Windrose, where the wind blows

[tothefly]

Who: Windrose crew and you, distinguished visitors!
Broadcast: Naaah.
Action: Windrose, various points in the near vicinity
When: Until we get off this frozen rock

[On New Year's Day, the crew on board the Windrose and those nearby may notice the chill as the doors to the cargo bay are left open, and their captain making quite a bit of noise as she inspects their newly expanded home away from home. This is likely to go on for a while. Feel free to come investigate, chat among yourselves, complain about the cold, etc!]

Comments

[mistyday]

Oh God me too, I miss the water real bad.

[therewerefifty]

There was a tiny beach in Adstringendum that was always warm and the air was fresh. I would sit on it for hours and just play.

I think I might miss that the most while I'm here.

[mistyday]

Ad... string... [What the hell kind of word is that anyway?] Adstringum. Where's that?

[therewerefifty]

Ah... it's the land I was staying in before I arrived here. Not my original home, but I suppose a place like this.

[mistyday]

Another place like this? You mean like aliens wantin' you on a tv show and everything?

[therewerefifty]

[She huffs a small laugh.] No, it was-- well, I think the only thing it had in common with this place was the odd selection of people from so many different worlds. But Adstringendum didn't take us on purpose.

Something went wrong and caused it to be very unstable, and people would sometimes just... fall through the cracks from different places. Landmarks, too.

[mistyday]

That's kind of scary to think about, that a world could just... fall apart like that.

[therewerefifty]

The way Sam told it, there were scientists who did something they shouldn't have. They did it to themselves because they didn't know any better.

[mistyday]

Sam? You mean the Sam that's here? Sam Winchester? Or is this someone else?

[therewerefifty]

Yes, that's him. You've met, I take it?

[mistyday]

Yeah! He's real nice. Are y'all friends?

[therewerefifty]

...I suppose we are. [She's not sure. Well-- Makie isn't used to the idea of having friends. But she likes Sam, and he's a good man.]

He's certainly been very welcoming and helpful. He taught me how to garden, and helped with an injury once. [The only one she'd ever received.]

[mistyday]

He's been real sweet to me too. But I didn't know he was into gardening! That's one of the few things I'm gonna miss here, are my plants.

[therewerefifty]

I don't think he ever had the time before Adstring to try gardening, and there it was... practicality. Grow your own vegetables so you could have a balanced diet. But I imagine Sam would be the type to enjoy it regardless.

[She smiles ruefully.] My own garden didn't get very far, I'm afraid.

[mistyday]

Maybe you can try again! There's a bunch of people who do gardening here.

[therewerefifty]

You can garden on these ships?

[How? There's no sun...]

[mistyday]

Yeah! Vision's got this... hydro... hydro somethin or another set up in the cargo bay. It's like gardenin' with no dirt!

[therewerefifty]

Vision. Is he the ...

[l o l she makes a kind of confused helpless gesture. She has no idea how to describe him.]

[mistyday]

Robot? Yeah! That's him!

[therewerefifty]

What is a robot?

[This is probably some thing everyone knows in the future, isn't it.]

[mistyday]

They're... mechanical people. Artificial life.

[therewerefifty]

Built by humans?

[Her brow furrows. Really? That seems... strange.] Can people not have children in the future, or is there some other reason?

[mistyday]

[She shrugs.] I dunno. We don't have robots like Vision in my world. Just like... little cleaning robots and factory robots and whatnot. You'd have to ask him.

[therewerefifty]

[She smiles a little.] No. I think I've been rude enough in showing such curiosity. I think I should just accept that other worlds are always going to seem extremely strange in comparison to my own.

[mistyday]

Ain't that the truth? I'm still trying to get the hang of all this space nonsense myself.