beingdifferent: (self-image)
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.
]
beingdifferent: (and so misunderstood)
[Open spam]
[These last few weeks have been grey and listless for Esther, and today is no different. Still debilitatingly self-conscious, she saves her showers for the strangest possible hours, waking at three A.M. to bathe; she keeps her head down during the dinner shift and follows orders directly; she haunts the art room, both painting pieces (these are skilled, furious, sexual, distinctly adult, with nothing childish at all about them) and playing the piano (she has been perfecting her Rachmaninoff obsessively); and wandering through the gardens or hanging around the door to the CES hoping for access.

She hopes for solitude, but many hopes don't pan out.
]

[Private to Lydia]
[After the pairing is announced Esther briefly reviews Lydia's posts to the network and steels herself, slipping back into, if not a childlike role, at least a gentle one. There isn't a real point to denying her age with Lydia, though she still presents herself with an infantile appearance; she knows or she doesn't know, and Esther is not worried about either option. When she contacts her new temporary warden, she's sure to be demure and agreeable, making a neutral observation.]

Your name is Lydia? That's very pretty. I'm Esther; pleased to meet you.
beingdifferent: (raven red and white)
[Neither Esther or Rorschach are the talkative type and when he goes a little while without contacting her she doesn't think much of it, but it's been half a week since Esther has seen so much as a swirl of ink, much less heard his voice. After unsuccessfully trying to contact him via communicator she ventures down to his door, only to find it blank and generic. No one answers when she knocks, and the door opens into a Spartan bedroom.

Her response is largely emotionless as she walks back to her cabin. For awhile she considers saying nothing, seeing how long she can last without a warden. But this would spoil the "cooperative inmate" image she's been trying to establish since Bond revealed her, and eventually she sends a brief Bargewide message out.
]

[Text]
Rorschach is gone.
beingdifferent: (sleeping next to daddy)
Hello! And Happy New Year, and Merry Christmas if you are Russian.

Thank you all so much for the lovely gifts [she takes a slight pause here, her smile wry for half a second; even yours, Bond it says, to only one person on board], I am enjoying them very much. But there is one thing I'd like to ask for, if it's not too much.

Many people on board have pets, and I know there are a few who have come as presents. If it's not a bother, may I have one? A small one, that is friendly but not fussy. Perhaps a lizard. There are some called geckos, and others called i-gu-a-nas. There are more called bearded dragons, but they aren't real dragons. All of those are very nice.

If I cannot have one, that's all right. But I thought I might ask.

Spam for Bond )



Open spam )
beingdifferent: (don't say a word)
[The hesitation Esther showed earlier in the week when her pairing was announced has all but dissipated. Today she's as bright and cheery as her Christmas sweater, worn with all the pride of one who's just opened the box to find the gift.]

Why is everyone so upset over their presents? These sweaters are very nice.

And when are we having our celebration? In Russia Christmas is on January 7th and Father Frost brings our gifts to open on New Year's Eve. I know in many other places Christmas is December 25th, and some people even have it on the 24th.

Do we have to wait until the new year?



Private to Admiral Claus )

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