douze. [rl with kamina]

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[ As silly as it was, Sheryl was feeling pretty cheery from that secret. She waited for Kamina by the front of her hotel, hoping that he'd actually wear appropriate clothing (i.e. a shirt) as she tapped her foot, humming to herself. This was a songwriting sort of mood. She was wearing her usual getup of aviators and a floppy hat; the sun had mostly set by now, but she liked being able to go around unrecognized. ]

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[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

[kamina laughs. her attack wasn't very effective....] It ain't as much fun then!

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[ well it was supposed to show her irritation, not kill him B| She crosses her arms and turns around ] Oh, look at your stars already!

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

[he does exactly that after dropping a quick chuu on sheryl's forehead. everything he ever worked and dreamed for while he was alive--all just right outside this glass.] ...whoa.

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[ ...well fine, be all... adorable and stuff. she comes to stand next to him, linking her hands behind her back again ] I thought you'd like it.

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I like it loads. [the quiet awe evident in his voice is similar to the astonishment he felt at seeing the surface for the first time. it's finally hit him. he's in space. in space on a ship that is literally and figuratively lightyears from any earth he's ever seen. slightly overwhelmed, he is, but it's tempered with intense pride. if people could do this here then he could only think about what the people on his earth were capable of.]

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[ leans against him slightly, then has a thought and takes out her phone, which is, like in the movie, shaped like a fish cake. A few seconds and a screen comes up to hover a few inches above the phone; she holds it up to the sky, scanning around with it until she finds what she's looking for ]

Earth is that way. See? [ It's a program that gives a named star map, along with the locations of Earth and various fleets ] Not that I've ever been there, of course.

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

[he would comment on the phone, really, but the iota of common sense he possesses tells him it'd be better to let it slide and look at the program's screen instead.] Never? [a low whistle] We're gonna have to change that.

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[ it's cute, shut up ] Well, I've been touring around the fleets, but Earth itself is a bit too far away. Worldhopping changes that, though, doesn't it?

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

[don't get mad because you have weird taste] Mhmm! Everywhere is right there as long as you got somebody ta take you. It's badass. You'll probably Earth though. No ceilings or walls to hold you back, the wind in yer face, the sun on your back...beats this place any day of the week.

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...I wouldn't say that. [ she hesitates, putting her thoughts in order ] This place... Frontier, everyone here is so... There's a sense of "We're all Frontier people", you know? Everywhere you go, people are...

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--Ah! [ she scrambles in her purse for her notebook, shoving the phone into Kamina's hands before flipping the notebook open and scribbling madly ]

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[he almost drops the phone from the force of the shove. j-jeez.] What, what's the matter?

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I got an idea! Don't interrupt!

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

R-right! [he'll just be over here playing with the phone while she's handling her business. o7]

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[ It's pretty incomprehensible to anyone who isn't used to phones like this, as there aren't exactly... visible buttons. Have fun, Kamina! She's just muttering to herself over her notebook, humming a few bars here and there ]

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[who needs to know how shit works when there are LCD screens to ponder and bright lights to poke at? technology, how does it work? it can only hold his interest for so long, however, and so he begins to look over sheryl's shoulder at her mad scribbling, but saying nothing.]

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All right, I think I've got eno-- [ oh hello. She'd turned around without realizing he was right behind her, and jumps a bit at the close proximity ] When did you get over here?

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A minute ago. [shrug] You were busy with--whatever you were doin'. ...oi, what were you doing?

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I got an idea for a song! That sort of thing, you have to write it down right away, or you could completely lose it, you know!

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

Must be a singer thing.

[piercethecharts]

Of course it's a singer thing. Songs don't just appear by magic, you know.

[aburningspirit.livejournal.com]

'course they don't come from magic! Just never though singers stopped what they're doing to write, is all. [hands her cell phone back]

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I don't know about anyone else, but I've never been able to write songs sitting at a desk. [ takes her phone back, and puts it back into her purse ] Well, I can clean them up or add verses, but the original idea? That has to come when I'm out here living. And when it comes, you have to grab it in the moment!

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[...kamina grins.] Ya know, that's why I like you.

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[ she smiles back and leans against him again ] Oh, really? So it isn't just the "hopes and dreams"?