attempt number twenty-one ♻ (voice)

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

Travel tip: if any of you have plans to head the way of the Fire Nation, I suggest brushing up on your … I don't even know. What this is, Japanese? Chinese? The books are all in Chinese. I don't know if this elaborate blob of ink is supposed to mean elephant, oak tree, or "simmer for fifteen minutes or until golden-brown."

[ There's a sigh, followed by a thumping noise as she tosses the book aside. ] I guess I should be focusing on catching up on my own books, anyway. I've got like a million chapters of Spanish to catch up on, and Nietzche doesn't read itself.

Oh, and also? Don't let seasons fool you. It's always warm here. I swear, it's like fifty degrees warmer here than it was in Washington. Which, don't get me wrong, is a good thing. Awesome, even. [ Of course, that might have something to do with the volcano that the castle is on. Which is ... a tiny fact she hasn't picked up on. ]

Comments

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Buffy, I slay vampires for a living.

I can believe a lot.

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

Secret government agency had my dad and me on the run. We ... spent a few months south of the border. It's all sorted out now, though.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that can be a real bummer...



What were they accusing him of?

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

Uhhhh ... well, formally? Nothing.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Informally?

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

His chief adviser thought that my dad could fly.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Uh, and he hunted him down because of it?

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

Uhh, it's ... kind of complicated. There was this whole hunting people with abilities thing. Not exactly Geneva friendly -- actually, World War II summarizes the whole ordeal pretty well. Except in this case, Anne Frank was in a cheap motel in Patzcuaro instead of an attic.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you can at least collect some royalties off your diary...?

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

I'll sell it to a production company. Or, I would, if anyone would believe me.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

I guess that's the problem with the whole truth is stranger than fiction clause... Some of us are destined to have our stories go unsung.

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

I think we'll manage somehow. The publicity would probably suck anyway.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

We'd have to stock up on big sunglasses.

[autophoenix.livejournal.com]

I live in California, I like to consider myself suitably sunglasses-equipped already.

[cuzitswrong.livejournal.com]

Me too, actually.