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[ijustlivehere]

[Neil is hanging out at the fountain, Hands shoved into his pockets, looking around warily.]

So uh... no one try to eat me today, okay? And we'll be good.

[ooc: Open to everyone and everything! Come and get him!]

Comments

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

N-- ah, no, it's fine. You're safe here. This is just kind of blowing my mind.

I named my dog Nymeria because of you.

[needleofmyown.livejournal.com]

Because of me? [She looks more confused than honoured by that. She doesn't understand how he can know about Nymeria. She doesn't think that many people know about her direwolf.]

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but my roommate kept calling her Nym for short and now she won't answer to anything but that stupid nickname.

[NEIL IS WAY TOO DENSE FOR THIS, but he kind of catches on to the fact that he's confusing her.]

Oh, uh, this is kinda complicated, but where I come from your life is kind of a book instead of like, a real thing. It's this whole big weird different-worlds sort of thing. [Not... explaining this very well. But he's trying.]

[needleofmyown.livejournal.com]

Nym's a stupid name. I like Nymeria better. It's better for a wolf than a dog, though.

[Yeahhhhhh, not really helping, Neil. Arya's face is set in a stubborn scowl.]

No, it isn't. My life is real. No one writes books about me.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's dumb. I dunno how to fix it now, though.

[Neil combs his fingers through his hair, trying to figure out how to make it make sense.]

Well, yeah, no, I mean... yeah, your life's real. In your real world. But sometimes stuff's weird in different worlds, like say this one. Everything's all different. And in the world I came from, you're a book. I dunno, there might be worlds where I'm a book too, for all I know.

[needleofmyown.livejournal.com]

Don't call it her. If she's clever, she'll learn.

That's stupid. Why would any of us be in books? Unless it's a history book, but I'm too young for that.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, maybe. If I can get my roommate to call her the right name, too.

I... I dunno why. It's confusing.

[needleofmyown.livejournal.com]

You should make him. If he doesn't, you should hit him. Or I could, if you don't want to.

[Despite herself, Arya's curious. She can't help but ask.] Are they good books? The ones that I'm in.

[illgrowoutofit.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone needs to hit 'im... [But he smirks a little because the idea of little Arya hitting Stephen is really funny.]

Dude, er, girl-dude, they're amazing. They're like... [he almost says 'like crack,' but that wouldn't make sense, so...] ...like some kinda food that you can't stop eating because it's so frakkin' good.