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ʟᴀᴅʏ sᴀɴsᴀ sᴛᴀʀᴋ: ᴀʟᴀʏɴᴇ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ([personal profile] steeledskin) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-12-06 12:17 pm

open | text + action

Who: Sansa Stark + YOU
Broadcast: Text, fleetwide.
Action: Blue Fish
When: This morning.

Jon Snow and Bran Stark have left the Fleet. Condolences to those who may have befriended them while they were here; Gods-willing, we shall see them again.

[ sansa's message is short -- abrupt, and almost stripped of its emotion. she avoids broadcasting anything but simple text because she does not trust herself to maintain her mask, so to speak. as it is, she's cried too much. losing bran and jon feels like opening old wounds packed with grief. it makes her feel like a little girl again: weak, and mewling.

but she does add: ]
I dread leaving, as they have left. Do others in the Fleet want to stay?

[ later, she can be found sitting on the floor of her personnel office. she has taken the furs from her bunk and has spread them across the ground, and she's allowed jon's direwolf pups free rein of the cozy and comfortable area. sansa's eyes are red-rimmed, and they betray every lie she tells when she insists she's as well as can be expected. but at least her spirits lift, a little, when she's playing tug-of-war with the pups.

they bring her a bittersweet joy. ]
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[personal profile] goldenglasses 2016-12-27 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it doesn't. Not really. Well, cactus grow. They don't need much water.
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[personal profile] goldenglasses 2016-12-29 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
They're a tough plant with needles all over them. They store a lot of water inside them and can survive in very harsh conditions.

[Vash takes a moment to draw a crude doodle of a short, stubby cactus with a bunch of dashes sticking out of it to show the needles.]

I- [was thrown into] -fell into a patch of them once. I would not recommend it!
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[personal profile] goldenglasses 2017-01-04 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly! Many bigger creatures don't try to eat the plants because they have protection. Of course, if you know how to handle them they can really be a life saver if you get lost in the desert.
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[personal profile] goldenglasses 2017-01-10 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well, they hold lots of water inside their bodies. So if you're out of water and lost in the desert eating a cactus can keep you going another day.

As long as you're careful about the needles of course.