009; Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine

[onebadapple]

[Snow White sighs as she seems to be getting another message not meant for her. She shakes her head and addresses the camera.]

Du meine Güte!

Ich habe ziemliche Probleme mit meinem Omni. Und in Anbetracht einiger der Nachrichten, die ich zufällig erhalten habe, glaube ich, dass wir alle es sind! Ich kontaktiere immer wieder versehentlich die falschen Leute. Nicht, dass es nicht nett wäre, mit ihnen zu reden. Trotzdem möchte ich die Menschen erreichen, die ich erreichen möchte.

[There's a humming sound that comes from the Omni and Snow's image fizzles for a moment before:] If I do say so myself, this is getting a little frustrating. Does anyone have an idea how to fix the problem? Or what could it be?

[Another hum and another fizzle. She is none the wiser that she's not being "translated."]

Ich fürchte, ich bin nicht sehr gut mit Technologie, aber ich werde versuchen, zu helfen, wo immer ich kann. Nun, hier hoffen wir, dass das Problem bald behoben wird.

[One last fizzle and then:] Well, all the same, I hope everyone is staying nice and warm as it gets colder! Please don't forget to be very careful right now.


(OOC: Just let me know if you want replies to be translated by the Omni or still in Google translate German. Hovering over the sentences will provide the translation.)

Comments

CW: attempted murder, actual child murder

[onebadapple]

['Hm? Oh, yes. My stepmother poisoned me with an apple. But that was her second attempt. The first attempt she tried to have the huntsman cut out my heart.']

[schoolingfish]

[For a long time Luca doesn't speak, nor does he attempt to write anything. He just stares in shock and horror. How can she be so casual about her own murder? Why would someone be so determined to kill her? Eventually he writes.

'That's horrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you. Why would she do something like that?']

[onebadapple]

[She's so casual because she partially is socially awkward but she mostly has learned to deal with trauma like this and no one has corrected it.

'It's not your fault, dear, and she's not here, so I'm very safe now. Unfortunately, I don't know what I did for her to want to kill me. The huntsman said she was mad with jealousy, but I don't know what she could possibly be jealous of!']

[schoolingfish]

['I'm glad you're safe now, but that really is terrible that she would do something like that. You didn't even do anything wrong!' Sure, Luca had people trying to kill him back home and he hadn't done anything wrong, either, but somehow killing over jealousy seems even worse than killing over fear. Killing over jealousy means her stepmother didn't even think she was dangerous.]

[onebadapple]

['That is very kind of you. I wish... well, it doesn't much matter, I suppose. She got what she wanted and I am safe and sound here.']

[schoolingfish]

['It does matter.

What do you wish?']

[onebadapple]

['It was my wish to have a mother most of all. She was all I had. But I'm dead... or well, dead there, and here now and no one can be my mother.']

[schoolingfish]

['Well, maybe you can't have your original mother here, but I'm sure there are people here that can be a mother, even if they're not the one you had before.'

And honestly, considering the one she'd had before, a new mother could only be an improvement.]

[onebadapple]

['Oh, I'm not sure about being a mother. People are okay with being brothers and sisters, but it's something else entirely to be someone's mother. So it's alright if I just try to be the one I always hoped to have.']

[schoolingfish]

['But you can. I have a friend back home, and he found a new father.']

[onebadapple]

['That was back home, dear. There aren't that terribly many who are old enough to even be my parents let alone willing to take on the task.']

[schoolingfish]

['There might be some, though. I met people here who were old enough to be my parents.']

[onebadapple]

['That's wonderful, Luca. But really, it's alright if I don't have any wish to be my parents. I've lived most of my life without a loving parent, I can live the rest of it too.]

[schoolingfish]

['Yeah, I guess. But maybe someone will come along anyway. You never know.']

[onebadapple]

[I just have to keep wishing and allow myself to be pleasantly surprised. ]

[schoolingfish]

['Exactly!']