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Dora Tonks is (polymorphic) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-14 21:49:00

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!shelved, day 19, location: in town, nymphadora tonks, rose tyler

Who: Nymphadora and OTA
What: Dora is looking for her mummy and daddy
When: Day 19, 7am
Where: Around town; nearest location theatre
Rating: PG.
Status: Active

Nymphadora had woken up early in the morning, though that wasn't anything particularly new. She liked the early mornings and padding into the kitchen to see if her father was already awake and making breakfast. She loved helping him, especially when he made pancakes. That was when Nymphadora would make up different shapes and beg him to cook the pancakes in those shapes. After that, they'd wake up mummy and eat breakfast. So the girl woke up, all excited to do that.

Except, she didn't wake up in her bed. She didn't wake up to the bright coloured room of pinks and yellows, nor did she wake up with her favourite stuffed animal. She didn't wake up in her own house! What the heck! Frowning, she looked around for Charlie Weasley. Or maybe Bill Weasley. Maybe the Weasleys were over and the boys were playing a prank on her. Booted feet..ew, boots? Where were her ballet slippers? She was very into ballet right now. Even if she kept falling down. But booted feet clomped through the hall of the gymnasium straight outside.

This wasn't where she lived. Not at all. Frowning, Dora tugged on her pigtail, it changing by itself to a more mousy brown sort of colour, and she continued to wander outside. "Mummy!! Daaaadddy!" She kept wandering, not even quite sure where she was going. But she was very sure that she'd find Andromeda and Ted Tonks soon. Quite sure.

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polymorphic
2009-08-18 06:04 pm UTC (link)

Dora tried to stay very still so Rose could fix her hair, but was squirming a little by the time the older woman finished. "What's your favourite colour, Rose?" Asked with a grin. So she could surprise her with that colour and stuff.

She was giggling and nodding, "He tells very good stories, I think. And lotsa people would like it and buy all of his books up! He'd be like Dr. Seuss! Or the lady who wrote Mister Post Owl!" Remus could be an author, yes. "I want to be a ballerina when I grow up. Or an astronaut. Or a princess knight, like you!" Finishing her apple, Dora looked for someplace to put the core. She was going to eat her ho-ho, but decided that maybe they should save that for after looking for dragons.

Popping up, she grabbed Rose's hand to tug her inside. "We should make sure that dragons aren't hiding in your castle." And, she really wanted to see a museum!

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-18 07:07 pm UTC (link)

"Pink," Rose replied, thinking in amusement of her room back at home. It had been a while since she'd spent a full night in there, and it was still the same shade of obnoxious pink it had been when she was Dora's age.

Rose listened attentively as Dora described her potential career choices, and grinned. "I think you'll make a beautiful ballerina, but you know something? Being an astronaut would be completely brilliant. Going into space, seeing the stars, meeting new people on new planets..." Of course, in Dora's world they hadn't quite managed that yet. But Rose knew. And if anyone could be the first human to make contact...well, without an alien's help, of course, it would be the ambitious Tonks.

Accepting the tug on her hand, Rose got to her feet and gathered up their mess. She put the ho-ho's in her hoodie pocket and then let Dora lead her into the museum. "Good thing you're here to help," she whispered conspiratorally. "Not sure I could take one on all by myself if I found it."

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polymorphic
2009-08-19 04:49 pm UTC (link)

The kid's eyes got very wide as Rose said that her favourite colour was the same as Dora's. And Dora hadn't even told her that first! "Me too!" Excitedly said even as she was sort of scrunching up her nose in order to focus on turning just her hair a fun and bright pink colour. First one pigtail and then the other. There. That would keep them both happy.

"Maybe I can be the first astronaut ballerina! Other people in space like dancing too, right?" Everybody liked dancing, didn't they? It didn't even matter if they were very good or not. Leading Rose further in, she whispered back. Didn't want to scare the dragons if they were sleeping.

"I think Sarah dipped us." She nodded sagely, totally messing up the word serendipitous and not even knowing it. She had heard someone use it once and asked what it meant. She remembered that! Just not how to say it.

"How come the pictures are all yucky and stuff?" The pigtailed girl was observing how rundown things looked. "Why is the whole town like that?"

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-19 06:43 pm UTC (link)

Rose's face lit up in delight as Dora's pigtails turned pink. "Beautiful, Miss Dora. That is, indeed, a colour fit for a princess." Even with all of the things Rose had seen, a human who could change her appearance at will was still a very special thing.

"Let you in on a secret? Some people in space love dancing! I have a friend who danced with me on his spaceship! Isn't that brilliant?" Okay, so it was a stolen spaceship. It still counted! "And that Doctor bloke? He's not a bad dancer either, even if he'll say he is." Remy's words again flickered through her mind and she shoved it aside, putting all of her attention on the tiny hand in hers and the girl it belonged to.

