Memory 001: Starting over again.

[forgotten_titan]

Good morning 625 Topper Street! Usually, the house would be filled with the chatter of the drone!kids and the drone!wife as they start the day all fresh and chirpy. However, this time there's something, or rather someone, who's acting out of the "ordinary" for drones. Rather, when the drone!mum pops up to shake her "daughter" awake, all she gets is a sleepy, "Ten more minutes dad, please...?" Drone!mum shakes her head with exasperation, but gives the teenager the extra time she wants.

Tara is in bed less than that though, as her sleepy mind suddenly realizes that something is not right. Her mom isn't home, she's working out of the country. It's dad who usually wakes her up. And he would NEVER give her ten extra minutes.

Action: 625 Topper Street
Hey Sniper, you have a blonde girl dressed in pyjamas trying to sneak to the phone. She's trying to avoid the drone!mum and the kids, but obviously she's no Spy. However, she does look determined, if not nervous, to get to that phone. Care to speak with her and say hi to your new not!daughter?

Action: Topper Street
She's just had a conversation with her new not!dad, but there's still plenty of things she doesn't get. She's taken to wondering the streets outside now, gaping at the perfect houses and trees that line the entire neighborhood.

Action: School
Mayfield High, there's a new kid who's in town. Tara "Mundy" is looking a little lost though, and she has no idea where the classes are, or even which is her locker. She's going around asking people for help. Maybe she's just waved you over then? Or maybe you see her wandering the corridor? Either way, will you help her out?

Action: Town, after school.
The moment the bell goes, she's out of the place immediately to check out the rest of town. Prison or no, she's not one to turn down the opportunity to go exploring. You might see her around as she checks out the place.

Phone, unfiltered
(She was already told that she had been taken from home, that this wasn't even the USA that she had grown up in. Still, she had to at least try. Her fingers nearly slip as she dials in the number.)
...Dad? Are you there?

Comments

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

(At first she's not too keen to speak with the man. Stranger danger is what her dad has always taught her, after all. But seeing as she's in a completely new place, EVERYONE is going to be a stranger. Maybe he might even be a good guy. She gives him a tentative smile and replies. No need to be rude, after all.)

Yeah, I am. I just woke up here today.

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[The town bringing in women and children kind of pisses him off, so he frowns for a moment before deciding to be helpful.]

Anyone given you a letter or pamphlet yet?

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

No. Why, is it something that everyone in town gets when they first get here?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[He considers this for a moment, he hadn't really asked where Ed had got it from, but the kid wasn't a liar, so he'd had no reason not to trust the letter, and most of it had been proven true so far.]

I don't know. A friend of mine from home passed it on to me.

I can run inside and get it if you want. It gives a better explanation of this place than I can.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

That'd be really awesome, thanks! Trust me, anything you give me will be waaaaay better than whatever the guy I'm living with has told me so far.

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[He runs inside a moment, and then comes back with a letter that he's unfolding as walking to her. He smooths out the wrinkles as he hands it to her.]

It's kind of ripped, the drone lady tried to toss it, I barely managed to get it from her. I had to hide it after that.

Here, you can keep it. I'm sure I can scrounge up another one if I need it. But do me a favor and try to stay outta trouble.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

(She takes it from him and does a brief read through. A lot of things that Sniper had just told her suddenly made sense, thankfully. Maybe he wasn't so crazy after all.)

Wow, this is really detailed sir. Thanks, you're a lifesaver. Are you living on this street as well?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

No problem. It's the least I can do for a cute little girl like yourself.

[He nods and points behind him.]

Right here at 624. You can call me Greed.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

(She blushes a bit when he calls her cute. None of the boys at school thought she was cute. Is she cute anyway? She always thought she looks just like a plain Jane. But his name is very odd though.)

Your name is...Greed? Like, greedy?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[He smirks at her blush.]

Yep, that's me.

You could say my name fits.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Oh. OK.

Well, umm, I stay at 625. So I guess that makes us neighbors then. Do you know anyone else who stays on this street?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

There's Rittz, but I can't remember which house he's at. I work nights and mostly sleep during the day.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Oh, so I might not really see you around a lot then. That's a bummer. You seem like a pretty cool guy. Is Rittz an adult too?

Opps, forgot abotu Rittz

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

I'm around, just not as awake...I couldn't really stand the drone people in my house at first, but that lady makes good food, and the kids pretty much know to stay out of the way now.

So, if you need something, you can always knock.

Oh, Rittz, yeah, he's an adult, too. He also works at the bar.

Didn't even notice, XD.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Figures that I'd be the only teen on the block, but thanks for the offer. How's Rittz like though?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[Greed sighs.]

Honestly, he acts more like a teenager than an adult. Kind f a strange guy, but cool in his own way.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not complaining. Hopefully we'll get to be friends!

Anyway, I think I need to go back and get ready for school. I think that's part of what a teenager in Mayfield needs to do, right? I'd rather not get..."droned", is it?

Thanks for all your help Greed. I'll see you around!

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

Ah, watch out for a teacher named Lust. She's one of those people you shouldn't trust around here.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Why? Is she dangerous?

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

She can be, when she wants to. Just find Edward Elric, and ask him to point her out to you.

She's can turn her fingers into the sharpest of spears when she wants, so just keep an eye open around her, and don't trust anything she says.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Yikes. And she's a teacher too? I gotta wonder how did that happen, she sounds like real bad news. But yeah, I'll try and look out for...Edward Elric. Do you know how he looks like? I'm guessing he's in high school too, so maybe I might see him today.

[all-ofthethings.livejournal.com]

[Greed grins at her request for a description of Edward.]

Yeah, he'll be at the high school.

He's on the short side, blond hair, usually has it in a braid, gold eyes. Wears a gaudy red coat. Just yell the word shrimp and follow the sounds of screaming, you'll find him all right.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

O...K...I'll give that a go sometime.

(What is it with guys and their height?)

Well, I better get going then. Have a great day, Greed.