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[kidsmenu]

Bon soir. I am Claudia de Lioncourt.

[Small, blonde, extremely curly. A little more articulate and staid in her manner than your average twelve-year-old girl. She's wearing a flowery T-shirt and a backward, pink baseball cap.]

I am seeking information on how family relationships mature as a child grows up, in this world and time. In my old world, it would hinge on marriage, and childbirth, and separation from the ancestral home. But it seems that times have changed. Or perhaps they never were.

I'm given to understand that ImPorts don't tend to have children or anything, but I'm open to hearing stories gathered from the natives. Or your other cultures. Apparently, there is a saying, 'when in Rome.' And it would seem there are infinite versions of Romes to choose from.

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[codeoracle]

[Futaba's feed comes on, featuring a young red-headed girl frowning thoughtfully at the posed question.]

Where I'm from it can vary. Some still follow the idea of getting married and having kids...but that's not all that popular anymore. Now it's graduating school, getting into a good university. Being independent.

The older generation doesn't like that too much. They're used to children living with them, bringing in their families as they take care of the aging...

[kidsmenu]

What time period do you come from? [the little girl asks, tilting her head curiously.] What you're talking about seems to fall sort of in between my time and what others have described.

[codeoracle]

2000s. Post technical boom. You're definitely from a time way before mine, judging by what you're talking about...

[kidsmenu]

Yes, very much so. Goodness. I can't imagine... the 2000's!

How old are you, might I ask? What are you hoping for as you grow up?

[codeoracle]

So...how far apart are we in time exactly?

I'm fifteen...well actually, sixteen now I guess. I'm not sure what I want, really. Except keep getting out in the world. I spent enough time locked up in my house.

[kidsmenu]

[One empathizes, as much as a monstrous blood-sucking murderess can.]

Over two hundred years, I believe. Your parents were... overprotective?

[codeoracle]

Two hundred...[Interesting. It seemed this place really could pull people in from where ever and whenever.]

Ah...It wasn't because of my parents. I...was afraid to go outside.

[kidsmenu]

[There's a bit of quiet.]

Were there monsters outside?

[Very poor understanding of human behavior and its vagaries, this one.]

[codeoracle]

Oh. No.

I kind of...shut myself up in there. I was--[A pause. She's told other people about her issues, but she normally doesn't do so with strangers.]--I was dealing with some things.

sorry i got donkey punched by RL, feel free to disregard if this is too old now

[kidsmenu]

I understand, [says Claudia, who probably doesn't understand, but she knows better than to pry.] Did your things follow you here, or are you coming out and about now?