one fish ==> video

[tempus_frangit]

[The video broadcasts a girl who looks preeeetty disoriented, humming tunelessly to herself as she tugs at the brightly colored (and haphazardly cut) strands of her hair]


Hiii. It’s me. Not anyone else.

Just.



Me.


[Her voice is oddly lyrical, it drops and raises intonation in places it shouldn't. Certain syllables are dragged on. She sounds very far-away, dreamy. She waves and gestures to herself grandly, as though expecting applause. Receiving none, she does a little twirl~]



Aaaaaaand. I’m here! Here. But this time I didn’t do it, I didn’t bring myself here. It wasn’t me. It was. Someone else.

It wasn’t my fault.


See. I can do things right too. See! [The girl smiles widely. Obviously this was a huge achievement.]

But um. [She lowers her gaze, voice suddenly somber. Hesitant.]

My doggie. I lost him. Again. And my fish. I don’t have my fish and I can’t make them anymore. I’m going to get lost without them. My fish. And my dog.

Um. [She looks up hopefully, as though expecting the animals to burst out of nowhere.] Do you...do you know. Where they are?

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[tempus_frangit]

[CLAUDIA YOU POOR SOUL :<]

Ice cream!! It's nice and cold and good. It has um. Different tastes. Flavors.

You can get them in chocolate or mango or raspberry or all of them at once.

[auditor]

[ ...WHAT IS CHOCOLATE AND MANGO. claudia assumes they aren't imaginary things delirium has made up, though, because she knows what raspberries are. ]

Perhaps I will find these things in Asgard.

[tempus_frangit]

[She might as well have orz]

Oh! I hope you will.

I really do.


I can help. If you want.

[auditor]

I would like that.

[tempus_frangit]

You will, you really really will!

I'll let you try aaaall the best ones! Strawberry and vanilla and um... anything other than green mouse, because that one's yucky.

I promise!

[auditor]

[ again, with flavors she doesn't know... but yeah, "green mouse" sounds pretty awful. still, claudia laughs. ]

Va bene, I believe you!

[tempus_frangit]

S'good.

People usually don't. Believe me, I mean.

Sometimes I don't believe me either.


[A smile.]


But you do, and that's really really reeeeally good.

Thanks.

[auditor]

[ her smiles softens. she would give a "you should believe in you!!" motivational talk, but they only met, and peptalks like that are harder for it. besides, it's...a lot easier said than done, and claudia knows it. she settles for something simple but meaningful, still: ]

You're welcome.

[tempus_frangit]

[hey, i just met you
and this is crazy--- ]

I hope I am. Welcome, I mean.

[auditor]

You are.