Chatterbox: Down to Earth

An Introduction to New Alter Egos, in the Form of a Great Work of Literary Genius, recorded by Abcde

(The scene is the living room of Morning & Alter Ego's home. Various overstuffed couches and beanbags are scattered around a worn wooden coffee table covered with books, vinyl records, and various electronic devices. The floor is a sand-colored plush carpet, with various stains, mostly from my [Abcde's] markers as I [she] attempted to color it red in a fit of anger. The curtains are open on each window, and sunlight is streaming into the room. MORNING and ABCDE are sprawled on the floor, eyes glued to mystery novels and Phantom of the Opera scrapbooks, respectively. The front door opens, creaking ominously. SIENNA and GENIVEVE PLUM enter.)

SIENNA: Hello? Is anyone home? (Tugs at a strand of their hair with one hand and their sister, GENIVEVE PLUM's shoulder with the other.)

MORNING: (Leaps up, her book falling to the ground.) Yes! Hi! Who is it?

SIENNA: Um... Sienna. And Geni.

GENIVEVE PLUM: Geniveve Plum to you.

SIENNA: (In an explanatory voice) Geniveve, legally. Plum is an assumed middle name.

GENIVEVE PLUM: But still real. My middle name is still Plum, legally or not.

SIENNA: Obviously.

ABCDE: Excuse me? Who in the world are you? WHAT in the world are you? And why are you entering my home without going through the proper procedures?

[A note from the author: These procedures are essential and long-winded, for claritiy's sake, I will just say that they include quite a bit of bowing, complementing, and groveling at my feet.]

MORNING: (Rudely interupting her favorite Alter Ego) Abcde, these are my new AEs— 

ABCDE: (Being rudely ignored) Alter Egos.

MORNING: —Sienna and Geniveve Plum. Please be nice to them.

ABCDE: I'm ALWAYS nice! I keep saying that, but no one listens to me! But remember how your last attempt at other Alter Egos turned out?

MORNING: Shush, small child.

ABCDE: I am older than you!

MORNING: Don't argue.

ABCDE: This is a civilized discussion! 

SIENNA: (Clearing throat) I don't mean to be rude, but could you possibly pause in your... civilized discussion for a few moments? It's cold out here, and Geni and I would like to come into our new home. Thank you.

GENIVEVE PLUM: (Abrubtly) STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY! BE KIND TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FOLLOW A VEGAN DIET. 

ABCDE: (Visably annoyed) I AM vegan, thank you very much.

MORNING: (Ushers SIENNA and GENIVEVE PLUM into the living room) Welcome, Sienna and Geniveve Plum. This is a bit of an inconvinent time... I've been kind of lazy lately, Abcde's always lazy, and Liddy is physically seven and mentally younger... the house is a mess... I'm on hiatus, and we haven't gone out a lot... Sorry...

SIENNA: I'm the laziest person in the world, don't worry. And Geni is so introverted, she'd probably hate it if you made her go to a bunch of parties and stuff anyway.

GENIVEVE: (Hides behind her sibling)

…LIDDY: (Rushes into the room in yellow pocket dragon form and attaches herself to GENIVEVE PLUM'S leg) IIIAM LIDDY ANDII LOVEE YOUVE RYMUC HHHHH…

ABCDE: That's my sidekick. Don't touch her.

*THE WORLD ERUPTS INTO JOYFUL AND NOT-SO-JOYFUL CHAOS* 

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Sienna's Charrie Sheet

Name: Sienna

Age: 16

Gender/pronouns: Non-binary, they/them

Talks in: Bold-italics 

Appearance: Tall and tanned, with a peaked, perky nose and a wide smile. Their hair is sandy blonde with the roots dyed dark brown, in an overgrown pixie cut that has become more of a shaggy mess. They usually like to wear soft, oversized sweaters (usually knit by themself) over black leggings, or dark blue jeggings, or large, medium blue jeans, along with large, green sneakers with black laces.

Personality: Very calm, lazy, peacemaker, likes couches, loves potato chips and sand, hates water and is afraid of drowning, but goes to the beach a lot to be near sand because there is no desert nearby. Has assumed the role of cook in Grace's absence because Abcde doesn't want to, Liddy is too young, and Geniveve is tired of the belief that women have to cook. They also love knitting, reading books by Jaqueline Woodson, and stalking Averno on every social media site ever. 

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Geniveve Plum's Charrie Sheet

Name: Geniveve Plum (Geniveve is given name, Plum is an assumed middle name)

Talks in: Bold (because I just have to choose all my introverted AEs to be in bold) 

Age: 14

Gender, pronouns: Female, she/her

Appearance: Rarely sets foot outside, so is super pale with extremely dark brown hair with plum-colored highlights, usually in a messy bun with one short, thick braid down one side of her face. She has piercing, pale gray eyes that are magnified by large, round glasses. Wears plum-colored turtlenecks, pale blue denim overalls, a trench coat and hiking boots in Sienna's favorite shade of sand.

Personality: Extreme introvert, philosopher, Peter Singer is her idol, complete vegan, favorite color is plum, very argumentative, debating (not in official form, just a fancy word for civilized argument) is her passion, obsessed with any kind of activism she can find and is passionate about her beliefs, most humans are bad for the environment.

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Admins: Thank you so much for reading through all this, I know it's kind of long. <3