( video + action. )

[feigns]

[ when the video clicks on, it shows a particularly relaxed will; he's leant aainst a tree in xanadu, a apple in one hand. for those particularly familiar with him, the relaxation and general air of contentment is somewhat more natural than usual — innocent, even. when he speaks, the welsh accent is somewhat more pronounced, the london overtones muted or otherwise non-existent. ]

I've thought, on occasion, that my sisters would be fond of the City. The curses are inconvenient, but it would be difficult to describe any of it as boring; Cecily has a tendency to go out of her way to cause trouble. [ a flicker of a smile. ] So I dare say she'd be right at home here. [ a pause, and his glances up at the sky for a moment. ] For all the variety of people that the deities bring to the City, it's remarkable how often it is that one ends up wanting for a touch of familiarity, even if it's otherwise cruel to wish for the uprooting and general disruption of lives.

—Although outside of curses, the way that the City is designed feels almost too perfect; it's hardly any wonder that the deities turn to curses to make it more interesting for themselves.

[ ooc: the years that never were: blah blah ~spoilery stuff~ didn't happen, so will is actually capable of being genuinely pleasant. ]

Comments

[conesoldstober]

[Wow. More Welsh people. This may be an invasion. Have a familiarly Swansea-sounding accent, Will.]

I haven't found it overly perfect, even curses aside.

[feigns]

I meant in terms of places, as opposed to anything else.

[conesoldstober]

I've never been a great believer in high-rises. Seems rather cold.

[feigns]

The City seems to have a little bit of everything, in fairness.

[likeboudica]

Will— [ he seems so— happy. Happier, certainly, than she has seen him. ] I did not know you had sisters.

[feigns]

Two. One older, one younger.

[likeboudica]

[ Carefully: ] Which one is Cecily?

[feigns]

She's the younger.

[shall_yield_us]

Well, as long as you're comfortable.

[feigns]

As comfortable as can be expected, all considered.

[shall_yield_us]

As comfortable as a man hanging by a thread, but never fighting the noose.

[feigns]

If it exists by only a thread, I can't imagine there being much need to fight the noose.

aaaction?

[ex_anuglybloom413]

[A nosy teenage girl pauses nearby to listen to his little introspection, taking the moment to finish the last of an ice cream cone, although her expression grows increasingly more incredulous the longer he speaks. When eh's done, she speaks up,]

Far from perfect.

ACTION

[feigns]

[ he watches her expression with a mixture of curiosity and amusement, and when she speaks, he shrugs loosely; ]

I wasn't talking about what the City does, or its inhabitants, only what it contains in terms of places. [ like xanadu, for example. ] It doesn't make me like it any more, if that's what you thought.

ACTION

[ex_anuglybloom413]

{She's a soulless bitch, unfortunately, and she finds this concept of 'places' being perfect to be puzzling. Puzzling enough that she wanders over, although there is still scorn on the back-burner should the answer to her questions not be interesting enough to her.]

That's what it sounded like. It's just a place with people, like anywhere else.

[feigns]

[ at her comment, he studies her for a moment, mild scepticism reflected in his expression. ]

And yet if it were truly like anywhere else, and everywhere else was equally similar or the same, the City would elicit no feelings of any kind at all.

video;

[gonnabeminister]

I'm not happy my sister's here.

[>|]

video;

[feigns]

I didn't say I'd be happy if they were here, only that it's possible they'd be fond of the City, and that I'd appreciate a familiar face. Appreciation, gratification, and happiness are entirely different emotions.

video;

[gonnabeminister]

Still.

My sister probably loves this place but I wish she were back in England.

video;

[weasleyrunt]

[Have a very freckled, very ginger little girl peering at the camera with her big bright brown eyes.]

I wish I had sisters.

video;

[feigns]

And I've wished I had brothers.

video;

[weasleyrunt]

You don't want brothers. They're loud and smell funny and pull on your hair.

[video]

[deadly_legacy]

[She smiles at the screen, trying to hold it so her nightgown doesn't show quite so much. Being handcuffed to another makes it difficult to change. Still, she's always preferred video. The subject of family is always a fond one for her.]

I didn't realize you had sisters.

[video]

[feigns]

[ if he catches sight of her nightgown, he doesn't comment on it. ]

Two; Ella, who's older, and Cecily, who's younger.

[video]

[deadly_legacy]

Are you very close?