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

[kongeriget]

I like stories and running water!

[audio]

[assworthsaving]

You know this place is getting to you when you're thankful for a few clean clothes.

...Don't think a plank will do much, though.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Two very good things. I'm trying to remember Alice in Wonderland, since this city is sort of like a messed up Wonderland.

[audio]

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Clean clothes, and clean hair! [ Wait a second... wait a second... her story... Did she ever manage to tell it to anyone? Well. Better safe than sorry. ] I haven't been this clean since before the earthquake.

The plank's just for knocking on.

[kongeriget]

I know that one a little! It's like Ane!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Ane?

[kongeriget]

She's my citizen! Her real name is something… something like in that story, I don't remember really, but I call her Ane as a cute nickname!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Your what now?

[kongeriget]

My citizen! Alice, that was her name. Like the story!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

...

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.