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maskormenacelogs2016-06-10 10:50 pm
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WHO: Matthew Lynch and YOU possibly
WHERE: De Chima, primarily in raven camp aka The Meadows
WHEN: Throughout the Road Not Taken plot
WHAT: Matthew being a wee child
WARNINGS: Child endangerment maybe??? Not sure yet. Possibly extremely vague hints of child death.
I. FIRST MORNING, THE MEADOWS
[ When Billy's spell hits, it replaces Matthew with a version of himself who has been asleep and unchanging for close to nine years.
He does not know this, only that when he stirs and opens his eyes, everything around him is very strange. The bed is wide and tall, made for a wider and taller boy than himself, and he has to completely roll over just to get to the edge where he can slide out and onto the floor. He's wearing a set of pajamas he doesn't remember, soft cotton, freshly laundered. Despite his long slumber, his curls are neatly brushed. Maintained.
Nine years motionless and someone still loves this boy.
At first, he's quite anxious, and then he notices something on the desk. Two jars, both filled with light. One is rather dim now but the other is much brighter, and they make him feel a bit better, for some reason. (Because they look like something his dad might bring home from one of his trips, is why, but Matthew doesn't realize that's the reason.)
Still, he picks up the brighter one in his hands and holds it to his chest as he leaves the room, wide-eyed and lost, but unable to even imagine that he might be alone in this unfamiliar place, that his family would leave him here. ]
Mom?
[ He's following his nose to the kitchen. ]
Dad? Declan?
[ He doesn't call for Ronan. Ronan is-- Something happened to Ronan. He probably isn't here yet. ]
II. CLOSED TO BILLY KAPLAN
[ There's a boy under Gansey's bed. There's a boy under Gansey's bed and he's around Matthew's age, and Matthew is very curious about him, so during a moment when the area is all clear of grown-ups--read: teenagers, and Noah, who is an adult though hardly grown up--Matthew quietly sneaks in and stretches out on the floor, lying on his stomach, resting the curve of one cheek on his pudgy, folded arms.
He looks at Billy, his eyes round and blue and utterly non-threatening. ]
Hey. Why are you hiding under there?
III. GENERAL ROAMING AROUND THE MEADOWS
[ So--
So he doesn't really know people here. It's a big change from the life he's used to, being surrounded by the warmth and fierce love of his family in their safe, sheltered home. He's less accustomed to strangers than the teenage version of himself.
But he's also still Matthew. He's still made for light and laughter and playtime, so it's not an impossible thing to win him over, by any stretch. It's also not difficult for him to be at home in the house itself, full of dream things as it is, and at times he's just like a travel-sized version of the regular Matthew. Stuffing his face in the kitchen, following the ducks in circles around the pond, falling asleep in strange places (don't worry, he's not missing, he just dozed off in the back seat of a yellow Mini Cooper), climbing trees. ]
IV. WILDCARD, please note that wee Matthew will not be running around De Chima by himself, he is seven and NOT THAT PRECOCIOUS. If you would like a thread with him outside of the Meadows, PM me and we can figure something out!
WHERE: De Chima, primarily in raven camp aka The Meadows
WHEN: Throughout the Road Not Taken plot
WHAT: Matthew being a wee child
WARNINGS: Child endangerment maybe??? Not sure yet. Possibly extremely vague hints of child death.
I. FIRST MORNING, THE MEADOWS
[ When Billy's spell hits, it replaces Matthew with a version of himself who has been asleep and unchanging for close to nine years.
He does not know this, only that when he stirs and opens his eyes, everything around him is very strange. The bed is wide and tall, made for a wider and taller boy than himself, and he has to completely roll over just to get to the edge where he can slide out and onto the floor. He's wearing a set of pajamas he doesn't remember, soft cotton, freshly laundered. Despite his long slumber, his curls are neatly brushed. Maintained.
Nine years motionless and someone still loves this boy.
