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Tweak says, "kel mo dee in the hizouse"

Isabelle 'Izzy' Shaw (izzyshaw) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2017-09-15 18:58:00

Entry tags:

sookie sully, ~izzy shaw, ~tom sully

Who: Izzy, Tom, Sookie, little Izzy, the kids
Where: A planet far from the station
What: Refugees finding their footing
When: A day or two after finding themselves on the planet, five years before everyone arrives at the station.
Rating: TBD
Open: No
Status: Thread, in progress

The last two days had been confusing, and chaotic. She, Tom, the youngest four kids, little Izzy and Sookie had gone from the comfort of their home on the (albeit frozen) island one moment to an alien world the next. An alien world in a spacefaring society with humans, but not one anyone from the island had been from.

It wasn't the first time Izzy had jumped dimensions, it'd happened to her a couple times before arriving on the island. But she hadn't been halfway through a triplet pregnancy along with four children under four in tow then. Thank god she had Tom, Sookie, and little Izzy or she and the kids might have died right then. The first day had been a mad scramble to figure out where they were, find shelter, and some food. Without Sookie's experience in a spacefaring civilization before this Izzy wasn't sure how they would have made it.

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sookie_sully
2018-01-30 12:03 am UTC (link)

"Even if they are, the law might be friendly." Sookie said hopefully. Lurkers, the B5 version of the homeless, would often do better spending a night in a holding cell, then in the encampment they'd made for themselves called 'down below.' Law enforcement usually had rules and guidelines to follow.

The younger Izzy lagged behind, playing as best she could with one the alien children. The alien patted her on the head and pointed in the direction her family had gone. Izzy giggled and ran to catch up to her family. "Don't stray too far from us again, Iz." Sookie warned her niece.

When they entered the shelter, Sookie looked at the man with her eyebrows raised and pointed to one of the pictures, which featured a family sleeping in an alien equivalent of bunk beds. The photo didn't look like the nicest accommodations - if anything, the bedroom looked dark and dirty. But that could be to encourage others to donate to the shelter for improvements? Maybe. Hope was so important.

Sookie drew her hands up to her lips, pretending to drop a morsel of food in her mouth - then folded her hands under her cheek and briefly closed her eyes, feigning sleep. Opening her eyes again, she looked at the man to see if he had understood her questions.

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notaskxawng
2018-02-04 12:04 am UTC (link)

This was not a charitable place. The man's reaction conveyed no pity. Or maybe it were the alien features that hid it. A brisk nod before the custodian peeled himself from his chair and guided them through a door. The pictures on the walls had not lied. In front of them laid a hall cramped with beds and people. The lack of ventilation had left the air filled with the stank of the many inhabitants. The floor was dirty and every bit of room used for the few personal items people possessed. The bunk beds did not allow his gaze to travel to far but on this part most beds seemed to be taken.

The custodian pointed to the left and muttered a word which Tom could only guess meant 'food'. Tom tapped his shoulder again and the man left.

"This way then," he said nodding towards the left. What else could they do?

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izzyshaw
2018-02-04 03:36 am UTC (link)

Izzy swallowed hard as she followed her husband. This was shelter? It was a slum, even worse than what she'd lived with as a little girl. But what could they do? Her children needed food and they needed someplace to lay their heads.

Lilly started sniffling and Izzy hauled the toddler onto a hip. "Shhh, none of that sweetheart. Just a little longer." She just hoped she wasn't lying.

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sookie_sully
2018-02-04 08:04 pm UTC (link)

It took all of Sookie's willpower to not stop and offer comfort and help to every human and alien they passed. At least in down below, she would have seen merchants trying to sell their wares, people offering work in exchange for credits, working their way back up to a 'normal' life. This place felt devoid off even that faint hope.

Sookie walked through the hallway to the left, into a Dickensian scene of more humans and aliens, lined up to be given some kind of mush and a side of what looked like fried worms. She couldn't help but notice that several of them were coughing and a few were missing fingers, a reminder that illness must spread quickly through a place like this. At least the ones serving the food seemed healthier.

"I guess we join the line."

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notaskxawng
2018-02-10 05:43 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah," he said as he mimicked Izzy and went to pick up little Viv. He'd rather not have the kids wiggle free and run away. A toddle on the loose in a place like this was highly dangerous. Too many corners to hide. Too many strangers to run into.

"Look, you two. There is gonna be some food soon. It's gonna be exciting, not many humans ever had the opportunity to get something like this." He tried to sound as exciting as his words. He tried to be as excited as his words. In other circumstances he would have been. But now he was hungry. He was tired. Most of all, he was scared.

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