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[torsion]

Who: Jill Valentine
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Heron + Iskaulit
When: July 18th onward


Hey, two questions.

Are there cameras in the bathrooms? And does anyone know a good place to start growing plants? If you have somewhere, I will gladly exchange piano lessons, fighting (and weaponry) assessment and suggestions, or some sort of favor (within reason). I'm afraid I don't really have much in way of cash right now.

Last but not least (not a question), if anyone would care to buddy up for a little good ol' fashioned exploring, then I'm your gal.

Comments

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even if it is I doubt the entire thing is necessary. if you have empty rooms on your ship those could be used too i guess

it might be, though people may prefer their modern medicine to a tea that is an acquired taste. i mostly grow it because it responds well to my magic

.... what does any of this have to do with chickens

[torsion]

Hey, I don't nearly know that much about gardening. I don't necessarily need a ton of advice but I barely had time to water what I grew back home.

[ All her plants in her apartment are probably dead. No, scratch that. Chris would've taken care of them. It's a thought that she pauses on. ]

Figure anything that works, works, right? Though the familiar is always preferred to the foreign.

We don't have magic where I'm from.

[ She's really doing her best to wrap her head around all this. ]

It just means I'm not preparing for something I can't guarantee, sorry! Not counting something you may have before you have it.

[noprophecies]

so you said, i am not trying to sound as though i know everything

i agree, i do prefer familiar as well, but finding that here is oftentimes a rarity. no magic does not surprise me, most people do not have it

[maybe she should switch over to voice or something, she's terrible at this texting nonsense . . . but that requires turning on the voice option and she isn't feeling it]

oh, i see. my apologies some of these sayings are a bit lost on me

[torsion]

Sorry if it seemed like I thought you did. I mean, it'd be swell if you did, but it's pretty unlikely.

That how it works where you're from? That's pretty interesting. I mean, on top of magic not being a thing already where I come from.

[ Voice isn't really for her. ]

No biggie. I've heard a lot of weird ones in my time.

[noprophecies]

if only. i would charge for my wisdom

it is fairly common. not an every day sort of thing, but most people are capable of basic magic. but people who use it by trade are the ones who spend most of their youth studying it

[voice takes effort, screw effort]

as have i. most i do not understand

[torsion]

That's the way to go about it.

I take it that you spent most of your youth studying it, in that case? Anything that takes that kind of dedication is admirable.

I've got a working theory that most people don't really know what sayings mean and say them anyway.

[noprophecies]

im glad you agree

yes, up until i became of age. though it honestly is a constant learning experience. there is always new spells to learn and create. it is no different from any other trade one takes up

i can admit i am guilty of that. i use words i do not know the meaning of, but have heard in the context i use them

[torsion]

Except you took it up as a kid. Most people give up a lot of their childhood hobbies (or dreams).

I think everyone does from time-to-time, sometimes without even noticing it. It's kind of a nice way to exchange a part of yourself or where you come from with someone, right?

[noprophecies]

i cannot speak for others, but i did not have many hobbies as a child. i liked to sit in and study

something like that, yes. though it does earn one some odd looks at times

[torsion]

I was pretty outdoorsy, but I enjoyed learning. I was one of those kids who couldn't sit still until I hit like, twelve or so.

Guess that's true, too. At least it's something most people have experienced every now and then.

[noprophecies]

i was sick a lot as a child so i had to stay indoors. now i just prefer to read outside

yes, though i experience it more here than back home

[torsion]

I see nothing wrong with that. I like to indulge in reading in parks, myself, but it's pretty rare not to be bothered by people in that case.

Figure that would be because we're all from so many different places, possibly different galaxies or universes. It's an interesting thing!

[noprophecies]

luckily for me parks do not exist in my world yet. so all one has to do is find a decent tree to sit under in the forest

at times it is. oftentimes it is just more

[torsion]

Parks aren't a bad concept, but I'm sure it's much more peaceful that way.

Frustrating? Yeah.

[noprophecies]

i like the idea of parks at least. i have seen areas of the capital that resemble the ones i have seen in worlds like this one but they're more areas to sit and rest than places to go enjoy oneself

incredibly

[torsion]

Yeah, it's hard to really enjoy it if it's sort of a through-street in a way of speaking or if it's overly populated (or just a fountain and a tree or three). We've got nationally-protected parks where I'm from and it's typically more about nature. There are paths often so it's more difficult to get lost but it's not the same kind of busy.

[noprophecies]

why are the parks protected? are they in danger?

[torsion]

It's more to make sure that they aren't in danger and aren't destroyed for their resources.

[noprophecies]

i am not sure i understand. is that not what a forest is for? resources? aside from being home to what lives there

[torsion]

That's the point. Think of it in a selfish way; some people will over-use it and leave it bare. While you expect that people will act responsibly and fairly, that isn't always the case. Especially if there's money to be had.

[noprophecies]

im still not sure i fully understand but usually selfishness and money go hand in hand

[torsion]

Well, consider what you can use trees for. Tons of things, but exactly what they may be used for are irrelevant. No laws means free reign, so some guy who owns say, a logging company could just come in and tear down every tree, create a factory on the land if he throws enough money down, make roads and streets and push animals out from there to boot. You put down protective laws and they can't do that. Some exist to limit it, but most National Parks don't allow for anything like that at all. Some allow hunting over-populated animals or let you rent land for things like bee-keeping or activities like canoeing or camping.

Hope that cleared it up a little better. I'm definitely better at being direct or showing things when explaining it, but this is a bit different.

[noprophecies]

what in the world. it cleared some things up but

i should probably mention i come from a medieval world, so the idea of all of this is a little strange to me regardless

[torsion]

That might've helped, but might've also made me have an even harder time explaining things.

Sorry.

[noprophecies]

dont be. i understand some modern things. this is not the first world i have been to