Interview, part 2
Part 2 of that pesky character interview thing. Might want to read Part 1 for abbreviations, setting (not like we're following it anyway), character descriptions, etc.
AY: Good music choice.
IV: What did I tell you about anachronisms?
AY: I'm sorry. (IV: I don't believe you!) But I really do like music. There wasn't much in Rohyr. I love going out by the docks and watching the street musicians play.
IV: Do you play anything yourself?
AY: I wish I could. I'm getting this lady to teach me. She lives in a little hut. Her name is Mlavrodora.
IV: What does she do for a living?
AY: She's a beggar.
IV: *disapproving look*
AY: Oh, but I'll be paying her for lessons. They give us a small allowance at the Academy.
IV: And your teachers there know that you will be leaving the grounds?
AY: We have some free time.
IV: Admit it. You were planning to sneak out.
AY: *guilty look*
IV: *shakes head* Geesh, why are my characters so disobedient. Won't even obey me, let alone their superiors.
AV: It's for a good reason! And they're not my superiors. I know more than most of them.
IV: They have experience. You don't. If you were allowed to run amok, you'd end up burning up the continent.
AV: I would not! *indignant* Maybe a couple streets, but only the bad ones, where thieves and murderers live, but not everything.
IV: You would. You can't control your powers. They're going to run away from you someday.
AV: Will not.
IV: Will too.
AV: Will not.
IV: Will not.
AV: Will t...wait. Who's supposed to be the 11-year-old here?
IV: I am the author. I am timeless.
AV: Timelessly annoying.
IV: Let that be stricken from the record.
AV: *muzzled*
AV: *struggles to speak*
IV: Oh, all right. *removes gag order*
AV: I told you you were a mean and nasty man.
IV: There will be no oliphants in this interview.
AV: You said it, I didn't.
IV: ENOUGH.
IV: Why is it that I can get in 2 or 3 good questions, and then we go off on a horrible tangent that either ends in oliphants or quackery.
AY: *swings legs innocently* Good question.
IV: Okay. Where were we?
AY: Music?
IV: No, more like sneaking out. Do you like to sneak out often?
AY: *eyes widen* *guilty look*
IV: I thought so. I'm not going to turn you in; the interview for the headmaster doesn't come until later. He doesn't even have a name yet.
AY: *audible sigh of relief* Phew.
IV: But I do want to know. Where do you go when you sneak out?
AY: Oh, down to the river, most of the time. I like to watch the ships unload. It reminds me of home.
IV: I thought you didn't care about home.
AY: I don't care about the streets or the land. But I love the water.
IV: Why?
AY: I'm only 11. How'm I supposed to know?
IV: Okay. Pretend you're an omniscient examiner. Like me. Why?
AY: If you're the omniscient examiner, why can't you tell me?
IV: Because it's much better if you get it for yourself.
AY: I don't want to talk about it.
IV: Here we go again.
AY: *zips lips*
IV: Fine then, be difficult. *switches bodies*
IV-as-AY: Interesting. Never been a girl before. It's a somewhat different experience.
AY-as-IV: What's that between your legs?
IV-as-AY: Oh my.
IV-as-AY: Umm. This was a bad idea. *switches back to normal body*
AY: That was interesting. Can we do it again? I wanna touch all the new body parts!
IV: Good lord, what have I done?
AY: There's always white-out.
IV: Oh. Good idea.
IV: Now, will you tell me why you prefer the water?
AY: *sighs* It reminds me of my parents. They used to take me on trips to visit their outlying holdings. I'd stand up on deck and ask the seamen all sorts of questions.
IV: I can imagine.
AY: Even after they died, I used to sail a little pinnace in the harbor. I'd take a few of my mates out, and we'd terrorize some of the smaller ships before they got to unloading.
IV: Did you steal stuff?
AY: *guilty look*
IV: That look is getting awfully familiar now. It's pointless anyway; I'm omniscient, remember.
AY: You won't tell anyone, will you?
IV: Did you return the stuff you stole?
AY: We ate it.
IV: *shakes head*
AY: We were hungry!
IV: I'm sure you were.
AY: You're mean and uncharitable!
IV: Yes, we've already established this.
IV: Y'know, the more I think about it, the more I believe that you're not the star of this series.
AY: Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease let me be the star! I'll do anything! I won't sneak out! I won't steal stuff! Well, any more than I have to.
IV: *sharp look*
AY: *zips lips*
IV: See...I get the feeling that you're in the wrong time period. Remember how you kept asking to go to the future, and to play with the lightsaber?
AY: *hopeful look* Can I?
IV: Hopefully. And you could easily be a girl in modern times too. Or in colonial times. Or deep in the far future. I think I may have an alternate storyline for you.
AY: Do I get to play with lightsabers?
IV: Maybe not lightsabers. But definitely some futuristic sort of gadget.
AY: Cool!
IV: See? You belong at least in the 20th century.
