5th Curious Thought [Video]

[madcuriosity]

I do beg your pardon.... has... has anyone seen Lord Peter and Lady Gamora?

I haven't seen them all day... but I don't know where they are and they didn't leave any note. [Which... isn't like her surrogate parents. But perhaps they eloped rather than trying for a big ceremony. Alice is trying to remain positive on the matter.]

If you see them, could you please let them know I saved them the sandwiches I made for dinner. [Alice isn't allowed to use the stove alone.]

I waited, I did try.

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[tealeafs]

[ Jules.. Verne?

Chizuru is trying to think really hard about whether or not she's even heard that name before, but she doesn't think it sounds very familiar to her.. ]

Is that so? I wonder if he exists in my world as well.. [ Chizuru doesn't read too much, so it's entirely possible, really. ] Did you read his stories, Alice? They must be fairly difficult to read for a girl your age.

[ Considering they're about space and all. That's got to get technical. ]

[madcuriosity]

Well, not ALL of them, he has a good many and they're not all translated yet. But I've read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days! Father has read all of the ones though, but that's because he's much more fluent in reading French so he can. I can read some French but not the way he does.

[She pulls Chizuru into the kitchen, getting out the supplies they'll need to bake.] The one about going to the moon is called From the Earth to the Moon, I don't care for that one as much. It doesn't have any animals in it.

[tealeafs]

You can read a bit of French? That's so impressive!

[ After all, Alice still is so young. Chizuru is so much older, and yet she can only speak one language! She'd have a hard time thinking of even a single word in English or Chinese or any language other than Japanese..

It's a little embarrassing, but she thankfully manages to shove that feeling down. ]

And you can make cookies. [ She gestures at the supplies. Though this, at least, is something Chizuru knows how to do too. Thankfully. ] You're a girl of many talents, Alice.

[madcuriosity]

Oh yes, but I can speak it fluently. Or, as fluently as I can English. [Which is to say, Alice is still going to mix up her verbs and tenses every now and then, she is, after all, only 7.

At the compliment, she blushed.]

Oh ah, well, I do wish to become a real and proper lady. My mother and sister know how to do all sorts of things. My mother speaks four languages! I don't know anywhere near as much as she does.

[tealeafs]

[ .. Wanting to become a proper lady, huh. It makes Chizuru smile softly. It's easy to interpret as just a fond smile - especially to a young kid - but there's actually something slightly sad in it, deep down. After all, that's exactly the kind of chance Chizuru herself never got to have.

But it's far beyond her to resent a child for that. If anything, it just makes her feel glad Alice is getting that chance. ]

You know what? I think your mother would already be very proud of you the way you are now. After all, you're smart and considerate, just as any proper lady should be.

[madcuriosity]

Thank you, Miss Chizuru, I... I really appreciate that.

[She reached out and gave Chizuru's hand a squeeze.]

Shall we start baking for Peter and Gamora?

should we wrap up the thread here? c:

[tealeafs]

[ She gives Alice a small smile, then nods. ]

Yes, let's.

Sounds good to me!

[madcuriosity]

This way this way, Miss Chizuru!