The little Room under the stairs
Hello! My name is Emily. I'm 6 years old. I live in Rapture. You won't find it since it's underwater. I don't really like it here, It's always dark and wet and scary. I live with my daddy, Mr. B, and in the daycare. Me and my daddy live in a room under some stairs. My daddy's really special, he has a big drill for a hand and he's all metal! I have a big sister too! Her name's Eleanor, and she lives With me and daddy. Sometimes, when there's no camera's around.. Eleanor will take her big sister helmet off and play with me. She's really nice. She says one day, for my birthday, She'll get daddy to take his helmet off too. When daddy is off trying to find food for me, He leaves me at the daycare. Eleanor is always there to watch me and the other little sisters. We like to play in little tunnels we call 'hidey holes'. Daddy never leaves me alone. Even when I have to go collect ADAM from angels.
I don't like collecting ADAM anymore, bad people always try to take me away. But daddy and Eleanor always save me! My daddy doesn't talk, but Eleanor understands him. She says one day, her, daddy, and I will get to see the sun! Most of the people here are scary, except for a few others. They work food counters, ADAM stores, and then there are the daycare workers. They are super nice and the food workers always give me candy! Me and the other little sisters like to draw on the walls of rapture, but we stick to the walls around the hidey holes when my daddy or other little sisters daddy's aren't there. We draw flowers and rainbows and pictures of the sun. When daddy comes back from getting food, Eleanor cooks it. We eat ham, Soda, crackers, meat, and sometimes, If I'm REALLY lucky.. daddy will let me have some cream filled cake! Eleanor is a good cook.
When it get's dark (we can tell by looking into the ocean.. if it's brighter than normal.. it's day), daddy let's Eleanor carry me in her basket to go say good night to the other little sisters. Then we go back to the little Room under the stairs. It's pretty big for a little room. Me, daddy, and Eleanor all sleep in it. We all have our own cots. But when i get really scared at night.. I sneak into daddy's arms and fall asleep. I should probably tell you what I look like.
I have dark brown hair that's so long .. it falls past my Knees! I have bright yellow eyes and they glow. I have pale white/ green skin. I wear a dark red Corduroy dress that goes just above my knees. Eleanor says she's only seen daddy with his helmet off once. She says the daddies here don't age.. and she says daddy is only 19 years old. I don't know what that means though.
Rapture. 8:10 am. The little Room under the stairs.
I yawned. It was to early and I had just woken up. The smell of canned meat filled the room. I looked around, I saw Eleanor in her big sister armour (she doesn't wear the helmet in the house) stirring the meat with a metal thing. I skipped over to her side and peered up on to the banged up pan that held the meat. Eleanor finished the meat and gave me a dish of it.
"sister, what are we going to do today?" I asked while i ate another bite of meat. Eleanor thought for a moment.
"I'm not sure.. maybe We'll go visit daycare today." She said. I looked around.. I couldn't see daddy. I looked at Eleanor quickly, panic rose in my voice.
"sister... where's daddy?" I said as I handed her my plate. She smiled.
"His out collecting ADAM so you don't have to today. He'll be back soon.. In the meantime.. how about we clean you up.. then you can play with your doll "
She smiled as she finished cleaning up breakfast. I nodded and she lifted me up into her metal arms. She walked me over to a corner of the little Room that leaked. She kept a metal bucket under the stream of water, and corked the roof of the room so the water wouldn't flood the room. She lifted my dress off and helped me into the bucket. She uncorked the leak and the water splashed down on me. I winced as the water hit me and sister laughed. She took a jar of powered soap and began to scrub me. The soap was scratchy and it hurt when she bathed me.
After the bath, Eleanor rubbed me down with a old thin blanket. She told me to stay still and she went to the other side of the room to her bed. She looked under the bed and pulled out a long silk night gown. My mouth pulled into a 'o' . The dress was a bit dirty but it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It had two light pink bows on the chest of it. Eleanor smiled.
"This was mine when I was your age. With your Birthday coming up.. I figured you need something new." She said as she slide the dress over my wet hair. I giggled lightly and I brushed my fingers across the fabric.
"thank you very much sister! It's so pretty!" I smiled up at her and hugged her. She hugged me back and bent over onto the ground and picked up my dress. She put it into the bucket of water and began to wash it. I watched her for a few minutes while she scrubbed the blood and dirt from it. I soon walked over to my bed and picked up some chalk and my big daddy doll. I hopped up onto my bed, sat cross legged, and began to draw flowers on the wall. After a few minutes, Eleanor walked over to me and set my dress (which was cleaner now!) on the bed. She lifted me into her arms and pulled my nightgown off. She pulled the dress on me and began to braid my hair into ribbons. I struggled in her arms to get at my dolly. She laughed
"Calm down Emily" I sat still and huffed. Soon I could hear the metal thud of boots approach our door, then the click of snares around the area. Sister walked over to the door and opened it. I quickly got off the bed when she opened the door, and threw the faint glow of a few candles in the room, I saw my daddy.
"daddy!" I squealed. He set down my little sister needle (a full needle too!) and opened his arms to me. I ran at him and jumped into his arms. He hugged me and moaned. I giggled. I didn't know what he was saying.. but it sounded really funny to me. I snuggled into his arm as he walked over to his bed and sat down with me. Eleanor looked around outside and shut the door. She locked the metal door and walked over to daddy. He held out his drill and Eleanor removed it. Daddy stretched out his hand and cuddled me some more. He leaned back on his bed and I crawled over to his big helmet and began tapping at the little lights in his helmet. I peered into them, hoping I could see his human face. He groaned and lifted me off his head. I giggled and jumped on to sister's bed, then on to my bed. I picked up the nightgown and jumped on the bed again. Daddy sat up just as I bounced onto his bed. He set his hands on my shoulders till I calmed down. I was just so excited to see him!
I showed him the nightgown and showed him my drawings and I was jumping everywhere. Daddy looked over at Sister and groaned. Eleanor laughed and turned to me.
"Daddy would like to know if you would like to go to the little sister daycare now" I shrugged.
"We go there everyday.. I wanna go explore today!" I jumped up on Eleanor's bed and bounced. Daddy groaned some more and shook his helmet. That was a firm no. I frowned.
"why not daddy?" I asked. I saw Eleanor go to the big cupboard and get her big sister basket and her big sister helmet. Daddy moaned, I tuned to sister for a translation.
"He says exploring to far is dangerous. You must stay with him or me." She said as she put her basket on her back. I huffed.
"fine...but.." I trailed off, but daddy's groans cut me off. I crossed my arms as daddy patted my head. Eleanor put her big sister helmet on and lifted daddy's drill into his back. Daddy didn't need it today. If a bad person came around.. sister has her needle. She put her needle on. Daddy always makes sure I'm no where near his drill or sister's needle. He even hates me around my little sister needle! Daddy lifted me on to his back and quickly injected some EVE into his arm. He opened the door and let sister go first.
Time go to daycare!
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