one order mark | day 457 | video

[honouraryfitz]

[The video feed opens on a twelve-year-old girl with bright red hair, a rather gaunt face, and dark circles under her eyes. She's working on fixing that, really, but it's been a long couple of days.]

Hi. I know it's been kind of lousy here for a while, but it seems like it's letting up. I got some sleep, anyway. I hope you guys did, too.

Anyway, I figured we should celebrate, and since it's basically summer now, why not have a bonfire? We could make s'mores or roast weenies and sing camp songs and stuff like that. It'd be swell.

So let me know if you're interested, and I'll start chopping firewood. [She gives the camera a grin.] And if you need some odd jobs done, can you let me know that, too? I gotta start making some money around here, or I won't be able to afford the marshmallows and stuff. I'm pretty strong, and I'm a good artist, and I don't mind getting dirty. So if you need something done, call me up, O.K.?

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[emulation]

France. But I'm from America.

Haven't heard of yours, either.

[honouraryfitz]

I guess that's why. I don't know much about schools in France.

Mine's in England. It's the pits.

[emulation]

Cool. Was it one of those schools where you can't really leave? I was pretty much stuck in mine all the time.

[honouraryfitz]

Uh-huh. Crummiest place you ever saw. Everyone's snobby, and it's always too cold.

[Not that she's mad or anything, no.]

Did you like yours, at least?

[emulation]

Ugh, that sucks. The people in mine were pretty cool, at least. For the most part.

[honouraryfitz]

[Rusty smiles a little at that.]

Good. Somebody oughta have a good time at school.

[emulation]

Which isn't easy at all, I know. I guess I was just lucky.

[... relatively speaking.]

[honouraryfitz]

Nah, it's a good thing. I mean, it's not like I've never liked school before. This one's just lousy.

So which house are you in? Here, not at school.

[emulation]

Oh - I'm in Baldr's. I don't like him a lot, though. You?

[honouraryfitz]

Freyr. What's Baldr like?

[emulation]

He's just this arrogant kid. He doesn't even care about us.