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Alana ([personal profile] not_a_moonie) wrote2014-02-15 10:56 am
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Room 302, Saturday Morning

Raleigh was still asleep on the floor. Alana considered rousing him, decided against it, and reached for the fat paperback on her nightstand before snuggling back in under the covers. Finding out whether the Robot Duchess was going to learn the truth about what had happened to her daughter struck her as a perfect use of a Saturday morning.

[OOC: Door closed, post open.]
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[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Pico sighed, wings fluttering in annoyance behind her. Because ugh, parents. Why are you so dumb?

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
This is what happens when you have a pair who hadn't dealt with one of these days yet. This right here.

"Do you have a little sister?"
not_a_moonie: ([neu] oh yeah?)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not unless my dad and Even got really busy really fast," Alana said, nose scrunched.

She addressed the girl in a gentler tone. "You're from Landfall, honey?"

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course," she replied with another deeply put upon pre-pubescent sigh. "Can we get breakfast now, mama?"

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Raleigh choked on air. Because what the hell.

"Mama?"
not_a_moonie: ([neg] shock!)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't look at me!" Alana protested, sounding equally surprised. "I -- um. Is this a joke?"

It wasn't that she didn't want kids. You know. Someday. When a whole bunch of things had happened, like not being 15 anymore.

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Rude, parents! "It's not a joke! Stop being weird. Dad, stop it!"

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Da--" Raleigh really wasn't sure where to go with that one. Which was why he was now covering his lap with a pillow.

Just in case he was having kids without knowing.
not_a_moonie: ([neu] all contrasty)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so now they had one annoyed little girl with wings, one human clutching a pillow over his junk, and one Alana. Who'd at least had a second more to get used to being called Mama. She licked her lips and tried to get her composure back.

"I think Jessica said something about this," she realized. "Like, sometimes random kids show up."

She looked over to the little girl. "So ... you're our random kid, huh?," she asked, sounding just thrilled.

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"My name is Beatrice," she said with a sniff. Then promptly propelled herself into the room to jump on the bed.

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Which meant Raleigh was still gonna stare. "That seriously happens?"
not_a_moonie: ([pos] adorable)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Got another explanation?" Alana asked, trying to sound more certain and less crazy than she felt. "This is our ... Beatrice."

Nope. Still weird.

She watched the little girl jumping. "If you break the bed, I'm going to laugh."

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I won't!" She so might. But this was more fun than listening to them be confusing and weird.

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Beatrice." Raleigh gave that some thought. "Well, it's better than Yancy."
not_a_moonie: ([neu] talking honestly)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah." Look, Raleigh, did you want Alana to lie? "I always liked that name, too. Even if it is kind of prissy."

She'd maneuvered over to stand by the bed in case Beatrice came crashing down. She didn't seem to be a prissy kind of girl, no matter what her mother thought of the name itself.

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-15 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not prissy. It's just..." Okay, he didn't have anything to say after that.
not_a_moonie: ([neu] abashed)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-15 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Prissy?" Alana suggested again. "Okay, fine, maybe not prissy. But it's so a name for a good girl."

She watched their daughter bounce.

"Maybe she is one."

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-16 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not prissy!" she said, pausing in her jumping. "I'm a jaeger."

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-16 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Raleigh shot Alana a look in case that was an alien thing. Was it? Please say it was.
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[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-16 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Alana shook her head. "You can be a Jaeger if you want to be a Jaeger, sweetie," she said, hoping she wasn't promising her maybe-someday daughter life as a pirate or space prostitute. "I was just talking. That's all."

[identity profile] jaegersandwings.livejournal.com 2014-02-16 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
They were very accepting of her future plans.

"Now can we have breakfast?" she asked, flopping down to sit on the bed.

[identity profile] notajaegerbomb.livejournal.com 2014-02-16 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course," Raleigh said, offering her a hand to hold. Look at him take to fathering by acting like a big brother.

Don't worry, he'll be taking pictures to send to Yancy as soon as possible.
not_a_moonie: ([pos] happyish)

[personal profile] not_a_moonie 2014-02-16 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Definitely, time for breakfast," Alana seconded, and reached for Beatrice's other hand.

Wherever the kid had come from, she was cute and not dumb. Alana might even be kind of into this.
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