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noitatnacni) wrote2013-06-20 06:27 pm
noitatnacni) wrote2013-06-20 06:27 pm
002 | Action + Voice
So does your birthday still count if you technically skipped four months?
[This is an important question being posed over your journals, Luceti. Because if it does count, Zatanna's fifteen today. Not that she's been advertising it a lot. Holidays have been kind of hard on her since Halloween, and today really isn't an exception. It's the first birthday she's spent without her father, and in the superhero business? That's saying something.
She tries not to let it get her down, though--or at least, not to show that it is. Maybe if someone catches her when she's alone, they'll see hints of it. Staring off into space with a frown at some reminder. There's bound to be plenty, since she's raiding the library for books on magic and the item shop for more stage friendly props. The training she does daily at the battle dome (with her birthday being no exception) isn't the only thing she should keep up with.
So at some point during the afternoon, she'll try to find bored people in the plaza, cards in hand. It'll be better than just the "think of your card and I'll name it" bit, promise. Sometimes she sticks to sleight of hand, while others she may employ a backwards chant. Maybe it's not all that impressive in a place where anyone can learn magic, but she doesn't want those skills to deteriorate. It's the one connection she's got to her father, the person who taught her what she knows.
Eventually, she'll head back to Community House 5 when she starts thinking about dinner.]
[This is an important question being posed over your journals, Luceti. Because if it does count, Zatanna's fifteen today. Not that she's been advertising it a lot. Holidays have been kind of hard on her since Halloween, and today really isn't an exception. It's the first birthday she's spent without her father, and in the superhero business? That's saying something.
She tries not to let it get her down, though--or at least, not to show that it is. Maybe if someone catches her when she's alone, they'll see hints of it. Staring off into space with a frown at some reminder. There's bound to be plenty, since she's raiding the library for books on magic and the item shop for more stage friendly props. The training she does daily at the battle dome (with her birthday being no exception) isn't the only thing she should keep up with.
So at some point during the afternoon, she'll try to find bored people in the plaza, cards in hand. It'll be better than just the "think of your card and I'll name it" bit, promise. Sometimes she sticks to sleight of hand, while others she may employ a backwards chant. Maybe it's not all that impressive in a place where anyone can learn magic, but she doesn't want those skills to deteriorate. It's the one connection she's got to her father, the person who taught her what she knows.
Eventually, she'll head back to Community House 5 when she starts thinking about dinner.]
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[Plus, there are things about it Zatanna kind of isn't up for celebrating. It's hard when the one person she's used to always being there, isn't.]
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[She'll even pick up something cute at the store, now that she's got some idea of what size Zatanna wears from their previous shopping trip.]
So, how old are you now?
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[She's definitely got Zatanna excited. Being pampered for her birthday sounds amazing.]
Fifteen.
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[It's a luxury that Bulla can appreciate.]
Cool. I'm turning sixteen next month.
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[As if Zatanna needed more reason to be excited.]
Really? What day? My best friend is turning sixteen too, on the thirty-first.
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[Attached, even. Hence why her father gets annoyed with Fashion Club meetings taking place there.]
I'm turning sixteen on July 27th. Is your best friend here in Luceti?
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[Poor guy. Should've thought of that before he had a teenage daughter.]
Wow. That's really close. And yeah she is; her name is Artemis. We're from the same world, and we're roommates here.
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[She's not sure if that helps as a point of reference, but the community housing buildings are taller than most others.]
That's great that you have your best friend here. I feel bad for people who don't have anyone familiar here.
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[It only seems fair to share that detail.
She does somber a bit at what Bulla says next, though.] Yeah. It’s one of those things you wouldn’t wish on anyone, but if they do show up, you’re really glad to have them. Artemis was here for two months on her own, and it was pretty hard on her.
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I'm going to start heading over if that's okay. It shouldn't take me too long to get there.
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[And true to her word, it doesn’t take Zatanna long at all to arrive at Bulla’s house. She’s not sure exactly which way leads to the salon, so she just knocks on the front door to keep things simple.]
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Hey Zatanna! Come on in.
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[Even though it's filled with various gels, shampoos, and other things that would make it rather heavy. Bulla's physically stronger than she looks.
She points with her free hand.]
The salon is this way.
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[Although that's the reason they generally prefer people to book appointments, since it all is a voluntary thing.]
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[Which makes it all the more convenient that the salon is right there.]
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