leave the world alone in the sky

[aunomdedieu]

Characters: Caprica and anyone in the Onsen who wants to come across her.
Date: Backdated to August 6th.
Summary: Taking shelter from the storm.
Warnings: Shouldn't be anything.

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[alchemistsquery]

Alfimi approaches Caprica, her gaze also fixed on the window. "Oh... I'm glad I got inside when I did. I didn't know... weather could be so scary."

[aunomdedieu]

Caprica glances down at her, then smiles faintly, with an edge of reassurance.

"Does it scare you?"

[alchemistsquery]

"A little bit." She smiles. "It is also fun to watch." Alfimi pauses. This is pretty weird, isn't it? "...I wonder why this building is okay but the treehouse wasn't?"

[aunomdedieu]

That gave Caprica pause, and her hands trailed away from the window to settle on the windowsill, briefly.

"Maybe the Queen only means for certain places to be safe."

[swarmoflies]

Sette didn't like storms. She wasn't afraid of them - of course she wasn't! - but that didn't mean she had to like them! They were just loud and annoying and inconvenient, that's all!

She jumped and let out an undignified yelp as a particularly loud roll of thunder boomed down from above. Alright, she was actually terrified of thunder. Don't expect her to admit it, though.

[aunomdedieu]

Thunder could certainly be startling, Caprica knew that; even if it didn't bother her, she was aware that not everyone was the same way. And perhaps it was more so for children, though she couldn't have said either way.

The yelp made her glance over, wondering if someone was hurt - but no, there was just a girl there with a look on her face that said she wasn't exactly enjoying the weather.

"Are you all right?"

[swarmoflies]

Sette's face burned with embarrassment over her reaction, but she automatically puffed up and denied any form of weakness.

"I'm fine. No reason I wouldn't be. I ain't some coward."

[aunomdedieu]

The childlike indignation made Caprica arch her brows slightly, though when she spoke there was none of the perhaps-expected condescension in her voice. "I didn't say you were. You just seemed startled."

[runawayalot]

On the heels of one flash of lightning- and almost perfectly timed with the peal of thunder:

"RAHRR!"

[aunomdedieu]

And perhaps Caprica was a little startled by that, though she had enough self-control not to show it much at all beyond the way she turned around just a tiny bit more sharply than usual.

The surprise faded quickly as she realized it was only a girl there playing pretend, and that might have been an amused little smile on the corners of her mouth as she watched her curiously. Caprica had been around so few children.

[runawayalot]

"Did I scare you?" This is one smug little brat.

[aunomdedieu]

Caprica almost says no, but at the last moment she decides to humor Laura a little.

"You certainly surprised me," she says, quite soberly and perhaps a little abashed. She tries to be careful to conceal her amusement.

[tookupthesword]

Storms and such may have given her a bit of fright before, but after everything she's been through by now, Sayaka didn't really think much of it. Well, she knew that staying out in it would not be good at all, but she wasn't THAT much of a fool. She also knew that potentially having glass launched into your face could be bad, so when she took notice of the lady by the window, she had to speak up.

"Hey, be careful there."

[aunomdedieu]

Caprica turned to look, and for a moment there was recognition in her expression - she'd spoken with this girl before, once and briefly, during the time when the phantoms had been haunting the Gardens.

"Thank you for the warning," she said, with a small smile. She was already aware, of course, of the potential danger, but the girl's concern caught her just a little bit off guard.

She wasn't particularly used to dealing with children or teenagers, but there was something about Sayaka, something that said she'd been through a great deal for someone her age, and so Caprica chose to take the route that seemed most appropriate: addressing her as if she were speaking to an adult.

"We've talked before, haven't we?"

[tookupthesword]

"You're welcome, and... yeah, I think we have." She flashed her own smile back. "I don't think it was for long though."

Sayaka had really hoped she never introduced herself before, because right now, she couldn't remember if they exchanged names or not.

[aunomdedieu]

Caprica shook her head. "No, I don't think so either." Regardless, she was usually fairly good with matching names and faces, and she was nearly positive she hadn't gotten this one's name.

"I'm Caprica." An easy, automatic smile. "What's your name?"

[lovelikelight]

Epsilon approaches Caprica slowly. The woman seems lost in thought as she watches the weather rage outside. Epsilon might think the storm were beautiful, if it were natural. There is a strange beauty in it, but false storms have sad memories attached to them, and this storm has been used to manipulate people.

She doesn't worry that the wind will damage the Onsen. It seems the Queen means for these buildings to stand, unaffected. In case that is not true, she is ready to protect those within. She stands beside Caprica in silence for a few moments before speaking.

"What are you thinking of?"

[aunomdedieu]

A little smile touches Caprica's lips when Epsilon speaks, though she doesn't yet turn to face her. She is a little concerned about the others, and the damage done to her house by the storm does upset her, but she is glad Epsilon of all people is here with her. Being in her company is calming, not least because she thinks this is perhaps the one person in the Gardens who might understand what she's gone through in her own world, on some level

[lovelikelight]

She watches the effects of the wind and rain, as well as scanning it with her sensors. "We have severe weather in Australia, where I'm from, and not long before I came here--" She breaks off, remembering her home, the false storm, the scared children. "--I saw a storm like this."

This isn't the same situation. No one will come to harm the children, or anyone who has gathered here. If they do, she can make sure none of them will be hurt. She meets Caprica's gaze, with a smile of her own. "They're fine. Some are a little frightened and confused, maybe, but no one's been injured."

[aunomdedieu]

Caprica doesn't have sensors in the way Epsilon does; her five senses are limited to a more humanlike range. Cavil would call it a limitation, a design flaw, but then he has never been content with the gifts given him by God. Caprica thinks she can already feel so much with what she has, such a wide variety of sensation, and it would be imprudent to wish for more.

Her fingers trail along the cool glass before falling away as her hand lowers to her side. "That's good," she says, genuinely. Fear and confusion are only to be expected, she imagines, but she is uneasy at the thought of any of them getting hurt.

"I wonder what the Queen has in mind this time," she continues presently, her tone a little dry, tense. There's no mistaking this storm is the work of their so-called monarch; Caprica has been in the Gardens long enough to see the patterns. There was a time once when she had held less acrimony toward the Queen, before these incidents had gotten progressively worse. The phantoms had simply been the last straw.