On being reserved at Multiversal. Canon is 'Bones'.

[thesquintqueen]

So, you're determined to disrupt my routines and tear me away from my home, my job, my family and friends - again? Excuse me if I don't share your enthusiasm over this plan of getting abducted into another nexus that freely defies most established scientific principles and laws. Would I even be able to work in this place as I'm used to? I thought so. You're not building a particularly convincing case in favor of this venture, so far.

Why should I be happy that Angela is there? I would much prefer it if she were at home. Your powers of persuasion certainly haven't gotten any better since the last time we did this, and your logic seems as skewed as always. Couldn't you have at least kept my previous journal name? Though 'bonescientist' was an overly simplified reference to my occupation, it had a basis in reality. This one is completely ludicrous and I'm not sure I appreciate its implications. Contrary to what you may think, no, it's not amusing. Not that I expect you to actually listen to my opinions, of course, much less to act accordingly. I can't stop you, unfortunately, but be aware I protest vehemently to this idea.

...Would I get a gun?

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[manipulativni]

Protesting doesn't do a damn thing to dissuade them if they've got a goal in mind. Surely you know that, since you say you've already been through this song and dance routine before?

[thesquintqueen]

That has been my experience, yes, but I'm not in the habit of not voicing my displeasure when there's a clear cause for complaint.

[manipulativni]

Oh, you've got every right to voice your protests. I'm just saying, they'd fall on deaf - or, more accurately, uncaring - ears.

[thesquintqueen]

It may be another exercise in futility, that's true, but verbalizing my dissatisfaction makes me feel at least marginally better as opposed to going along quietly. I don't much care for passivity, especially if the matter at hand concerns my immediate well-being.

[thenormalsquint]

Sweetie, look. If I have to be there, I at least want you to be there with me.

Dead people stay dead there. Long enough to have no skin. You know you like that.

[thesquintqueen]

Well, it looks fairly certain at this point that you'll get your wish in the near future, Ange.

They do? That is a definite improvement over the other places we've been stuck in. Not that I wish death upon anyone simply to satisfy my sense of purpose, of course.

[killerinpinknblack]

Noki has a gun!

[itsagreatthing]

Muns have a habit of doing things we don't like Bones.

[thesquintqueen]

That doesn't really help me. Unless they're willing to trade or sell it to me.

[killerinpinknblack]

[she just giggles] Noki doesn't think you could carry it~

[thesquintqueen]

Unfortunately. It's very inconveniencing. Do they really think we haven't got better, more productive things to do than to play along with their foolish ideas?

[thenormalsquint]

I'm still undecided if I want to be happy about this or not. It's a lot different than the last place we were in.

Well, yes. I haven't heard any differently so far, but at the same time, I'm not going to let you go out alone looking for bones.

[Or ever, really.]

[thesquintqueen]

I happen to be quite proficient with firearms.

sorry

[killerinpinknblack]

[more giggles] KAY KAY! Noki will SHOW you. [there are a few odd sounds before a VERY LARGE gun crashes to the ground from under noki's long left sleeve. In reality it should be far too large and heave for a little girl like herself to pick up with two hands, let alone one.] Can you pick that up~?

[itsagreatthing]

Does seem that way doesn't it?

[thesquintqueen]

In what way is it different?

I can look after myself, Angela. Even if that wasn't the case, I'm not about to go wandering aimlessly in search of human skeletal remains. [ Pause. Well... ] Unless there's specific need to do so. Is there crime in this city?

[thesquintqueen]

So, in other words, we are to just accept the inevitable?

np!

[thesquintqueen]

[ There's some staring. ] Wait, how did you fit that into your sleeve?

[itsagreatthing]

Pretty much though you do have it worse...or maybe it's better to know what your mun plans then not knowing.

yay!

[killerinpinknblack]

[the girl just shrugs] Noki isn't allowed to question mother.

[thenormalsquint]

It's a police state. We get the impression of freedom without the actual freedom.

...I got mugged last week. [And there's your answer, Brennan.]

[thesquintqueen]

It's always better to know what you're up against than not, Booth. Based on past experiences, my mun tends to enjoy forcing me into uncomfortable and/or potentially dangerous situations. I suspect this hasn't changed much.

But at least this place she's looking to send me this time has skeletal remains. I may have something useful to occupy myself with, in that case.

[itsagreatthing]

Sounds like your kind of place. My mun only ever sent me one place over on LJ, and that's been bad enough. Kidnapped by a village until I learn some kind of lesson, other versions of you have been there and twice the village took you away. Parker was there too but now he's gone, so I'm not doing too well there.

no edit button, ffff

[thesquintqueen]

I see. I do have some experience with such places, but...

[ Yes, it sounds worse. But she won't admit it that easily. Topic change because wth, mugged. ]

What? Are you alright? Were you injured? Did you receive medical attention?

[thesquintqueen]

[ SO CONFUSED. ] What has your mother got to do with any of this?

[thenormalsquint]

I'm fine. Some bruising, but nothing's broken except my sense of safety.

[thesquintqueen]

I'm so sorry to hear that, Booth. That must have been hard, to have Parker taken from you. But on the other hand, he got to go back home where he is safe, as opposed to subjected to the whims of these cities and villages our muns enjoy sending us into. That's a comforting thought, isn't it?

[thesquintqueen]

I think my mun should hurry up with that application if she plans on doing this. It sounds to me like you could use a friend in that place.

[itsagreatthing]

Yeah in a way I just got used to y'know having him fulltime and living with me.

[thesquintqueen]

Yes. I have gotten so used to your presence ever since we became partners that I quite missed you when I was taken to those other games months ago. You and everyone else from back home, of course. Not that it's fully comparable to the bond between a parent and a child, but I do understand your meaning. With any luck, you might get to go home soon, too.

[manipulativni]

Fair enough.

You're going to want that gun.

[thesquintqueen]

I usually do. Rough neighborhood?

[killerinpinknblack]

Mother made Noki! She's a supposed to fight and kill without question!

[manipulativni]

Extremely.

[thesquintqueen]

Your mother is evidently not a good person if she demands homicidal mentality like that from her offspring, to put it mildly. It's hard to say definitively with such little data, but it sounds like she has severe mental problems. You likely do, as well.

[ Compulsively honest, that's Brennan. ]

[thesquintqueen]

Wonderful.

[itsagreatthing]

She is debating it if only to find somewhere else to send me. Probably only to replace me with Hodgins there.

[killerinpinknblack]

... huh? [yeah, Noki isn't really a deep thinker. Plus she's eight]

[heardmermaids]

I'm sorry to say that a gun isn't much good without bullets. There's a shortage of metal in Baedal, so ammunition is miserable to buy.