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Shipwreck Light ([personal profile] shipwreck_light) wrote in [community profile] rainbowlounge2012-06-27 09:20 am
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The Villa Is Open



Zephyr had a plan. "We are gonna make you the best electric milkshake that ever was!"

"Or will be!" Pip joined in, clapping her hands over her head as she danced along before him and Roa and generally got in the way of where they were trying to walk.

This gave Zephyr plenty of excuse to pause at the end of the hall and make himself a sweeping gesture. "In the historya... ah..." one that should have ended with him banging his hand on the wall.

Except for the part where the applicable wall had disappeared and not in the usual behold the busted drywall kind of way. It was just gone. Likewise, the hallway and the entirety of Sky Plaza.

Zephyr stood on some low, sweeping stone steps. That happened to be outside, while just a moment before been /inside/ and headed to the kitchen. "OK, what the hell?"

Roa took in the sudden sky all golden up the flanks of the villa before them and held her finger to her lips in curiosity. "I don't know, actually." Then, she attempted to walk down the way they had come. This got her over the steps and almost to the spray from the fountain in the drive before it became quite apparent merely turning around wasn't going to accomplish much besides dampening her shoes. Back up she went. "This *looks* like where they held the last Court of the Manor."

"You dunno?" his next sound was an odd one, not a moan and not a laugh, and awfully feline besides. "Yeah, that's not freakin me out or nothin. Dun you know everythin?"

"Zephyyyr. Same to you."

"You guys," interjected Pip, her bare toes rapping on the stone. "Think this's kinda the same thing happened to Seb."

"Hm?" Zephyr craned himself her way, and their hands tangled together, wires all a-flash.

"Mm!"

"Mnhn."

"Nnn~."

"Well, I like your theory so far," Roa nodded. Mostly, she wasn't being silly right back at their latest ridiculous display. Mostly. "Happened to Siebenkas...?"

"Yeah, he had this dream," the elder of the two evokers almost began to explain, digits working.

Whatever he meant to coax out of the recollections between them, Pip took over, swaying as she did. "He thinks was a dream, but is totally notta dream. I know. I touched him thinkin about it an it was all wrong fora dream. Still didn't make any sense, but not the same kinda way dreams do."

"Also, Seb never dreams he's nekkid. Fun fact."

("So useful, too," Roa remarked, quite to herself.)

"But, he walked outta his bathroom an alla a sudden, he was in this bar in Old New York an there were all these other people an he was almost kinda sorta mebbe flirtin with this mob boss lady over gin an tonic and then there was this real cute muddy guy. Seb didn't think he was so cute, but I did. He got way more distracted by the other lady evoked with her eyes and the booze was good an there were pretty blond polyamourous peeps bonkin in the restroom an... an... an..."

Her not so little description might have gone on another few hours, except that Zephyr reached around with his unoccupied hand and tickled her. The way they'd tangled up together, she must have known it was coming.

Which left Roa to conclude Pip wanted tickled more than she wanted to discuss any washroom adventures. "On one hand, that sounds very much like a dream to me. On the other, if there's some sort of precedent for people in our manor suddenly disobeying all known laws of physics. And you're not playing some sort of elaborate prank."

"Hey! I had my heart set on givin you your first electric milkshake an that's not somethin I'd go back on for any money." Next thing she did know with any certainty, Zephyr had play staggered over, clutching at his shirt, "'m so disappointed it /huuurts/."

"Well, you can make it up to me when the universe goes back to normal."

Grin for the time being, too.

"It is going to go back to normal?"

"Did last time. 's why we still gotta Seb an notta portal to someplace called Dan's," said Pip.

"Alright, so why don't we...?"

"Make the besta it?"

"Yes!" Roa swung from Zephyr's grasp. He only then reached for her, trying to find that place in her moments where the best meant [concrete] he could play after and with her. As it was, he missed her as she skipped the villa steps instead, swirling her skirt in her hands and calling back after: "We're going to get company, right?"

"Woul, that'd be nice, but if not," he shrugged. "We get blitzed an watch the stars come out." A quick little sigh and a pop of his shoulder after, he followed.

Pip watched the space in the sky where the clouds should have been. The end of her nose twitched. "We're so gettin company. Can smell it, almost. Somethin's zactly not right out there." Laughing then, she blew past them both and straight through the doors.



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ETA: This post has not been up thirty-six hours and we officially have more than 500 comments. SO I SUPPOSE THIS ISN'T FUN AT ALL AMMIRITE? XD

