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@PetertheGreat, video

[zunesareawesome]

[Aw no, it's a kid. A really little kid who's by herself in this place and clearly doesn't know how to use a tablet.]

Hey--hey there! [It's a bearded guy with a friendly face. He waves.]

We're gonna look for your mama, but first can you tell me your name?

@igjwerkekhgjghkl; video

[fuckingwolverine]

[Sup, Peter. By now, she's pretty solid on the fact that this is clearly a special kind of TV, where the people on the other side of it can hear her and talk back (whether or not they're really real is yet to be determined). She crouches low to the ground, pressing close to the tablet, giving him a full view of her grubby face. She has a few scratches and bruises, but they're mild - normal kid stuff.]

Whewe here?

[zunesareawesome]

[Oh man. Okay. If he can deal with baby Groot, he can deal with this. Poor kid, though...how was anybody gonna find her to help?]

Alaska. It's a really big, snowy place.

I'm Peter. Nice to meet you.

[fuckingwolverine]

[That is definitely not any place she's ever heard of, which is no surprise, because the only distinctions she really cares about are woods and not-woods. Big and snowy sounds good, though. She smiles, more because of that than because of Peter having introduced himself.]

[zunesareawesome]

[Okay, we have a smile. Progress.]

What's your name?

[fuckingwolverine]

[The smile fades just as quickly as it came.]

Lilly.

[She says, a little grudgingly.]

[zunesareawesome]

[Less progress!]

Okay, Lilly. Is there any writing on the walls where you're from? Scribbles? Can you show me with the tablet?

[This is going to be like Rocket trying to tell Groot not to push the death button, wasn't it.]

[fuckingwolverine]

Why?

[zunesareawesome]

Because it's a game. Find the scribbles!

[fuckingwolverine]

[She mouths the word game, and then repeats:]

Why?

[What kind of game is that? She's already looked around and found things. If it's a game, she's already played it.]

[zunesareawesome]

Cause...

...that's part of the game. I'm playin' too, see, and my job is to look at the scribbles and figure out where you are.

...and there'll be prizes!

[fuckingwolverine]

No.

[She says firmly. No way. If he wants to find her, she knows what sorts of prizes he must be talking about. They're all useless things, like baths in too-hot water and dolls with weird faces and metal sticks you're supposed to use to eat food. She doesn't want any part of that.]

[zunesareawesome]

No? It's fun, I promise!

Please, it's really, really important that we find you. There's monsters out there and we don't want nothin' bad happening to you.

[Is it such a good thing to tell kids that there are monsters out there? Probably? Not?]

[fuckingwolverine]

No!

[It's a near-shout this time. She smacks the floor with the palm of her hand.]

[zunesareawesome]

Okay! Fine, y'know what? It was a stupid game anyway.

What do you want to play?

[Please work please work]

[fuckingwolverine]

Mama. Victoria.

[She wants to play with them. She always plays with them.]

... Hide 'n seek.

[zunesareawesome]

[Ouch. Peter doesn't answer for a long moment. When he does again, his voice is a little strained. The reality of her situation hits home.

She just wanted to play with her mom.

And now she was trapped here with them. Maybe even no way for anyone to get to her.

How dare this place take this kid away from her mom and family?! He was so angry he starts pacing, holding his tablet up to his face as he gives it another try.]

Your mama and Victoria might be...somewhere else. But I can help you find 'em, we just need to know where you are. The scribbles will help.

[fuckingwolverine]

Mama-- Mama finds me.

[Mama finds her, and other people try to take her away from Mama. Even if they're nice. Even when they say they want to help.]

[zunesareawesome]

Well, I'd like to come over and meet your mama, too. I gotta tell her about some things.

[fuckingwolverine]

No.

[Hell to the no. There's no way Mama will want to meet him.]

[zunesareawesome]

[Oh man, come on Peter, think!]

Okay, cool. Uh...hey! I've got lots of music. Do you like music?

[fuckingwolverine]

[Her confused frown is probably answer enough - she has no idea what he's talking about.]

[zunesareawesome]

Uhh...hold on a sec.

[He starts to play about thirty seconds of this song.]

[fuckingwolverine]

[Ohhhhh. She scoots as close as she can to the tablet, putting her ear up to it to listen better. She's quiet until it's done - and then, she hums him a song back. It's a simple tune, with a lullaby-like quality to it.]

[zunesareawesome]

[Okay, progress again! He does his best to hum the melody back at her, as much as he can pick up from it.]