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Mia Jesbar (miaj) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-01-15 18:53:00

Entry tags:

jamie madrox, mia jesbar, plotty mcplot

Who: Mia J and Jamie
What: It's plotty mcplot
When: Today
Where: X-Factor

Mia was confused. She didn't recognize this room or know how she'd gotten here. The chair and the desk were way too big for her, and the computer... well, that looked ancient or like it belonged on a backwater planet. "Hello?"

A big friendly dog in the room raised its head and got up to walk over and sniff her. Mia rubbed its ears and looked at the collar and identification tag. "Isabel? Your name is Isabel?" The dog seemed to like this and tried to lick her face. She laughed and turned her face away, then went for the door.

The room outside seemed deserted too. "Is anybody there? Mom? Dad?"

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_multiplicity
2008-01-16 05:17 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. I can do it whenever. They're my only friends." He said it quickly, not realizing how dorky that sounded until it was out of his mouth. He tried to let it slide, hoping she wouldn't comment.

"Eat?" Jamie fetched a spoon, searching through drawers until he got one. Then he squirted some chocolate into the peanut butter and dipped the spoon inside. "I'm not really that hungry," he said, stuffing his mouth.

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	miaj 2008-01-16 05:23 am UTC (link)
	His only friends? That sounded a little sad. "I'll be your friend," she offered brightly. She watched him and then made a face. "Ewll, that's so gross." Then she pulled some bread out of the fridge and went to get a butter knife. "I want to make a sandwich out of that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Jamie liked the sound of that. "Okay," he said, kinda glad she hadn't really pushed or made fun of him for not really having friends. Jamie decided that Mia was pretty cool. Especially for a girl. "It's really good." He made a face. "With bread? Nasty." He was laughing. "Try it straight from the tub," he offered the spoon to Mia. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 05:32 am UTC (link)
	She smiled at him. He wasn't so bad for being from a farm and being stuck on-planet his whole life. "I make something like this at home and tell my parents I had a sandwich." But she still went over and took the spoon from him, dipped it in, and put a big spoonful in her mouth. The peanut butter was sticking to her mouth but it tasted so good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"See? Not gross." He seemed very proud of himself over something so small. He got his spoon back and continued to stuff his face, rather rudely. "So what are we gonna do?" He asked, looking around the kitchen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2008-01-16 05:37 am UTC (link)

"It is gross, but it's good at the same time," she laughed.

"I'm still hungry." She pulled over a chair and rummaged around in some cupboards until she found a box of crackers and began to munch. She sat on the counter, letting her legs swing free. "We can explore and see if there's anyone else here. Or we can play on one of the computers and try to call our parents."

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	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 05:38 am UTC (link)
	Jamie hopped onto a stool beside Mia. He continued eating his pb and chocolate. "I don't think anybody's around." He took a deep breath and then shouted, very loud, "ANYBODY AROUND?" He waited for a minute. "Nope." He shrugged. "Let's try exploring. We're in an office. It looks like something from tv," he nodded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 05:44 am UTC (link)
	She giggled at his shouting. "If we were kidnapped that wouldn't be very smart." Mia bit into another cracker, watching the dog eat food out of her bowl in the corner. "I'm gonna bring these with me. Where should we start exploring?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know if we're kidnapped. And if we are, our kidnappers really really suck." Jamie tried to think of other reasons why they'd both show up in the middle of a city in an office like this. He couldn't figure anything out. "Uh... this way." Jamie left his peanut butter on the counter and headed into the nearest room. Another office. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 05:50 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, they do," she agreed. "But even if they didn't, I bet we could get away." Mia took her crackers with her, hopped off the counter, and followed him. "These offices are boring. Who do you think works here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 05:53 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," Jamie said with a confident nod. "Me and my dupes could probably take a big guy." His plan was to stomp any kidnappers while Mia ran away, but he didn't say this out loud. It didn't seem the smart thing to say. "I don't know," he said this as he neared a filing cabinet. "Let's see what's in here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 05:59 am UTC (link)
	"I could probably take someone, though my dad says I should focus on tackling things more my size." She sounded distracted as she looked at things and followed him to the filing cabinet. "Don't you guys have datapads here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:02 am UTC (link)
	"What's a datapad?" He asked, rifling through some files. Jamie read through. "Missing person. Missing person." Jamie frowned. "Hey. Your... um... is your name Jesbar?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2008-01-16 06:05 am UTC (link)

"A datapad is what you..." well, how did she explain it? "It's what you read stuff on. It fits in your hand. Like... a portable computer."

Mia frowned too and went to stand next to him. "Yeah, how'd you... what? Why is my name on there? Are we missing persons? Were we really kidnapped?" But that didn't make any sense. "It says it's a report. It's signed with my name at the bottom."

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	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:07 am UTC (link)
	"Portable computer?" Jamie grew up in a time before laptops. At least before they were commonplace. "We don't even have a computer. They're super expensive." "Yeah." Jamie scratched his head. "I don't get it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miaj
2008-01-16 06:11 am UTC (link)

"It's cause you live on a farm." Mia had decided his lack of knowledge about... everything, really, was cause he lived on a farm. "I'll help you now, though."

She stared at the report, then looked around the rest of the office. "This is where I was, it's the first thing I remember here." She climbed up in the chair at the desk. "Hey! It's a picture of my mom! And some blond lady. And that's my cousin with the same blond lady. And that's a picture of..." she picked up the third one, frowning.

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_multiplicity
2008-01-16 06:15 am UTC (link)

Jamie thought that Mia's knowledge came from being from outer space. And from the future. Even if she didn't think so, that's what he believed.

The picture was of a couple. A guy who could have been Jamie in a few years and a girl who could have been Mia in a few years. They were smiling at the camera and could have been friends. Or more. "He kinda looks like my dad..."

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	miaj 2008-01-16 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"He does? Yeah. He kinda looks like..." She stared at the woman again. "I don't understand. Who's this person in all the photos?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:30 am UTC (link)
	"Do you think-" Jamie stopped himself. Mostly because it didn't make sense. Isabel barked and he jumped. "Nah." This couldn't be the future. That wasn't him and Mia in that picture. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"Why does it look like you and me?" she finally said. Then she went looking for a purse or wallet. Her mom always carried around one of those. She found a purse and went rummaging in it until she found what she was looking for. "Look! Jamie, there's some ID card with my name on it and the same picture of that blond lady." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:34 am UTC (link)
	"Are... we in the future?" Jamie looked at her, nose scrunched up. "Maybe this is our future and we work at this office." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 06:37 am UTC (link)
	"I thought time travel wasn't real. Why would we be in the future?" She ran her fingers over the picture. "I mean, I guess that could be me. And that really looks like you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:39 am UTC (link)
	"I thought space travel wasn't real." Jamie shrugged. "I don't know why we're here. But. Hm." He looked around, shuffling through drawers. "Holy... wow. Um." He pulled out a small tear away calendar. "It's 2008." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miaj 2008-01-16 06:43 am UTC (link)
	"Space travel's real, for sure. That's probably how I got here. What's 2008?" She went to look over his shoulder at the calendar. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_multiplicity 2008-01-16 06:44 am UTC (link)
	"The year," he said, looking at her as though she had a few heads. "Don't you have calendars where you're from. When you're from. Whatever." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)