poly_chromatic | . 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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[ He knows it well and so his end of the feed blurs as he moves to stand and make his way out of the office. ]

Yeah, it can. It weren't like any camera I'd ever seen either. But they got some funny technology here.

Wow...it's the smallest camera I've ever seen!

[This is now her favorite thing. TINY CAMERA. Gonna take all the pictures with it.]

How do they fit the film in here?

It doesn't need it, neat huh?

[ Her enthusiasm is cute. ]

Whaaat? It doesn't need film?

[She is SHOCKED by this news.]

How does it work without film, though?

Uh.

[ He also doesn't know that. ] Maybe I can find us a scientist to answer that.

That'd be neat.

[She grins.]

Wow...a camera without film...

[ He keeps walking, rounding the corner. From far away he can see a small girl. ]

Ain't it neat?

So neat! Do you think they'd let me take it home with me? I want to show my father this!!

[ He doesn't have the heart to tell her that she isn't going home. Nor does he think she's a new member. By Monday she'll be back to normal. ]

You never know, maybe!

Oh, I hope so...I bet he'd really like this...! Oooh, I could show it to Mother, and Alexei and my sisters...

[ Give him fifty years Anya and he might recognise all these names. ]

Big family, huh?

[Fifty years is a long time...but he's more than welcome to remember them when the time comes.]

Uh huh! I'm one of five. I have three older sisters, and a younger brother...and a whole bunch of aunts and uncles and cousins. But I don't always see them.

Must be nice.

[ He rounds a corner and there she is. With a soft smile. ] Hey kid.

It's not so bad...but having older sisters can be a pain. Olga is all grown up and Tatiana wants to be just like her, and Maria is into boys now, ugh...

[She blinks, and smiles up at him.]

Hi.

[ He laughs at her descriptions as he puts his device away. ] Yeah, when I grew up kids were like that too. A pain, right?

[She grins, brushing her dress off as she gets up.] A big pain. But sometimes it's nice to have them around, too.

[ A smile. ]

So, I promised you a tour of the station, right?

Uh huh!

[She grins and nods.]

So, where is the station? Is it nearby?

Yep, c'mon. I'll show you.

[ He's not sure if kids hold hands these days so he doesn't offer, just walks beside her a lot slower than he usually would. ]

So how old are you?

I'm eight!

Eight? Nah, you're too tall an' grown up to be eight.

[ He's teasing and it's gentle because she's just a kid and Bucky knows kids. ] I'm twenty-six and I'm not as sensible as you are.

[She giggles and grins. Oh, she likes you, Bucky.]

You really think so? Olga always says I need to act more grown up...but you're older than her. You probably know better.

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