Video

[mamanurse]

[Melissa appears on camera, wearing her nursing scrubs, looking more than a little frazzled. Her jaw is set and she also looks pissed in addition to frazzled. Look out, mom on a rampage.]

Okay, you know what? It can't hurt, here goes nothing. I get here somehow I don't quite remember, and I'm told that talking to a bunch of strangers on-line will answer all my questions. I really hope that's the case, because I'm not feeling in the mood for any games.

So, tell me where I am please? And how I can get home? I don't have any on-line names, you can just call me Melissa. I don't mean to be rude, but I have a job to do and a son to raise and a mortgage to pay. So...I gotta go.

Comments

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

Yes. Someone told me we need them to stay healthy.

[Which she thinks is bullshit, hence the faint nosewrinkle.]

But curses are bad. Right?

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[mamanurse]

I don't know, honey. I haven't been here long enough to find out. But they don't sound very good, do they?

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

No.

[Weirdly enough, she's cursed at this very moment. She just doesn't know it.]

They were always bad in stories. People...turned into frogs or were mean.

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[mamanurse]

[She smiles, and it's a welcoming, soothing sort of smile.]

Well, you're not a frog, are you? I'm gonna just assume you're not mean.

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

I'm not mean at all.

[She states this as fact. Serious tone and expression, far too serious for someone as young as she.]

Are you?

[...listen, she has valid reasons to ask this.]

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[mamanurse]

I'm not, I promise.

I'm Melissa, what's your name?

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

Victoria. I've been here a couple weeks.

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[mamanurse]

Hello, Victoria. It's nice to meet you.

Do you have a place to stay?

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

Yes. I stay with my dad. And mom.

[Protip; Victoria only thinks they're her parents because she's cursed as fuck. She will be angry on Monday.]

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[mamanurse]

Oh, good. I'm glad to hear that.

[At least there's some parental supervision here!]