turneverystone

Name: alanna
Personal LJ: the_great_elk
Email: lilkokeshi @ yahoo . com
AIM: sticksofpocky
Timezone: EST

The way people are talking, it almost makes me wish I had better... instincts.

Too bad those can't be learned, isn't it?

Are there any doctors here in Spero? I think I might be coming down with something, and we might as well have all the hands on deck we can.

... Did I just type that? Goodness. I'm spending too much time with pirates, aren't I?

[Mia starts by laughing. Laughing, which in itself is strange since it seems it's been a long time since Mia has been happy. And in this dinosaur-infested hellhole, to top it off.]

Let's pretend I never complained about the weather?

[She sighs, but it's almost as if you can hear her smile]

It'd probably be about this hot in Los Angeles though. Maybe even warmer, who knows?

Make sure you don't get dehydrated. I know water is scarce, but I've heard people offer to help with it, and I imagine that dehydration can get very painful.

[She pauses]

Is there anyplace in Spero that hasn't been explored? I could use something to do.

I like thunderstorms. I like the sound of them. I like that they are beautiful and dangerous.

But listening to them makes me sad, somehow.

[She laughs]

I think I've been reading too much poetry.

... The same poems. Over and over since I got them back.

[A pause]

I suppose there is enough empty space in the city, but I still wouldn't mind a roommate.

Does anyone else find it strange that it's still barely 50 at the end of April? Spring should have been here long ago...

I had been saving the space, but I think that I'm ready to give it up. Does anyone need someplace to stay? I have a two-bedroom apartment, and I need at most one of them. I keep my apartment very tidy, and I've been here for over a year now, so I've had some time to do repairs and try to fix things up.

I would appreciate the company.

I guess it was wishful thinking to think that spring would be here soon, huh?

What do you think we should do to celebrate when it finally gets here? I could use something to put my energy towards. I always had something to do when I was a lawyer.

Not that surviving isn't still plenty to do. Just a different kind of something.

You could say I need a distraction.

[filtered to Phoenix, Pearl, Kay, Minato, Hikari, Marco, Jackie]*

[Looking very pleased with herself, if very, very tired, Mia holds out a tiny white blob towards the camera. It's tied up at the top with a strip of some colorful cloth, and with a smile Mia tugs the end of it and the white falls away to reveal three tiny chocolates, approximately circular, but with quite a bit of variation.]

I know they're very late, but they took a lot longer and more patience than I remember.

[With a quick twist of her fingers the little gift is wrapped back up and she's tying the "ribbon" around it again.]

I'll be bringing them by sometime soon. I hope you all had nice Valentine's Days.

[She closes her eyes and smiles, looking far more weary than she ever did during her time as a lawyer. Last year at Valentine's Day she'd just gotten over dying again.]

Oh, and Kay?

[She sets her gift down and picks up the last bit of Kay's cookie, holding it up before popping it in her mouth.]

It was delicious. Thank you.




[*ER IF I FAILED AND FORGOT YOU I AM SO SORRY. IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT, IT'S WAY AFTER MY BEDTIME. If you have nice CR with boobs Mia, feel free to assume that she also has a little something for you.]

Would anyone like to have a dinner party at Valentine's? Maybe not on Valentine's, but sometime this weekend? I've been trying to stockpile and save, but I'm...

I'd rather share it with other people.

Anything else that you could contribute would be appreciated, of course. The apartment won't fit tens of people, but maybe up to ten?

I guess I'd just like some company.

You'd think I'd feel more accomplished about surviving here in this hell-hole for a year.

At the very least, the work I did on the apartment, and the furniture...

Maybe I can find a way to simply sleep through past Valentine's Day.

[The video comes on to Mia who is, for the moment, alone in her apartment, sitting at the small table arranged in the small space between kitchen and the living room, where the beds and other furniture are. She's quiet, chin resting in her left hand, picking at the food on her plate... which doesn't look all that special. She sighs and pushes the plate away, standing and leaving it on the table instead of cleaning up.]



Not even a glass of wine to keep me company on Thanksgiving, huh? I'll have figure out what else I'm thankful for then.



[Since it's been getting colder, she's wearing a red sweater that is a little too big, though the jeans fit quite nicely. Without changing, she falls onto the bed and lies still, staring at the ceiling.

Eventually she rolls over onto her side, sliding her hand under her pillow and withdrawing the book she keeps underneath it, opening it to read until the feed times out.]