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[anunluckypenny]

Crazy week, huh?  People dying, people coming back to life for a day, the network turning into a weird version of The Sun.  I'm not a fan of gossip.  What people do, who they do it with--that's all their business, no one else's.  

I'm even less a fan of murder, but I'm sure the police will take care of that.

Coming back to life, though... that's really something.  I ended up running around the garden most of the day.  Maybe this doesn't make sense, but being alive seems to make everything brighter.  Things taste better, flowers smell better, running is more fun.  I never would've guessed that I'd actually miss getting my heart rate up and needing to breathe.  It was a nice day, but being like this--being dead, I mean--isn't bad.  It's way better than not being in the City would be, and I still get to do the things I care about and meet people.

[Her voice takes on a gloomier tone that is very unlike Penny.]

Jenny went home.  I checked the Hall and there she was.  I'll definitely miss her.  I didn't know her for very long, but she's always so sweet and cheerful, and she's pretty much the only person I've ever had a serious conversation about freeing the animals in the zoo with. 

She said I could be part of her family, too--that I'd make a good sister.  I've never had anyone invite me into her family before.  Having a family...

[There's a brief pause, a sniff, and then, with forced brightness:]

So!  Charlie, Sophie--shopping tomorrow, right?

Comments

[punchedhitler]

It's not dumb. Around here it might end up back in your pocket when you least want it there anyway.

[anunluckypenny]

Has that ever happened to you?

[punchedhitler]

Well, not yet.

[anunluckypenny]

It's probably better not to try getting rid of them. Maybe that... irritates them, or something, and makes them more likely to record something really awful to the network.

[punchedhitler]

And Crepe likes to carry it around in her mouth, that doesn't help.

[anunluckypenny]

No, definitely not. She really likes that helmet of yours, too.

[punchedhitler]

I think she wanted to hide it. Every time I put it on Bucky and I disappear for a while.

[anunluckypenny]

Then she's just trying to keep her people around. Crepe's a good girl--smart, too. She probably does think you'll have to stay home with her if she hides it.

[punchedhitler]

Well, I hid it from her, and she can't carry my shield.

[anunluckypenny]

What about boots? She might just keep taking things until something works... or until you don't have anything left for her to hide.

[punchedhitler]

Maybe I should ask Tony to puppy-proof my armor.

[anunluckypenny]

It couldn't hurt, and you don't want chew marks on any of your armor.