action; [QUAD] a very unexpected occurrence

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ two and a half months ago, and einiona canning is setting her maths textbook on her chest and closing her eyes for a short rest, expecting to be woken by some passing instructor shouting at her for oversleeping close to curfew or some odd nonsense like that. she closes her eyes on the warm glow of a midday sun.

[ two and a half months later, einiona canning opens her eyes and it's still midday and she is suddenly very aware that something unnatural has just happened, although she can't explain why or what causes her to think this except the color of the sunlight above her face. she doesn't see anything missing, so -

[ it's just a feeling. but it's a bloody pissing persistent one and it won't go away, not for all the repeated attempts at sleeping again einiona makes in the whole wide world.

[ so she begins investigating her surroundings. as you do, when you're a right and truly obnoxious utterly manic welsh problem child from a family of problem children with a marked tendency towards obsessively picking and pulling apart everything you can get your hands on to find out what makes it tick so as to make it all a little less intimidating and upsetting to deal with. nothing immediately leaps out and screams "I AM WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SIGNAL" until ...

[ until einiona looks at the calendar display.

[ and looks.

[ and looks.

[ and looks. ]

... aw, now that's not humanly possible.

[ i'm afraid it is, einiona. you've somehow lost nearly three months' time and you'll have to make up all the homework you've missed for the duration. best come to terms with it; your teachers sure aren't going to be very happy with you for it. ]

((SLEEPING BE BACK TOMORROW))

Comments

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

I had a big family. When you're the middle kid in a fam of six, you get used to waiting your turn. Don't mean it stops me trying to jump the line anyway, but I'm used to it, like.

[ that is ... SO FAR from being the whole story there, but that is how einiona chooses to tell it. she has no intention of being anyone's broken toy to coddle and play pretend with. (... possibly someone should sit her down and explain admitting some things are harder than they should be is not a sign of weakness. although einiona'd have to be willing to listen to another person's opinion for that to work, so: low odds for success on that plan!) ]

[fierybluebird]

Oh really? You must have taken a different role in your family I guess. I had a family of 1600, but I can't claim to be all that patient when it comes to not line-jumping.

[Says this completely deadpan and you wouldn't be able to tell whether he's lying or not, and he says it so casually, it'd be a pretty strange lie.]

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

Big family. I'd imagine the standard for decent behavior's a bit different in that situation, I do.

[ hey, if he can deadpan a whopper like that, EINIONA CAN DEADPAN RIGHT BACK AT HIM. ]

[fierybluebird]

True enough, since we're pirates, eh.

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

Pirates! Do you have a special flag?

[fierybluebird]

Yup! And a tattoo! My tattoo isn't quite of our flag though. Pops, Ace, and a few others got it done that way, but I wanted mine more visible.

[Shows off the tattoo on his chest.]

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ she peers at it, sincerely fascinated. she thinks that's so cool. ]

What's it stand for? I mean, lots of people get tattoos because there's a meaning behind it. What's yours?

[fierybluebird]

Stands for my crew and my Pops. The cross is usually our crossed-bones, and the crescent is my Pops' mustache we have on the flag.

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

You love him so much you'd tattoo his mustache on your chest? Now that's family loyalty.

[ she doesn't sound like she's being sarcastic, either; she sounds genuinely impressed. ]

[fierybluebird]

I owe Pops everything. He gave me a home, family... no matter where I was I always knew I had him and his love. We all have a tattoo of the crew symbol in one form or another.

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ einiona smiles, a little wistful. ]

That's a wonderful feeling. You're lucky to have it.

[fierybluebird]

Mm-hm. Loyalty is the least I could give him, eh.