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marenolan:

a smile pulled at marley’s lips and she nodded surely. “uh…yeah i mean i can think of quite a few people who would do worse, a lot lack patience with children.” she murmurs quietly, before smiling gently at the kids looking all innocent. marley wasn’t a stranger to that look and she saw the fraud in it but it was still endearing and something you couldn’t not love.

hearing they’d played and grown bored, she assumed briar was likely the most bored and marley would agree that she would be too because it was natural for adults to struggle being amused with what amused little minds, so for their sanity, and the childrens’ amusement…”maybe something with a little more contact, huh?” she glanced over her shoulder for her eyes to fall on the small patch of green park nearer to the school.

“what about a water balloon fight?” the kids all looked big enough, sturdy enough, and while marley didn’t want anyone injured, kids should be kids and everyone needed to get pelted with a water balloon once in their life. “toughen you all up a little.” not that lackluster’s children weren’t already tough, growing up in their environment, they had a bunch of little rascals ready to roughhouse. “think we have some balloons at the school and there’s a spigot over there.” plus, the area was well lit and soft grass free of tripping hazards so….fuck it.

“There’s people whose actually worse than me? Well, that certainly makes me feel better.” She jokes but she feels her face warm a little in embarrassment. It’s not everyday that she receives a compliment on something that didn’t involve her job. Well, a genuine compliment. Most the time they’re sarcastic ones from friends.

There was a pause after she told Marley about her attempt at fun and it seemed like she was thinking before she gave a suggestion that sounded parts fun and terrifying. She felt a little apprehensive but when she saw how excited the kids seemed to get, she quickly nodded. “Sounds like fun.” Briar agreed, standing up from her place in the grass

“Who wants to help help Mrs. Nolan find the balloons?” There was a few hands. “So than the rest of you will come with me and help me figure out the spigot.” Than she turned towards Marley. “Is this an okay plan?”

#; marley

zekexperez:

everything seemed to be under control at eridanus, and zeke had decided to go out and check on people that might not be able to get there. she didn’t find many people, which she considered lucky. it meant people weren’t as harmed as what some may think. minor cuts here and there. hearing someone’s voice, zeke looks over to the girl, smiling politely as she looks at the children.”did the children get into the candy?” the israeli asks them, earning a few giggles here and there. she kneels down in front of the children, eyes scanning them over, making sure none of them were hurt, before she’s looking back to the other woman.”how’re you doing?” she asks her softly.

“I hope not. They would be uncontrollable.” Briar shook her head in pretend horror and made the kids giggle more, maybe a little more evily. Good to know the next generation likes the idea of power. She watched the woman kneel down where they were sitting the grass and Briar quickly recognized her but couldn’t place a name. She really needed to work on that. Than she was asked if she was okay and Briar blinked her eyes in surprise before nodding.

“Um... good. A little shaken, a little anxious and received some nice bruises from some falling woodworking tools but other than that.” Her smile didn’t really reach her eyes this time. “How about you? I was just trying to drag someone in to help me amuse the kiddies but you actually look like you need a rest. You’re from Eridanus, right? How is it there?”

#; zeke

gaslightingdreams:

Typically when she was around the area, she was most than likely visiting Kaliyah or meeting the latest Lyra graduates. Instead, Fallon was carrying a large pack of cookies and cakes all carefully decorated in the autumn spirit. When the blonde piped up, saying that the sector head looked tired, she realized that she probably did. Fallon had been back this way five times with arm loads of fresh treats. It seemed like a fair enough deal, taking a seat and resting a bit before getting the rest. She nodded lightly, heavily walking towards them and taking a free chair. “Tired is right,” she exhaled, setting down the tubs of treats next to her and smiling at all the kids, “Would anyone like a cookie?”

The only thing she noticed about the person she called out too was that they had been past the area a good 5 times with what looked like piled tubs of something. It wasn’t until they came closer did Briar realize who it was. She quickly got up when she saw the struggle Fallon was having and took a few tubs from the top so she could sit down without spilling them. “Don’t you have assistants for this sort of thing?” Briar asked, confused and also amused at the same time. When she was sure there would be no dropping, she sat down again. When there was a mention of cookies, the children, who had been sitting so nicely, started to develop energy she had not seen in an hour.

“Now you’ve done it.” She rolled her eyes, jokingly as the kids started to gather around Fallon.

#; fallon

saoirseronandaily

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saoirseronandaily:

Saoirse Ronan looking absolutely flawless while doing press for ‘The Host’ in 2013

#; mirror

craved-deactivated20230908

— What is your problem? — Who knows, I have so many.

