Bon Anniversaire indeed [OPEN]

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Characters: Canada; OPEN
Setting: Floor Seven; Floor Five (July 1)
Format: Starting prose, whatever you want
Summary: Canada discovers some new floors.
Warnings: angst, surely.

Seventh Floor

Canada peered into the pool, uncertain of its depths. She was a strong swimmer and those caves down below were intriguing. Maybe just a little dip into the water, but she didn't have a swimsuit. This was a strange thing to wake up to on her day of all days. Canada Day present perhaps? She wasn't sure. For now she waffled at the edge of the pool, Kumariie batting at the water's surface beside her.

Fifth Floor

The viewfinders were new and strange and she settled in front of one with a bit of wariness.

"Is...this home now?"

The sense of connection was almost immediate, but it took her breath away to see the devastation. The world she saw through the viewfinder was bare, desolate. If she stared long enough, she almost recognize landmarks and then suddenly, her heart hurt. A sudden heart-wrenching pain that brought tears to her eyes when even the view of her world could not. She felt her millions of people die and all that...that pain.

She pushed back from the viewfinder and buried her face in her hands, sobbing as quietly as she could. She wanted to be home...Only home was gone now wasn't it?

Comments

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

Molly's head pops up at the other side of the pool, "Ha! I win!!" She pouts at her, "You didn't let me win cuz I'm small right?"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"Nope. I think the super strength push was a bit of cheating though."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

She pouts, "I can't help it, I'm just strong!"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada laughed and shook her head, "Yes I understand."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

Molly floats on her back and stares at the ceiling, "I miss the ocean. Have you ever been? We used to go lots."

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada nodded and shrugged.

"I have been, but it's been quite some time since I've been to my own beaches."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

She goes underwater but pops up a second later and resumes her floating "How come?"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada thought for a moment and shrugged again.

"I somehow end up on American or Cuban beaches."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

Molly stops floating and treads water to look over at her, "How come? Why aren't you home lots?"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"Because I get invited slash dragged down to others beaches? I'm home often, but not usually when I can go to the beach. Unless I want to jump in the ice water...I've done that."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"Well you should invite them to your beaches instead!" Molly tilts her head, "Isn't ice water cold?"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"That would be exactly the point Molly. It's a test...to jump in ice cold water." She giggled, "Usually in a bikini or something. I don't know why, but it's fun."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"I wanna try!" She throws her arms up in the air which throws off her treading and makes her slip underwater, but she comes up soon enough, "oops!"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada giggled and reached over to hold the girl afloat.

"It's not for the faint of heart."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"Huh?" She sounds very confused, "My heart is fine!"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"I mean jumping in ice water is not for the faint of heart. If you're easily shocked and all."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"I dunno, I've never been struck by lightning!"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"Ah that is not what I meant..."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

She laughs and replies, "I know" before continuing to swim around, "I wanna go home."

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada sighed and leaned on the edge of the pool, watching Molly for a moment.

"We all do dear...We all do."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

Molly swims over to the edge and holds on, "When do we get to leave Madlin?"

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

Canada sighed and floated on her back, staring at the ceiling.

"I don't know Molly..."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"I hope it's soon, I miss my friends." She pauses for a moment, "But if I leave then I'll miss my friends here too."

[pineandmaple.livejournal.com]

"Well...I wouldn't want to get your hopes up either way..."

[princesspowaful.livejournal.com]

"When you go home will you miss the people you missed here?"