Did you know you were my hero?

[petal_storm]

Who: Orchid and Jaeger
When: Age six or so.
What: Two children in an orphanage are lonely.

She eyed her fingers a long moment, liking how they were staying purple this time. She liked when she was purple, it felt...right. And the doctors the orphanage took them to said her skin seemed to hold more and more chromatophores as she aged. Soon, no doubt, she'd stay purple. She liked that idea. "Better?" she asked softly, fingers soothing in circles along Jaeger's temples.

They were in the attic, a place they went when it was raining so it was less intelligent to sneak out officially. The sound of rain was obvious up here, a pounding wash that made her sigh and breath deeply, "spring rains are here..." she crooned softly, fingers still working. "I missed them..." Some days it seemed there just wasn't enough water in the world, or her room. Jaeger was working on something to fix that though, and the doctors were tired of seeing her for dehydration.

Perhaps it was her meds, those seemed to have a dehydrating effect, and they weren't helping Jaeger's headaches much honestly. "Can you open the shutters?" she asked him softly, tucking a stolen blanket around him tighter. It would get cold with the slats open but the damp would be so nice...

...she hated to ask him to use his powers when he had a headache but if she didn't give his brain a path for the use it would start throwing things around and that...

...that didn't seem right honestly. But they managed yes, they tried to test their powers together instead of in labs because labs...

...labs scared her. And she couldn't really tell people WHY. She didn't need them to decide she was properly crazy because she had some very...bad memories in her head. "And I don't think we're eating enough," she admitted quietly. "We're burning too many calories when we use our powers, could be part if the headaches. I'll start growing things for us in a corner plot..."

Comments

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"Yeah yeah shut up and do as I'm told." He growled.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

Orchid....stared at him for a long moment then growled softly and walked off. She'd...make her way back home yes.

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

Like he'd said... pissing people off was all he was good for.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"Some days Jaeger I don't even know what you're trying to do," the headmistress admitted, easing down on the ground by the bench.

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"So?" He growled.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"So do you really want to chase her away?" she sighed. "I guess that's the main question."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"She's probably be safer with someone else..." He noted softly.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"Wasn't the question Jaeger."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"I don't like your question." He shook his head.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"Jaeger you've never met a question you DO like," she sighed. "Doesn't mean they shouldn't be answered."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"It was a stupid question." He shook his head.

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"No, it's an important one," she sighed. "I know you're a six year old boy with a lot of extra things in your head but it's important to know what you think you're doing in regards to Orchid."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"You dont' need to know."

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"It impacts Orchid's mental health, who is also in my care," she noted simply. "She's already requested more therapy sessions. I want to know if you're doing things on purpose because you're smart enough to do so, or not because you're still a six year old boy."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"You wouldn't understand."

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"Apparently you believe that of every person you've ever met, including Orchid," she pointed out. "Comes a point where that answer is completely and utterly reflex instead of reality and it's going to screw up your life more every time you use it."

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

You tried to have Orchid evaluated by a psychiatrist when she explained things to you." He growled. "It' HIS fault and if he'd never existed 5hings would be fine!"

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"We have to!" she countered. "Would you just casually accept Bobby saying he's from some future timeline where there's a main badguy specifically after them or do you take his stories with a grain of salt?!" she sighed.

Re: Orphanage

[code_jaeger]

"When she acts like an abuse victim you don't discredit that and make her feel like she dreamed it all up!"

Re: Orphanage

[petal_storm]

"We don't, we handle abuse, and we have to get her to talk to a doctor in either regard. We don't treat her like she's lying, Jaeger. We follow protocols because we have to."