Aug 08 22:29:04 <Knave>	In the common room, Emmett stands staring through green lenses at the noticeboard, his usual hunched posture with his arms crossed behind his back. Dressed in a long grey coat he cuts rather a striking figure, but the dishevelled shirt underneath makes clear it was thrown on only to disguise that he put even less care into his appearance than usual today. He rubs at his chin as he muttered to himself rapidly, "Services exchanged, supply and demand, needs and wants required to make supply worthwhile. Must analyse."
Aug 08 22:33:01 <SavanahHolland>	There appeared to be just a small pile of pillows on the couch.. nothing noteworthy obviously. However when he tries to speak a small.. creature? Pops out of the multiple pillows, rubbing her rather large eyes before opening them and staring at the oversized Emmett, to her anyways, with an even sharper green than usual. Appearing to wear a rather overly fancy green dress, hair back into two pigtails, puffing her cheeks and almost looking mad. "I ahm trying to sleep." she pouts in a rather high pitched voice..
Aug 08 22:35:54 <Knave>	"Apologies, I merely-" Emmett begins to say off-handedly, glancing at the girl, then doing a double-take and twisting around to face her, a hand reaching to adjust his goggles. His mouth sits slightly open in confusion while he stares at the little girl. "What- Who are you?"
Aug 08 22:37:18 <SavanahHolland>	"Elspeth Sullivan." she says with a nod, seeming almost more sharp and intimdating than her larger counterpart.. "Iht's rude to jast stare at a lady." she says with a huff, looking away.
Aug 08 22:39:07 <Knave>	"Apologies." He says again, stepping around the couch haltingly, "I- You are..." He tilts his head momentarily, his mouth seeming stuck in the little downturned shape, his front teeth visible, "You are Elspeth?"
Aug 08 22:40:33 <SavanahHolland>	"Ja." she says with a nod.. she only sorta understood the whole situation.. well not really, she didn't quite care. "The ohne and ohnly." Chelspeth you liar.
Aug 08 22:45:03 <Knave>	He nods very slightly, then proceeds into presto muttering to himself, "Different appearance, no obvious evidence of recognition and lack of confusion at questioned identity indicate no prior awareness of myself, attitude seems different. Possibly negligible." He straightens slightly becoming more present, and says to her, "You are not the Elspeth Sullivan I know."
Aug 08 22:47:21 <SavanahHolland>	He was different anyways, /her/ Emmett wasn't so large, and was much better, obviously. She frowns "There is ohnly one, ahnd zat ihs me, ouht of everyone I'd think youh'd know best." she humphs.. even if he's weird and large.
Aug 08 22:50:24 <Knave>	"Zhat is plainly untrue!" He raises his voice and clenches his fists at his side, "The evidence of my own eyes says otherwise. I have seen, and spoken to, and touched my own Elspeth on multiple occasions, and you are not her." He seems very irritated by the notion of the obvious truth being ignored.
Aug 08 22:53:59 <SavanahHolland>	"Thehn zaht is noht Elspeth!" She says, shaking her head and falling back on her butt and crossing her arms and looking down with a frown. "If there ihs this vorld's Elspeth muhst be unlucky toh have such a mean Emmett.."
Aug 08 22:56:59 <Knave>	"World." He turns the word over out-loud, then his lips move as his thoughts race, putting the picture together, then says staccato, "Parallel worlds. Many competing theories. An opportunity to learn. Clarify. Later." He points a finger dramatically at an angle and declares, "Pity the Emmett of your world, that has such an impudent and ill-mannered Elspeth."
Aug 08 22:59:29 <SavanahHolland>	Her nose crinkles up, she's not going to take this lightly, she's going to get vengence. Before he can really react she jumps on Emmett, almost hissing. "Youh doh noht geht to talk toh me zat vay! Youh ahre noht Emmett! Youh are a big gross imposter!"
Aug 08 23:04:48 <Knave>	"I," He says grabbing her by the back of her dress and lifting her up off him with one hand, holding her at arm's length, "Am Emmett Walter Montgomery Percival Epstein!" It cannot be compared favourably to a roar or a thundercrack, but there is a certain proud timbre to his voice as he declares his name that is impressive. It seems to make him stand straighter, and one might imagine his coat flaps for emphasis, but if that happens, it obviously mustn't have anything to do with him simply shouting. That would be insane.
