(no subject)

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

"Ma?"

He walks in, blinking around, a little confused. A small enough child, lame leg trailing behind him as he turns his head this way and that, obviously looking for someone. The cane in his hands is clutched tightly.

"Ma? Ma? Mister Stroker sir? Ma?"

He's starting to think this isn't home.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ryo_oh_ki/]

The rabbit-looking creature hops past, and gives the lame little boy a beaming smile and an ear-wave.

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He blinks and waves back.




Well, Tacit was always babbling about unicorns and his mother always spoke about phoenixes. If all that was true, then...well, a strange rabbit looking thing with enough manners to wave and smile wasn't that far out of the realm.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ryo_oh_ki/]

She hops closer and beams up at him. "Meow! <3!"

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He startles and falls over.

That...was a cat noise. Why was a rabbit making a cat noise?

"That's the wrong one, you know. You're supposed to-"

What noise did a rabbit make?

"-eat that carrot quietly..." he finished lamely.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ryo_oh_ki/]

She looks around wildly. Carrot? Where? ... which comes out as "Carrot? Meow?"

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

Now he really startles, crab-walking away at top speeds.

"The one over there! Where I'm not! That way!"

And he points in the opposite direction, behind her.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_ryo_oh_ki/]

She whirls in place eagerly ...

But there's no carrot. She turns around, eyes wide and glistening, ears drooping. "Meoww ..." She sounds sad.

[banished-to.livejournal.com]

Hel's eye catches on the lame leg, and she watches the child.

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He feels eyes on him. He's used to them, though usually they're a little more bleary and preparing to kick his cane out from under him. When he turns, though, it's to see a pretty lady looking at him. He gives a somewhat awkward bow before hobbling over.

"Can I get your order, miss, if no one's helping you? And, uh, you wouldn't have happened to see my Ma around, have you?"

He hasn't seen her, so he doesn't know if she's a regular, but he figures he might as well ask. He can't remember what his mother's name is this week.

[banished-to.livejournal.com]

"No, thank you."

She smiles, keeping her left side hidden carefully,

"I don't think you are quite where you think you are. This is Milliways, and I am Hel."

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He blinks.

"I'm dead?"

Well, that proved Ma wrong.

"Well, that proves Ma wrong. I told her I wouldn't be doing anything important before I died."

Then he looks up at her.

"But I thought that was a place, not a person."

[banished-to.livejournal.com]

"People keep saying that."

She sighs, and shakes her head (careful to shake only away, not toward, him).

"I am Hel, but you are not dead. I am a goddess, not a place. I am told that later they name a place after me, but I don't like it because really I'm not a bad person. My daddy doesn't think so, anyway."

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He nods solemnly.

"That must be nice, having a Daddy. I didn't even know I was supposed to have one till people told me so. I just have a Ma. And she tells me all sorts of things, but I don't really believe her anymore cause she seems to tell me them whenever she can't think of anything better."

[bandaid-polexia.livejournal.com]

[ooc:you are insane! and I am insane for wondering how baddly would it break the two of us if I brought polexia in and over. I think i am more insane than you are]

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

[ooc: only mildly...sort of...okay. Fine. But he's CUTE!]

[bandaid-polexia.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Very Cute. cute enough for me to risk breakage of characters and self you are free to beat me with big fluffy pillows but i can't help myself, I am much more insane than you,]

*Polly walks over to the little boy*

Are you lost, Honey?

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He blinks up at her.

"No, I don't think so. I think the place lost itself because I went into the right door but the wrong place is inside. So where did it go?"

[bandaid-polexia.livejournal.com]

It's the same place it always is. You went some place else. This is Milliways, it's at the end of the universe. But everything back at your home is stillthere and somepeople are able to go back and forth.

*Polly smiles at the boy*

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

"The end of the universe."

And he nods. Because he's a kid. He can handle this. At least until he thinks about it. Which he won't.

"Why'd I go someplace else? Is Ma here?"

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith sees the little boy enter the bar and heads over to him, after first making sure that none of her weapons are showing. Don't want to scare the kid after all.

"Hey...you lost your folks, kid?" She kneels in front of him so they're eye-to-eye. "Where'd you come from?"

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He stares at her.

"I came from outside. And I didn't lose my Ma so much as go out and come back and now she's not here so she lost me. Then again, the whole place lost me because it's not where it's supposed to be, so I guess it's not so big of a thing."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith stares right back.

"...ok. What's your name?"

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

"Apropos."

And he pulls away, wincing, waiting for it.

"And if you're going to kick the cane out, wait till I'm leaning on it more so I fall quicker. The wobbling aches later."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Holy fucking shit on a stick." Yes, Faith remembers that name. There is more staring, and then, "I'm not gonna...geeze, sit down. You hungry? Thirsty?"

Minutiae: What to do when you can't have a breakdown.

[sir-apropos.livejournal.com]

He stares in awe. She was almost as good as some of the merchants during a cardgame.

"Can you teach me how to swear like that? I'm not very good so far and Ma swats me when she catches me, but that's really good."