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Envy Adams ([personal profile] whenshewasnice) wrote2014-09-13 01:43 pm

Natalie's Office, The Hegemony Compound, Brazil, Saturday

Of all the strange things Natalie had experienced in her life in recent times, this was the most pleasant one. It was a surreal experience to have her parents in her office, but not a bad one. Her father had immediately taken to examining the few books she had on the shelf (fairly old fashioned for this time period, but she'd wanted her office to feel comfortable for her), while her mother was far more interested in the electronics. If someone had asked Natalie beforehand what would happen once they got here, she would've gotten in exactly right. Sometimes, predictability was comforting.

"So this is where I work," she told them. "While I'm not hounding Peter across the hall."

Her father looked back towards her. Teasing was clearly incoming. "Does he need a lot of hounding?"

"Only sometimes." A beat. "Mostly for things that don't have much to do with our work. Sleep. Food. Those kinds of inconsequential things."

Her mother gave a quiet, dry snort. Yeah, these were Adamses, all right.

[ooc: NFB, and mainly for the people already in Brazil, but can also be open for calls and texts and whatever. SP warning for tonight.]

[identity profile] to-geniuses.livejournal.com 2014-09-15 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Neither is my daughter," Theresa said. She had relaxed - some - though she was still not so sure about the Adamses. "Unfortunately for me, she was always far more interested in her books--" ...and helping her older brother take over the world... "--than in letting me gussy her up."

[identity profile] to-geniuses.livejournal.com 2014-09-15 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Theresa's eyes darted - very briefly - to her son. (Because of course she would blame Peter, and not Natalie, for the omission.)

"We have three children," she said. "Peter is our oldest. His sister, Valentine, and his brother Andrew have left to join the interstellar colonization effort."

[identity profile] to-geniuses.livejournal.com 2014-09-15 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"At the time that we had our children, it was illegal to have more than two," John-Paul noted idly.

"John-Paul and I come from religious backgrounds," Theresa added, watching Abigail's face closely. "We wanted a third. We had to enlist Andrew in a military program to get the waiver." She smiled faintly. "Different times."

[identity profile] to-geniuses.livejournal.com 2014-09-16 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes I dream of the day we might have time to ourselves again, instead of dedicating it all to our children," John-Paul said - a little dryly.

Theresa shot him a faint look. "And then suddenly we miss the other two terribly," she said. "It's rough. I'm glad that the two of you, at least, have the opportunity to visit."