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Tweak says, "hey! theres two of you! whoa!!"

Claire Bennet (notsobreakable) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-08-24 18:52:00

Entry tags:

arrival, claire bennet, complete, day 12, kadaj

Who: Claire Bennet & OTA
What: Her arrival.
When: Day 12, morning
Where: The beach.
Rating: TBD
Status: In progress.

It was just one of those days. Upon waking and moving out of bed she had managed to step on a forgotten hairbrush on the floor, resulting in a brief but painful encounter and a squeal loud enough to wake a sleeping Mr Muggles who had been curled up on the edge of her bed. Her arrival downstairs had not been any more successful, if breakfast being burnt and the lethal hairbrush were any indication the rest of the day would gradually get worse. This was confirmed the moment Lyle entered the living room. Claire had for once ignored his brotherly taunting and leant back deeper into the sofa, bringing her hands up to cover her face. Of course ignoring said taunts only spurred him on further and she tried her damndest to tune him out, squeezing her eyes shut tightly behind her hands, reminding herself that yelling at him would only make the situation get even more annoying.

It was strange how life had slipped back into something somewhat ordinary, it had only been two months since the drama that was her dad's not-so-real death but now it was like it had never even happened. Claire could not forget what had happened, even if her family were insistent on doing so themselves. The unspoken words and the tension still hung in the air, even if the forced normality was doing a good job at masking it . Not to mention she missed her other family, Peter especially, it had been so long since she last saw them and..it was painful to even think about it.

“Just shut up!” Claire yelled suddenly, snapping out of her thoughts and bringing her hands away from her face with an intent on glaring. Only what greeted her wasn’t the sight of her brother or her living room for that matter, it was some sort of beach. "Huh?" She muttered, blinking a few times as if expecting it to be an hallucination of some sort. Nope, it was real.

Climbing to her feet Claire absently dusted down her jeans and turned in a slow circle to take in her surroundings. What the hell? Had she been drugged? She had no recollection of how she had arrived, one minute she was being taunted by Lyle and the next on a beach! It didn't get any weirder. "Oh my god." Claire gasped, the Haitian! it had to be him, right? No, no.. her dad wouldn't have allowed her to be dropped off on some beach. "Hello?" She called out finally, hoping that someone, anyone, would help her out with what was going on

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mothersbestson
2008-09-11 10:27 am UTC (link)

Kadaj waited for her to see what was in her room. It was more curiosity than being polite though he had already observed first-hand how manners could work in his favour. This was his own experience, not memories from Sephiroth nor ideas Aerith had spun for him in the Lifestream.

He gave his complete attention to Claire when he heard her comment and smiled slightly at her sticking her blonde head around the door.

"I assume you'd like to be alone in a room like one back home?" His eyes did stray toward the room as if he wanted to see what 'back home' for her was. "I really don't know much else to tell you about his planet and since we're neighbours, I'll see your room sometime. You can see what my version of back home is too, if you want."

He thought he had actually done that quite well and she could decide without being rude whether or not she wanted to be on her own now.

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notsobreakable
2008-09-11 10:19 pm UTC (link)

Claire’s smile brightened, she wasn't particularly shy and the little reminder of home had lifted her spirits just as much as it brought a pang of sadness. She wasn’t actually home but her room was the next best thing. “No, I don't mind. Do you want to see?” That answered his question and she waited expectantly, her head still poking around the door.

“Your room is like back home too, huh?” She asked, it was interesting. Some people when given the choice of any room they wanted would choose something more exciting but Claire was happy with her reminder of home, a whole new room would have made the experience that little bit more unfamiliar. “I’d like to see it sometime.” Claire answered with another smile, she was grateful for the company, being alone would have made the situation much worse.

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mothersbestson
2008-09-11 11:03 pm UTC (link)

Somehow her smile and attitude were infectious, making his face brighten up in a way that had nothing to do with magic or Materia glow. Moments like this, where he responded without dire events about to unfold, where life seemed simply light rather than a heavy burden, seemed to occur regularly on Mirage.

"Ok," he said and he moved toward her door. "You can see my room after I see yours," he agreed as he went in to see what sort of space Claire had come from. He already knew it would be very different from his though he had no preconceptions about how it would look.

His green eyes scanned the room.

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notsobreakable
2008-09-11 11:19 pm UTC (link)

Her room suited her personality, it was cute in a way you would expect a teenage girls room to be but it wasn’t filled with bright colours. Instead the walls were a more mature shade of lilac, the furniture also light. Actually now that Claire took a closer look it was more of a cross between her room in Odessa and California, even a few family photos she had back home were up and she smiled as she caught sight of them. The only thing that was missing was Mr Muggles.

“This is it, sort of like back home..I moved house and it’s a bit of a mix of both rooms, but I can’t believe how exact it is!” Claire laughed again, “the only thing that’s missing is the family dog, Mr Muggles.” And he usually took refuge on her bed.

Claire turned around to face Kadaj, waiting to see what he had to say. She was intrigued and wanted to know what his room looked like but she would be patient, or try to be anyway.

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