accidental video/action:

[charring]

[Insomnia and late nights at work don't mix so it should surprise no one when Charlie dozed off at her desk at the Dragon late last night. Waking up the next morning, however, was not the Charlie the City recognizes unless they looked very carefully.

The Charlie that woke up was smaller, younger by almost ten years. And blonde. And she doesn't remember the City at all.

That was why when the feed does kick on, it shows, from a very strange angle (probably a jacket pocket or something) a young girl peeking around a corner very carefully. Her back is against a wall and everything is being studied very carefully.

Her expression is confusion, concern and a stubborn determination the older Charlie possesses. She even has older Charlie's backpack over her shoulder and her tiny fist is curled around a handful of coins she found within. When she was sure it was okay to, she stepped out of the alley onto the sidewalk and made her way to the nearest clothing store, still wearing the clothes she fell asleep in.

She'll be found almost anywhere in the Cit. Probably not the Underground and certainly not places kids should go. And she hasn't noticed the device in her pocket switched on. She just thought it was a camera and was going to sell it.]


[ooc: grab bag weekend. charlie will be a child for the duration with absolutely no city memories. and replies will be coming from split_the_world]

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[unflagging]

Caw.

[Trained? No. Able? Possibly yes... Check out that authentic crow call imitation. Oh yeah.]

[split_the_world]

You're a very strange bird.

[This is her assessment. Bird, you are freaking her out and amusing her just the same.]

[unflagging]

Caaaw caaw...

[split_the_world]

Uh-huh. [Weird. Friendly, but that's weird.] I'm gonna go. I need to take care of some things.

Uh...see you?

[Really, what does one say to a bird that's following them.]

[unflagging]

I'll come with you!

[Oh, did that bird just talk? Yes, I think it just did.]

[split_the_world]

[What the fuck? She's just going to stare at the bird.]

This isn't happening. [Pause.] That just happened. Someone told me this City was crazy and they're right. I don't like that they're right.

[unflagging]

I'll come with you!

[See? Maybe it's just like a parrot. It can repeat things. Sure. That's all.]

[split_the_world]

[No[e. This isn't right at all. But she stops and just gives the bird an exasperated look.]

Really? Why?

[...it doesn't hurt to ask.]

[unflagging]

Caaaw.

[Nope, nothing to see here.]

[split_the_world]

[Bird, she will set you on fire. No, she won't. So she's just going to continue on, probably walking a little faster than before. Maybe if she ate something, things will stop being weird?]

[unflagging]

[Pffft. Like that'll stop him.

Yes, hurry along. And he'll hurry along with her--hopping, fluttering along, flying from perch to perch if need be. He's got to make good on his word, now, doesn't he? He did say he'd come with her.]