Daniel C. L. (via alterated)

#; words

your-fellow-moon:

At this point Luna just wanted to keep her mouth shut. She feels like she’s spoken too much already, she doesn’t want to have to speak about him to anyone. “everyone says that, but sure.” Luna reached up for Briar’s hand and stood up. she brushed herself off, “yea I’m fine. not scared, definitely not scared,” as she runs her fingers through her hair.

“Well, I’m edgy and like to say I’m not like many people.” Briar’s tone a little teasing as she helped her up. She gave her a moment to gather herself. When she said something about not being scared, Briar couldn’t resist giving a small look but nodded. “Than I am glad you are not scared. I’m Briar by the way. Are you new to Lackluster? “ She would feel very ashamed if she wasn’t. She only took pride in a few things and knowing faces was one of them.

#; luna

irisdane:

“not good with children?” she asks a light smile appearing on her face, before louise comes up to iris to give her a hug, which she happily returned with a peck to the little girls head.”how’re you doing?” she asks the younger girl, who told her she was okay, a little worried, in which iris told her there was nothing to worry about, before the child went off to play with her friends, before she turns back to the briar once more.”nah you can’t mess them up, not now. they’re too preoccupied with what is going on. they’re like the rest of us, they just want answers. its good that they have other children here too. keeps them busy and they’ll tell each other stories. well, if you mess up a pet and it goes to bite people, then you’ve really messed up.” she says with a chuckle.

she shakes her head at the other woman dismissing her words easily.”you’re fine, i’m a really good listener so if you need that, i’m here. yeah i think i saw you around school. i’m fucking terrible with keeping up with people i meet.” yes she swore, and no she didn’t care. it was iris; she swore when she wanted to really.”iris dane.” she says, holding out her hand for the woman to shake.”now you know my name.” she says, giving her a soft smile.

She watched as a little girl came up to her and she couldn’t help but smile. She was not good with children, she knew this (She suspected long ago that children of all species can sense fear), but watching kids wished she was better at it. The attention was turned back to her and she couldn’t help but laugh and nod in agreement. “I guess you do have a point. But like, if their parents or teachers think I’m a good babysitter than they’ll ask me again when the little buggers are less preoccupied and more willing to get into trouble.” There was a pause as she thought of what was said about pets and she nodded again. “True, but like....have you ever been bitten by a child? They have sharp little teeth, even when they’re only human.” She knew the kids were listening and a few of the more outgoing ones made pretend scary faces and Briar motioned at them like she was making a point.

Than Briar blinked her eyes when she heard the swear word and there were a few ‘Oooos’ around them but Briar laughed. Takes confidence to curse around impressionable minds. “Iris Dane? Now I remember. It is nice to...remeet you.” She took her hand and shook it.

#; iris #(this got long lol)

marenolan:

the sounds of the children had her attention, called to the mother in her and made her smile hearing them. her presence being noticed by the younger briar surprised her but then that was because it looked like she had her hands full. marley moved in closer, crouching down beside her to be more level with her sitting and the eyes of the kids. “i think you’re doing great with them.” while a smile was in her eyes, it only bit at the corner of her lips, because it was more for briar than the kids. they got a gently more stern…”you’re all being extra good, right?” she doubted it, but that came with children and marley was nothing if not endeared by the little ones in Lackluster. “you wanna tire them out?” they could think of something, surely.

When Briar saw whose attention she had grabbed, she was very much relieved. If anyone could help her, it would certainly be the head of Phoenix and a mother in her own right. But mostly Briar found relief in having a responsible adult help her, because all knew she was far from responsible. She always wondered when that part of her would kick in. Probably never.

“I am? I mean...thank you?” She gave a half ass laugh, rubbing the back of her head. She didn’t really believe it but who is she to doubt? Nope, she’s doubting. She saw Marley give the children all a stern look and they put on their best ‘i’m innocent’ faces that even Briar almost fell for it. Charming little butts. .

“Yes, please. We did a few rounds of ring around the rosie, it got boring fast, than I realized that’s all I had. So I appreciate the help.” Not something she admitted often needing but desperate times called for desperate measures. Just thank god her sister wasn’t here to hear it.

