♚ 008 | video + action

[lackingbeauty]

[there's a young woman in what seems to be like one of the back alleys of the City, dressed in a worn, but somewhat clean sack of a dress under a light jacket that's seen less threadbare days, supported on three legs- if you count her right leg and her two crutches as three

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action

[freckleddoll]

Beast...I can't recognize this place.

[She follows the older girl, one hand clutching at her skirts]

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[lackingbeauty]

Well, me neither, Doll, but London's a big place, right?

[and she hates to admit that she's saying things to assure herself just as much]

Bet there's tons of places we all han't seen ever. In't East End, that's fer sure.

action

[freckleddoll]

Yeah...

[She trusts what Beast tells her but can't help feeling uneasy.]

Looks nicer'n the East End. We need t'get back or someone'll try an' move us on.

[They had too much experience of being chased away from places they shouldn't be.]

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[lackingbeauty]

'ey now.

[Beast stops a second, awkwardly leaning down a bit to tousle Doll's hair- but she's mindful not to expose her face too much]

We look right respectable now, thanks to that Baron. We fit in jus' fine.

[Something of a lie, but-]

[itachi_kunoichi]

Hey, are you okay?

[lackingbeauty]

... Who's there?

[itachi_kunoichi]

I'm Misao! I'm talking to you through the communicator!

[lackingbeauty]

Who-

Come out, I said! Stop playin' round!

[timgunned]

Did you log into your sister's account? That isn't pretty.

[lackingbeauty]

Excuse y-

[whirling around-]

Who said that!

voice;

[ourdenouement]

Eh... what is this...

voice;

[lackingbeauty]

Where's that voice comin' from-

voice;

[ourdenouement]

Ah- over here. The little device- it's how you talk with people.

voice;

[lackingbeauty]

How I...

[slooowly and cautiously hobbling closer back, until the view is just her one worn shoe, the frayed hem of a dress- and the crutch she's poking it with]