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. 004 [Video] [grab bag weekend]

[The video starts rather suddenly, at an odd angle, like the device has been dropped. And it shows a little girl, swinging from a tree branch.

She's a very familiar looking little girl, with auburn hair and bright blue eyes, dressed up in very regal clothing (which she doesn't seem to particularly care about keeping nice), laughing as she swings back and forth, before hopping down and picking up the device, squinting and staring at it oddly.]

What in the world is this thing...? It looks like a box...ooh, I wonder if there's treasure in it!

[She frowns, determined to open this weird little thing up, poking at the device and making a series of funny faces at it as she looks for some sort of button or latch or opening. At one point, she tries to forcibly pry it open, turning it off for a moment or two before it turns back on. Having determined that no, this funny little thing does not open, she sighs over-dramatically.]

Drat. I guess there's no treasure in here after all.

[Thoroughly disappointed, she drops the device back on the ground, putting her hands on her hips looking around.]

Now...where am I?

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theroyalshvibzik. Come Monday, Anya will remember none of this weekend. And...uh, try not to inform Anastasia about the fate of her historical counterpart? I think it'll scare her.]

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Why do you throw it? It is not yours.

[Even though the English is clumsy and heavily-accented, there's an unmistakeably scolding tone to it.]

I don't know it's not mine, it was on me when I got here! So, maybe somebody gave it to me.

[Wait, she sort of recognizes that accent. She's heard people back home speaking English with accents like that! Time to switch to the mother tongue!]

Wait. Are you Russian?

Russian, yes! I'm Pavel Andreievich Chekov and I'm supposed to be in Saint Petersburg with my mama and my papa. This isn't Petersburg, or the Luna colony, or anywhere else I've ever been to.

You're from Saint Petersburg? I'm from Saint Petersburg too! I'm Nastya, what's your name?

[No need to advertise her royal status to potential new friends who could treat her different because of it.]

No, I'm from Taganrog. I only live in Petersburg, and soon I'll live in Moscow.

Nastya? I'm Pavel.

Oh, I've never been to Taganrog!It must be nice to live by the sea...my father's been, though, he says its nice.

Nice to meet you, Pavel! Do you know where we are?

It's very nice, unless you can't swim and you have mean cousins.

Good to meet you, too, but I don't know where we are. There are papers in the house I'm in and I haven't looked at all of them. If one of them say where we are I'll tell you right away.

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[Dear lord the City's been invaded by children.]

Do you assume every box has treasure inside?

No. Only mysterious talking mystery boxes.

And do you find a lot of those?

No...

I'm only asking out of curiosity. Though I doubt you'll find any treasure here, in boxes or otherwise.

Oh.

[Well this place isn't fun then.]

Where am I, anyway? Can I go home?

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[ Natasha hesitates to answer, mostly because she's unsure. The girl looks familiar—certainly her clothes are something Natasha recognizes, if not the child herself. ] Are you still there?

Uh huh, I am! Mother always said when I get lost I shouldn't wander off...though it's boring just being here...

[ Natasha decides to go for it, and switches to Russian. ] Where are you? If you like, I can come find you.

You speak Russian!

I'm in a park, by a big tree...

Yes, I do. What is your name? [ As she makes her way outside of her apartment and towards the park. ]

[There's a lot of Russians here. Maybe she's still in Russia after all. But it's strange that none of them know who she is...]

I'm Anastasia! What's your name?

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[ He knows what weekend it is so he figures that this is probably just one of the poor bastards stuck here, back in their itty bitty form. So when he speaks he does it carefully, gently. She's a kid. ]

You okay there, darlin'?

[She nods, though she looks a little unsure of herself.]

I think so...this place is strange, but people keep saying that I can go home at the end of the weekend. So, I guess it's okay...

Yeah, you will. Hey, but think about it like this. It's kind of a holiday, right?

Yeah, it is! I like holidays, and as long as I get home eventually, I'm sure my parents won't be too mad.

Oh, I'm Anastasia, by the way. What's your name?

[By this point she's figured out that it might not be the smartest idea in the world to announce to everybody she's a grand duchess. Good thing she's got a commonish name.]

Anastasia, huh? That's pretty fancy. My name's Bucky.

[She grins, puffing out her chest a bit.]

It is pretty fancy, isn't it? I like that. Fancy.

Nice to meet you, Bucky! I like your name!

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