capeandcowl | ✞ || THIRTEEN || [video + text]

[Midii isn't looking at the screen, her attention fully devoted to the several pieces of paper scattered around her desktop. She checks two for every single letter written on a third. A few books sit to her left, their spines just barely visible. Codes and Cyphers, and a French-English Dictionary.]

[This, in and of itself isn't too strange. Not for a girl like Midii. But what is strange is the fact that, as she writes, she starts singing:]

There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

[She pauses here, looking around. Realizing that something is off, but unable to figure out exactly what.]

[After a moment, she continues writing.]

There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls,
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

[Again, a pause, but this time only because she'd finished her task. Grabbing her communicator, she begins typing her message carefully. The screen fades, but the last of her song cane still be heard just before the message appears:]

There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby,
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
She says "Midii, I love you very much."

I know a place where no one's lost,
I know a place where no one cries,
Crying at all is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

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U glcw vwwb oelxruxubf xiswa. Vwxlyaw qeurrwb Wbfkuag, ri nw, ua kujw l xisw. Rgua ua nt duear nwaalfw. Qglr si tiy rgubj? Can you read my message? Hint: if you are reading this on a computer, the answer will be right in front of you.

((OOC: Midii was hit by the singing plot while working on her new project. The puzzle is something I wrote myself basic on a Layton-style puzzle. See if you can solve it on your own, but if you can't and want your character to, you're welcome to message me for the answer))

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[She's had enough experience with mind control for it to be terrifying her.]

I don't know. When I talked to him, before I heard about this, he was talking about making a future for us kids and making us free. The flame guys said he was using them for his plans. I don't know anything specific.

Pink had similar plans, if I recall correctly. And I do.

He wishes to come up with a safety net for those of us who could be seriously hurt if something like the Skrull invasion should ever happen again. Do you think this is what Richards was talking about?

These guys don't think so. They said he'd killed a lot of people, went crazy. I haven't heard about Mr. Pink doing anything like that.

It's just..Doesn't it scare you that people out there can get into your head? that if it's true and he's done it before, he could do it again?

[She says it all in a rush. It's clear she's been stewing on this awhile.]