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Who: Riley/Lark and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide, video
Action: Huntress if they want it...?!
When: Late August 11/Early 12

[So, things happened. Teammates arrive. It's kind of a mess and so Lark-- Riley-- hasn't left her personnel room as much as she usually might. There's still random pictures being put up around the Huntress when she gets up to it, but mostly she's been sitting under the tiny window where she's shoved a desk and covered it with blankets and pillows.

This is the first time she's been without her Bay Window. Even before, it was the one thing that followed her. And while it didn't solve everything, even then, this false one doesn't seem to hold the same magic. It's not solving her feelings or her problems and it's. Well, lonely... for starters.

So it's eventually that she decides to say something again. It's more than a little bit of nervousness that she turns the communicator on holed up on her make-shift window seat as she brushes back her hair. ]

Hi, again. Sorry I don't say much-- But I wanted to ask something. Because this isn't my window and i t's not working because it's not got it's magic. And I don't think it will ever, because it's not actually a window and I need a window.

[Wow, Lark, calm down.] I have two names, Riley Matthews and Rainbow Lark. And they're both really important. Riley is what mom and daddy gave me [--a slip, to those who knew her, she only says daddy when she's upset. not that it's hard to tell--] Lark is the name Takshaka gave me, before I cam here. And at the time... I only really remembered them? I remember lots more not but. That's not the point.

I know a lot of people are here from different places. I've spoken to them. And it's hard because... Things feel different? And people say I'm not different, but that's. Places like this are way different then where we're from. So I wanted to ask...

What do you do about that? Are you really still you? I think that's it. I don't really understand anything at all right now.

[She looks a little apprehensive, but tries to smile warmly. She knows people will see this she doesn't want to exactly, but she's also not good at lying. And it's not that she doesn't think she can't be Riley-- she's still a mess and wants to do good for the people she loves that are here. So of course she sat in the window for a long time. It's probably too bad none of this made sense outside of head.]

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[ Hmmm. It is an interesting question, and she can't help but be concerned when someone looks so young, asking so many questions...it happens to be a subject on which she also concerned herself, not too long ago. ]

You can be different, and still be yourself. [ Hmmm, she pauses, words are hard to come by for her and she seems extremely thoughtful. ] Change is...natural. And names -- you can have more than one, and not be selfish for wanting them.

I have many names, and have changed much, but that does not make me any less me. As long as you are happy with the changes.

[ And then she lets out a small hum of consideration; this is more words strung together than she's said in a long time, to be quite honest. ]

[ It's not the names that bother her so much. Riley's a nice name, and she's always been pleased someone let her use 'Rainbow' and Lark is nice, too. It's the ideas behind the names that bother her, because they seem different and so. It feels like if she's one way, it has to be that name. It's why she pauses for a very long moment before saying very little back in turn. ]

I don't know if I'm happy about the changes. But I love the people I met because of it.

[ She hums a bit, thoughtfully; the response comes slower this time because she's choosing her words very carefully. It's a pause that seems to be relatively familiar to the user, as she doesn't seem overly agitated by it. She's just a quitet person. ]

Then...couldn't you accept the changes and keep your past, too? People who you love...they love you too.

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