Sarah dipped us? Nope, Rose wasn't even going to ask. The translation between child and adult just sometimes shouldn't be breeched. So instead, she focused on the next question. "Some very bad people came and attacked the town," she informed Dora sagely. And sadly, it was true enough. Maybe the town had been like that before the residents had been kidnapped. But then, maybe they'd been the ones to do it. Or maybe they'd built it this way. Hmm. "We're trying to make it better, little by little. But some things, like the paintings and the statues? It's not very easy."

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polymorphic
2009-08-20 06:50 pm UTC (link)

Dora started giggling, very pleased that Rose liked her hair colour so much. Then she looked up, eyes wide in awe and admiration. "You danced in a spaceship? Do you think I could do that when I'm grown up?" Because, of course, she was still too young to go on spaceships now! Had too much to learn on Earth still. When Rose spoke about Doctor Eustace, she rolled her eyes slightly and sighed in an exasperated manner that was beyond her six years. "Boys always say they're bad at stuff that they think is too girly!" Silly boys.

At the mention of bad people attacking the town, the little girl grew very solemn. "Bad people oughtn't do that. They need a timeout." She looked around again, peeking at a painting that was in bad shape. "Do you think I could maybe help make it better?"

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-20 07:05 pm UTC (link)

"I'll bet you can," she said confidently, and meant it. Because she knew Jack and she knew Dora as an adult. The woman was doomed to be flirted with by Rose's best friend, and if they ever got out of there and Jack had a spaceship again? Yeah, she'd do her share of dancing, Rose was certain. "And not in it. On it! I was on the roof and everything, it was brilliant!" Rose hoped her excitement would pass on to the little girl, because it was necessary she keep that little face happy.

So when the child grew sad, Rose gave her tiny hand a squeeze. "I don't know, sweetheart. I don't think there's much anyone can do." Of course, everyone was so busy trying to get them out of there that no one had really thought to do much about it. "Maybe we could clean it up a bit? Even dingy old places might look better with a spot of cleaning." Not that Rose was exactly excited about cleaning, but really, what else did she have to do all day? Well, she could continue trying to find a safe place for Remus with Selene, or perhaps plot revenge against Remy. But how many hours of the day could that possibly take? "Problem is, we don't have many cleaning supplies or anything here. Not even much water, really."

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polymorphic
2009-08-20 09:19 pm UTC (link)

She listened quietly, squeezing Rose's hand in return. Her parents had said that it was okay to be sad, but that she was the one with the ability to make herself happy. So she was determined to help by doing just that. Dora leaned in to tell Rose a secret, "I'm not very good at cleaning my room either." As if it was just because people were messy that the place was messy.

"Not a lot of water? How do you and your friends drink? Or take baths! Or play in water on hot days?" That didn't sound smart at all! "I don't know any cleaning spells yet.." So she couldn't help that way. And then got an idea. "Maybe we can just make it happy! Flowers and opening windows for sunshine!"

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-21 03:29 am UTC (link)

Rose beamed down at her little protegee. The girl was a genius, despite her young years. Or maybe she really was just desperate to help. But it sounded like a wonderful idea to her. "You know, Princess, I believe you may be right." Letting go of the small hand wrapped in hers, Rose made her way to one of the windows, giving it a tug. It wasn't easy. It had probably been in place for as long as Rose had been alive. But a little muscle behind it and up it came, grime and dirt and years of age falling from it in the process.

"Whew," she said, wiping her forehead with her arm. Her mum would have a fit if she saw that. "You know, it looks nicer in here already. Why don't you pull back some of the curtains and I'll come around behind you, opening the windows." They'd have to close them at night. Though really, why bother? It wouldn't keep those in charge from getting to them. And this place could use the fresh air. "Then maybe we'll leave the dragon hunting for the gym and go flower hunting instead."

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polymorphic
2009-08-21 04:23 pm UTC (link)

"Ew.." Dora giggled, watching the dirt and dust puff in a cloud. "This? Is way worse than my room. Wait til I tell Mum and Dad." The pink-haired girl hurried forward then, to get ahead of Rose so she could pull back the curtains. There was a stumble or two (and a half) over her shoelaces, but Dora managed to stay upright as she ran to the next window and threw the curtains wide open.

Best way to fight sadness? Don't let it get you forever. Dora learned that at a young age because she liked being colourful, and sadness made her less so. "Okay! Maybe we can find a nice dragon who likes flowers too." There were all kinds of dragons after all!

"Rose? What do you think it looked like before the bad people got to it? And why did the bad people make everything so sad?"

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