028 - 4th wall

[tapestodiane]

[Suddenly, on a video feed near you for no reason whatsoever, a llama.]

[A llama with a crush on our special agent.]



[OTP.]

[Also, talk about deja vu.]


(As per usual, action absolutely anywhere, with or without llamas! GO WILD. I want all of you!)

Comments

[tapestodiane]

<sub>[.. he knows this girl. Or at least, he knows who she'll become. He takes a moment to just look at her, and yes, he can see it now when he knows it.]

[He tries not to let it show, though, instead just nods.]</sub>

Your father's name is Harry?

_{[He's expecting a yes, but he asks anyway. It's a way of letting her know that he knows him, at least by name.]}

[isthelittlegirl]

Yes. Do you know my daddy?

[tapestodiane]

Yes.

_{[He finds himself weighing his words.]}

And I'm certain that between the two of us, we can find him for you.

[isthelittlegirl]

[Smiles]

He got lost.

[tapestodiane]

_{[And those simple words unnerve him to the very bone.]}

Lost?

[isthelittlegirl]

Well he wasn't here when I woke up. So he got lost.

[No this is just Cheryl refusing to say she is lost.]

We're supposed to be packing. We're going on vacation tomorrow.

[tapestodiane]

_{[This is where he crouches, a slow movement so he can look her in the eyes on her level. He feels uneasy, but he looks calm. He can sense where thsi might be going.]}

Where are you going, Cheryl?

[isthelittlegirl]

Silent Hill.

[tapestodiane]

_{[He'd thought as much. There's a small beat.]}

That sounds like an interesting place.

[isthelittlegirl]

Daddy said he went there with mommy once.

[So oblivious.]

[tapestodiane]

_{[And Cooper just feels sad.]}

Is that why you want to go?

[isthelittlegirl]

[Shrugs]

I don't know. I just want to go there.

And daddy needs a vacation. He works too hard. So I said we should go on one.

[tapestodiane]

_{[The girl is breaking his heart - mostly because he knows what awaits her, and he doesn't feel like he could possibly tell her.]}

That's very thoughtful of you, Cheryl.

[isthelittlegirl]

[She nods solemnly.]

He's still really sad about Mommy.

She died when I was little.

[tapestodiane]

It's a good thing he still has you, then.

[isthelittlegirl]

Someone has to look after him.

[There are very definitely hints of Heather in her. Even if she isn't really exactly the same.]

[tapestodiane]

_{[And those traces, so clearly evident in her words, make Cooper smile - small and quick. He reaches out to briefly touch Cheryl's shoulder in a show of both reassurance and affection.]}

Then it's about time we find him, don't you think?

[isthelittlegirl]

Yes!