Arrival in Milliways
Mar. 24th, 2013 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Uh.
...This isn't her advanced quantitative research methods classroom.
It's bigger, for one. Fewer desks for sure. And there is a distinct lack of other students.
Not that the place is empty. Far from it. It's pretty bustling, for a room that has replaced a small classroom in one of the oldest buildings on campus.
But the patrons do not really resemble her classmates. And Lizzie wouldn't exactly call all of the customers human. And then there's the view... (Lizzie's not even facing the Observation Window. All she sees are stars. That's more than enough.)
Lizzie swallows hard and sinks into a conveniently located chair.
"Uh."
...This isn't her advanced quantitative research methods classroom.
It's bigger, for one. Fewer desks for sure. And there is a distinct lack of other students.
Not that the place is empty. Far from it. It's pretty bustling, for a room that has replaced a small classroom in one of the oldest buildings on campus.
But the patrons do not really resemble her classmates. And Lizzie wouldn't exactly call all of the customers human. And then there's the view... (Lizzie's not even facing the Observation Window. All she sees are stars. That's more than enough.)
Lizzie swallows hard and sinks into a conveniently located chair.
"Uh."
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:28 am (UTC)"Not like this."
Disneyland doesn't even come close.
Lizzie scoops up the tea tray and smiles. "After you."
Following Amy has worked out pretty well so far.
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:38 am (UTC)Especially explaining the ins and outs of the end of the universe.
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:40 am (UTC)"I'm the middle child. Lydia's the baby."
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:43 am (UTC)"I'm the youngest of seven. My older sister Opal was always very fond of solving problems with tea."
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:46 am (UTC)"I'm not sure I could handle more sisters. Two are enough for me. I love them - and yes, Jane is very wise - but they definitely drive me crazy sometimes."
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:51 am (UTC)"I get along better with some than others. Opal is lovely. Pearl . . . well, she and I have very different interests," Amy says, as diplomatically as she can manage.
"She's the youngest-but-me."
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:54 am (UTC)"Lydia - Lydia's tough. She doesn't care about many of the same things I care about and spends more time having fun than focusing on - well. Anything."
It's clear that this bothers Lizzie quite a lot.
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Date: 2013-03-27 07:05 pm (UTC)Which may help.
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Date: 2013-03-28 01:21 am (UTC)Lizzie sighs and looks at her lap. "I just - I worry about her, you know?"
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Date: 2013-03-28 01:28 am (UTC)"We worry about the people we care about."
It's just a thing that happens.
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Date: 2013-03-28 01:30 am (UTC)Her smile dims a bit. "One of those things, I'm sure, is me. It's what older sisters do, I guess."
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Date: 2013-03-28 01:41 am (UTC)Older brothers worry, too, really.
"Sometimes, I think that's the other part of caring about people. Letting them worry about you."
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Date: 2013-03-28 01:54 am (UTC)"Caring about people gets pretty complicated sometimes, doesn't it?"
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Date: 2013-03-28 02:01 am (UTC)Which is good, really.
Foe the entire Kingdom.
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Date: 2013-03-28 02:04 am (UTC)"It sounds lonely," Lizzie says. "I definitely prefer caring about people. Even if I do worry."
"Do you do this a lot?" she asks, turning the subject to their current situation. "Welcome newbies?"
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Date: 2013-03-28 11:37 am (UTC)Four children, a husband, a palace full of courtiers and staff, and the rest of the populace, to start with.
"But you're hardly the first person I've met when she'd just come through the door for the first time."
Amy pauses for just a moment and then adds, "You can still see the door you came through, can't you?"
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Date: 2013-03-28 06:14 pm (UTC)Lizzie looks around her. "Yeah. It's just sort of...hanging out over there."
In the middle of a booth. Huh.
"That's good, right?"
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Date: 2013-03-28 06:20 pm (UTC)"And, yes, it's a good thing. But if it ever vanishes on you, don't panic. It happens, sometimes. It's called being 'Bound.' It happened to me, once, but eventually the door comes back. I was told that you wound up Bound when there was something you needed to learn here. And some people it never happens to at all."
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Date: 2013-03-28 07:06 pm (UTC)She mulls over Amy's statement about "something to learn."
"What did you need to learn? If it's not too personal a question," she hastens to add. Because while she doesn't quite understand, any kind of lesson learning might be private, she supposes.
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Date: 2013-03-28 07:10 pm (UTC)"They have been very useful lessons, really."
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Date: 2013-03-28 07:19 pm (UTC)Those are the things most on her mind at the moment, but they really aren't the most important things she needs to learn.
So many lessons to come, Lizzie Bennet. So many.