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they call me five (callmefive) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2018-12-23 21:54:00

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!closed, !log, [plot] future kids take 5, ~2018 december, ~25 points, ~~five (callmefive)

WHO: Five and Lucy Jameson, to be joined later by Stephen Jameson.
WHAT: Meeting her daughter.
WHERE: Outside the grocery store.
WHEN: This afternoon.
WARNINGS: TBD.
STATUS: Closed/Ongoing.

Five didn't know what to make of all the children showing up around town. It seemed like a strange sort of gift to her but the Dome worked in mysterious ways. There was a small part of her that wondered if she'd have any show up but so far she hadn't had anyone call her mom or claim to be hers, maybe that was for the best.

With Christmas right around the corner she was trying to do what she could to help out with preparations. She was looking forward to the holiday and everything that came with it. Even if that meant going to the store when it was crowded with people doing last minute grocery shopping. She'd gone out to pick up a few things and made short work of it, she was extremely talented at navigating large crowds and she'd used that skill to get in and out quickly.

She had a bag in her hand and made her way out of the store, it was just as crowded on the street outside as it was inside but even with all the people around she spotted the young girl stood alone. Five frowned as she looked around to try and spot the girl's parents but couldn't see anyone that looked like they'd lost a child. Without hesitation she walked over and cleared her throat slightly so as not to scare the girl. "Are you lost?"

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jenskids
2018-12-23 10:20 pm UTC (link)

Lucy had been shopping with her dad and then suddenly she was somewhere else and her father was nowhere to be seen. She'd teleported plenty of times before, with either daddy or Uncle John, but she was too young to break out and knew that she might not ever get those powers anyway.

"No, my daddy is," she said in response to the young woman who spoke to her. She looked up and gasped. "You look like the picture of my momma."

Her memories of her mother were faint since the woman was sent home from Madison Valley just after Lucy's second birthday, but her Daddy always told her stories and they had a picture of them as a family on the mantle.

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callmefive
2018-12-23 11:00 pm UTC (link)

A child this small shouldn't be out alone so Five suspected her parents were close by, probably worried sick about her. At least she hoped they were, if they weren't then they shouldn't have children.

"Who is your daddy? What do other adults call him?" she asked before she really registered what the little girl said about her momma. It suddenly dawned on Five that maybe she was her mother.

"How much like the picture of your momma?" It could just be a coincidence or the girl could be confused but she wasn't about to out and say that to her.

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	jenskids 2018-12-23 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Uncle John calls him Stephen," she said. "Momma's name was Five but she got sended home a long time ago." Lucy didn't really think that this was her mother, especially since she knew that sometimes there were people here who looked like other people. It happened to her daddy and her uncle and they told her about Aunt Cara and the lady who looked like her here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

callmefive
2018-12-23 11:33 pm UTC (link)

Five listened as the little girl talked and took a guess as to who she meant with the men's names. "How old where you when she got sent home?"

Without taking her attention from the little girl she pulled out her phone and unlocked it, typing out a quick message, glancing down at the screen to double check she was sending it to the right person and that it made sense before hitting send.

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jenskids
2018-12-24 12:49 am UTC (link)

"I was two," Lucy said. "But now I'm five! Like my momma's name. So that was a long time ago." She was in kindergarten but hadn't learned subtraction yet. Nor did she have a great concept of the passage of time.

She didn't get a chance to say anything else because her father popped in next to her and she immediately reached for his hand. "Daddy! What happened? You got losted!"

The text from Five was unexpected, to say the least. Stephen knew who she was, they'd chatted a few times, but he wouldn't have expected to have a future child with her. He didn't doubt it though and immediately teleported to her location after reading the message.

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callmefive
2018-12-24 01:07 am UTC (link)

Hearing that she'd been without her mother for three years made Five frown. "That is a long time," she agreed. She had no way of knowing if this little girl would ever actually exist in her future but if she did Five was going to do what she could to make sure she didn't have to go without her mother.

Before she could say anything else Stephen appeared next to them. Five stepped back a little in surprise, she kept forgetting some people here had powers.

"Stephen, thanks for coming. This young lady was just telling me how she was only two when her mom got sent home," Five said, she didn't know how to tell the little girl that she was her long lost mother. It was a little more awkward of course because she didn't really know Stephen that well but apparently in some future they had a daughter together.

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synergized
2018-12-24 01:26 am UTC (link)

Stephen had no idea what to think about this, but he instinctively squeezed the little girl's hand and, when he heard that her mother had been sent home, he bent down to scoop her up in his arms. Clearly the girl didn't realize who Five was and he wasn't sure he wanted to think about a future where he'd raised this child alone.

"I'm sorry to hear that," he said. He knew from experience that it sucked not having a parent around. "But you know how weird things happen around here?" When the little girl nodded, he continued. "You didn't just teleport, you time traveled. And you haven't been born yet. So I don't know your name."

That seemed like a good place to start. He could ease her into introducing her mother once he knew that.

"Lucy! Like Uncle Luca but I never meeted him," she said. "Only Uncle John."

Stephen chuckled at that. John was going to have a field day with this.

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callmefive
2018-12-24 11:48 pm UTC (link)

It was heartwarming to watch Stephen bend down and pick up the little girl, Five would have done that herself but to the girl she was a stranger for now. It hurt her to know that there might be a future where she ended up leaving her own daughter without a mother, she knew what it was like to not have parents and she wouldn't wish that on anyone.

She let Stephen explain things, it would be less confusing to come from someone she knew or at least she hoped it would be. As she watched them she found herself wondering what future had brought this little girl about.

"Lucy, what a lovely name," Five said, smiling at them. She found she wanted nothing more than to hug her and reassure her that everything was going to be alright but the truth was she didn't know that for certain. She didn't want to lie to her own daughter.

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synergized
2018-12-25 03:45 pm UTC (link)

It made sense that Stephen would name his daughter after his brother though it was a little sad to realize his brother never ended up in town if Lucy hadn't met him. Of course, he wasn't sure if he wanted her future to be real either way since it sounded difficult.

The fact that Lucy understood how odd this town was gave him hope that he was doing the right thing here. "Well, Lucy, since you've time traveled, your mother is here in town," he said.

Her face lit up. "Can I meet her?" she asked.

Taking that as a good sign, Stephen flashed a quick, encouraging smile in Five's direction. "You just have," he said, nodding at the young woman standing with them.

It took a moment for Lucy to understand what he was saying, but the moment she did, she gasped in delight and reached out to Five. "Momma! I missed you!"

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