taxonomites | 001 - Holo: Arrival - Another Ordinary Day

“-why don’t they teach what really happened, because that was far more interesting.” As soon as the little girl registered the change in her environment... she quickly clutched at her ears and shut her eyes. It might not be for most people, but to this little girl the room was very very loud. Louder than anything at home ever was, it was all vibrating and it was very distracting. It was worse than the Veritas ship, plus there she had the lovely distraction of terror.

It took more than a few moments for her to finally speak again, “Sarah Jane? Mr. Smith...” After a brief flash of worry over her features she seemed to relax. Growing more used to the vibrations in her mind from all the energy flowing around the city. It was more abrasive than Earth’s electricity, but it wasn’t too bad after a few moments. She did seem to be handling the abduction remarkably well for someone so small.

As she crouches down at the edge of the pedestal she hops down to the ground ignoring all the steps like you would expect from a child without a parent to suggest that might be dangerous. Plus, the abduction overrides any other dangers at hand. “Is anyone there? I would like to go home. Sarah Jane was explaining several events in Earth’s history that were wrong. I was having fun with those stories, and there are much better ways to get her attention.”

After all, to Sky aliens showing up was an interesting distraction after having tea. If she freaked out every time she saw someone that wasn’t human it would be very hard to look in the mirror. She was still looking around the room when her expression grew troubled, and her eyes instantly fell to the item on her wrist. She didn’t reach for it, or try to remove it, she could feel how it was connected to her. “Sarah Jane will be very upset if this isn’t removable, I’m not allowed to have piercings yet. I’m not sure why, because some are very pretty, but I’m not.”

Sky quickly realized she was slipping away from the point and moved over to the other thing in the room that she could feel that wasn’t the room itself. Picking up the tablet and having no issue with it. She is, after all, exceptionally clever. Studying it for a little longer than five minutes, with no sign of realizing she’s still broadcasting... until she looks straight forward, so maybe she did notice. “Whoever is listening to this broadcast, what’s a paranoia? I don’t think I have one with me.”

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For such a small child, she has a flat unwavering look befitting one much older than her. But the words are definitely that of a child, direct and flat without any second thought she might want to word this in a better way, "You speak very weirdly. I like it!"

Sky didn't have much idea what he was talking about, he used a lot of words Sky either didn't know or didn't fit into the context of what he was saying. What she did understand he promptly compared to things she didn't understand, which didn't make any sense. Still, what he said was very entertaining to listen to.

"Yeah, s'omethin' I've been told before.." This is not what he's used to--not at all--but he'd be damned if he wasn't grinning like an idiot. She immediately reminded her of his own baby, and not his car.

"Heya, Sunspot, gotta question for you." It's why his voice is a little softer, grin a little wider. He fucking loves kids--it's probably because he's pretty much one himself.

"You outta the room an' doin' shiny, or you need wheels?"

"I've been told similar, well, usually they don't tell me," Sky didn't notice at first, and at first nobody explained it. Eventually Luke and Rani finally explained she was... off putting, to normal people. Clyde instantly told her it was alright, and she certainly didn't take the words as bad. She just was who she was.

"My name isn't Sunspot, its Sky," She wasn't sure where all these nicknames were coming from, even if that was more applicable to her than 'Kiddo.' This, at least, was close enough to terms Clyde used she could understand the question. "I'm not sure what you mean by shiny, but I don't need a vehicle at the moment. Unless the city is very large I should be able to get where I am going on my own. Also I shouldn't accept rides from strangers."

The final words seemed nearly an afterthought to her lack of need, the standard safety creed to children and 'stranger danger.' It wasn't an issue as she needed no assistance. She did file this away for later, in case she did need a ride.

"S'not what I'm asking, monkey." The nicknames didn't stop and PArty actually looks a little annoyed. More at himself than the girl--he needs to talk like whatever a "decent human being" was, apparently. Instead of everyone catering to him like he wanted to, dammit.

"I mean are you alright and do you need help? Has anyone explained shit to you?"

"Sunspot was more accurate than Monkey," This is really annoying, not only can he not figure out her name, the nicknames are getting worse.

"I'm fine, and I don't need help yet. Although I'm not sure what scale this map is on," Sky paused, 'shit' was a word she had been forbidden but Clyde explained it had two different uses. Normally it was just a more vulgar term for 'stuff.' She hesitated as she wasn't sure how to respond at first, trying to pick between the proper meaning, and the common meaning. Given how this person misused the language, he probably didn't mean the proper use. "...Yes, the general information on this place was explained to me."

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