! She smiles; Yugi's a sweet looking kid.]

I'm...I'm sorry, I don't speak...

[What is that? Um um um...she never was good with languages!]

I don't speak Russian, I'm sorry!

[flipspuzzle]

[f-fffff, Russian. Yugi can't help but chuckle before he speaks again, slowly and with a heavy accent, but in the common language this time.]

No, I'm sorry, I didn't realize... Ah, I was asking... Are you all right?

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Oh!

[She's clearly relieved by the sudden English, judging by the way her smile broadens, and her hands flutter at her sides.]

Oh, yes, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm only...

[Okay, she's inside. Inside where, she's not sure. But she can't have been here long, because nothing is happening, so...so it's probably fine. She just needs to leave. Find a way out.]

I'm sorry, I was just a little disoriented. Hello.

I cannot tell you how long it took for me to pick who to throw at her

[gneeisnotanoise]

[Hanna happens to be running back to his room with an armful of formalwear and several masks balanced between layers of snazzy slacks in varying colors and types of pinstripes.

When he sees the woman up ahead of him and his heart flutters-- gorgeous damsel in distress? SIGN HIM UP. He abandons his pile into a conveniently placed chair, and waves with child-like abandon, adding to his fifteen-year-old appearance.

Shame the man's twenty-four.]

Hey! Miss, are you okay?

You have so many good options!

[maddattik]

[Look at that, another child! Okay, not a child, a teenager, but still a youngster. See Attika! See Attika home in on the child like a heat-seeking missile!

A slightly distressed and very confused looking heat-seeking missile. Well, whatever. ZOOM.]

Yes, I'm fine!

I'm fine. Perfectly fine.

[Oh, she really isn't. She's glancing at the luggage like she's expecting to grow teeth and try to eat her--this may or may not be a perfectly rational fear--but FOR THE SAKE OF A CHILD she will be reassuring.]

Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, darling.

Sokka has booboos and Duck is about 12, so.... SOMEDAY both of them will meet her

[gneeisnotanoise]

[D-darling.

Oh, be still, Hanna's beating heart.

It doesn't help this woman's only got an inch of height on him, and that she's really, really pretty. And a red-head! Bonus points! Though, really, Hanna does not discriminate based on hair color.]

Um, no offense? But you don't look fine. Are you a new passenger?

;o; she will put bandaids on his booboos and she'd LOVE Duck omg

[maddattik]

[Yes, be still Hanna's beating heart. "Darling" is what she calls all children.

Even when they're grown men who just happen to look like little kids. Ahem.]

Yes, I'm only...well, I'm a little confused. This isn't where I stopped last night. It's not at all.

Where I stopped, I mean.

[Usually the changes don't take place this quick, so now she's thinking (rightly) that she's not in the same place she was before.]

gah, of course AFTER I dropped my child character--well, you get my next best thing

[couldbeavillain]

[Andrew is on his way from the bizarre to his room as he's just been to pick up a very nice tuxedo for the masquerade coming up. He isn't sure how to carry it, however, and has it draped across his arms in a black tuxedo bag.

The tux is his main concern until he sees the panic-stricken girl a little ways down the hall. He stops and fidgets for a moment, debating whether to help her or not. It's always cases such as these when he has to bring up the "WWBD"--what would Buffy do--in his mind. He sighs and tentatively approaches the young woman, obviously nervous himself. Surely his own nerves aren't going to help the situation much, but he'll do his best.]

Uhm... are you okay?

But Andrew's so adorable ;o;

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[Attika whirls at the sudden voice--please don't be another elf, her poor nerves can't take it--but relaxes when she sees a perfectly normal human being speaking to her. A perfectly normal human adult, even!]

Yes, I'm just...I'm a little confused and I can't seem to find a way out of here.

[She gestures to the air around her. She hasn't yet figured out that this is a boat--so far, she's thinking she's in a hotel being not-too-badly affected by her Infection. As long as she leaves soon, things will be fine.]

Is there a way out? Of here?

yay! well, he's LIKE a child, so.

[couldbeavillain]

[Andrew looks up slowly, thinking about this.]

Uhm... I could take you to the top deck, if you want. There's not really a real way out, 'cause, like... there's water all around us.

So it works out! 8Db

[maddattik]

Top...deck?

Water all around us?

[That means...she's stuck here. In this place. See her face absolutely fall.]

HELLO CHILD

[maddattik]

[Attika turns on her heel when she hears Coraline's voice and--immediately the panic is gone, replaced by a bright, bright smile.]

Oh, no, I'm quite alright. I'm fine, really. I was only a little confused. The suitcases here, they're very...

[Threatening?]

There are a lot of them.

[Why does Coraline have a vacuum?]

Why do you have a vacuum?

[maddattik]

[To be fair, a little girl wearing a vacuum cleaner is not the weirdest thing she's seen, and honestly? It's among the more benign weird things she's seen. For sure.

I don't see the harm in that! You might even find it to be useful.

I'm Attika, darling. And you are?