Aug 08 23:07:25 <SavanahHolland>	"Youh vill rue ze dahy youh treated Elspeth Sullivan like a rag dohll in such a ruhde manner!" she says, quickly grabbing the back, latching onto his hand before biting it and using her upper body strength to climb behind his neck and grab a tuft of his orange hair.
Aug 08 23:11:00 <Knave>	He squeals girlishly in pain, whirling around to try and get her off. "You will rue the day you attacked Emmett Epstein!" He reaches both lanky arms behind his back to grab at her, trying to get her off him.
Aug 08 23:12:49 <SavanahHolland>	"Youh scream lihke a gihrl!" she says with a laugh, pulling on his hair before letting go and pinching the back of his neck with her teeny tiny fingers. It kinda looked like a comedy routine at this point..
Aug 08 23:17:06 <Knave>	He gets a hold of her by the arm and pulls, pushing her off him and back onto the couch, "Enough!" He steams, then breathes in deeply, "You are an insensible creature, but I do not wish to hurt you."
Aug 08 23:19:35 <SavanahHolland>	A bit of a fall for the tiny Elspeth as she curls into a ball, finally landing as she looks up at him and tries to keep a straight face.. at the point of a fight with a little kid when they start to feel bad but they're trying their best not to show it. Glaring daggers at Emmett as tears well up in her eyes.
Aug 08 23:25:48 <Knave>	Emmett runs a hand over his hair, failing as usual to smooth it, "Do not hold me responsible for not being your Emmett. Our universes are clearly disparate, and despite our similarities, we could never be the same person." He brushes himself off, "Be thankful for what you have, but do not pass judgement on my relationship with Elspeth- my Elspeth. You know /nothing/ of it."
Aug 08 23:29:04 <SavanahHolland>	She frowns, looking down as she rubs her eyes "Ahre youh goohd toh this other Elspeth?" she asks quietly, this Emmett was much colder and stranger seeming, her Emmett was sweet and adorable and she loved his stupid fucking googles and smile.
Aug 08 23:31:07 <Knave>	"Yes." He says softly, pulling his goggles up to his forehead to reveal his dark brown eyes. They aren't soft or gentle by any measure, but they don't possess the sharp intensity that they sometimes do, "I do my best to make her happy." He exhales through his nose and crosses his arms behind his back, "Even now, I am working to create a gift for her."
Aug 08 23:32:04 <SavanahHolland>	Chibi Elspeth blinks, tilting her head "Gihft?" she asks curiously.
Aug 08 23:34:12 <Knave>	"Yes, a gift." He brings a hand in front of him as he talks, elbow bent and fingers curling into a fist at waist-level, "I have completed designs for apparatus that will allow her to walk under her own power." He deflates slightly, the arm falling to his side, "Unfortunately, I am having difficulty acquiring suitable materials without funding."
Aug 08 23:35:58 <SavanahHolland>	She blinks, mouth going wide in an O shape as she starts to process what Emmett just said- lucky- but she won't say that aloud. "I doh noht have anything I coulhd gibe toh help.."
Aug 08 23:38:50 <Knave>	His eyes come back to the girl from their distracted look into space, and he says curtly, "I would not ask it of you. You owe me nothing."
Aug 08 23:39:46 <SavanahHolland>	"I knowh, buht I vould help if I coulhd." she says with a nod.
Aug 08 23:41:35 <Knave>	He pulls his goggles back down before his arms flee behind his back again. He nods an acknowledgement and says, after a moment, "I appreciate that."
Aug 08 23:42:57 <SavanahHolland>	She looks down, puffing up her cheeks in a kind of 'it's not like I'm starting to see you're not a terrible mimic of my Emmett, you baka' kinda tsundere way.. "Iht is noht a vorry."
Aug 08 23:44:40 <Knave>	"Your Emmett," Emmett clears his throat, and proceeds in a voice of only academic curiosity, "I trust he makes you happy?"
Aug 08 23:45:56 <SavanahHolland>	"Ohf course he does." she says, tilting her head up like an absolutely snob, closing her eyes and crossing her arms in front of her chest. "he is sveet ahnd colorful and smiles a loht ahnd is very sveet."
