Just Smoke and Mirrors

Talulah. Wanna know why my dad is a villain.

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Micah continued along the path. He liked to listen to her more than anything. Every word she spoke felt like a breath of fresh air. Spring after a rainstorm. “Is it silly to say I have jolly ranchers in my drawers at work, stashed all over the studio actually.” Micah gently pulled her to the right out of a pedestrians way. If they took a right on concord it would be a 5 minute walk down the street towards the studio. He almost didnt want it to end but he wanted to show her all of his photos especially the ones he took of the trees in wonderland and the ocean. “Can I ask, if its not too much, what the isle was like?”

"Cherry still?” She asked remembering the boy’s fondness for the flavour. “Well i do think tis a good thing ta ‘ave snacks in all the drawers, ‘specially if you move 'round a lot.’ She nodded, swinging their hands playfully. The blonde followed along bounding as she went excited to see everything. Lulu however made a rough stop pulling at his hand. She looked at him for a moment before looking in the general direction of the isle. Lulu inhaled shakily and then swallowed. “Tis....um tis not sometin’ tae be talked ‘bout where people can ‘ear. If ya really want ta know, I’ll tell ya, but not here.” She squeezed his hand, her face emotionless for a fraction of a second before she gave Micah a soft smile. “I haven’t a cherry jolly rancher in forever.” Her smiled widen. “Pictures first? 

[whichwaylulux]

Lulu twirled one of the flowers she picked up on the way back from work. She had been passing by the flower cart for days now and she finally picked up something. Bringing it back to Ry’s house she laid on the couch, twirling the flower and sighing. “Ry!” She called out to her brother, “Flannery?” She called out again. Rolling off the couch she placed her flowers on the counter and looked around the kitchen. She saw nothing, and decided that maybe she was going to make dinner. But a quick look around told her that their was nothing in the kitchen literally and that instead she was going to get dinner instead. Thinking about it Lulu smiled, “PIZZA!” Reaching for her phone she dialed the number and ordered the food hoping it would be here whenever her brother showed up.

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(&& micah):

 Micah rolled his eyes, “Sure Lulu,” he teased. Her hesitation to grasp his hand made him falter, was that a mistake? Should he not have done that? Micah let out a small sigh of relief when she returned the hand holding. “Okay, we gotta go left first.” The studio was close by, but far enough away Micah didn’t have to worry about losing time with Lulu or being interrupted. “If anyone from wonderland was really good at directions there’s something wrong with wonderland.” Micah was content like this to be beside her and laughing like they did as children. 

Lulu blushed a soft pink at their clasped hands but followed along with Micah. “A left! She called out.” keeping pace with his strides as she skipped along. “Nobody understands me when i give them directions. They just look at me as if I grew a second head.” Lulu let out a laugh, light and airy. She didn’t know how much she missed this, how much she missed Micah. “I always did like the left way the best. The right way never seemed to ever be right. But left, good. good. Do you have snacks there? We used to have snacks in the best places we went.”

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(&& micah)‌:

Micah shook his head, “Ever since I was given a camera I had no reason to be in photos,” Micah saw beauty in things outside of a person’s normal purview. He wanted to showcase that and his own sense of self had no place except in the way he he took his photos. “It’s not vain at all Lulu, i have them st the studio, you can see some of my other stuff too!” He was excited to show Luly how he saw the world and the different ways you could use a photo to say something. He reached for her hand and squeezed it as if to pull her along with him, himself bubbling with excitement.

“I mean I can think of like twelve reasons you could be in front of a camera.” She nodded with a smile. “Call me excited.” He reached for her hand and for a moment Lulu flinched and pulled back slightly. But she looked up, it was Micah, she didn’t have to pull away.She planted her feet back on the ground and rocked on her toes. “Well what are ya waitin’ for, I don’t know where I’m goin’. ‘sides we both know directions and me, i’m not always the best at them.” She lifted their clasped hands, pushing him along and smiled, hazel eyes bright, “Come on.” 

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(&& micah)‌:

Micah’s eyes widened. “Oh me? no, I just take the pictures I’m never in them.” Micah laughed but he leaned forward and tapped a finger on her nose “I like taking pictures of things that don’t know how precious they are,” it was a whisper, a secret that he was slightly scared to share. Lulu was deeply precious to him and his heart often thudded in his chest at the mere mention of her name or the sight of her hazel eyes looking into his brown ones, the flecks of gold in her irises only amplified by the blonde in her hair. “I have more photos of you, do you want to look through them?” 

