quarante-quatre ° dictated

[signedlefthanded]

I should like to announce my sister Sunny has arrived. [For those that know her, it's a big deal.] She's two and usually has a ribbon in her hair. She's very independent, but she's still learning to speak.

While I'm very good at taking care of her, I'm going to need some things. [Things she can actually afford. She hopes her parents are proud of her.] Dresses and the like. Sunny can keep herself occupied. She's a very good cook actually, and very intelligent.

She does have sharp teeth though. So I would beware.

Comments

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

So that's who she belongs to. [He makes a thoughtful sound. What do children actually need to live? He doesn't knoooow] Maybe someone can make you dresses...and the like.

[signedlefthanded]

Sunny belongs to herself. [They've all stopped being children long ago, but she hopes to give Sunny more of a childhood here.]

That's what I'm looking for.

Violet

[theabjectauthor]

I knew she seemed familiar, but it was hard to tell, simply from conversing over the journal. [he sounds beside himself, a phrase which here means breathlessly excited and flustered, not cloned by dubious scientific means]

How much have you been able to explain to her?

[waterproofed]

I think I was talking to her on the journal. That's... I'm really glad your family's coming here, Vi. Can I meet her?

Lemony

[signedlefthanded]

As much as I could. I don't think she really understands, but neither did I. Not until my first loss and the world change.

[signedlefthanded]

Probably. She was wondering around the lobby until I found her.

Sure. We're at the shop now.

[waterproofed]

Cool. So all that's left is for your brother to show up, right?

[signedlefthanded]

My parents could, too. I suppose.

[waterproofed]

Yeah, they could. [he tries to sound encouraging. Personally, he would never want his parents to come here. But Violet deserves to be happy, and if having her parents here would make her happy...]

[signedlefthanded]

I don't know if I'd want them here. I'm not even sure I want my siblings here, but at least Sunny is safe. She can actually have somewhat of a childhood here. [Not that she had, but she's been able to do a lot here she never got the chance.]

[waterproofed]

That's good! Hey, what kind of stuff does she like? So I can bring her a little present when I drop by.

[signedlefthanded]

Anything to bite, any sort of cooking utensil. I'm trying to set up my room so she has her own space.

[waterproofed]

Cooking utensil, huh? I'll see what I can find in the kitchen.

[signedlefthanded]

She'll love it.

[waterproofed]

I can't wait to meet her.

[against]

[ Sharp teeth? Can keep herself occupied? ]

A two year old can cook? [ Sounds like a demon's in there somewhere. ]

[signedlefthanded]

She needs help maneuvering the kitchen, but she knows what tastes good, yes.

[signedlefthanded]

Me, too. She's still settling in, but whenever you want to come by.

[against]

That's supposed to be normal where you come from? [ Good thing he's been here long enough to have learned to tolerate some of the weird. ]

[waterproofed]

I'll let you two have some sister time.

[signedlefthanded]

I was inventing since I was her age. Intelligence doesn't have to be hindered just because of age.

[signedlefthanded]

I'm currently trying to find clothes that fit her. She arrived wearing a beard.

[against]

[ Granted, he's heard of kids attending attending college before they even hit puberty -- poor bastards -- but this? ]

At the age of two? Are you freaking kidding me?

[signedlefthanded]

I won my first competition when I was six. [She comes from a smart family.]

[waterproofed]

A beard? [that gets him to laugh] Interesting get-up. Any special reason, or did she just want to make a new fashion statement?