At first, he's quite anxious, and then he notices something on the desk. Two jars, both filled with light. One is rather dim now but the other is much brighter, and they make him feel a bit better, for some reason. (Because they look like something his dad might bring home from one of his trips, is why, but Matthew doesn't realize that's the reason.)
Still, he picks up the brighter one in his hands and holds it to his chest as he leaves the room, wide-eyed and lost, but unable to even imagine that he might be alone in this unfamiliar place, that his family would leave him here. ]
Mom?
[ He's following his nose to the kitchen. ]
Dad? Declan?
[ He doesn't call for Ronan. Ronan is-- Something happened to Ronan. He probably isn't here yet. ]
II. CLOSED TO BILLY KAPLAN
[ There's a boy under Gansey's bed. There's a boy under Gansey's bed and he's around Matthew's age, and Matthew is very curious about him, so during a moment when the area is all clear of grown-ups--read: teenagers, and Noah, who is an adult though hardly grown up--Matthew quietly sneaks in and stretches out on the floor, lying on his stomach, resting the curve of one cheek on his pudgy, folded arms.
He looks at Billy, his eyes round and blue and utterly non-threatening. ]
Hey. Why are you hiding under there?
III. GENERAL ROAMING AROUND THE MEADOWS
[ So--
So he doesn't really know people here. It's a big change from the life he's used to, being surrounded by the warmth and fierce love of his family in their safe, sheltered home. He's less accustomed to strangers than the teenage version of himself.
But he's also still Matthew. He's still made for light and laughter and playtime, so it's not an impossible thing to win him over, by any stretch. It's also not difficult for him to be at home in the house itself, full of dream things as it is, and at times he's just like a travel-sized version of the regular Matthew. Stuffing his face in the kitchen, following the ducks in circles around the pond, falling asleep in strange places (don't worry, he's not missing, he just dozed off in the back seat of a yellow Mini Cooper), climbing trees. ]
IV. WILDCARD, please note that wee Matthew will not be running around De Chima by himself, he is seven and NOT THAT PRECOCIOUS. If you would like a thread with him outside of the Meadows, PM me and we can figure something out!
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She gives a little hop and grabs for the lowest hanging branch, tugging herself upward. ]
You must be pretty good at this. [ Her legs dangle off the branch and she peers up at Matthew. ]
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They showed me how to pick the good branches. Like--
[ He pulls one arm from the tree so he can point for her. ]
That one's next. And then I got up here.
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That one? [ She points where he's pointing, then braces against the trunk with one hand so she can ultimately get her feet on the branch where she was sitting and slowly work into a standing position. ]
When you say 'they,' you mean Declan and Ronan, right?
[ She repeats her earlier monkey-like motion and ends up hanging off the branch again. ]
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Yeah, my brothers, [ he says, unnecessarily, but he's kind of attached to that word, "brothers". He puts his hand over the phone in his lap, which Blue might be able to see now that she's high enough in the tree, and it takes him a second before he realizes-- ]
You know them, too?
[ He's still not sure what to make of all these people who seem to know him and his family.
His family that isn't here. ]
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Gives them character. Besides, her goal is to get higher in the tree, not preserve the integrity of her outfit. ]
I know Ronan. [ She's nearly even with him now, but took a slightly different route up the second branch, so there's a little distance between them. ] I know about Declan.
[ That's... fair, right? She knows Declan got into a punching match in the parking lot of her place of employment, for one. ]
I know you too, but I don't think you remember that, do you?
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Something else that Matthew's trying not to think about.
It really makes the phone confusing. He found it in the room where he woke up, and maybe he shouldn't have taken it but he was curious. And now that he can see Blue face to face he realizes something. ]
You're in here, [ he tells her, indicating the phone. Matthew--teenager Matthew--took pictures at the tea party. Blue features in some of the shots. So does teenager Matthew, but seven-year-old Matthew doesn't make any connections there, nope. ] I mean-- there's pictures of you.