I13DT - Not Even A Red Lord Can Ruin This

by **Miranda Weaver** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:25 pm

Miranda, with a light step, walked up to Sam and Nailah's door, knocking on it before opening. "Mom? Mum? Either of you home?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:18 am

"Come on in, dear," Samantha says as she looks up from some grading.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:05 am

"Hi, Mum," she said, closing the door behind her before bounding over to give Sam a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Have time to talk?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:17 am

"Certainly do," she smiles.

"You seem to be in a good mood, though."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:20 am

"Good things create good moods." She takes a deep breath, "I think I have a girlfriend."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:22 am

"...does she know?" She smirks faintly.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:25 am

"Yes, she does," she says, smirking back. "And she's coming for Christmas."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:28 pm

"Ah, her then. I'd wondered. She's still more than welcome."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:34 pm

"Good," Miranda said. "I think she's a little intimidated because you're teachers."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:47 pm

"Well we'll do our best to make certain she's at ease, aye?"

"She'll have a little time to get used to us when we go to the tree lighting."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:01 pm

"I'm know I'm looking forward to it," she said. "Her parents have been kind of hard on her I think, so I don't think she's sure what nice parents are like."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:04 pm

"It's sadly the case with a great many students we get here. Quite a few of the faculty aren't on good terms with their parents either."

"You'll get to meet your grandparents eventually, though. The tough part there is figuring out how to tell them you're already a teenager."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:11 pm

"I imagine that's not the toughest part."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:32 pm

"I think your Auntie Kat might take this quite a bit better, though."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:38 pm

"Oh?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:40 pm

"Aye. She's been exposed to the oddity of this life a good deal more than your grandparents have."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:42 pm

"Hmm. Yeah, I can see how that would make things easier."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:47 pm

"She's not, you know, in the life, not so much as us. She does have powers, though."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:48 pm

"Well, not everyone has to be, which is fine. Kind of like a lot of things."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:56 pm

"She's fun though. Younger than me."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:02 pm

"I look forward to meeting her. Power question: Does Mom ever see stuff that makes no sense, like 'isn't possible' makes-no-sense?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:06 pm

"Aye. Sometimes her visions are more allegorical. Sometimes she even wakes up speaking in rhyme."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:08 pm

"Okay. That makes sense." Then she mutters to herself, "Maybe that's what it was."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:11 pm

"Do you want to talk about it?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:22 pm

"Well, it's kind of..." She blushed, "Well, I saw several visions of myself kissing Kay and in one of them she turned into a frog."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:25 pm

"Might be whimsy, might be an expression of your own anxiety about it."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:27 pm

"And it was the first time I've had to sort through possibilities without Mom around."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:29 pm

"Aye. Bear in mind that you insert yourself into the equation every time. No one's an impartial observer."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:31 pm

"Sort of like looking through a lens?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:33 pm

"Aye, except you're the lens as well as the observer. You color everything."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:35 pm

She nods, "That makes sense. I'll have to talk to Mom about it. Maybe practice more."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:37 pm

She nods. "She has more direct experience, but precognition is never a straight path."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:38 pm

"Doesn't seem like anything having to do with powers is."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:39 pm

"Physical powers, energy powers, those are a bit more straightforward."

"Between me and your mother, I don't think 'straightforward' was in the cards, for you."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:40 pm

"If nothing else, my origins alone ruled out 'straightforward'."

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:42 pm

"They could have gone for having you shoot lasers."

She lifts up her hands in mock-zapping. "Pew-pew, aye?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:46 pm

Miranda lifted her hands in a similar gesture. "Somehow, I don't see it," she said with a grin.

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:55 pm

"Just have to make do with mind arrows."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:01 pm

"Such a hardship."

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:11 pm

"So, do you want some time to go out and maybe shop for a gift for Kay?"

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