Mission: Building the Future in Pagoda

[lucetimods]

Who: Anyone who volunteered
What: A very special mission that will fill you with a youthly sense of purpose. Or something.
When: July 20th - July 24th
Where: The enclosure of Pagoda
Summary: Mission detailed here. There are survivors to help and buildings to repair, and plenty more to keep the volunteers on their toes.
Rating: PG-13 for reasons

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Comments

[deathsdoctor]

[Law ruffles the short black hairs on Cora's head.]

... yeah...

But you know, I don't think that necessarily bad.

[yourhatred]

[Law gets a wry look for that.]

Maybe not.

-- Ow. [Sorry, little one. Itachi needs that finger. He gives it a little shake to get her to release it.]

[deathsdoctor]

[That shake wiggles it free, but Cora snatches ahold of Itachi's shirt again.

She really wants to hold onto something, doesn't she?]

She is really, really strong, isn't she?

[yourhatred]

... Very.

[The shirt is okay to grip. It can survive it. (And if it doesn't, it's just a shirt.)]

That will have to be taken into account when her living arrangements are made.

[deathsdoctor]

No kidding. I don't want to imagine the nightmare for whoever it will be when she hits the Terrible Twos.

[Probably no worse than the Terrible Twos back home, but what does he know? He doesn't deal with kids that often.]

[yourhatred]

They have to have dealt with children who inherited abilities here before. They're sure to be equipped for that sort of thing.

[Because saying it out loud will make it more true.]

[deathsdoctor]

Yeah. She'll be fine with whoever takes care of her.

[Exactly. Because saying it out loud will make it more true.]

[yourhatred]

[Itachi tilts his head toward his partner.]

We can't keep her.

[Just in case you were thinking about it.]

[deathsdoctor]

They would never allow it.

[Not with the precedent of Jonah and Noah.

And... both of them are fighters. They don't lead that kind of life that could provide a good upbringing for a child.]

Besides... would our home be the best?

[yourhatred]

[A silent shake of the head.

Their home would be far from the best place to raise a young child. He hadn't ever planned on it, either. The only reason it's depressing now is because they're imagining this child's fate.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Law nods in response.

No, it would not.]

... I agree with you.

[yourhatred]

[His head lowers again.]

... He was a little smaller than this, I think. Sasuke was.

[deathsdoctor]

Aaa... I bet he was pretty cute at that age.

[Law smiles a little in encouragement as he smoothes some of Cora's hair down. Keep talking about him; it's good for you to get out what's on your mind.]

I also bet he was a cuddler. Am I right?

[yourhatred]

[A pause, then a nod.]

I was put in charge of him a lot when he was very young - too young for him to remember it now. My mother did her best, but my parents were often busy and... [a glance up] I thought he would be safer with me.