AY: But I'm stuck here.
IV: Maybe. I'll see what I can do.
AY: Good music choice.
IV: What did I tell you about anachronisms?
AY: I'm sorry. (IV: I don't believe you!) But I really do like music. There wasn't much in Rohyr. I love going out by the docks and watching the street musicians play.
IV: Do you play anything yourself?
AY: I wish I could. I'm getting this lady to teach me. She lives in a little hut. Her name is Mlavrodora.
IV: What does she do for a living?
AY: She's a beggar.
IV: *disapproving look*
AY: Oh, but I'll be paying her for lessons. They give us a small allowance at the Academy.
IV: And your teachers there know that you will be leaving the grounds?
AY: We have some free time.
IV: Admit it. You were planning to sneak out.
AY: *guilty look*
IV: *shakes head* Geesh, why are my characters so disobedient. Won't even obey me, let alone their superiors.
AV: It's for a good reason! And they're not my superiors. I know more than most of them.
IV: They have experience. You don't. If you were allowed to run amok, you'd end up burning up the continent.
AV: I would not! *indignant* Maybe a couple streets, but only the bad ones, where thieves and murderers live, but not everything.
IV: You would. You can't control your powers. They're going to run away from you someday.
AV: Will not.
IV: Will too.
AV: Will not.
IV: Will not.
AV: Will t...wait. Who's supposed to be the 11-year-old here?
IV: I am the author. I am timeless.
AV: Timelessly annoying.
IV: Let that be stricken from the record.
AV: *muzzled*
AV: *struggles to speak*
IV: Oh, all right. *removes gag order*
AV: I told you you were a mean and nasty man.
IV: There will be no oliphants in this interview.
AV: You said it, I didn't.
IV: ENOUGH.
IV: Why is it that I can get in 2 or 3 good questions, and then we go off on a horrible tangent that either ends in oliphants or quackery.
AY: *swings legs innocently* Good question.
IV: Okay. Where were we?
AY: Music?
IV: No, more like sneaking out. Do you like to sneak out often?
AY: *eyes widen* *guilty look*
IV: I thought so. I'm not going to turn you in; the interview for the headmaster doesn't come until later. He doesn't even have a name yet.
AY: *audible sigh of relief* Phew.
IV: But I do want to know. Where do you go when you sneak out?
AY: Oh, down to the river, most of the time. I like to watch the ships unload. It reminds me of home.
IV: I thought you didn't care about home.
AY: I don't care about the streets or the land. But I love the water.
IV: Why?
AY: I'm only 11. How'm I supposed to know?
IV: Okay. Pretend you're an omniscient examiner. Like me. Why?
AY: If you're the omniscient examiner, why can't you tell me?
IV: Because it's much better if you get it for yourself.
AY: I don't want to talk about it.
IV: Here we go again.
AY: *zips lips*
IV: Fine then, be difficult. *switches bodies*
IV-as-AY: Interesting. Never been a girl before. It's a somewhat different experience.
AY-as-IV: What's that between your legs?
IV-as-AY: Oh my.
IV-as-AY: Umm. This was a bad idea. *switches back to normal body*
AY: That was interesting. Can we do it again? I wanna touch all the new body parts!
IV: Good lord, what have I done?
AY: There's always white-out.
IV: Oh. Good idea.
IV: Now, will you tell me why you prefer the water?
AY: *sighs* It reminds me of my parents. They used to take me on trips to visit their outlying holdings. I'd stand up on deck and ask the seamen all sorts of questions.
IV: I can imagine.
AY: Even after they died, I used to sail a little pinnace in the harbor. I'd take a few of my mates out, and we'd terrorize some of the smaller ships before they got to unloading.
IV: Did you steal stuff?
AY: *guilty look*
IV: That look is getting awfully familiar now. It's pointless anyway; I'm omniscient, remember.
AY: You won't tell anyone, will you?
IV: Did you return the stuff you stole?
AY: We ate it.
IV: *shakes head*
AY: We were hungry!
IV: I'm sure you were.
AY: You're mean and uncharitable!
IV: Yes, we've already established this.
IV: Y'know, the more I think about it, the more I believe that you're not the star of this series.
AY: Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease let me be the star! I'll do anything! I won't sneak out! I won't steal stuff! Well, any more than I have to.
IV: *sharp look*
AY: *zips lips*
IV: See...I get the feeling that you're in the wrong time period. Remember how you kept asking to go to the future, and to play with the lightsaber?
AY: *hopeful look* Can I?
IV: Hopefully. And you could easily be a girl in modern times too. Or in colonial times. Or deep in the far future. I think I may have an alternate storyline for you.
AY: Do I get to play with lightsabers?
IV: Maybe not lightsabers. But definitely some futuristic sort of gadget.
AY: Cool!
IV: See? You belong at least in the 20th century.
AY: But I'm stuck here.
IV: Maybe. I'll see what I can do.