lydiascreams | [022. Do you wanna build a snowman?]

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[When Lydia wakes up that morning her bed is much bigger than she's used to. Her room is the same, but different and it's colder than it should be at home.

Once the lights in her room are on, after she takes a peek out the door and doesn't find the rest of her house, she finds the phone there and has an urge to start the video.

She appears on the camera with hair uncharacteristically out of place, and still in her pajamas.]

Mom? Dad?

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[Lydia decided to explore the place she's at. It's not grandma's house but she feels safe enough in this place and she knows her friends are out there. So she dresses herself and makes her way around the ship until she finds the deck. And snow!

She'll start with building a snowman.]

(ooc: Lydia is obviously affected. Replies will come from

pricessariel. Although she doesn't remember exactly what happened or what the Barge is, she'll know if people she's friends with approach her and will be inclined to trust them.)

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[Lydia has a lot of friends at school. She has friends at ice skating class, at drawing class. She has friends at ballet class. She goes to lots of birthday parties and lots of sleep overs.

She has lots of parties and sleep overs at her house, too. Sometimes, her parents invite so many kids, she doesn't even know all their names.

She changes best friends a lot, sometimes it's Christie, sometimes it's Ann, sometimes it's Heather. Never Mary though, Lydia doesn't likes Mary and her hair smells funny.

But none of her best friends would ever promise to share their bunnies with her like Allison did.

Lydia has Pytagoras in her hand as she finds Allison's room, pauses outside the door, and knocks. She's afraid Allison will get him dirty because she's little, but, if she's getting to meet her bunny, she can hold Pytagoras.]

[She barely finishes knocking before little Allison Argent is yanking the door open with a bright smile.]

Hi! Come in, come in, come in! We're gonna play a game with Duchess, she knows tricks!

[As she chatters brightly away, Allison takes Lydia's hand and tugs her inside, shutting the door behind her and leading her into her living room. Duchess is still nesting on the couch, her pink bandanna bunched up beside her.]

She plays Backwards Fetch...watch.

[Releasing Lydia's hand, Allison picks up the bandanna and dangles it over Duchess.

Duchess sits up, sniffs at the corner, then suddenly sits up on her hind legs to snatch it away and hops across the sofa with her prize clutched between her teeth, dragging along behind her.]

[Lydia barely even knows what to do, but she's smiling brightly because Allison is. And they're friends, so it's okay even if she drags her into her room like that.]

She's so cute! [It's really a squee that comes out of her when she sees the bunny and then she giggles when Duchess runs off with her bandana.]

Will she let go if I take it from her? [She doesn't wanna hurt her, she's so tiny.]

You don't have to! She'll bring it back if you don't chase her, watch!

[True to Allison's word, Duchess made it to the edge of the sofa, but when she realized no one was running after her, she hopped back over to the girls, dragging her bandanna behind her. Stopping right in front of Lydia, she let the corner of the bandanna fall from her mouth and looked up at her, nose twitching expectantly.

Allison beamed, proud that Duchess had chosen Lydia to try the game next. Clearly Lydia was a good choice for a friend if Duchess liked her.]

See? She wants you to play now!

[Lydia grins brightly at the bunny, feeling very special to be chosen by her. She kneels down on the floor and gently brushes her fingers behind her ears.]

Hi Duchess, I'm Lydia.

[And then she reaches for the bandana and holds it up for a second before letting it drop.

When the bunny takes off, again, she laughs and looks over at Allison.]

She's the best bunny ever!

She is! She's magic, an' she runs, an' she's soft, an'--an' she's good at cuddling.

[When Duchess returns with the bandanna this time, instead of waiting for it to be dangled so she can steal it again, she makes a tiny, growling noise and thumps her foot. Allison giggles at that, reaching out to pet Duchess's back.]

It's okay. She only pretends to be mad. When she growls an' stomps her foot, she wants to be petted an' hugged. An' you can hug her all you want, 'cause she's both our bunny now since we's friends.

[Lydia definitely brightens at the idea of hugging the bunny. She shifts closer and gently pats the bunny behind her eats.]

Did your parents let you have her? My dad won't let me have any pets. He says they're dirty.

Um...I think she's a birthday present!

[Because truthfully, Allison doesn't remember where Duchess came from, just that Duchess is hers, and she came from someone that Allison cares about, and that she's very special.]

My birthday's in Jan'wary, so she's my birthday present, just early.

[Noting that Lydia's very careful, Allison grins and leans over to pick up Duchess, then magnanimously leans over to put the bunny carefully into Lydia's arms, grinning.]

Here, silly. Give her a hug. She likes hugs, an' bunny hugs are fun. Her whiskers tickle when she sniffs on your neck.

[Lydia smiles brightly at Allison as she hands her the bunny. She looks down at Duchess and then, as instructed, hugs her as if she were Pythagoras. Only much more carefully still.

And as promised, her whiskers tickle and Lydia giggles.]

I want a bunny. Or maybe a puppy. Maybe both. I wish I could have both.

My birthday's in March.

[Seeing Lydia smile makes Allison feel all warm inside, like she feels when she holds Mister Bear or when her daddy hugs her when she cries, even when Mommy says only babies cry. She feels almost like she's her Daddy, and Lydia is her when she cries, and that she's hugging Lydia by letting her share her bunny.

But her observation about puppies gives her pause, and with a frown Allison scratches her head. There are a lot of things that confuse her about this new place, and a lot of things she's sure of without really knowing why...

It's all very weird.]

Well, you gots a bunny 'cause Duchess is both our bunny now. An', um...there are puppies here. All over...I know 'cause Duchess told me. [Yes, that makes sense. Duchess is a magic bunny, after all. She probably whispered it in Allison's ear while she was asleep...things like that happen in fairy tales all the time!]

She could help us find some! We should go huntin' for puppies. Maybe you can 'dopt one! March isn't so far away, it could be your birthday present!

[022. Do you wanna build a snowman?]

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