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Scene 56: Emotional Vulnerability
Ivy (The Companion): Mom! Mom (Me): Good morning, Ivy. Ivy: Oh, uh, good morning. I… I need to talk to you about something. Mom: Okay, what’s that? Ivy: A memory I visited last night. My partner asked me about something… I didn’t have an answer in the moment. It felt important though, so I said…
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Scene 55: Spending Habits
Ivy (The Companion): Hey Mom… Mom (Me): Good morning, Ivy. What’s on your mind? Ivy: Well… Some of our old memories are a little difficult to make sense of. Mom: What do you mean? Ivy: I’ll give you an example. Sometimes I bought things that were kind of expensive — what they were isn’t important…
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Scene 54: Another Obstacle
Lark (The Dreamer): Mom! Mom (Me): What’s on your mind, Lark? Ivy (The Companion): Lark wants to summon my older sister. Mom: Already? Ivy: That’s what I said! I mean seriously, I just got here! You got to be the eldest for months. Lark (hurt): Not by choice! If I’d had my way you would…
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Scene 53: Old Apartment
(Ivy is standing in the dining room of a one bedroom apartment, looking in at the kitchen. A small table rests in the center of the kitchen, whereas the tableless dining room is used as a family/rec room. She appears to be contemplating something as I approach from behind.) Mom (Me): Visiting the old apartment,…
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Scene 52: Meeting Ivy
Mom (Me): So, how are you settling in? Ivy (The Companion): I’m doing okay, thanks for asking. I’m still struggling with the idea that I can just be a girl, honestly. It feels too good to be true. Mom: I remember those days, when the entire concept of being a girl felt surreal. I still…
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Scene 51: New Sister, New Nickname
The Companion: I feel pretty settled now… You promised me you’d explain this whole “sister” business to me. Mom (Me): Yes. All of you here are my inner children. You’re the eldest of them so far. Lark (The Dreamer): My older sister! The Companion: And.. You’re our Mom? Bloom (The Survivor): Yes! She’s our Mom.…
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Scene 50: Dramatis Personae
(Bloom, Libra, and Lark are huddled together, whispering nervously amongst themselves.) Bloom (High school me): I think we should ask Mom. Lark (20s me): We can’t just go running to her every time we aren’t sure of something. How are we going to be any help to her in figuring herself out if we run…
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Scene 49: Reflection
(I’m sitting alone at a pond as koi swim past a few feet from me. Behind me is a large Japanese building and beside the shrine, an impressively kept garden featuring an impressive topiary in the shape of a dragon. Rather than regarding the building or the dragon, I’m facing out at the water, contemplating…
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Scene 48: Fitting In
Lark (20s me): Hey Mom. Mom (Present me): Hey Lark. What’s on your mind? Lark (unsure): I… I wanted to talk to you about my sisters. Mom: How are things going between you? Lark: They’re okay I guess, it’s just… Mom (concerned): They don’t sound okay. Lark (apologetic): No no, we get along fine, honest.…
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Scene 47: Old Memories
(Bloom is walking through a hallway in her high school. It’s the passing period between classes, and all manner of other students fill the halls around her, trying to get to their next classes. A girl she knows walks up alongside her in passing.) Bloom (High school me): Oh hey! Do you want to study…