call me out v. 12.0

[misheard]

Call out one of the characters from my muselist with a starter, a prompt, a general 'hey can we do something with these characters' comment, a smoke signal, etc., and I'll get back to you with some kind of RP thread!

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[vitis]

... Of all the former hobbies, you could definitely do worse.

[ john doesn't know what he expected, especially since somehow, that's just... very easy to imagine alcott taking the time to do. well, what little time she had. ]

You used to have a garden, then, or was it like just findin' some wayward, pretty flower outside that you just had to keep?

[littlewomen]

[John knows Alcott better than she realized.]

Just flowers from the park or the roadside. I think my collection of them is still at home.

[vitis]

[ he leans back in his chair at that, lacing his fingers behind his head. then he tips his chin upward, throwing a contemplative glance at the ceiling.

tone joking (but he's only sort of--), ]

Soo.. What're the chances of you convincin' Fitzgerald to give us more paid time off?

[littlewomen]

I'm very sorry.

[that's probably a no.]

[vitis]

[ okay, leans forward again. ]

Awww, you sure? You tried before?

[littlewomen]

Well, no, but...

[You are asking a lot of her, to ask a lot of Fitzgerald.]

[vitis]

You reckon I'd have better luck?

[ the default answer here should be "no." chances are, he's already tried. ]

[littlewomen]

...Maybe?

[in the sense that he can actually ask.]

[vitis]

Nope. He'd turned me down so fast it'd make your head spin.

[ he leans back again, resting an arm over the back of his chair. or so he guesses at anything fitzgerald. ]

[littlewomen]

[She has a resistance to Fitzgerald-induced headspinning now.]

But at least you were brave enough to ask...

[vitis]

[ "desperate," not brave, steinbeck thinks. he'll keep that one to himself. ]

Gettin' turned down ain't hard. [ a shrug. ] Anyway- Haven't kept you too long, did I?

[ maybe he has, but he at least hope he's gotten alcott's mind off missing home. ]

[littlewomen]

No, not at all. [One benefit of Little Women is that she can make time if she really, really needs to.] Thank you for talking to me at all.

[She feels better now. Maybe John does too, a little? That'd be nice.]

[vitis]

[ it was a solid distraction. ]

Nooo prob. [ friendly WINK ] Feel free to visit anytime, 'kay?

[littlewomen]

I-I'll remember!

[will she actually visit again before everything happens so much, probably not.]