Chipmunk Children AU Antics

[thefaultinthestars]

[for chipmunk orphanage AU prethreading]

THE SETTING IS. YOUR CHARACTER IS ??? SMOL. YOU LIVE IN AN ORPHANAGE IN THE BIG CITY. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF KIDS BUT WE ARE ONLY FEATURING FIVE OF THEM. THE ORPHANAGE IS UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED BUT LIKE. IT COULD BE WORSE FOR SURE.

beyond that idk u set something up other people can tag it

link to timelines if u need help figuring out time periods

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[thefaultinthestars]

[technically his name is Reid but you're allowed to call him Squid

Squid is notoriously bad at sleeping thru the night or listening to rules so he regularly sneaks out of the communal bedroom in the middle of the night, mostly to go read under the stairs or something or watch the stars on the roof or read on the roof under the stars.

Today it's a read on the roof night.

Do you follow? try to stop? were you already on the roof? some other option?]

[shorcanado]

[ already on the roof! just staring up at the stars. you know, normal girl things.

she does not even turn to look at him when he arrives. ]

Squid.

[thefaultinthestars]

[this isn't that unusual but he still has to pause briefly, slightly spooked

--Moonjelly.

[r u going by moonjelly]

[walks barefoot over to where she is and sits down]

You got out before me again.

[shorcanado]

[ yes she is going by moonjelly

when he sits she does finally look over at him, not actually answering him for awhile, before speaking slowly: ]

I did. I don't remember when I got up here, though.

[thefaultinthestars]

...I saw you at dinner so. It hasn't been too long.

You remember why you came up?

[shorcanado]

No. I remember why I'm staying up here, though. To watch the stars.

[thefaultinthestars]

They do anything interesting yet?

[shorcanado]

No. But they will. Every day, there are more and less. Where do they come from? Where do they go?

I want to see.

[inhibiting]

[ was already on the roof ]

Oh- Oh. Someone's already here.

[ the equivalent of 'someone is in the bathroom' but she's said it in an un-assertive way that could be taken in any way ]

[thefaultinthestars]

[unsure]

--does that mean I'm not allowed to be here?

[inhibiting]

If you don't like company. . .

[thefaultinthestars]

You said 'somebody's already here'. That means you're the one that doesn't enjoy company, right?

[but he is coming up anyway, u can't stop him]

[inhibiting]

I was just letting you know. . .

[ in case he couldn't see with his own two eyes ]

[thefaultinthestars]

Okay. I've been informed.

Who're you?

[inhibiting]

I'm. . .






Camille.

[ said with the pause and uncertainty of an ? obvious lie ? ]

[shorcanado]

[ Moonjelly is once again arguing with her reflection - it's a regular occurrence these days, though she tries not to do it when people are actually around. Obviously she's failed this time around, though- ]

- No, I'm not going to go talk to them. Sister Shark has been such a pain lately, and the others are always fighting about their stupid comics...no, I don't care which strong guy could beat some other strong guy. Why would I? They're not real people, so it's not like I could really fight them - yes, I do love everyone, but - ugh.

[thefaultinthestars]

[leaning in]

Loving everyone is overkill.

[shorcanado]

[ she flinches with a little gasp and then just turns to him and pouts. ]

I meant all of you, not - everyone else.

1/2

[thefaultinthestars]

[?///??]

[thefaultinthestars]

[teenage fluster]

Still sounds like overkill...

Who were you talking to?

[shorcanado]

...Myself?

[ her time to fluster. like

is that weird? is she weird? doesn't everyone talk to themself??? ]

[thefaultinthestars]

[that's kind of weird but she is weird 100% of the time so]

--What was yourself saying?

[shorcanado]

Why should I tell you...

[villainrole]

[Someone’s been a sneaky boy and “borrowed” some books. He has other “borrowed things” with him in a bag, but he’s trying to be sneaky quiet about it.]

[thefaultinthestars]

[are any of those borrowed things mine?

let's grab the bag to check]