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riverview2017-11-16 01:09 pm
shoplifter) wrote in riverview2017-11-16 01:09 pm
Video/Potentional Action. Abandoned amusement parks are dope.
[Some of you might get worried calls from Linda, Laura's tormented case worker.
The general questioning is: "HAVE YOU SEEN LAURA I HAVEN'T FOUND HER IN HOURS I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE."
But then, a Laura entry pops up sometime later in the day:
Her, looking curious, with the telltale signs of vegetation outside of city limits behind her.
She points the camera at the setting of the abandoned amusement park, some disappointment soon to be prevalent in her tone; she'd sneaked out and headed off to the Abandoned City or whatever people call it, mostly to get away from society and sort of marinate in her own thoughts. It's one of those months. Or many of those months. As much as she's tried adapting and appreciates her freedom, sometimes you just need to step away from it all and have your own time.
... In places Linda tells you not to ever sneak off to, of course.
Sue her, she never listens to her authority figures. She's not scared of monsters, anyway; she's already killed two getting here. It's why she's got some tar-colored blood on her sleeves and knuckles.]
We should repair this. I don't know what it is, but it looks like -- a fun place. Some of these have... strange wheels... and cars on railroads. ¿Para qué sirve? Do people who move trains practice here?
[She wanders around, her footfalls echoing in the isolated place. There's a rotted up old booth where you 'shoot' guns for prizes, but the signs are pretty overgrown with vines. She picks up a fake rifle and aims it at the blank target board beyond her, smacking on some bubblegum thoughtfully.]
Is it a place for soldiers to practice, too? It is very colorful for a soldier, but we had some color, too. They liked to put cartoons on the walls. Maybe there are cartoons on walls here, too... Maybe there are lights that make it bright. Like Vegas.
[..... Aha.
She points the camera up, up, up, toward the highest point of the ferris wheel.]
I think you see everything if you climb to the top.
[... I'mma climb to the top.]
[Feel free to have any ACTION threads as well; she's just wandering around, really, enjoying the quiet.]
The general questioning is: "HAVE YOU SEEN LAURA I HAVEN'T FOUND HER IN HOURS I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE."
But then, a Laura entry pops up sometime later in the day:
Her, looking curious, with the telltale signs of vegetation outside of city limits behind her.
She points the camera at the setting of the abandoned amusement park, some disappointment soon to be prevalent in her tone; she'd sneaked out and headed off to the Abandoned City or whatever people call it, mostly to get away from society and sort of marinate in her own thoughts. It's one of those months. Or many of those months. As much as she's tried adapting and appreciates her freedom, sometimes you just need to step away from it all and have your own time.
... In places Linda tells you not to ever sneak off to, of course.
Sue her, she never listens to her authority figures. She's not scared of monsters, anyway; she's already killed two getting here. It's why she's got some tar-colored blood on her sleeves and knuckles.]
We should repair this. I don't know what it is, but it looks like -- a fun place. Some of these have... strange wheels... and cars on railroads. ¿Para qué sirve? Do people who move trains practice here?
[She wanders around, her footfalls echoing in the isolated place. There's a rotted up old booth where you 'shoot' guns for prizes, but the signs are pretty overgrown with vines. She picks up a fake rifle and aims it at the blank target board beyond her, smacking on some bubblegum thoughtfully.]
Is it a place for soldiers to practice, too? It is very colorful for a soldier, but we had some color, too. They liked to put cartoons on the walls. Maybe there are cartoons on walls here, too... Maybe there are lights that make it bright. Like Vegas.
[..... Aha.
She points the camera up, up, up, toward the highest point of the ferris wheel.]
I think you see everything if you climb to the top.
[... I'mma climb to the top.]
[Feel free to have any ACTION threads as well; she's just wandering around, really, enjoying the quiet.]
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I didn't ask for a caseworker. I'm fine on my own.
[Linda is better off anyway, this way.]
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Whether you like it or not, you're still a child. That's why you need one. Asking for one isn't even a factor.
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The last woman who watched out for me was killed for it.
... And I am not just a child. I am a lot of things.
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That won't happen here, Laura. There are a lot of people here that help protect others.
And no, maybe not. But that's what you are to me, okay? For all those other things you might be, you're a little girl to me. You're Laura, first and foremost.
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She's not gonna give in -- not to the little girl comment. Because as much as she's wanted to be a child and enjoy those things, she's not sure it's possible to truly be that anymore. Not like a kid out in the real world. Children go to school, make friends normally, don't train, don't wait images of death or get radiated for their mutation.
The more she learns about how kids really are, the less she feels like one.]
Anyone can come here. Anything could happen here.
It's not safe. People just hope it is.
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It's true. Many things are possible. But that doesn't mean they will happen.
It's also safer in here than it is out where you are.
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I'm still not going to school today.
I want to explore.