[34] 4th Wall Day, Take 2

[notarrowette]

...All right, fine. I'd rather try and not get anyone than not bother and regret it when I find out someone I know was around. So, okay. I'm Cissie King-Jones, and... this is just awkward.

Anyone else feel ridiculous? I don't know if I hope anyone answers or not. Given the way things have been going lately, they probably won't...

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[herostagemom]

Girlie? What are you doing, just giving away your name like that? That's a good way to get last place.

[notarrowette]

.......Mom?

[herostagemom]

Who were you expecting, the Pope? Where are you?

[notarrowette]

[LONG PAUSE]

Wait. Why shouldn't I say my name?

[herostagemom]

Secret identity, girlie. We've been over this. Come on, where's that first place memory?

[notarrowette]

...I hate my life.

Ma, how old am I? If the answer is younger than nineteen, I have to go smother myself with a pillow.

[herostagemom]

Nineteen? Of course not. You're 14. What's this all about? Are you all right?

[notarrowette]

Nope. Decidedly not all right. You are talking to someone who is five years in the future and in a galaxy far, far away on a space prison. God.

Have you even met Impulse and Max Mercury yet?

[herostagemom]

Yeah, Max Mercury said some decidedly negative...

Space prison? Look, honey, we'll get you out of this. It's your chance to shine, all right? Do you have your bow and arrows?

[notarrowette]

I don't want to shine! And I'm not here as a prisoner anyway, I'm here because I wanted to be. I'm a warden.

[herostagemom]

And why didn't you discuss this with me first? I'm your mother, Cissie, you can't just run off.

[notarrowette]

I don't have to discuss anything with you anymore, Ma. First of all, I'm nineteen. So I'm legally an adult. Second of all, you probably haven't even noticed I've been gone, even though I've been here for nine months now. And thirdly--[ARGH, SHE CAN'T BE AS MEAN AS SHE WANTS TO BE]--I just needed to do this.

[herostagemom]

Of course I've noticed. Or will notice, I guess. You're my daughter and I love you. Why did you need to do it? Isn't being Arrowette rewarding enough?

[notarrowette]

I'm not Arrowette anymore.

[herostagemom]

What? No, I didn't raise a quitter.

[notarrowette]

I--I can't do this again. We've already been through all this, and you--I had to.