chaos_precip | Trying to prepare.. Incognito (Org Tower – Day time

Pacing through the quieter halls of the Org Tower, Eve and her shadow tried to shrink into the décor, attempting to stay under the radar and avoid being seen... or sensed. She’d visited rooms that were exclusively unpopular to that purpose, but ventured not once, but twice into an exceedingly bright room more prone to unexpected visitors. This room, she’d assumed, was full of ‘helpful’ things, but gave a hefty sigh as she realised, it was someone else’s space. After all, despite that this was an important purpose, a task that wasn’t taken lightly by a serious young girl, she didn’t need to be caught stealing from someone’s room. Big, BIG trouble.

“Hmmmm.”

It hadn’t been long since she’d slipped from the group of children playing outside, but the thought finally crossed her mind; it probably wouldn’t be long before she was noticed missing. Close to getting all she needed, Eve shrugged and moved on, toting the shoe sized box under an arm.

“Next tiiiiime.” Eve blurted out to herself.

She’d managed to find three of the six things on her list, but with little time to spare, she’d have to try again.

However…

Returning to her group undiscovered was not as easy as she anticipated.

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And here was a blonde, heavy coated person poking her head through the front doors of the tower. She'd been outside, waiting and resting when she felt...something.

"You, stop." It was said gently, but with absolutely no room for argument.

There was no argument at all. Only Eve, stuck mid stride like some frozen statue and blank blue eyes looking more shocked than frightened.

She hadn't heard or seen or even known about this grown up; yet somehow to sense this person, felt eerily familiar.

"At ease," Aya sighed, noting the 'frozen statue' thing. "No need to break yourself." She just wanted to look the kid over.

That meant Coming into the entryway proper and pacing around the child.

Moving her treasure box from underarm to underarm, Eve tilted her head, following the stranger with a puzzled look. This stranger didn't feel like an enemy. Even so, she couldn't help wishing Raz was by her side, turning her attention to that extra sense which allowed her to feel outside herself. Maybe he was close?

Or maybe not.... Somehow, she couldn't help but focus on the lady; On blonde hair and blue eyes, even on the vivid bubble of life surrounding her.

Without realising it, she'd become transfixed on the mystery now pacing before her.

"Hnnn, yep." Aya sighed and tapped the girl's nose finally. "I'll have to have a word with people here." About the odd girl and the fact she'd be awake during chaos storms, in case they didn't already know.

"Are you suppose to be out here alone?"

One head shake... Two... But no voice. That illusive voice, that was in the next room somewhere, hiding away.

Instead the stranger recieved a shake of the head, a small albeit friendly smile as well as one treasure. Reaching into the box, the fluffiest of small teddy bears was brought to the fore, and Eve held it out as a present of goodwill. Or maybe a bribe for silence. Either worked.

"Keep your toy kiddo, I won't tell on you as long as you get back to your area on the double." Maybe the kid was mute? Poor kid, rough world not to have a voice in. "Really, shoo. I know this isn't the children's floor."

Staring blankly a moment, there was a very cautious slow shaking of her head, or at least half of one. There was so many questions she had to ask. Where this woman was from, what was her name... why did she feel so familiar?

A dozen questions lying behind bright blue eyes.

"hn?" she offered, a throat noise more than voice, but still something. And the fluffy toy WAS still on the table.

Aya sighed and knelt, it was a position she'd found worked well with her younger, foster-sister. Granted, Momma's girl back home was a bit more talkative. "No, really. You need to get to wherever you're suppose to be. Me not ratting you out won't mean a thing if you get caught by someone else." And Aya certainly wasn't going to hide the girl.

Granted, the familiar feel, the resonance? That was a little worrisome, and it brought up all the paranoia Nevada had ingrained in her but...the kid lived at the Org tower and looked remarkably un-experimented on. Hell, she didn't even feel bruised, much less tortured for biological secrets.

Sometimes her adopted father had been a paranoid bugger.

"Scoot."

Eve finally nodded, reluctantly, watching the woman from the corner of her eye as she took slow steps towards the place from whence she came. Had to be another way around to make sure what she had got to its proper place.

Ah, she knew that look. That was the look of a kid trying to be dodgy. Bloody elements and weeping chaos this wasn't her job. "I believe," she said mildly. "The best way to the children's area is up the main stairs there girl."

Eve blinked, blank face only serving to cover the strange confusion as her body flatly refused to move -- in either direction. After all, she didn't want to have the littler kids poking and prodding and asking what was in the box. They had before, and just about everything had gone missing before she had a chance to go downstairs. Still, she didn't want the nice lady turning into a mean monster either and not being compliant was the surest way to upset people.

So unfortunately for Eve, the choice wasn't so easy. All she could do was stand there, forlorn blue eyes locked onto the strangers as she tried to come up with a solution as well as not get herself into more trouble.

The children had their own rooms on the children's floor. Sure, they might have to share with one or two others depending on the size of the room, but personal belongings weren't to be touched. Aya had received that assurance when there was the vague possibility of fostering her sister at the tower (need hadn't arisen, thankfully, but still).

Aya...stared at the girl for a few moments then sighed. "Obviously you're intent on getting yourself in trouble. Seems a stupid thing to me but if that's what you want go on and head somewhere else. Don't say I didn't try to redirect you though."

And off the girl went.

Aya watched her leave then shook her head a little ruefully, because, well. Still a foolish thing.

Still, she'd have a word with the people here about the girl feeling like herself.

Trying to prepare.. Incognito (Org Tower – Day time – OPEN)

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