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Esther Coleman ([personal profile] beingdifferent) wrote2014-07-19 11:02 pm

Eighteenth little lie ♰ This is the story of the road that goes to my house

Has anyone been seeing unusual things? More unusual than is customary here, of course. [She turns the communicator to the mirror hanging on her wall – it’s shattered, and the reflection catches her in bizarre images. Some of the shards are much too broad, extending the shape of her face far outward. Others shrink her reflection, and a few of the larger pieces curve and warp the lines of her face, neck, and shoulders.] This does look strange to the rest of you, does it not? It’s never done that before.

[Private to Jean]
May I… [The ease with which she can talk to Ned is, while a tiny step forward, still heartening, and gives her the bravery to be honest in her request.] May I speak with you? In your professional role?

[Garden spam]
[Picking flowers from any of the beds or pots in the garden is a forbidden act. It is, Esther notes, quite a shame; the blooms are vivid and bright, quite healthy despite the odd environment they grow in, and she appreciates a nice bouquet of cut flowers. She has no intention of angering any wandering horticulturist, though, and keeps herself to the flowers growing out of the lawn.

Buttercups, daisies, dandelions – nothing exotic or beautiful, but she still harvests a great deal of them and holds them in a fold of her skirt when she settles on the grass. They won’t make a bouquet, but she can still use them to adorn her cabin, and she begins, fastidiously, weaving them into a chain.
]
a_favor_now: (weasel)

[Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-22 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't often go into the garden. It's too bright and cheery for his tastes. But he'd caught Esther's scent, as he was currently a fox, and wandered inside to find out what she was doing in there.

Watching her weave flowers into a chain was not expected. Still he pads over to her anyway.
]

What are you doing?
dinosize: (11)

[personal profile] dinosize 2014-07-22 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Got any guesses what's coming?
a_favor_now: (weasel)

[Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-23 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, whatever.]

Fine. Why are you doing it?
a_favor_now: (cat)

[Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-23 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Now he rolls his eyes, and flops down in the grass in front of her. He thinks what you're doing and why you're doing it is dumb Esther. But he's smart enough to not actually say so.]
a_favor_now: (cat)

Re: [Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-23 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well I don't suppose there's anything better for you to do around here.

[Because this place is boring. Occasionally weird, but mostly boring.]
deadly_ned: (lip biting)

[personal profile] deadly_ned 2014-07-23 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
It's very frightening if you're an organic vegan.
notsoneedy: (and your face i can see)

[video, private]

[personal profile] notsoneedy 2014-07-23 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Just...feverdream, flashback type shit, mostly. My mind wanders and reality gets all blurry. Next thing I know I'm looking at something gruesome and know I've been here before.
dinosize: (Default)

[personal profile] dinosize 2014-07-23 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
What's the catch?

Carnivals are annoying. Not dangerous.

...usually.
this_corrosion: (don't need a relationship)

[personal profile] this_corrosion 2014-07-24 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Creative?

[Utter dismay. Creative is not a trait he likes in his mysterious space-hell nonsense.]
a_favor_now: (cat)

Re: [Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-25 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Normally I'd have several, but alas, my powers beyond shifting have been blocked.

[Huff puff. Pout.]
a_favor_now: (devil in a track suit)

Re: [Spam]

[personal profile] a_favor_now 2014-07-25 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Anything I want.

[He rolls onto his side, lounging, tiny black paws sticking out haphazardly. He's absolutely serious too. He could do anything he wants.]

fireincarnate: (Default)

Re: Spam

[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-07-28 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. [Her voice is softly sincere. She knows that it will be hard, that it will hurt.]
fireincarnate: (Default)

Spam

[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-07-30 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her nod is slow and cautious. She's not sure, exactly, how Esther means love - but they can get to that later.]

Why do you think he did that?
fireincarnate: (Default)

Spam

[personal profile] fireincarnate 2014-07-31 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[A real woman. Does that mean -

Oh, god.

Her stomach roils, and she's glad that Esther isn't looking at her, because she can't keep the horrified disgust off of her face.

She steels herself, pushes it away before she speaks.]


First of all - he was wrong. And second, that...shouldn't have been his priority.

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