124. Plans

[corrinesbell]

I've been thinking about it for the past few days, and I think...I think I wanna have a tea house. It was...I liked it. Anyone wanna point me in the right direction for a place where I could put one? The place it was...y'know, before...isn't what I can use anymore.

[She's thought about how doing something like this is pretty much declaring, after all this time, a belief in the permanence of her situation. ...Oh well. It's also something to do and maybe it'll give other people here a chance to just not think about some stuff, if they need the chance.]

Hey, Elicia? D'you think I could come and...look at some of those, uh, pictures you had? ...The ones from the orchard, I mean.

[Alternately, you can meet up with her on her way to the clothing shop to see if there's anything...well, if there's anything.]

Comments

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[corrinesbell]

Were you just waiting for what seemed like a good time to insult me or something?

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

No.

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[corrinesbell]

Then why're you acting like this?

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

Why're you? I offer to help and you tear my head off.

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[corrinesbell]

You made it sound like you were only doing it because it's either that or shrivel into nothing!

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

No I didn't! You misinterpreted me.

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[corrinesbell]

You're just trying to get yourself outta trouble.

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

No I'm not.

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[corrinesbell]

Yeah you are.

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is going in circles.

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[corrinesbell]

Well quit being such an idiot about it!

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

How about you try it for once, I'm getting really sick of backing down just because I don't want to fight.

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[corrinesbell]

I don't wanna fight either!

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

Then why are we?

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[corrinesbell]

Because you couldn't just sound excited or even like you wanted to help! Why does it always have to be an event with you?

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

Why does it with you? Don't even try to deny it, because you snap on a hair trigger some days. It's like getting blindsided by an eggbear, it's totally unpredictable.

And for Pete's sake, Sheena, you know I like my self-depreciating humor. Would it kill you for once to remember that?

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[corrinesbell]

Yeah, maybe it would.

[cue frustrated storming out and into the kitchen]

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

This is exactly what I'm talking about!

[Someone's not done, dear. So, stomping right behind you.]

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[corrinesbell]

What're you talking about?

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

You! With the snapping for no damn reason!

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[corrinesbell]

[turning around to face him]

I dunno what else you think I should do when you get like that!

[and back around, resuming track to kitchen]

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

Like what? Tell me, because I sure as hell can't read your mind to figure out just what the heck you want me to be!

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[corrinesbell]

I want you to be just you, okay? Without the act and without any of that...that voice you get when you're trying to prove to somebody how amazing things are for you compared to the boring lives the rest of us have.

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[pimpinwings.livejournal.com]

I'm not acting! I'm happy, what the hell's so hard to believe about that?

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[corrinesbell]

[slamming cabinet doors all over the place in the act of finding a glass she can fill]

I guess I'm just not used to it!

[and she regrets saying that pretty much immediately. But she can't take it back now.]