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[cyders.livejournal.com]

[there is a little girl with ringlets sitting in River's room today, and she appears to have... made a fort? she's peering out at the community over one of the carefully constructed walls of her mattress safehouse.]

Ni hao. I'm on a mission. [she holds up a scrap of paper.] It's top-secret, but the instructions for the mission say that I should introduce myself. I'm Secret Agent River Tam, on duty. I came in late and missed the mission debriefing, but I have it all here.

The first step of my mission is to get out of here before I get caught by the bad guys! [she looks around for the supposed "bad guys", then glances at her scrap of paper and stage-whispers to the community.] I'm supposed to ask for an escape route from my comrades. That's you guys. The mission information says I need a "worldhop", which is some kind of codeword, right? If someone knows what that means, I need one!

[she fumbles with the paper and starts reading directly from it now.] And I have a message to relay from the boss. It says, "She's been misplaced. Normality will restore itself shortly. Remove her from this space until then. Handle with care. There is a list of the pre-approved to prevent trickery. A plague is not incomparable. She's precocious."

[the little River looks at the community expectantly.]

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[loyalbound.livejournal.com]

[ Precocious. I was a... precocious child. ..... Oh boy. ]

... A world-hop is a term referring to transportation between universes. I assume your... boss... wants you elsewhere while you're in this state.

[microstream.livejournal.com]

I'm not in any state. And duh, I'm supposed to be getting off this ship. It's my first test—

[she actually looks at Castiel now, and she stops suddenly. and then she dives back into her fort and comes up with another piece of paper. she looks from it to him and back again, and her expression is sort of amazed.]

... Are you my angel? The boss was right. He said— [she clears her throat and tries to look calm and collected again.] I mean, I was informed as to the possibility of your arrival.

[she turns the new piece of paper over to show him and it is... an incredibly accurate and detailed sketch of Castiel, with writing beside it; "your angel. trustworthy. one of the highest-ranking officers. listen close."]

[loyalbound.livejournal.com]

[ ... headtilt. headtilt. what are these shenanigans baby river why are human children so energetic-- okay wow that's a pretty good likeness.

he nods. river obviously knew what she was doing, so he'll try and follow her lead. ] That's right. My name is Castiel.

[microstream.livejournal.com]

[she nods, mildly smug.] I knew it. Your name is on the list of agents. Oh— it has footnotes!

[she ducks into her fort while she reads them. apparently footnotes are very exciting!!! after a bit of murmuring, she resurfaces, still going over the paper.]

The boss says that you're a potential ally for escape, but you might have missions of your own to do, so I shouldn't bother you if you do. [she looks up at him.] Are you on a mission right now, Castiel?

[loyalbound.livejournal.com]

[ yeah, don't mind him, he's just going to watch everything you do with fascination. ]

I have a larger mission that has been ongoing for some time now, but - to tell the truth, I've hit a dead end currently. Unless something else comes up, I have nothing urgent that needs attending to.

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[hasbottombunk.livejournal.com]

[Have a befuddled looking Rory.]

River?

[microstream.livejournal.com]

[she gives him a flat look, an expression that is very distinctly River.]

That's what I said. I haven't gotten a codename yet.

[hasbottombunk.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow.

Must be a virus or something. Are you alright?

[microstream.livejournal.com]

I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? [she huffs and rolls her eyes.] You're like Simon.

[troy-handsome.livejournal.com]

River? You've shrunk.

[microstream.livejournal.com]

I haven't shrunk! Technically, I've only ever grown. It's going to be years before I shrink. [INDIGNANT HUFF.]

[troy-handsome.livejournal.com]

Right...of course you have, what was I thinking?

So, you're a secret agent on a top secret mission and you need a worldhop to escape the bad guys. That's perfectly normal. So where d'you need to go?

[docfoul]

[I can provide you with a worldhop right now, little miss.]

[Though he's pretty sure her "boss" wouldn't let that happen. In truth, he's just testing the waters here - how much did River plan for this virus? And how could she know?]

[microstream.livejournal.com]

What's your name?

[docfoul]

[You may call me Doc Scratch.]

[microstream.livejournal.com]

[she looks down at her paper and back up with a flat expression.]

You're on the "do not trust" list.

[makewayforroze.livejournal.com]

Have you found help?

[microstream.livejournal.com]

Yep. Rory's going to get the Doctor to take me to Castiel.

[exceedingwords.livejournal.com]

[microstream.livejournal.com]

Not relative to other creatures. If you said "human" that would be more true, but I'm big in comparison to a lot of creatures.

[exceedingwords.livejournal.com]

[microstream.livejournal.com]

It's okay. I guess I can forgive that. What are you?

[sandinmyboots.livejournal.com]

Hi, kid! You need anything?

[Kefka may not be able to worldhop, but the supplies Kefka keeps are bottomless. Besides, this little River is fascinating.]

[microstream.livejournal.com]

[okay, she doesn't need anything, but someone is offering her things, and who is she to resist?]

Like what?

[sandinmyboots.livejournal.com]

Healing potions. Armor. A magic stick that heals people. That kind of thing.

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