( open ) girl's not grey

[realimperfect]

who: AU'd Re-L Mayer & YOU!
what: Shenanigans of the tiny kind - conning people in to buying her candy, escaping her captors (baby sitters) - and of course trying to escape the Quarantine because that's what Re-L does.
when: June 15-24th
where: All around the Quarantine
warnings: None atm!



i. just like heaven

[ Someone's found her way to the nearest candy shop in her adventures around the Quarantine. Re-L's nearly unrecognizable, without her blue make-up, shorter (but, you know, still fairly tall compared to other kids her age) - and namely, dressed in pink and with a half smile on her face. She peruses the stores nearby, moving from a bakery to a candy store, standing at the windows with her palms splayed on the glass, looking at everything with a certain sense of wonder. Romdeau had never had places so colorful or so lively, and the movement all around is close quarters and oh so exciting -

So she moves away from the window and instead in to the shop, hands clasped behind her back, humming lightly to herself as she takes in the wares, sugary sweet things she'd never been allowed to have, or had never seen before. There's a bit of an odd, hoppy pace to how she moves, balancing on one heel for a few moments before actually making her next stride, hair primly tucked behind her ear. There's a plan brewing in those eyes if anyone's ever seen one - eyeing up a particularly sweet looking batch of taffies that she'd like to get her grubby little pale mitts on. Re-L's eyes scan the crowd, looking for someone who may look a little... easy to talk to, maybe.

Or easy to string along in this little plan.

Once she's got her eyes on someone, though, she approaches and tugs on their hand, clothing, where ever she can, those big blue eyes directed up, very much puppy dog and then - ]

Do you know if their um... [ She pauses, not sure what the taffies are, but instead points - ] .. those things are any good?

ii. the great escape

[ Fortunately for Re-L, she may have found a caretaker along her wandering way or just... you know. Found a passerby who's stopped her from shirking candy stores of their candy or people of their money if she'd asked nicely enough -

And she's currently running away from them at break-neck pace, laughing her head off the entire way. She's fast, probably thanks to the sheer length of her legs, long hair billowing behind her as she runs ahead, occasionally turning, as if to check if the other person is still there -

The momentary pause may seem like she's stopping to be caught, but -

Nope. She whips right back around with another joyful laugh and takes off again. ]

iii. i still see that look in your eye

[ Somehow, once she's able to sneak way from where ever she's held up as any child should be, Re-L sneaks her way back out and .. well, somehow manages to make her way to the border wall. Being sneaky is part and parcel to living in Romdeau Dome and getting away with things, after all. Thankfully she's not trying anything miraculous or wild, actually just.. spending time taking a look up at stars - (stars!), pale little legs kicking over the edge of the wall with a careless cadence.

There's a draw to danger and places she shouldn't be, so there's no wonder any passers-by may be shocked to find her there just.. seemingly enjoying the breeze and night sky, actually... quiet, for the first time in a little while. Maybe it's the night sky or just the lack of excitement and movement at the wall - either way, for once she's not running away or thinking of sly plans. ]

iv. choose your own adventure

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