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Lauren Tanner ([personal profile] mylastchance) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2016-12-10 06:17 pm
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[OPEN] Changes in Me

Who: Lauren and you.
What: He mad.
Where: The carnival grounds.
When: Before agent-nappings

I. He nearly shrieks when he sees it. He's washing his hands, leaving the restroom when he catches sight of himself in the mirror. There it is, a large leaf growing out out of the top of his head, and falling down over his hair. He stares at it in shock, lifting it up and trying to pull it out, but of course it doesn't budge.

"Susan? SUSAN?!"

II. Despite the change Lauren wasn't reluctant to leave his trailer. He had a leaf growing out of his head instead of hair, and it refused to be moved. His ears were longer and more elf-like as well. He should have known it was coming, of course, but for some reason he hadn't expected it to happen like this. Although many individuals at the carnival were strange in appearance, he'd had no reason to assume it was because of working here, or that it would happen to him. He knows he was being naive, and that only makes him angrier. That's the feeling that motivates him now, the only reason he can make himself leave the trailer.

He can't stay in that small space right now. His feelings were getting the best of him, boiling over and he didn't have any idea how to deal with it. Instead he stomped throughout the carnival grounds, staff in hand. He was angry and it showed in the tension of his shoulders and the scowl on his face.

Will you get in his way?
fragileandsoft: (quiet reminder that i'm a widow)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2016-12-11 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The rejection catches him off guard, and Greg's concern keeps mounting. He clutches the little box. Susan said that the two of them got caught here, rather than choosing to stay. He can figure how that's starting to weigh on him.

"Look... I don't wanna belabor the point, but the music lessons... I meant it when I said anytime. Just to, I dunno, vent or anything."
fragileandsoft: (let's go before the cops come)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2016-12-12 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
He hesitates a moment longer, then nods. Sometimes people need space. "All right. Take care of yourself." He starts picking up his armfuls of broken game pieces. "Just... if you ever don't... I'm around."
fragileandsoft: (if you put it that way i guess)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2016-12-12 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, um. If you don't mind?" It's not as heavy as it might look (at least, not to Greg), but it is awkward to balance it all. "I'm just moving this over behind misc. right. Fewer customers to look in on the mess."
fragileandsoft: (bigger bits to fry)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2016-12-14 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks." The walk isn't far, but Greg leads them on a longer route to avoid the high-traffic areas of attractions and games. "I'm pretty used to having my job all to myself. Nice to have the help around, even if I'm not my own boss anymore."
fragileandsoft: (unable to think of an easy alternative)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2017-01-09 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
"You and your brother lived in the forest, right?"

All by themselves, from what Greg's gleaned. He's a little surprised to hear Lauren even had a job, but it makes sense.

"I guess this is all a lot busier than you two are used to."
fragileandsoft: (forgot for a second everyone hates me)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2017-01-09 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
Lauren can't see Greg's face as he follows behind, and in the teen's defensive state that may be for the best. For him to feel that way being around people... it makes Greg really afraid for this misfit duo of brothers.

"When you've been living one way for a long time... well, change is hard. Especially when you don't get a choice about it. Even tougher, when someone you trust doesn't seem to be on the same page as you."

The details are different, but the broad strokes sound an awful lot like how Greg and Steven are getting along with this. He still hasn't figured a way through it, either.
fragileandsoft: (vague but constant state of concern)

[personal profile] fragileandsoft 2017-01-16 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think there's a single person here who does." It's part of the nature of this place--a whimsical sort of chaos, ever-changing in status and nature. "I know a lot of people like that kinda thing, but for the rest of us..."

Greg's had the world pulled out from under his feet before. In big ways, in small ways. In ways he thought he wanted, in ways he didn't think he wanted until they happened. Even ones that turned out well in the long term... the act of change never comes easily.

"Well, it makes it hard to find a place to catch your breath."