tushanshu | Summer 01

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Summer 01

[when it clicks on, have a face full of dirty red headed kid. She looks absolutely delighted by the fact that the console works, and her words seal the deal]

Holy shit, this thing really works?! This is so fucking cool! So, I turned this on and everyone else can hear me, right? This thing’s like a mass phone call or… Oh, wait. Is this what it was like being on TV?

[she pulls out a book from her backpack]

Well, I’m reading a book about anti- gravity… It’s impossible to put down. Pfff. Okay, okay, I won’t read my good ol’ pun book to everyone, but if you ever need a joke, let me know.

Also, I’m looking for someone. His name’s Joel, he’s kind of older, brown hair, talks with a pretty thick Texas accent.

And if anyone knows where I can find a bunch of books in English, that’d be awesome. Last place I went to, they were all in this fucking weird script! No good if you wanna actually read something, you know?

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[Nice. It's refreshing to see a kid taking things so lightly, and that pun had been funny.]

Y'know, I haven't been to the library here yet. Thanks for the heads up. And the laugh.

[a response! She looks at the console, practically humming with excitement]

Sure thing, I'm glad someone appreciates a little bit of good ole pun humor. I've got a few more, thanks to Mr. Will Livingston.

[Blink. Blink.]

[There is no reaction to the pun whatsoever. It's impossible to tell if she even got it--which she may or may not have, depending upon exactly how the wording was translated--just going by the decidedly neutral expression on her face.]

[But the request about books in English? That caught her attention.]

There are stores that sell a books in all different languages. I think English is one of the more common ones, actually.

Puns are great. Especially smart ones. There aren't many instances where a pun is ill-timed.

Unless you're one of those overly serious types.

Really? I didn't see any at the first place I went...

So, do you know where other ones are?

[Good lord, child, do you have no shame cursing like that.

But he's just going to politely ignore the cursing for the meantime ok ok. Instead, he looks slightly puzzled when he responds, perhaps because he's surprised that the potty mouth actually knows and wants to read a book.]

By last place, do you mean the library in Keeliai?

Boy, do I know some very overly serious types.

[not that she could blame them]

They're getting better, though.

I didn't go to a library, just a book store. And apparently I missed the English section?

[don't you judge her for her potty mouth. Life is very hard in a post apocalyptic society!]

Where's the library at? What kinda stuff do you think it's got there?

I've never been to a real library before.

[Sort of video, anyway - Booker is brand-new in town himself, and this newfangled box is really confusing - so he's not actually aware that he's being recorded, and only about half of his face is visible on the screen because he's still poking around the console after seeing - and hearing - that post.]

Tee vee?

Joel?

[no. Wait, Joel would know what a TV is. And also he doesn't look like Joel, so she just stares at the screen dumbfounded]

Jesus, that was really weird. I coulda sworn I heard him.

There's more than one store.

Which Sector did you try?

Not sure. What are the sectors called? Like sector one, two, three?

That's good to hear. It gives me hope for a few people back home. I'm pretty sure they forgot how to live.

[Dad. Ninety nine point nine percent of the population of Stadium Citi.]

I'm Julie. Welcome to the turtle.

What's going on back home? Is it anything like what's going on in my home?

I'm Ellie.

Zombie apocalypse from an unknown source. It's been going on foooooor...twelve years now?

What's home like for you?

[She swears to God if Ellie says Zombie apocalypse, she's going to hit her head on the table or something.]

Uh... Fungus apocalypse?

Society's gone to shit for the past 20 years, so I guess it's almost like the same thing as a zombie outbreak. I mean, the infected might as well be zombies.

[don't think about the infected, don't think about the infected]

There is one by the palace, although permission is required for you to enter it. [Which probably means you didn't get any permission if you didn't know it even existed so.]

If the books are in the kedan language, then I may translate it for you into English. [trying to be helpful?? 8'D]

Woah, did you change something?

[commenting on the extremely obvious! But now that he's said she needs permission, she views that as a challenge]

I want to go to the library! Who the hell do I gotta get permission from? I can be polite! [she says with an earnest, almost sweet grin]

And you can read this stuff? How long have you been here? Is it hard?

[First, Julie is stunned into silence and makes a face because wow.]

[His head pops a bit more into view as he hears her addressing - him?

Well, not really, but now he's at least looking back at her. Yeah, older, scruffy, not Joel, sorry.]

Name's Booker DeWitt. Don't know anyone by that name, miss, sorry.

I don't suppose you've seen a girl, brown hair, blue eyes? Her name's Elizabeth.

[And then:]

That's the definition of fucked up, isn't it?

Ellie, are you hungry?

Always.

[Julie understood, she didn't even have to explain everything about the infected... though she knew she'd probably ask what the differences were later. But right then, food sounded excellent, and Julie already struck her as trustworthy]

What kind of food do they have here?

[it's weird, because he sounds so much like Joel, but he was definitely not the Joel she knew. She can't help but be a little disappointed. Where the fuck are you, Joel?]

Nope, sorry. I'm pretty new here myself, though. Maybe someone else knows?

English books are difficult to come by here, unfortunately, but there are some which might be found in the local bookstores, and I have a small collection myself; pray, what sorts of things do you like to read about?

[The voice is deep, resonant, and as clearly upper-class English as it is inhuman. The dragon it belongs to is seated a short distance away from the camera, having learned by now that people react poorly to a screen full of finger-length long teeth.]

[she stares at the screen, talking dragons are definitely beyond her, so give her a moment of surprise]

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