Dear Mundane

[alittlebitnaughty]

Once upon a time there was a little girl. She was no ordinary little girl, her mother and father thought she was a speck of dirt upon the Earth, needing to be wiped out at the quickest instance. She had a brother, who was a perfectly ordinary boy indeed, and it was perfectly ordinary that their parents wanted. The little girl tried to be perfectly ordindary, but she liked to read instead of watching tv, which made her parents very angry indeed

But one day she got a wish granted. She got to go to school.

... Well, I don't know the rest of the story yet, Mundane, we've still to write the ending.

((Canon is Matilda: the Musical, taking bits from the book as well.))

Comments

[sandwormie]

Reading's all right. My school... is boring, but there are a lot of books to download, so it's okay.

...it's safer, being ordinary. You know.

[alittlebitnaughty]

My school is ... it's run by a Bull.

I've done all I can to be ordinary

[sandwormie]

Yeah? We're supposed to have people teachers, but half the time it's droids instead. Wish we had droids like that... You know, at least halfway smart.

Right. Normal, not dangerous or anything.

[alittlebitnaughty]

Not like the Trunchbull.

I'm normal. In that sense.

[sandwormie]

Yeah? Trunchbulls are aliens?

So'm I! Totally normal. That's me. Yup. When I'm weird it's totally normal weirdness like you see everywhere, even Imperial Center.

[alittlebitnaughty]

No, she's human, I suppose.

... Imperial Center?

[clearasil]

That little girl's parents sound kind of absurd.

[alittlebitnaughty]

Just because something sounds absurd doesn't make it anny less true.

[clearasil]

Nah, I never said that. I'm a skeptic by nature, but I don't doubt abnormal family dynamics,

[alittlebitnaughty]

Oh. Sorry. It's unusual to have someone believe me.

[clearasil]

Yeah, I get that.

Your parents sound kind of awful. Why would they want a boring kid?

[alittlebitnaughty]

I don't think they wanted a boring child. I just ... they don't want me.

[clearasil]

I've felt that way. Like, a lot. I'm sorry. It blows, doesn't it?

Got any friends?

[alittlebitnaughty]

It is very upsetting.

At school! I have friends at school. [the little girl smiles happily] School is a wonderful place.

[clearasil]

Good.

[ A small smile pulls at Natalie's lips in spite of herself. ] At least you're not totally alone.