#; marley

coreylinolan:

sitting down in front of kids with a stranger would have been a lot harder, but sitting and looking to briar close by had her sighing and feigning defeat at the situation. welp, kids. briar was in her sector and she’d been around her plenty both for that reason and back around the school before they were even old enough to be assigned to a sector. “i don’t remember being this short.” she mutters, glancing over the kids. “why are you guys so short?” she glanced over at briar with a lower voice. “we weren’t this short.” definitely not.

corey was turning the football over in her hands and with a kid taking notice of it, she tucked it slowly behind her back to set it down. a lot of older residents, parents, were working there ways through the streets to help with what they could so she figured it wasn’t too bad to sit here and keep tiny tripping-machines out of their way. some of the little ones answering briar with half-hearted words made corey’s brows knit. “a little more enthusiasm next time, monkeys. it could be worse, it could be your bedtime.” she thought that was a pretty kid-like thing to be excited about, the evasion of bedtime, but corey had never been one of those kids; she flew her ass up the stairs and into bed sometimes the second dinner was over, other times she bolted for windows to try and escape it, to no avail. “nah, it’s fine. sitting here is better than walking around at the moment.” she says quieter to briar. “everyone is pretty moody.”

There was brief look around at the children and than a smirk. “Of course not. No one could possibly be that short.” Briar joked, leaning back as the stress of being alone with multiple kids quickly disappearing Thank god she was never considered for the Phoenix sector, she had no idea how the teachers handle them. She finally noticed the football Corey was holding and was about to mention something about distracting the kids but she saw the way she hid it and decided not to push it. Besides the kids probably would find a way to loose it or pop it. She had experience with such things. Namely a soccer ball she lent some kids a few years back. She misses that soccer ball.

“Now that you mention it. A nap does sounds lovely. Is that an option?” She questioned, jokingly which caused the kids to quickly disagree and pretended to be their best behaviors. Well, that’s an efficient threat. “Well, an enclosed cave shaking can do that. I also heard a few people were hurt. But that’s really all I could get out of the gossip. Have you heard anything?”

#; corey

your-fellow-moon:

Luna look straight at the woman, blankly, “he’s no one, no one to you. I can’t say.” She didn’t want to cause a big fuss about something that happened years ago but for some reason she could only speak of him. “it was long ago and he’s not here. please don’t tell anyone.” She couldn’t believe she was even speaking of him to someone, she hasn’t talked about Caleb since he was taken.

No one? Well, he certainly did not seem like no one. Her expression got even more worried and even though she explained, well sort of, the worrry was still there. “I promise.” She answered even though she had no information to tell anyone except maybe a name. Than Briar stood up and extended her hand “Why don’t we get you off the ground?”

“Besides...being frightened.” Was that the right word? Better than mentioning her panic again. “Are you okay?”

#; luna

emofricker

twenty one pilots - ride

#; thoughts

saoirseronandaily

#; mirror

ingelnook

I am mine, before I am ever anyone else’s.

nayyirah waheed (via domrps)

#; words

irisdane:

iris stops in her tracks when she hears the other girl’s words, raising an eyebrow at her. though she relaxes when she touched on the girl’s hue, and iris found herself sitting down with her, the little children laughing and giggling around them.”got stuck baby sitting huh?” though this wasn’t out of iris’ comfort zone, though to be fair, she only baby sat one child when she was younger.”not liking the children?”

“More like entertainment duty. No one should trust me enough to actually take care of a child, let alone many.” Briar looked kind of apprehensive as she took in the children. Made her feel almost appreciative of her sister. Almost. Than she looked curiously at the girl and blinked her eyes in confusion before she realize that she did come off like she didn’t like kids. “Oh no, I love the little butts. I just...they’re a lot of responsibility. I don’t want to risk messing them up.” She smiled a little. “That’s why I stick with pets. Even if you mess them up, it’s no real harm.”

There was a pause as she watched the children for another moment than shook her head. “Wow, I’m sorry. Here I am, dumping my insecurities out on you. Let me start again. Hi, I’m Briar. I think I recognize you from school, maybe other places but I am shi...horrible at names. So, you are?”

#; iris #(she's very awkward lol)

ronniiegreer:

A soft smile crept on her lips as the blonde asked her to sit. Ronnie had been pacing around the streets attempting to keep them clear for the fire trucks. But nothing gathers a crowed like a building on fire. She thanked the women as she squatted down, holding her swollen belly as she reached the bench. She muttered a thank you to the stranger. “It’s been a crazy day.” Ronnie huffed

She motioned for a few of the kids to sit on the ground when the woman walked over and luckily there was no objections. Maybe Briar was a better babysitter than she thought. She watched as the woman struggled to sit down and almost helped but was not quick enough. She couldn’t help but smile in agreement as the woman huffed from what she assumed was from being tired. Briar actually was kind of proud of herself for picking someone who actually wanted to sit down.

“You can say that again.” She rolled her eyes a little, just at the craziness of it all. “Though Lackluster will get through it. Just like it always does.” She said that as just a passing statement but also to hopefully to reassure the children who were watching them. “So, welcome to the group. Hopefully the children do not scare you off. They can be a little overwhelming.” A few of the children pretended to look offended but it did bring smiles to their faces. Briar considered that a win.