video; @ellie

[pundemic]

[So. Someone thought she needed a guitar, and she's got a pretty damn sneaking suspicion who.

And that he wouldn't appreciate a call-out. Instead, Ellie just pans the video over an acoustic guitar and a stack of books she'd found on her doorstep a few hours ago. What's visible of her bedroom looks pretty... normal, all things considered. She's put up a poster. Her bed's made (with neat, military hospital corners) and there's some laundry scattered on the floor. She's sort of right on the median line of 'neat' versus 'teenager messy'. Some days, neat wins. Other days... well.

Other days, her laundry goes straight on the floor.]

Hi.

[Great opener, Ellie.]

Um... so. My name's Ellie. I'm looking for some song recs, easy stuff. We're talking, like... 'a five year old with two left hands could probably play this one blindfolded'. That kind.

I don't care about the type or-- genre or whatever, or when it's from. Just as long as I can find it here.

[There's a slight pause. Then,]

Also, if anybody knows how to transfer music from a cassette tape onto something like... an iPod, that'd be great. Thanks.

Comments

[signifies]

[ He understands why she's asking.

Clark's happy to fill in the gaps. ]

Europe had a sizeable population of Jewish people. A lot of them were in Russia.

[pundemic]

Oh.

[To her, it's just a place on a map. She's not even sure she could really point it out if she was pressed, it's so fucking remote for her. She digests that information a moment and then gives him a sideways glance. It never really occurred to her before that he would just... know things about the way the world was. The way it used to be.

Jewish people used to live in Russia. Okay. It's a starting point.]

You've been to movie theatres, right? What was that like?

[signifies]

I didn't like going when they were crowded. [ Too much background noise when he was young and no one asked Clark out. ] You could get snacks or drinks like we had popcorn the other day. Sometimes people left chewing gum on the seats. During the movie sometimes people will cheer at the action or laugh out loud at the jokes.

You usually went to the drive-thru if you had a date, the indoor ones have less space.

[pundemic]

[She knows on a fundamental level that things were different back then. That people didn't have to be careful, that they could be out in the open without having to watch their backs, guard against anything from Infected to Hunters.

The thought of it still makes her twitch, and that date comment sure doesn't help.]

Sounds fun.

[It's sort of a noncommittal answer, and she looks down at her hands.]

Anyway. Uh-- music, right?

[signifies]

[ Clark sidesteps along with her. Ellie has wounds and he doesn't want to pick at them. ]

Over here. The Beatles.

[pundemic]

I've heard of these guys. Yellow submarine, right?

[Some music was just... part of the public consciousness in a way that was impossible to get rid of. She trails her fingers along the backs of the album covers with obvious interest.]

[signifies]

Right. Have a look.

[ He takes out the relevant book, bending to pick out the the beginner's guitar he'd also looked up for her. ]

[pundemic]

[She takes the book from him curiously, and sits down with a whumph on a nearby beanbag chair. It's pictures and information on their tours back in the day, and she finds herself tracing over the pictures with the pads of her fingers.]

Worth learning from, I guess?