starlingroad: (MCU - Don't like the sound of that)
America Chavez ([personal profile] starlingroad) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2023-11-09 03:43 pm

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[ America stares at the device for a split second after it comes on, like she's still trying to think of how to word herself. Once she starts, though, she just keeps going. ]

Anyone know a Clara? She's got some umbrella this brat wants back.

That's just a start, though. This kid, with a fox mask, told me some pretty weird things I'm still trying to put together. I feel like Five probably knows more about this than I do.

He said he's got a friend he's mad at. Someone who said there won't be people from here-here much longer. He told me some stuff to get back at him, I guess? But it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

The part that did make sense was him saying he, his friend who he didn't name, kind of leaves cast-offs of himself in places to prevent the water from getting him. Anyone know about that, the water chasing someone? Looking for them. The castoffs seem to be allowing him to get away from the water because it goes after them.

[ Look, she's still trying to make sense of a lot of the conversation. Maybe everyone else out there can help her. She's not even bothering to hide this, in her confused tone, and frustration. She also isn't entirely sure how to filter. One-on-one conversations, sure, but not filter. She's bad at filtering her mouth, too. ]

I'm guessing this means we can force his hand to make more cast-offs? I asked if we could stop him, but the kid said we can't. So he wasn't much help with that.

[OOC: PLEASE threadjack, threadjack away as far as I'm concerned, because America has very little insight to what she's been told and needs all the help. The original thread, for ooc purposes, is here since what she interprets might not be the whole of it.]
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-10 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
Clara. ( The most patient. ) He is a child.
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[personal profile] makemeasong 2023-11-10 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You want me to give back the umbrella that stopped me being sick? What if we need it for someone else?
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-10 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
And if he too requires it to heal?
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[personal profile] makemeasong 2023-11-10 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Watch. Watch, Wangji, I'll give it back, and then some sickness will hit and I could've saved us all with the umbrella. But instead, I gave it back to the kid.

[ If she could foist this on the Doctor, she would have. She doesn't know what the right answer is, and if she screws them all somehow because she did or didn't, she'll always be angry at herself. ]

You would give it back to him?
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-10 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I would entertain encounter.
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[personal profile] makemeasong 2023-11-11 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I'm doing, entertaining it. But I'm coming down on the side of no takesies backsies, at least for now.

I'll talk to him, but not alone, and...I'm thinking I don't bring the umbrella right away. I want to know as well as I can, that I'm not screwing us all.
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-11 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
As you wish.
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un: nah

[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-10 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
He's not just a child. Maybe don't simplify a situation that's not so simple?
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-10 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What is complicated?
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-10 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Serthica complicates everything. Speaking as someone who looked like a teenager at one point but never actually was a teenager, it's a messy situation. He might have the mentality of a child, but he's got more power than that while not having the ability to process.

Plus, even if he was just a kid, you definitely shouldn't give kids anything that they want... especially if they want is potentially dangerous in any type of way.
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-10 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Then, deny him his possession, on suspicion.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-10 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Even if he is only a kid like you say then uh, yeah. Deny. If a kid's possession was a something dangerous, I'd say, 'Fuck no'. Or well, I'd just say, 'No, kid, it's too dangerous for you'. Point is we gotta figure out what this umbrella's deal is before we hand it over.
Edited 2023-11-10 22:10 (UTC)
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-11 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
It was his own, once.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-11 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. But what if it's capable of hurting people or hurting himself? And he's not old enough to make those decisions yet? Children need boundaries, Wangji.
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-11 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I have raised a son.

This is his possession. That we have found no fault with, but now suspect on grounds unknown.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-11 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you should know you can't just give your son anything he wants? Especially when they're really young, the thing is possibly dangerous, and they were involved in making a whole city sick before.

That umbrella hasn't been studied yet. We're being cautious. It's okay. Doesn't make us bad or wrong here.
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-11 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Only contrary.
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[personal profile] damnable 2023-11-11 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I think sometimes it's good to be a little contrary. In fact, I'd say you're being pretty contrary yourself.
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[personal profile] downswing 2023-11-11 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I stand as I have stood.