ETA II: I am really, really touched that everyone wants to take care of the deceased fellow in the pool. I'm sure he appreciates it (he didn't even have a name in the story where he first appeared ;_;). But, alas, there was only one of him and he's currently being handled. He may be installed in a bedroom shortly, and should that happen, I will give him his own thread for poking purposes.
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-06-29 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I wish her luck with that," Gina said, seriously. "My mother-in-law is trying to fix New York's special education system. My sister-in-law has Asperger's, so. She has a personal stake in the matter."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-06-29 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Zach sobered. "I'm not positive, but I imagine something like that would be second on her list. Jessica's profoundly autistic. We have great coverage to get her help, but it doesn't fix the gaps in the education system and how much we do at home for her."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-06-29 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
"It never does," Gina said. "Summer's very high-functioning, but she... she still has trouble. She had a lot more in school. I think Ivy had to threaten some boys before they'd leave her alone, and that was just the tip of the iceberg. Anyway, my mother-in-law could definitely use some help if Evelyn's up for it."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-06-29 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll run it by her. Maybe she can do some sort of internship over the summer." She could stay with Karen and Lena during the week, if it came to that.
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-06-29 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Always assuming they were from the same universe. "I'll mention it to Gail," Gina said, then added, "After I look you up to be sure we exist in the same universe. Because otherwise, awkward."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-06-29 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Zach laughed. "Yeah, I'm making sure of the same thing before I mention it to Evelyn. No sense getting her hopes up before I know it's even something that's possible." She had a hard time with disappointment, being thirteen and all. "Still want to hear about my kids? Five more, after her."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-06-29 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," Gina said, and settled back into the couch a little more. "I love hearing about other people's kids. Side effect of pregnancy, I guess." All the things her daughter could be.
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-06-29 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Persephone came to us when she was five. We adopted her when she was six." Zach stretched out her legs. "She's four years younger than Evelyn, and she latched onto her. They're best friends, even with the age difference. She's another kid who had at least two and a half strikes against her in the foster system, and we wouldn't let her go for anything. She's gotten rambunctious--she can be rambunctious now, so it's a good thing. She likes video games, absolutely loves racing her bike against the other kids in the neighborhood, and is the best speller in her class. She's grown so much in the last three years, it's incredible. We're so lucky to have her."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-06-29 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"She sounds like an amazing child," Gina said, smiling at the rambunctious comment. "I remember when Andy started acting like a little boy for the first time, after we brought him home. It was one of the best moments of my life."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-01 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Isn't it amazing?" Zach asked with a smile of her own. "I never knew having a kid be incredibly overactive could feel so good."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-02 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Gina nodded. "When they go back to themselves. When they feel safe. Yes."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"It's part of what makes it so worth it. The kids themselves do, but that's a great bonus." Zach stood. "Do you want more water?"
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
"No thank you," Gina said, politely. Her glass was still cool in her hands, easing the oppressive heat. "I'm doing fine."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll be right back, then." And Zach was, with a newly-filled glass of icy water. He settled back on the couch beside Gina. "So I was on Ben, and he sort of goes with Jessica in some respects."

(OOC: Do you have power back?)
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Brother and sister?" Gina asked, remembering some things Zach had said earlier in the conversation.


(ooc: not at home, but I'm staying at my dad's right now thanks to a minor mental breakdown so essentially, yes.)
Edited (added ooc) 2012-07-04 05:57 (UTC)
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Right," Zach said with a nod. "They were brought to us at nine at night because another foster home burned out on Jessica. At nine at night, they couldn't even wait until the next morning. And they had to be certified for disabled kids if she was staying with them at all. She was five, and he was seven, and their biohazards, as Ivy would put it, made him be her caregiver except when he was at school. She's profoundly autistic, and that's what was going on in that house."

(*hugs* Let me know if I can help somehow.)
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Gina was speechless for a good few minutes, then silent for a few more. "I apologize for that," she said, finally, "but I don't have a very large profane vocabulary, and I didn't want to bore you. They're certified for disabled children and they turned a profoundly autistic child out of her bed at nine at fucking night?"

Somewhere, Gail wanted to kill someone and did not know why. Gina planned to fill her in.
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
"That was approximately our reaction," Zach said. He mostly managed to keep cool because he'd been furious over it for months after it happened. "Jessica reacted badly to everything at the time, but given her background, she couldn't be blamed for it. Apparently, the previous foster parents, all of them, disagreed. CFS was on the verge of separating the kids and placing her in a group home. It would have destroyed both of them." And even that was an understatement.
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"For God's sake," Gina said, and rubbed both hands over her face. "There are times I despair of humanity. How old was she?"
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Four," Zach said. He'd misremembered earlier and gone by when they were adopted, not when they'd come to them. "So Ben was six. He was probably the only reason she wasn't anymore...panicked is probably the best word. Hell, she didn't calm down for us for weeks, and we kept everything as calm and routine as we could with a baby in the house. It's just a good thing it was summer, or having Ben gone all day would have made it harder on all of us, her especially." He sipped her water and shrugged a bit. "We loved her from the start, but with their background, it wasn't easy. With either of them. Ben's still solemn and much more adult than he should be, and he still acts like Jessica is solely his responsibility sometimes."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
And how could he not? Gina nodded, slowly. "Grew up too fast, it sounds like. I feel like they all do, sometimes." Andy's too-thin face and too-wise eyes, oh, yes, she knew that. "I don't think it's ever easy with an autistic child, but they're still your child. They're still a child."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
"She's our baby," Zach said with a sudden, fierce pride. "And she's gotten so much more adjusted since she came to us, too. She has a few words, she understands smiling, and she self-soothes much better. Much less screaming. I just wish Ben didn't take it all on himself like he does, but I don't know how he can change it now, with how much he's taken care of her all her life."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Gina shrugged. "Time," she said, "and care, and reminding him every so often that you've got his back. I'm sure he knows it, but he might not know it emotionally, if you follow me. Whatever helps him feel like a good brother, I guess."
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[personal profile] zach_meyers 2012-07-04 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Zach nodded. "We're working on it. Tons of reassurance, positive reinforcement, everyone telling him he's a great brother for all five of them, that kind of thing. And it probably is helping him that Jessica is so much better than she used to be."
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[personal profile] bookblather 2012-07-04 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," Gina said, and nodded. "My sister-in-law is a social worker-- did I mention that? I don't remember. Anyway, she mentioned that sometimes that's all you can do for a kid, telling them they're doing great and building up their confidence however you can."

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