text | i think she's looking for her mom or something idk

[motheater]

Who: Lilly, your fave kid
Broadcast: fleetwide text; all replies will be video/voice. because she. can't actually read or write. shh.
Action: Windrose, where she is newly transferred, to hang out with her adoptive parent, Makie.
When: today!

[Lilly wants to see if her mother is out there. If Makie's here, surely her mom, right?

And because we can never do things by halves, she is a little unsettling weirdo about it.]

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[SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE. MOM, DO YOU COPY?]

Comments

video

[noprophecies]

[oh dear.

Tempest immediately flips the feed to video, rather than text]

I am sorry, but I am not your mother. Do you know her name? Perhaps I can help you find her.

video

[motheater]

[She cocks her head to the side, confused for a moment.]

Her name...? Mama.

[She already said, see? Come on, now.]

video

[noprophecies]

[she also tilts her head, but she smiles a bit, patient]

What do other people call her, then? They do not call her mama, yes?

video

[motheater]

... Other people...

[She mutters it, looking confounded by the thought.

Other people? Other people don't talk to mama. Her and Victoria, but no one else.]

No other people.

video

[noprophecies]

Ah . . . [maybe she's too young to understand]

All right. When did you last see your mama, then?

video

[motheater]

... Home.

Home. We fall.

[That was her last memory of mama. Truly.

Falling to the water, and then - nothing.]

video

[noprophecies]

[oh. She had been assuming the girl's mother was here, and they'd been separated somehow, but - maybe that wasn't the case]

You . . . fell? [she isn't sure she wants the girl to elaborate, so she continues on]

Can you tell me what your mama looks like, then? That way I can help you look for her.

video

[motheater]

Fell far. Fell in mama's arms.

[Elaborate she did, but it still sound bad.]

Long hair... Long - arms. Pretty eyes. Pretty eyes...

She flies.

video

[noprophecies]

Ah. I'm glad your mama caught you.

[it sounds so bad. But she tries to put a smile on and manages it. She doesn't even blink at the flying part]

She sounds very pretty. [hmm] What ship are you on, little one?

video

[motheater]

...............

[Ship? What ship? She looks unsure for a very long moment.]

Floating ship. Floats on the dark.

video

[noprophecies]

My, but they all float, dear.

[hmmmm] Can you tell me your name, then? I can look up what ship you are on.

video

[motheater]

[She stares suspiciously for a moment.]

... Who you?

video

[noprophecies]

[she doesn't seem bothered by the suspicion. She smiles]

My name is Aurae. [she figures her real name is far less intimidating than the one she goes by]

video

[motheater]

Aurrrrae.

[She forms it awkwardly in her mouth, but... relents.]

... Lilly.

video

[noprophecies]

Lilly? What a pretty name.

May I come see you?

video

[motheater]

[She furrows her brow, as if that is such an outlandish request.]

See me?

[Aren't you seeing her right now anyway? Isn't that good enough?]

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[noprophecies]

Yes, see you. In person.

[she taps the screen] I do not like these. And if I am going to help you find your mama, it is better if we are together, yes?

video

[motheater]

[This child is oodles full of paranoia, so that's exactly the expression she's harboring as she considers this offer of companionship.]

... Don't know you.

[What if you're terrible or something?]

video

[noprophecies]

That is very true.

[precious paranoid child, she totally gets it]

Do you want to know me better first?

Re: video

[motheater]

............

[There's a considerable pause.

And she does - surprisingly - nod. If you'd expected such a thing months ago, you would have been sorely disappointed; being with Makie, learning about other people, it really has helped her try to not isolate herself. As much.]

video

[noprophecies]

[she waits patiently, and when she finally gets a nod she smiles and nods herself]

All right. What would you like to know?

video

[motheater]

Where you home? Where — [she licks her lips, trying to form a decent string of words.] Where's you — coming from... Where?

[Language is hard, Aurae. She does her best.]

video

[noprophecies]

[language is hard, she knows. This isn't her first language, after all]

I am from a country called Daear. [she makes sure to say the foreign words slower, enunciating as best she can] It is a big island in the ocean, and my - home is in the biggest city, which is called Carmathen.

[a considering pause] It is a special city because that is where the king lives. He has a big castle that you can see all the way from the front gates.