[Her voice is quieter now. She casts back through her memories, finding the small moments. The vignettes of warmth buried in everything else.]
For my birthday, he brought me to a museum so I could sit in the command module of a rocket. He found a tape of the Apollo 11 launch.
[She has no idea whether Nina knows what any of those things are, but she can feel herself fading, her grip on reality getting fuzzy. Some part of her tries to panic, but can't. It's like drowning but without the pain.]
[ Nina hums again. She doesn't prompt more storytelling, because with just a few more gestures of her fingers, Ellie is dispatched into a deep sleep. Not a dreamless one, but ideally a sleep of forgettable dreams, because - without someone intervening - she's unlikely to wake again without someone intervening.
Nina rises, and then goes over and slumps into a chair, letting out a sigh of utter exhaustion. She feels grand, of course, like she always does when she uses her power - but it's a tempered sort of joy, like the weariness after you've spent all night dancing.
But the rest gives her a chance to look at Ellie sleeping. Poor thing, she thinks to herself. This whole plan is utterly insane, and it's impossible to think it's going to succeed. And Ellie seems like a girl who's had a lot of heartbreak. Nina just hopes this won't crush that poor heart of hers.
A few moments, and then Nina hauls herself to her feet with a little groan. Time to climb way too many bloody stairs. ]
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Date: 2023-08-27 10:21 pm (UTC)[Her voice is quieter now. She casts back through her memories, finding the small moments. The vignettes of warmth buried in everything else.]
For my birthday, he brought me to a museum so I could sit in the command module of a rocket. He found a tape of the Apollo 11 launch.
[She has no idea whether Nina knows what any of those things are, but she can feel herself fading, her grip on reality getting fuzzy. Some part of her tries to panic, but can't. It's like drowning but without the pain.]
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Date: 2023-08-28 01:48 am (UTC)Nina rises, and then goes over and slumps into a chair, letting out a sigh of utter exhaustion. She feels grand, of course, like she always does when she uses her power - but it's a tempered sort of joy, like the weariness after you've spent all night dancing.
But the rest gives her a chance to look at Ellie sleeping. Poor thing, she thinks to herself. This whole plan is utterly insane, and it's impossible to think it's going to succeed. And Ellie seems like a girl who's had a lot of heartbreak. Nina just hopes this won't crush that poor heart of hers.
A few moments, and then Nina hauls herself to her feet with a little groan. Time to climb way too many bloody stairs. ]