audio & action @L.Mills forward dated to April 8th

[thestoriesarereal]

[The audio turns on to the sound of silence for the first few seconds before Lucy asks her question.]

If you could have one wish, what would you wish for? Not like...money or anything. Not for powers, but what would you really wish for?

[Because it's her birthday, and she wasn't really in the mood to celebrate. Of course, she'll wish for her family to be okay, for them to remember and come here so they could meet Victor. But...would that be a waste of a wish? Sure, wishes were powerful, but she was in another world, and she didn't think they would be strong enough to pull her family from one realm to the next...

Or, maybe she's just over thinking things. Maybe she just wants to talk and not think about her birthday.]


[ooc: Lucy's birthday is on April 8th, so here's her birthday post! She won't say it's her birthday, not yet anyway. Either way, this post can double as action too. So have fun!]

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[apt666]

Yes. I could.

[ Well, he already did that. So he made it come true. But, he's also a liar. ]

No, that's the current state of the Earth I'd go back to. I'd wish that a friend of mine wouldn't be stuck on an Earth like that.

[thestoriesarereal]

[.....very wary now. Very wary.]

..Doesn't that get boring after a while?

[...She's still skeptical, but that's...a good wish, she thinks.]

Why is your world like that?

[apt666]

No. It's helped me accomplish a lot in the ways of my studies.

[ He enjoys talking about this. ]

My earth had prehistoric Demons that lived with the dinosaurs and other creatures. They grew and evolved over the extended course of history. They were able to take on the look of people in my time. And when humans are afraid, we fight. For the most part, humans wiped themselves out.

[thestoriesarereal]

But, if you get everything you want, doesn't it make those things seem...boring? Or not as important?

[Okay that is both terrifying and sad at once. Terri-sad? Maybe?]

But you're still going to try and fight, right? To free your people?

[apt666]

Not really. I don't think money and power give most people everything they want.

[ He understands why it would be to people. He has zero regrets about it. ]

There's no one left to free. Well, there was me, but I'm here now. So I am, I suppose.

[ There's a level of indifference. He's managed to separate himself from this for the most part. ]

[thestoriesarereal]

To some people, money and power give them anything they want.

[She knows from experience--somewhat. Like her step-grandmother for example.]

...That's.. [Oh man, that is really sad.] I'm sorry you were the last one.

[apt666]

I suppose. For some. You sound like you speak from experience, though.

[ He realizes it, soon. ]

I am, too. But glad to be here. This place is much friendlier.

[thestoriesarereal]

Not me personally...but I know someone who has that view point.

It's...a different place. Friendlier compared to what you've been through.

[apt666]

I'm very sorry. That view can be dangerous. And when I've witnessed it, it's backfired.

Much friendlier. So much.

[thestoriesarereal]

It's very dangerous and...it's something I like talking about...

Have you been to all the shops yet?

[apt666]

Do you?

[ slight hum ]

I haven't. Only been here a month yet, though. I'm guessing you have been?

[thestoriesarereal]

Sorry, no I meant, it's something I don't like talking about.

I haven't been to all the shops yet, but only the bookstore and the library.

[apt666]

Ah. Yes.

The most important places, I think. An avid reader, I assume?

[thestoriesarereal]

They are important places...it's something that runs in the family.

Mmhmm, and my Dad he's...an author. [That's one way to go about it.]

[apt666]

Is he? Do you aspire to be like him?

[thestoriesarereal]

I aspire to be the person he was--is. [Henry..isn't gone forever. Right? Maybe he'll come back..maybe he didn't mean to leave.] But I don't know if I want to write like him.

[apt666]

Ah. I would say is. My understanding is returning home is the goal. So you'll see him again. [ Except him. But that's his own fault. So... ] Good. Making your own way is good.

[thestoriesarereal]

Returning home...would be ideal, but I like it here too..I'd want my family to come here.

[apt666]

Is this place better than your home?

[thestoriesarereal]

Yes...and no. It's cooler than Hyperion Heights, but it's not like the Enchanted Realm where I was born.

[apt666]

Enchanted Realm? Like - in stories?

[thestoriesarereal]

Yeah, like that! Though, there are a few. There's one where my great-grandparents lived, and one where my father met my mother, Cinderella.

[apt666]

Ah.

[ He's almost as old as time itself, and this is a new one to him. Curious! ]

Interesting! They aren't likely real where I am from.

[thestoriesarereal]

In a lot of realms Cinderella, Snow White, Prince Charming, they're just stories...but all stories have a hint of truth to them, and were inspired by actual people.

[apt666]

That's true. Most stories do have some roots in truth, sometimes even just a little.