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Aug 20, 2024 13:32:43 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 20, 2024 13:32:43 GMT -5
He knew that he had places that he could go but he liked hanging at the orphanage. There were a lot of kids there that he did not know but it was no big age difference like it was between him and his brothers so he could simply do as he was today and hang out on the monkey bars. Sophie Chang
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Aug 20, 2024 13:58:04 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 20, 2024 13:58:04 GMT -5
The exterior of the orphanage was the grounds. The grounds had its own playground and today Sophie was going to the monkey bars as well. She looked tomboyish today in her denim shorts and red t-shirt and she was actually going to swing on the monkey bars. It was one of her ways of being active. Actually thinking about a gymnastics class was possible but she could do this on the orphanage grounds instead. She was short but flexible as she pulled herself up on the bars and swung on them. She’d spied Jace and gave him a little smile. Jace Maddox
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Aug 21, 2024 13:05:23 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 21, 2024 13:05:23 GMT -5
He did not shy away from the other kids because it was fun to know just what to do. He took a second to climb to the top part of one of the bars as he seen the girl. "Hi," he said. "It is sometimes nice to hang upside down and just hang out," he said as he stayed still. "I'm Jace." Sophie Chang
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Aug 21, 2024 13:41:17 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 21, 2024 13:41:17 GMT -5
Seeing a boy climb a bit higher than her Sophie had kept moving swinging from bar to bar. Then he introduced himself. Sophie stopped her swinging and reaching the place she could climb up higher she did so she was on his level. “I’m Sophie and I agree with you” she cheerfully said. “It’s good to see what you can do with the abilities you have as well but this will take more practice”. She really needed more time but it was more likely that she’d need to cut back what she was doing already to fit it all in. Especially now school was back on. Jace Maddox
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Aug 22, 2024 17:26:10 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 22, 2024 17:26:10 GMT -5
"Time does seem to go by rather fast." He had noticed that but he was trying to make the most of the time that he did have. "Nice to meet you. I see a lot of kids that go in and out and some stay longer than others but I think that is a good thing it gives them somewhere to go at least and a little bit to do as well." Sophie Chang
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Aug 22, 2024 21:01:33 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 22, 2024 21:01:33 GMT -5
Sophie had been here a while. Much longer than the time she’d lived in the West slums as that was cut short by the violent death of her aunt during a robbery and that was still an unsolved crime. So while she might have been able to go back and live with her mother that was too fragile a future for Rebecca Giver. So Sophie stayed right here. “I’ve found the longer you stay here the more you get to do. Ideas are encouraged and backed up. I bake cookies and things like that and that started because I wanted to feel useful rather than just cry all the time. Now I get to teach others what I know” she replied. Her support doll programme was also quietly expanding and she had an apprentice to keep the basic operations going these days. “It’s usually the babies that leave first. Then followed by the cute toddlers. Some of the friends I made here will also age out here and leave when they’re eighteen. In between that those children will be here long term” she added and would continue to be a big sister figure in the long run. Jace Maddox
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Aug 23, 2024 17:56:08 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 23, 2024 17:56:08 GMT -5
"I can see babies going first they take a lot of adjusting but they don't really have their ideas and the older that someone gets the more questions that they end up having and some people do not like that but it does not mean that they don't want the older kids they just already know it's a big wall of difficulty waiting though the kid themself might not be difficult." It had to kind of feel bad but still. "It is good to not cry a lot just because it takes a lot out of anyone but hobbies are good too." Sophie Chang
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Aug 24, 2024 9:22:10 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 24, 2024 9:22:10 GMT -5
“We’ve always questions to ask as we grow up. Then we go to school and get some of the answers; not all the ones we need in elementary school but those should come later on” Sophie replied. “We are a lot of work once we become teenagers or close to it. My late aunt said so”. She couldn’t see much of the big picture yet but once she was 13 she’d start a new part of her life. It wasn’t just a number but she was already wondering about boys and girls. Her abilities would also develop further along with her body as she grew up. Mattie crossed her mind as well. Jace Maddox
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Aug 24, 2024 18:42:44 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 24, 2024 18:42:44 GMT -5
"School does give us some of the answers but being out in the world will give us some too. I guess even as young as I am I am a bit naive and realize there is so much more we do not know but don't feel the need to rush myself to grow up at the same time." Maybe it was too simple to think like that but that was what youth got for you. "I think in the end we will learn and that will help us be okay with whatever though I have no idea what that is at the moment one day at a time works." Sophie Chang
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Aug 25, 2024 3:40:55 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 25, 2024 3:40:55 GMT -5
Was this the time in your life when you figured you could do everything? Probally as once teenage years kept rolling round you got to see the obstacles a lot more clearly. Right now the choice was to continue with tennis or add on gymnastics to an already busy life. Or to explore other things she’d barely any information on. “We don’t know a lot right now. We think we can do anything but I do know being here is good for me. Who knows what kind of trouble I could have gotten into living in the slums?” Sophie replied. She knew what level of trouble that could find her right now for sure and that was just living on this island. Giving into fear meant dying a little at at a time instead of all at once on your terms. “Why don’t we go out for a while? The sea front is nice this time of day” she added with a smile. Jace Maddox
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Aug 26, 2024 5:58:12 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 26, 2024 5:58:12 GMT -5
"A lot probably I know I took the time to just zip through the slums and knew in that moment never again," he said. It was nice to know that people did have places they could go this being a good one for the kids. He put himself down off the bars. "Sure, where are we headed?" he asked. Sophie Chang
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Aug 26, 2024 7:01:49 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 26, 2024 7:01:49 GMT -5
Sophie had decided the general area as she replied “I did live in the slums for a short while before coming here. So got to see what goes on first hand. Occasionally gangs, certainly night workers and plenty of things that could have gotten me in trouble; but if you’re careful it’s not as dangerous as it is looks”. She needed to get a hoodie before leaving as it was late afternoon and getting a bit chilly. Then they were walking to the seafront. A city this compact meant you were only a few miles away from anywhere when in the oprhanage. Jace Maddox
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Aug 27, 2024 6:39:20 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 27, 2024 6:39:20 GMT -5
"I do think that applies everywhere but especially in the slums," he said. Even being a kid it was not hard to notice a few things. None the less them walking to the sea front seemed good and it was giving them exercise which he thought was important. "So you have been here for a bit and you seem to have been a good style of life so that gives me hope for me being here too." Sophie Chang
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Aug 27, 2024 7:00:19 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Aug 27, 2024 7:00:19 GMT -5
“My old neighbourhood in LA was like that too. So when did you get to the island?” she posed. By now you could see the pier and the part of the city tourists tended to start in before they explored. The cruise ships still arrived for now. “I think you’ll do just fine. We could get dinner here as well” she added. School would cut into their time but the evening was still theirs. Jace Maddox
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Aug 28, 2024 8:02:45 GMT -5
Post by Jace Maddox on Aug 28, 2024 8:02:45 GMT -5
"A little bit ago probably around four days but could just as easily be a week ago especially considering I slept some of those days away." People were crawling in at drones speed but still it put a nice twist to the island. "Thanks and sure, I normally eat burgers but I could go for anything at this point." Sophie Chang
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