Room 202, Saturday Afternoon
There were an awful lot of fairy tales where the princess just had to wait and wait and wait and eventually things would happen and everything would be better. Alluka did not truly believe in fairy tales, though she wanted to, rather desperately, but she had a lot of practice with the waiting part.
More than most of the princesses in the stories, really, since a lot of them had at least been given chores.
Which wasn't really the point of anything, except that when she felt lost and confused, it was terribly easy to go back to her room and stay there, with her only company being her toys and Nanika. And if Nanika stole her place now and then, to play with her toys, that was alright, since it just meant that she got to sleep.
It was also terribly easy to pretend that the world was narrowed down to just her room again (aside from trips to the bathroom and to pillage food from the common room, which she did grudgingly, since it highlighted changes that Alluka was not in the mood to deal with) and that, if she waited long enough, somehow her confusion would ease.
It hadn't yet, but Alluka was patient. She sat on the floor with her toys and waited.
[Post open, door closed.]
More than most of the princesses in the stories, really, since a lot of them had at least been given chores.
Which wasn't really the point of anything, except that when she felt lost and confused, it was terribly easy to go back to her room and stay there, with her only company being her toys and Nanika. And if Nanika stole her place now and then, to play with her toys, that was alright, since it just meant that she got to sleep.
It was also terribly easy to pretend that the world was narrowed down to just her room again (aside from trips to the bathroom and to pillage food from the common room, which she did grudgingly, since it highlighted changes that Alluka was not in the mood to deal with) and that, if she waited long enough, somehow her confusion would ease.
It hadn't yet, but Alluka was patient. She sat on the floor with her toys and waited.
[Post open, door closed.]