Second Adventure

[selfmadehero]

[ Voice ]

So I've got the survival thing down pat. I think I may actually be able to keep myself alive for an extended period of time, not to mention clean because some wonderful God-like being loves me and decided I deserved running water.

And I know things have been crazy lately, so I've got this wooden plank here just in case the walls come crashing in on us because I said this and I need to knock on wood, but...

I'm kind of bored.

Um, Ace, was it? You said you wanted to share stories with your brothers. You still up for that? I can hunt around and see if we can find some s'more fixins, make a campfire, we could make an evening out of it.

Comments

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

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If her name is Alice, why do you call her Ane?

[kongeriget]

It's my kid— it's a cute nickname!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

You forgot your kid's name?

[kongeriget]

It has nothing to do with my kid! （　totally transparent denial.　）

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm going to sit here quietly and wait for you to make sense.

[kongeriget]

（　after a moment he tries again.　）

It's just a cute nickname that has nothing to do with whether or not my kid has the same name.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

[ She just stares blankly at him, waiting for a better explanation of this entire conversation. ]

[kongeriget]

（　he stares just as blankly back, waiting for her to say something.　）

Yes.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

I'm still waiting for you to make sense.

[kongeriget]

About what?

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Anything.

[ Still waiting quietly... ]

[kongeriget]

（　squinting slightly.　） Huh?

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

You lost me somewhere after "stories and running water".

[kongeriget]

Ya were talking about that story about Alice, so I was telling ya about Alice. Whose nickname is Ane.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Well you said something about citizens, and then something else about kids, and I still don't understand why Ane is a nickname for Alice.

[kongeriget]

Because it is! Nicknames don't have to make sense! Also my kid's name is Ane but it's unrelated. For real.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

So you have a kid named Ane but you call Alice Ane too? ...How does your kid feel about that?

And seriously, what's up with the citizen thing?

[kongeriget]

Faeroes isn't here.

Oh, right! Ane is a—I mean, the Ane here—Ane is a Danish citizen!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

...You're one of those countries, aren't you.

I though you said their name was Ane!

[kongeriget]

I'm Denmark!

And confused!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

That makes two of us.

[kongeriget]

Well, ya can call me Den for short. （　after a moment. no use in confusing things further.　）

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

I'm Stephanie. Or Steph. Whichever.

[kongeriget]

American, right? I can tell by yer accent!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Yup! New Jersey born and bred.