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Alice Carter (hidden_life) wrote in tempus_alt,
@ 2010-08-10 01:44:00

Museum
[OOC note: for Alice and Ianto; time period undecided as of yet]

The school term has ended, and with kids home from school comes needing to keep them entertained. Some parents find that tedious, but it's a relief for Alice to watch Steven herself. They've gone to the museum for the day; Steven pleaded to see the fossils again. Crazy about dinosaurs, that boy. If he knew about her father's pterodactyl...

That's not going to happen, of course, though on the subject of her father, he'd hinted to her in a phonecall that the museum's collection of vintage photography might just contain some shots of him. Studying the pictures is like a more interesting and slightly unnerving "Where's Wally?" She's trying to decide if a background figure is actually her father when she realizes that Steven has wandered off instead of staying at her side.

Silently cursing herself for focusing so much on the display instead of her son, Alice goes jogging through the museum rooms to look for him. She can hear the echoing of him calling hellos to someone.

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	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 02:56 am UTC (link)
	"No, she does a lot of work with building and making sure they have supplies, and letting the people who live there know what services are available and encouraging them to make use of them." "Oh, the books themselves can be awesome. Just not the way they present the future." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Oh okay, so she's sort of helping people get to the teachers and doctors? Africa's far away. It's another continent." He's proud of himself for knowing that. "But that sounds sad. Does someone save the day and make them awesome?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 03:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yep, exactly!" He nods and gives Steven a little smile. "It is. Especially the part where she is, very far away." He nods. "Sometimes they do. Sometimes not, and it is sad." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 03:28 am UTC (link)
	"Is she pretty? Do you have a picture? Can I see?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I guess she's pretty, in a little sister kind of way." He pulls out his wallet and shows Steven a picture. Picture is here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 03:50 am UTC (link)
	Steven expects a normal boring wallet photo, and when he sees what Ianto has instead, he giggles and falls over along the bench. "She's silly!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 03:52 am UTC (link)
	He laughs with that, turning the picture so Alice can see as well. "She is! A lot sillier than I am. Which is good, I think." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Once the picture is facing her, Alice looks at it and laughs. "Definitely not what I expected!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"It's definitely very her, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"I can see it in the features, but you must be so different." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we look alike, but personality-wise, we're pretty different." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Which of you is more Welsh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"How do you mean?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 04:42 am UTC (link)
	"Welsh pride, support the language movement, and all that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 04:45 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, definitely me then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"Is she into that at all, just not as much?" Steven cheers when their burgers arrive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"I don't really know, actually." He gives a mini-cheer as well. "Yay lunch!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-08-26 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Steven looks at Ianto's burger to check which of them has a more monster one. He would've liked to get a big-as-his-head burger, but Alice made sure he kept to portions sized for kids rather than portions the size of kids. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-08-26 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"Mmmm, looks delicious." He lifts his to his mouth and takes a bite. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-09-05 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	"What's that stuff in your burger?" Steven very nearly reaches out to poke it before remembering his manners. "What's your sister's name?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-09-06 02:56 am UTC (link)
	"What stuff?" He holds his burger out so he can look at it, trying to figure out what Steven's asking about. "Her name is Morgan." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-09-06 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"The non-meat topping stuff. Is it vegetables? Morgan's a nice name." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-09-06 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, vegetables. Lettuce, tomato, onion...and some mayonnaise." He nods. "I think so, too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hidden_life 2010-09-06 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"Ohhh, okay. That's a grown-up burger. Mine's cheesy!" He furrows his brow and considers. "Does that mean she's Aunt Morgan?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2010-09-06 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Mmmm, cheese is good. Just didn't feel like it today." "I don't know. Maybe you should wait and decide until after you meet her. You didn't call me Uncle Ianto until after you got to know me." He hasn't told Morgan about Alice and Steven yet, not going to without Alice's permission. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)