“Why is that? I’m sure you’d be fantastic in the actual pictures.” her nose scruched up after he bopped her. but then she tilted her head, lulu inhaled, sucking in air as if it was knocked out of her. she repeated his word. “precious?” it was a question. precious was a not a word that often came from the isle. she smiled, “more, of me. okay.” biting her lip she looked at micah, that doesn’t sound too vain does it? i mean i want to see your work, not just of me ya know.” what was going on with lulu. she went to rock on her toes but noticed she was just hovering off the ground.

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(&& micah)‌:

Micah looked at Lulu’s face with rapture. She seemed so surprised and for a split second, he thought she hated the photo. Upon her approval, he chuckled. “I am one thousand percent sure, you look beautiful in the photo,” he replied but then caught himself. “I mean you look beautiful all the time, not that you only looked beautiful here.” He trailed off with a sheepish run of his hand through his hair. “you don’t eve need to apologize to me for being you okay?” Micah felt his heart rate quicken, a thundering sound in his ears because he felt like an idiot. However, the way she looked at him as if he carried the sun, made him feel all the more grateful for her presence. 

Hazel eyes grew wider at his confirmation and she turned a deep shade of pink.  She watched as he rambled, laughing only softly as he stumbled through words, it was endearing in a way she wasn’t. She was going to sorry, it was a terrible habit really, apologizing for the smallest things, her brows furrowed if only for a moment as words quite opposite to the ones he spoke ran through her brain. “Okay.” she mumbled. Lulu reached out and poked him in the shoulder, “We didn’t have pictures on the isle, so I mean I don’t really know what I look like in pictures. But where are the picture of you. You looked pretty at the ball, you should have one of yourself.” There she went again using that word pretty. “i mean yeah, you looked nice and all that good stuff.....” She trailed off. Lulu was so tongued tied and confused. She had a silver tongue, ready to whip out a snarky response in seconds but right now she felt as if her tongue turned to lead and it was heavy with words she couldn’t figure out. 

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(&& virgil)‌:

Virgil wasn’t feeling too great, which is why he found himself curled up in the arcade, hugging his bag of candy and trying to ignore the pain he was in. He couldn’t exactly pinpoint the cause, but he did know it settled in around when he was clocking out. Now he just didn’t have the energy in him to leave from the seat he was laying on. Hearing the sound of someone approaching, he gives a small groan.  “Listen, I’m not feeling real good, so if you can wait to sit down until I can stand up, that’d be great.”

Lulu looked down at the boy, face confused. She reached down and looked at his candy. Reaching into a bag the blonde took out one of the lollipops and sat on the floor next to him, though it was more of a float. The wonderlander pushed against his shoulder, “I’m not really wanting to sit down, I always have my own. But you look worse then a flower after the sun won’t stop shining. I just wanted to make sure you were alive. If you weren’t I was going to steal your money. But you’re alive. So that’s cool I guess. What game should I play?”

[whichwaylulux]

My Day Ones ☝(Ry and Nix)

Ry: because i know yer messing with me or you would've said something by now

Ry: or called

Ry: lulu

Ry: what's wrong

phoenix:what the fuck is going on here?

phoenix:can we just get to the point

phoenix:if there is any

Lulu:I just wanted to say I miss you both

Lulu:And I'm hungry

Lulu:Will someone bring me food.

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My Day Ones ☝(Ry and Nix)

Ry: if i just lost a sale for no reason i swear...

Lulu: You swear what Ry? What? I dare ya? What do ya swear.

Lulu:gonna threaten your only sister over something as simple as a sale when I could be dyin? Hmm

Lulu:I expect that of me, not you.

[whichwaylulux]

My Day Ones ☝(Ry and Nix)

Ry: are you dying

Ry: because i literally just ditched a customer to text you

Ry: you better be dying

Ry: please don't die

Lulu:Dying of waiting

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My Day Ones ☝(Ry and Nix)

Lulu:Hello

Lulu:HELLO

Lulu:Someone answer meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I need your attention urgently!

