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entranceway2013-03-23 05:43 pm
perceptum) wrote in entranceway2013-03-23 05:43 pm
[001; video/action; open]
[ It's not certain at first whether the video has been switched on intentionally. There isn't any direct addressing of the network. There's just the spinning image of a hallway (the fifth floor, for those of you playing at home) the occasional glimpse of long, brown hair and the unmistakable sound of delighted laughter. It slows down, eventually, comes to a complete stop and the laughter abruptly cuts off. Instead of the walls, the feed shakes and jerks as she turns it around and River's face is visible, peering directly at the little device. ]
Curious name and curious nature. The walls have secrets and she doesn't know what they are.
[ She frowns a moment, then turns to eye a window with a clearly suspicious look. ]
They're hiding something.
[ She stares for a moment or two longer, then starts to skip off down the hallway again. It takes a while for the feed to cut out, in the end it only happens because she decides to sit down outside a door in one swift movement, and drops the little tablet thing in the process. ]
Curious name and curious nature. The walls have secrets and she doesn't know what they are.
[ She frowns a moment, then turns to eye a window with a clearly suspicious look. ]
They're hiding something.
[ She stares for a moment or two longer, then starts to skip off down the hallway again. It takes a while for the feed to cut out, in the end it only happens because she decides to sit down outside a door in one swift movement, and drops the little tablet thing in the process. ]
[Video]
[He can't think of any other Rivers in his world, and he's never met any in Wonderland before. It's unique! Just like her.
He tilts his head at the screen a bit, like he's trying to decide if this is okay, or if he should be trying harder to discourage her. He still doesn't think he's done much. Anyone would have explained it, if they realized what she meant. But it's sort of noble of her to insist on it, and as a Gryffindor that's impressive to him.]
Well...if I can't convince you otherwise, then I suppose that's fine with me, even though you really don't need to. I'll stop arguing.
[He'll never keep track of it though, or wait around for her to pay that debt. That's just not how he is.]
[Video]
[ It's a bit late to be dissuading her now, James, she's already contemplating just what she could do in return. She doesn't know nearly enough about him to decide though, so after a moment where she peers away at his image on the screen, she shrugs. ]
What does he like? Her options are limited, she can't just visit a new planet and find something new to share with him. This place, it works differently. There's no serenity here to take her to far off stars. There's flowers, though.
[Video]
[She's certainly an interesting girl, at the very least. But a good sort of interesting, the kind that comes from meeting someone new who isn't like anyone else.
He laughs a little bit when she asks him that though. He doesn't want to give her a real answer because, well, that would make it too easy. He's the one who didn't want to be repaid at all, remember?]
I like a lot of different things, so that's a bit hard to answer! The flowers really are nice though.
[There is one thing that's piqued his interest though, which makes it a shame that it's not possible.]
...Have you really done that though? Gone to planets and far-off stars, I mean?
[Video]
[ Interesting doesn't even begin to cover it, but it's one of those things that she doesn't want to talk about. Everyone's got something, the only problem is River can't help but shove hers into peoples faces.
So instead she keeps talking, squinting a little as she shakes her head. No, flowers won't do but she'll think of something. Always had been good at giving gifts, River. Intuitive, they'd called it back then. These days people prefer the term crazy. ]
Of course, hasn't he? [ Now here's a conversation topic she clearly enjoys, the slightly dreamy smile creeping onto her face as she continues. ] Everything is so beautiful up there, even the space between one thing and the next. Especially the empty spaces. They're never really empty, you just have to look hard and care enough and a whole universe will be waiting.