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animus_network2012-07-02 05:29 pm
moontothetide) wrote in animus_network2012-07-02 05:29 pm
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I-Is this thing on?
[The screen shows Tara, looking more than a little confused and lost as she fiddles around with the settings on the terminal. Those of who you know her might be able to tell that she's different in appearance. Gone is most of the softness to her body. Now, muscles can be seen on her arms, as her shaking hands move over the terminal's settings. Her face is leaner, more angled, less round. Even so, she still looks healthy. She's lost weight, since being voted out and dropped back into the tower. But she hasn't starved. She's taken care of herself.
She also looks like she's been crying. Even now, Tara takes a swipe at her eyes as though chasing away the last few tears.]
It's...is it usual for people to be just...gone? To just...go away and, a-and not be here anymore?
...does anyone know what happens to them? I mean...our worlds, th-they're gone, right? So...if they're not here...w-where are they?
[But she knows. She knows in her heart what's happened. And so Tara plunges on, onto new concerns, onto new friends, onto new life and new problems that she might just be able to do something about. Tara wipes at her eyes, sniffles a bit more, and then forces herself to look back up at the camera.]
Well...it looks like the food's back, a-and the power, and...I've seen some people that, th-that I thought were in the pods with us. Guess that means it's over, right? That's...th-that's good. That's s-something.
Are you all okay? Everyone? Being back here, and all. I mean...I-I can't do a lot, with healing. But I can do some. I know a potion. Trust me. I-It helps. So, i-if you're still not feeling great...give me a call.
...I'm okay. [Some of you will know that this is directed very deliberately at you.] I mean, I'm tired, but...I-I'm okay.
[Tara turns to go, but stares down at her feet when she apparently bumps against something. Her eyes go wide in recollection.]
Oh! [Here Tara reaches down to her feet, and comes up holding a much battered library book. The title reveals it to be a book on edible plants. All in a rush, Tara forces out this last, sounding as though she's practiced it in front of the mirror] ...for later once, um, everyone's rested a-and gotten back on their feet a bit...I, I kind of think maybe we should prepare? In case something like this happens again.
I mean...it seems like they fight a lot. I, I wouldn't be surprised, if they all started fighting and left us here some time again. So, um, if anyone's interested...maybe we could all meet up? Swap tips? I only know about, um, plants from my world. Didn't know if, if there was anything else f-from somewhere else that I could have eaten.
...th-thank you.
((ooc: Holy frack, sorry for the TL;DR. But these were all the points weighing heavily on Tara's mind, and I thought it made sense for her to get them all out of the way at once. I'll be making a proper log post in a couple of days, in case anyone would prefer to catch her there.))
[The screen shows Tara, looking more than a little confused and lost as she fiddles around with the settings on the terminal. Those of who you know her might be able to tell that she's different in appearance. Gone is most of the softness to her body. Now, muscles can be seen on her arms, as her shaking hands move over the terminal's settings. Her face is leaner, more angled, less round. Even so, she still looks healthy. She's lost weight, since being voted out and dropped back into the tower. But she hasn't starved. She's taken care of herself.
She also looks like she's been crying. Even now, Tara takes a swipe at her eyes as though chasing away the last few tears.]
It's...is it usual for people to be just...gone? To just...go away and, a-and not be here anymore?
...does anyone know what happens to them? I mean...our worlds, th-they're gone, right? So...if they're not here...w-where are they?
[But she knows. She knows in her heart what's happened. And so Tara plunges on, onto new concerns, onto new friends, onto new life and new problems that she might just be able to do something about. Tara wipes at her eyes, sniffles a bit more, and then forces herself to look back up at the camera.]
Well...it looks like the food's back, a-and the power, and...I've seen some people that, th-that I thought were in the pods with us. Guess that means it's over, right? That's...th-that's good. That's s-something.
Are you all okay? Everyone? Being back here, and all. I mean...I-I can't do a lot, with healing. But I can do some. I know a potion. Trust me. I-It helps. So, i-if you're still not feeling great...give me a call.
...I'm okay. [Some of you will know that this is directed very deliberately at you.] I mean, I'm tired, but...I-I'm okay.
[Tara turns to go, but stares down at her feet when she apparently bumps against something. Her eyes go wide in recollection.]
Oh! [Here Tara reaches down to her feet, and comes up holding a much battered library book. The title reveals it to be a book on edible plants. All in a rush, Tara forces out this last, sounding as though she's practiced it in front of the mirror] ...for later once, um, everyone's rested a-and gotten back on their feet a bit...I, I kind of think maybe we should prepare? In case something like this happens again.
I mean...it seems like they fight a lot. I, I wouldn't be surprised, if they all started fighting and left us here some time again. So, um, if anyone's interested...maybe we could all meet up? Swap tips? I only know about, um, plants from my world. Didn't know if, if there was anything else f-from somewhere else that I could have eaten.
...th-thank you.
((ooc: Holy frack, sorry for the TL;DR. But these were all the points weighing heavily on Tara's mind, and I thought it made sense for her to get them all out of the way at once. I'll be making a proper log post in a couple of days, in case anyone would prefer to catch her there.))
[text]
Gone noww
but she wwas VVery Interested in plantlife
an stuff
i mean i dont knoww nearly as much as she did
but
if you wwant some help
im Pretty Decent at handlin a shovvel
Re: [text]
Thank you very much. I've never done any really big gardening like this before, so I'd really like some help.
And I'd like to hear anything you or she collected. Especially about plants from different worlds. It would be good if we weren't confined to just food from our worlds, especially if this happens again.
[text]
ill be Glad to help
uh
wwell
i nevver really collected much stuff because
wwell
Desert
but i fef wwas a vvegetarian an all
so
wwe can Givve It A Try?
Re: [text]
It's okay. I have a book on plants. There's probably more books like it in the library. We can figure it out together. Give it a try. And I'm not so great with shovels.
[...]
I'm sorry about your friend.
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i think
if you WWant
the secret a usin a Shovvel is havvin a strong stomach an a lot a practice
its okay
wwell
Not Really
but its just The WWay It Is
an the only thing i can do is Be okay wwith it
i guess
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[...]
You can't let it get you down forever. Keep moving forward and one foot in front of the other. All that stuff. That's probably what she'd want, right? [It's what any good significant other wants. It's what Tara would have wanted, if she'd been the one to die.]
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because the alternativve is unpleasant an vviolent an Generally Frowwned Upon
but
id much rather Not Talk About It
if its all the same to you
wwe havve a gardenin project to wwork on anywway
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Sorry.[...] Why does using a shovel require a strong stomach?
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dont wworry
wwell
because you only Really learn to handle a shovvel
wwhen youre shovvelin Your Owwn Carcass out a the wway
its All in your wwrist an lowwer back
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...
...what.]
Carcass? You mean like a body, right? Like your body?
You've done that???
[Multiple exclamation marks. You know Tara's been startled.]
Deepest Jaderi Tag in the history of evver
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I can't do that.
I mean, I could leave a carcass and not die, but I wouldn't be able to pick up a shovel. And I definitely prefer to stay in my body.
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matter a fact
i evven made a showw a that amazin ability a couple wweeks ago by leavvin jadestains Evverywwhere
not one a my Best Moments in here
ill admit
but yes
please dont ask for a demonstration though
just because i Can doesnt mean i Like runnin into my own lifeless husk
its a sure wway a Ruinin My Day
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No demonstration requests from me. Promise.
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im sure wwith Enough Practice you can devvelop a decent shovvel technique
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Can you do anything special with those?