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(&& micah)‌:

Micah grinned cheekily and reached into his bag. He pulled out a lilac colored folder and opened it. “Didn’t they come out great?” He showed her the photo of her he took from across the room. Her dress glittering in the shadows. “I really think the light played really well here, I had to up the exposure a little bit but do you like it?” Micah really wanted her to like it, to see the beauty in a still picture like he did. Micah looked at her intently, face searching for approval and something else, something he wasn’t quite sure pg yet but he felt it A word at the tip of his tongue, sweet and endearing. There was so much beauty in Auradon and he truly weanted Lulu to experience all of it. He wanted to experience it with her too as cheesy as that sounded. 

lulu blinked and looked down at the picture, her face still. she then looked up at micah and was lost for words. hazel eyes scanned his features for a clue at how she was to react, he was excited, his eyes bright.  lulu looked down at the picture again, was that really her? it certainly looked like her, it had to be. he made her look so bright. she smiled. it was soft, unlike the smile she inherited from her father, nothing odd or unnerving. she nodded. “i do. i really do. are you sure that’s me?” she questioned. “I mean i know my brothers are pretty, well Ry is handsome and Nix is pretty so it must mean that in a way i’m the same, but if that’s me you made me look so pretty.” her face flushed pink. she hadn’t felt this tongue tied in forever. “sorry.”

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(&& micah):

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Micah had developed the photos he had taken of Lulu at the ball and he loved how they came out. She really did look like a glittering star or the sun. Though the sun was a star in a sense. Micah strolled down the street. He didn’t know where Lulu was staying or if she had an apartment here. He wanted to share the photos with her and also ask if she’d been to wonderland in her time back in Auradon. If not maybe they could roadtrip there sometime. Micah rounded the corner and he spotted her eyeing what looked like flowers but his vision wasnt the best from far away, she looked pretty though. He couldn’t think that though. They were friends and wouldnt it be crossing a line these feelings. Maybe it was because he hadnt seen her in so long?

“Talulah hey!” He called and waved at her. Micah jogged over and beamed. “Guess what I have in my bag.”

her head was up in the clouds. she was far, far away and her expression unreadable. she dragged her feet as she started home after a long icky shift at the diner. after the ball, it seemed so blah to go back to the real world. but the queen was right, she did see old friends and she did see someone in particular. it was a now a memory kept safe, something soft and bright to have in case something happened. something caught her attention though, a sweet looking flower cart. they didn’t have flowers on the isle and they certainly didn’t have flowers that talked or sang. and while these were ordinary flowers lulu stopped to look at them. peonies and sweet peas, her favourites, there were sunflowers and pink carnations. soft purple lilacs but what caught her attention was the white lavender, that was until she heard her name. only a few people ever called her by her full name and she turned to see one of them running towards her. the normally unreadable expression, broke and breathlessly his name fell off her lips, “micah.” she smiled. “i could never guess, you have to tell me!”

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Brie Larson for PORTER Magazine (2017)

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(&& micah)‌:

Pretty? Had anyone ever called him pretty? Had anyone ever taken notice of the man behind the camera lense? He honestly didnt know how to respond other than the heat that traveled up his spine. “I really do think so,” Micah beamed and let out a chuckle. He couldn’t imagine anyone looking so radiant here, the memories from his childhood always filtered through his head and while they were some of his fondest; he couldn’t ever imagine seeing someone look even more cute than they did when they were children. Micah held out his hand, “While I would love to eat cake all night with you, you’re right were at a ball so lets dance.” He really hoped that didn’t sound cheesy or stupid. Micah paled in comparison to her beauty.

Her face flushed a pink, a soft glow framing her features. Tucking a strand of hair hair behind her ear, Lulu had to ground herself as she started to rise on her tippy toes. The blonde looked at his hand and then at the cake and back at him, “Dance, yes.” In some sort of excited, nervous panic Lulu stuffed the rest of the cake in her mouth. Her eyes were wide as she was unsure as to why she did that. She stared at Micah for a few seconds, her pink face turning more red and red by the second. She tossed the plate on the table beside her and swallowed, biting on her lip, embarrassed. “Sorry.” Lulu looked at his hand once more and then up to his face. His smile luring her in. She smiled, “I would very much like to dance with you.” Taking his hand, the cheshire girl felt a lightness, a softness no longer associated with someone from the isle. “I should warn you though I haven’t danced in a very long time and I don’t know if I’m any good.”