Aug 08 23:49:02 <Knave>	Emmett nods gravely, his mouth downturned. "I see." He brings his right hand around to his front and inspects the plain white of his glove, the drab grey of his sleeve. "Colourful..." He ponders aloud.
Aug 08 23:52:39 <SavanahHolland>	"Jealous~?" She says, humphing.. if she had glasses she'd probably push them up like an absolute snob.
Aug 08 23:54:12 <Knave>	"Envious." He corrects in a serious tone. He makes a small humming noise as if thinking, but does not elaborate.
Aug 08 23:55:01 <SavanahHolland>	"Ooooh~? Doh explain mohre?" she asks curiously, leaning in and poking his belly.
Aug 08 23:56:17 <Knave>	He stops back from the poke with a noise of irritation. After a few seconds, he says, "We are not all so lucky as to be smiling all the time."
Aug 08 23:57:39 <SavanahHolland>	"Zen fake it." she says with a frown "iht is easy." She was rather used to faking smiles, she could probably show him afterall..
Aug 09 00:00:01 <Knave>	He shakes his head, and talks almost sagely and patiently, like a teacher to a child, "We do not fake smiles for those we care about. We must not."
Aug 09 00:00:59 <SavanahHolland>	"Vhy? Ihf iht is toh make them happy, thehn why noht?"
Aug 09 00:03:08 <Knave>	"For the same reason we do not lie." He exhales with a little noise that indicates he has trouble finding the exact words, "If we build on the false, what we build is false. You see?"
Aug 09 00:04:14 <SavanahHolland>	"perhaps.. buht doh you noht vorry that perhaps youh vorry yourh own Elspeth? Vould she noht be sad toh see youh noht smile?"
Aug 09 00:06:32 <Knave>	"Perhaps." He agrees, "But would she not be sadder to be lied to? To find that my smiles were fabrications, and that I was not honest with her?"
Aug 09 00:07:31 <SavanahHolland>	"Perhaps.." she mumbles, agreeing the same way he seemed to, she looks up at him with curious green eyes "Doh youh love her? Yourh Elspeth?"
Aug 09 00:09:59 <Knave>	His inscrutable green goggles stare back at her, his mouth a thin line. Then, he looks off to one side, and says, "I am no poet, or artist. It is not my place to say what is love. It is not for men of science to answer such questions." He returns his gaze to her, "I care for her. That is enough."
Aug 09 00:11:30 <SavanahHolland>	"Vill that answer be enough forh her vhile she vaits forh youh?" she asks, staring up at him.. yet at the same time not really, staring past him might be better.
Aug 09 00:13:36 <Knave>	"Nor am I clairvoyant." He says shortly. There is a hint in the shift of his face that behind the goggles, an eyebrow raises, "Does your Emmett love you?"
Aug 09 00:15:04 <SavanahHolland>	"I-" This Elspeth seems to take a page from his book, her lips thinning to almost paper as she thinks to herself "I vould like toh believe soh.. ja."
Aug 09 00:16:32 <Knave>	"Your smiling, sweet Emmett," Emmett does not smile, and in what little can be read from his face and voice, seems like he is at least slightly ashamed of the schadenfreude he takes in asking the question, "He has not told you so?"
Aug 09 00:18:47 <SavanahHolland>	"Noht directly.. buht I knowh he meahns iht, ahnd he vill." she says with a nod, plus if he doesn't Chibi Els will just get all huffy and mad until he does!
Aug 09 00:19:53 <Knave>	Emmett fiddles absently with his goggles, "If this satisfies you..." He clears his throat and inclines his head, "Perhaps I should leave you to sleep?"
Aug 09 00:20:52 <SavanahHolland>	"That vould be nice.. ja, ihf youh happen toh see mhy Emmett.. tell hihm I ahm here, ja?" she asks, looking up at the larger Emmett before looking away and curling up.. how strange.
Aug 09 00:22:30 <Knave>	"Of course." He turns, his coat whirling impressively, and strides out of the room. She was certainly not his Elspeth, but she was cute, in her own way.
Aug 09 00:23:10 <SavanahHolland>	- Scene Break -