Repose

Is it me?

[Public]

Any body got openings? Will do the stuff know one wants to do.

Who:Destiny, Eddie, little Wyatt.
What: A daytime Carnival visit.
Where: Eddie's
When: Currentish?
Warnings: None!


Destiny wasn't exactly nine-to-five, and she would have liked to of thought that gave her a rather open schedule… but life at the caravans was stressful. She'd never wanted to be in charge, she'd never even particularly wanted to be there, but cards kept being tossed down and her hand couldn't hold them. She wasn't gonna complain about it, life was to be celebrated and not mourned. That felt backwards as hell, besides… she had her brothers. Thats all she wanted, was family. That was the whole reason they did this kind of work in the first place, and Destiny was still holding onto the dream that enough money to her mother's lawyer would get the woman out soon. Destiny didn't have much of a choice aside from believing that. If all these girls looking up to her, and all of this pain in so many pasts, if it was for nothing, Destiny just couldn't think about that. Not when she had little Wyatt to raise. Because maybe the caravans weren't the best environment for him, she wasn't going to argue that, but she didn't know what else to do. She had to take care of mama, and Billy, and Wyatt, and now all the girls too, and even Dahlia she thought needed looking after and taking care of, so what was she supposed to do?

She missed Wren, because Wren had left her with a whole new anchor, and it was a little terrifying. It made her feel a lot guilty.

But today wasn't for any of that stuff. Today, she was taking Wyatt to the carnival. It was the afternoon, well before dark, because she knew that Eddie, the owner, was doing her a favor, and they weren't yet open for business hours. Destiny didn't expect Wyatt to ride any tilt-a-whirl or get cotton candy, nothing like that, but maybe he could see the animals. He liked animals a lot, as evidenced by the growing menagerie at their home.

Wyatt had wanted to bring Hamlet along with them, but Destiny hadn't been sure if there were lions or tigers or whatnot, and how they would feel about that. So she said maybe next time, and Destiny walked into the quiet carnival grounds with Wyatt on her hip. He wore blue shirt and shorts, but Destiny was bland in a nude tank top and denim shorts. She had flip flops for shoes, Wyatt didn't have any(there were a pair of little green sandals in the backpack purse strung across Destiny's shoulderblades).

[It happens promptly at midnight, Monday morning. Some computers throughout Repose just kind of... lock up. Rebooting does nothing to solve the problem, and eventually, the computer simply displays a single page.

It seems, dear citizens of Repose, that some of your computers are being held hostage.

Payment is demanded, as is the norm for these sorts of situations, a measly $5000 in order to have your computer (and its contents) restored. Payment is requested through an unfamiliar website, heavily secured and nearly impossible to trace back to its source. The time limit? Friday at midnight.

Attempts to restore the computer through other ways triggers the unpleasant effect of the circuitry simply catching fire.

The screen is worded politely, all pleases and thank yous, and it is signed simply by someone calling himself 'Daddy Dearest'.

Happy Monday, Repose. It's going to be a beautiful week.]

[Shortly after midnight, there is a startled yelp from Room 14, followed by the very distinct smell of burning electronics flooding into the hallway. The smoke remains mostly contained behind the closed door, but the standard-issue alarm in the room does start beeping. Sorry, neighbors.]

[Melody B.]
[After this. Eddie goes to Melody's trailer and bangs on the door until she opens up.]

[After the computer thing at midnight.]
[Text to Flash M]
Are you awake? Is your computer being super weird?

[And killing time, while she waits, all from her phone.]
[Locked to Jason W]
You totally didn't tell me you and MJ were together.

[Locked to Perry P]
Are you okay? You seemed super upset about MJ at the bonfire, and then you kind of almost growled at Felicity.

[Locked to MJ W]
Hi.