03 | Video

[talesuntold]

[Maggie looks a bit paler and much more exhausted than usual, but puts on as warm and chipper a front as she can. She's clearly sitting on the floor as she posts this.]

Hello again, Wonderland! While it's good to see all of your lovely faces, those nine flights of stairs up to my room are a considerably less welcome sight. Would someone be so kind as to help me up to my bed? A couple of someones if necessary? I've had an eventful week and I'm not at my best.

Once that's managed, I intend to stay there for a few days at barest minimum.

I'll be hosting horror movie marathons tomorrow night and the night after, in room 969, barring Wonderland-interference. Prior acquaintance not required! If horror isn't your cup of tea, feel free to stop by during the afternoons instead. Incidentally, non-metaphorical cups of tea will be available, or your hot or caffeinated beverage of choice. Hope to see you soon, darlings!

((Spam tags for movie night or afternoon visits also welcome!))


[Private to Mahir, Shaun, and Georgia]

[More seriously, dropping any pretense:]

How long was I gone? Let me find my bed, and then all of you get over here before you ask what you've missed back home.

[She doesn't want to do this more than once.]

Comments

Re: video

[talesuntold]

Oh good, a demonstration. Bonus points if that demonstration gets me to bed without having to walk up a single stair.

I'll see you soon.

video -> action

[cloned]

[He winks and throws a salute, then hangs up.

A few minutes later, he's flying down the hall. Literally. He lands in front of her and grins.]

Hey. Nice to meet you in person.

Re: video -> action

[talesuntold]

"Hi. I'm Maggie. I'd get up to shake your hand, but I was shot by a government organization this week." She says the last part as cheerfully and casually as the first, smiling at Kon. Sometimes the easiest way to cope is a public facade of cheer.

[cloned]

"That's okay, you can stay still." He steps forward and touches her shoulder, using the invisible, almost feeling-less forcefield that surrounds him to hold her motionless while he scoops her into his arms. "An evil government organization?"

[talesuntold]

"Corrupt is a little more nuanced, but sure. Let's go with evil. Makes for a better narrative if I'm going to talk dramatically about my injury, and it's accurate enough. The evil Centers for Disease Control."

But she pauses and raises her eyebrows in surprise when he manages to lift her so smoothly. "That didn't hurt. No jarring at all; you were immobilizing me as you lifted."

[cloned]

"Tactile Telekinesis." He grins, shifting her comfortably. "Technically, I don't even need to hold on to you with more than a finger, but I figure we can save that for when you're not shot."