video. un: hartbeat.

[recoined]

( kimberly hart does not have time for this. this, of course, being the entire wishing well garbage. she's currently seated on one of the stone benches, elbows resting on her knees, one hand pressed firmly to the bridge of her nose as she tries her best to ignore the casual bitching of her friend in the background. her friend who is, you know, currently half in the water. her friend that's a goddamn fucking mermaid, with a great big giant floppy tail and everything, who just so happens to also not have a fucking shirt on.  

it's just a lot, okay, and kimberly isn't really prepared for it. she hasn't had nearly enough caffeine yet today, but she can't just sit here either. so. head up, face the camera, smile. go back to being a cheerleader, and just focus on getting through halftime. or something, whatever. she's a bit out of practice. )

Hey, so — ( and as soon as the words get out of her mouth, clary's high pitched freakout can be heard steadily rising in volume in the background; kimberly's whole body turns like a whip, voice snapping, ) Clary! Can you not!

( which, okay, maybe it's a little harsh, but. whatever. she's trying to help. )

Hey. So. Cadelle. Does anybody have, like, a wheelbarrow... or a hose... or one of those stupid Nerf water pistols? Because my friend here just turned herself into a goddamn mermaid — yes, Clary, I'm talking about you!

( more fingertips pinching the bridge of her nose. more deep breaths. she can do this. focus. think about yoga. )

Does anybody have anything that might help? Or know what kind of fish merpeople eat? Or... anything?

( please, for the love of god, anything. )

That'd be great. If you could, like, let me know? Or maybe come help out, if you've got stuff? Or — oh! — if anybody knows where I can get a kiddie pool? Yeah. That'd be good too.

( somebody help her. )

Anyway, yeah. That's... that's about it. Thanks? Okay, bye.

( end feed. )

Comments

[creatio]

Are you like a Disney princess I haven't heard about yet?

( Starry eyed. Clary already loves her. )

Because you're too nice.

[theladyofwinterfell]

A Disney princess? No. I am the Princess of Winterfell. ( Sansa doesn't use that title all that often as it isn't really relevant here but it is an accurate one, considering both Robb and now Jon are King in the North. As to being nice, well. Sansa has learned that here, kindness is returned. It's different than it is at home. )

My brother is the king.

[creatio]

You're kidding me.

( Oh. ) You're actually a princess? I mean, um. Sorry, your majesty? Highness? If that was rude.

( OH GOD. )

[theladyofwinterfell]

Oh no, don’t worry about styles. Please, just call me Sansa. I just wanted to clarify I wasn’t a princess of Disney.

( The last thing Sansa wants is to make anyone uncomfortable in how they address her here in the city. )

[creatio]

We're going to have to introduce you to the movies then. I think you'll like them. And then you can tell us what they've got wrong about princessy stuff.

( You're stuck with her now, Sansa. )

[theladyofwinterfell]

I can imagine it's a lot. Being a princess isn't exactly a good thing, a lot of the time. It just means a whole host of people either want to marry you or want you dead and most of the ones who want to marry you are terrible old men.

( Or monsters, but Sansa leaves that out. She'd take an old man over a monster any day. )

[creatio]

Oh.

( Fairy Tales? Ruined. )

Well, it's good you're here. People are nicer. And old men get kicked in the shins by me if they try and be lecherous towards young girls.

[theladyofwinterfell]

I wish that were the case back home. Sadly, it is not, and I have never had the freedom to pursue life the way I do here in Cadelle.

( Sansa gives Clary a broad smile. )

My sister Arya would have loved you. She also likes to kick people in the shins, mostly me.

[creatio]

It's the best kind of attack. No one expects it.

( Although now Clary has knives. She'll not bring that up. She doesn't want to come across as a serial killer. )

I'm glad you're here then. Everyone deserves the chance to be happy. Magical mess aside, Cadelle's pretty amazing for letting people be themselves.

[theladyofwinterfell]

It is. I've never had a chance to be truly free and I find that I enjoy it. I've never had friends who wanted to be around me solely because of who I was. It was always what I had to offer.

( It's nice to know that Clary, Lydia, Baby, Kimberly and the others simply enjoy who she is and not what she can offer them. It's something she's always wanted. )