Finding the Child Within [OPEN]

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

With the City restored and things starting to return to normal, Sasami started to return to her home. However, coming to a stop nearby, she let her mind wander through a few things. As she did, she realized something:

"...I haven't been a kid at all..."

Sitting on a branch and laying back on it, Sasami thought back to everything she'd done - cooking, cleaning, taking care of people, trying to be some sort of hero. In all of her wants and wishes, the only thing she never done was just be a kid again. She wasn't a princess anymore. It was highly unlikely anyone she knew from her world would ever show up and as it stood, she had very little friends here.

She needed to loosen up, let her hair down a bit...

...with that line of thinking, Sasami reached up, undoing her pigtails, letting her hair fall as she dropped her beads to the wayside. It was time for a change.

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[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Now Sasami didn't know what to think. When she came on board, she was like all the others: she wanted to fight the Ohm, she wanted to help make a difference. The adults told her differently through the elections and their actions. Now, here was Hit Girl, telling her that, basically, what she was doing before was right.

"No... no, they don't. But... but, they're so used to how they act, they refused to change..." Sasami said. "I... I don't know anymore...

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Well great, she just totally rocked this little girl's world. Not that she thought it was a bad thing, in her opinion: people here were definitely too trusting that somebody on board knew what was going on. A little paranoia never hurt anyone.

"Listen you," Hit girl said, "if you learn anything from the ship, its this: no one can be trusted a hundred percent unless you know for sure the situation. Since you can't EVER know that, guess what? You always have to have a plan B. I can already tell that these adults have been trying to assure these kids that if they just play nice and pretend everything's normal, they'll be ok. So you tell me: you really think that'll save you when the Ohm are fucking everything up? I don't."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami looked around, her eyes searching for an answer. She hated to say this, but she was right. But, who'd listen to her? Matter of fact, who'd listen to Hit Girl here?

"I... I see..." she said, just a bit shaken up. "No... no, I don't think it would, I..." she let out a sigh.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"No, it wouldn't," Hit Girl said. "That's why I'm looking for answers on my own. I'm not going to find them acting like a little pipsqueak who needs to be lied to all day. They forced me to be here, but that doesn't mean I have to swallow whatever shit they tell me."

She took a good luck at the girl. "What do you do on the ship?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami looked back at Hit Girl, still trying to process everything. "I'm... I'm the assistant for the First Officer here." Yeah, it was probably the highest ANY of the kids had gotten. And it was probably why she wanted to drop down a notch a be a kid for awhile.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Assistant to the First Officer huh?" She hadn't heard of that designation on the ship before. Look like she was really going to have to research more about the command structure on this ship as well as all their names.

Also? She totally needed to meet Batman and Superman, because seriously? That was awesome and impossible all at the same time.

"So why are you all sad about that? Is he making you do things you don't wanna, or something?"