032 - Don't you know honey that love's a game / It's always hit or miss, so take your aim

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She's sitting on the swings, head resting against one of the chains as she looks up at the sky. She's been to see her-world Hei. Yup. And, actually, it wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. Draining, but really... not so bad.

What she's currently thinking about is how they did in fact find a bomb inside the Gate. And how tomorrow the rest of them are slated to go off.

And of course, how the hell she can stop it from happening.]

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um. Yes, signore. [Looking even more firmly at the ground.] ...no, signore.

[contract_star]

Ah...

Have you eaten or anything?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

No signore.

[contract_star]

[FJALJFDKA can't let the tiny killer child go hungry!] Well, that's no good. What do you like to eat?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[STARES AT HIM.] Um. What do... what do I like? I... like... um... I mostly just eat what Signore Jose picks.

[contract_star]

...Al...alright, then.

Well...come with me. I'll get you some food. [Gestures for her to follow as he starts walking in the direction of the kitchen.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Does so. Timidly.]

[contract_star]

[AWKWARD. Henrietta reminds him too much of a young Contractor. Of...well, of Bai, when she was little.]

How...old are you, anyway?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um. I don't know. I think maybe I'm ten or eleven. I don't remember.

[contract_star]

Ah...I see. In that case, then...how long have you been with the Agency?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um. [She hugs the violin case, considering this for a long while.] I'm not sure about that, either. I was in the solitary room for a long time before they put me with Rico. But it's been about six or seven months, maybe, since I got moved to the warehouse.

[contract_star]

Warehouse?

[They arrive at the kitchen and Hei starts gathering supplies.] I guess I'll just make a stirfry...it's simple enough. How does that sound?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

The cyborg warehouse. That's where we live. [Stares at the kitchen.] Um. There's a kitchen here.

[And then something else catches her eye and she just about drops the violin case in sudden excitement. She points eagerly at a constellation visible over the fridge.] That's Orion! I know that one! He was a brave warrior, and Artemis fell in love with him. But her brother Apollo got jealous and tricked her into killing him, and she put him in the sky so he would always be there when she looked up.

[contract_star]

I see. How many of you are there? [Smiles a bit at her reaction.] There is. We can bring things here, even buildings.

[OMG WAT. Hei is torn between how awesome and adorable that is and how painfully that reminds him of Bai. But he smiles.] You like stars?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[ttly distracted by Orion, lawl.] Um. There's eleven of us right now, I think. I love stars! I've only gotten to go stargazing once. Signore Jose took me.

[ghostlighter]

[And the Griever takes this inopportune moment to show up on the Plane, randomly a few steps away from the kitchen. He looks a little roughed up, but nothing too bad. He does, however, notice the two nearby and debates flying away or... something. Henrietta's not so bad, but it's the other guy he's wary about approaching.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Momentarily distracted by his appearance. NO FLYING AWAY FOR YOU TODAY, CHRIS.] Signore Chris!

[Grabs his hand and points at the constellation again.] Look! It's Orion!

[contract_star]

You do, huh? [Points to Cassiopeia.] Do you know that one?

[And, oh, it's the guy he pulled a knife on. Shit.] What are you doing here?

[ghostlighter]

Henrietta, I— [Fffft. Grabbed.] ... Yeah, I see it.

[Glances to Hei.] Didn't you ask the same thing last time?

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[To Hei. She's now clinging to Chris's arm with both hands, though she doesn't seem to notice at the moment.] No, what's that one?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[And then she quiets a little, looking back and forth between them.]

[contract_star]

It's Cassiopeia. She's the mother of Andromeda, and claimed that she and her daughter were more beautiful even than the Nereids of the ocean. But that made Poseidon, the god of the ocean, angry. So Andromeda was chained to a cliff as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus. She was rescued by Perseus, but Cassiopeia was punished. She was put in the sky, where she spends half the year hanging upside-down.

[Flashes a glare at Chris as he starts making the stirfry, but he doesn't answer.]

[ghostlighter]

[There is a little girl. ON HIS ARM. Chris just sighs a little and listens to the explanation, in interest, actually.]

... You gotta give those ancient gods props for their ideas on cruel and unusual punishment.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Digests the story in silence for a moment, fixing the look of Cassiopeia in her mind. And then. Er. She realizes that she is clinging to Chris. aklsdjaslkjd She lets go and steps away, blushing and looking at the ground. The invisible ground. Where there are even more stars. She mumbles something.]

[contract_star]

[Mildly,] True. Though sometimes they just overreacted.

[Stares at Henrietta a moment before he points at the Big Dipper.] Do you know that one?