[video] Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá scoilb

[mistyoldworld]

[Aisling seems to finally understand how to work the console. Sort of. She's actually sitting on the console table with her knees up to her chest and her hair wrapped around herself like a blanket. But at least she knows where the camera is and where to look.]

It smells like a storm, doesn't it? I wonder how well a turtle will do in a great storm? I've seen the kedan outside, all rushing about. Well...the trees tell me that storms come and go here, as storms do. I am not very concerned.

[She heaves an impressive sigh and props her chin on her hands.] Still, I am more than ready to return to my own forest. The trees here are so difficult to talk to. As closed-off as the kedan are.

[She's silent for long enough that it almost seems she's forgotten the camera is on. Then she looks up again.]

What do all of you miss the most from your homes?

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[mistyoldworld]

In what way?

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[mistyoldworld]

That is...amazing.

[wholenewstory]

Most don't. [She hasn't met anyone else who has - Shiva's come the closest, but it's still not the same.]

I was...[Her brow furrows, slightly, as she bites at her lip.] Raised different. Than most people. No words, only - actions. [There's a weight to the word; she could just as easily have said violence.]

[mistyoldworld]

How unusual. The humans in other worlds are truly very different than the ones in mine. [She hears the weight in her words, but doesn't pick up on the implication. She's not all that good at reading people.]

What is your name?

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[sophos]

You're not the first to think so.

How is it you can talk to trees, if you don't mind my asking? [She's quite familiar with the ability to converse with nature, even if she can't really do so herself.]

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[mistyoldworld]

It's something my people can do. The Tuatha de Danann.

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[sophos]

That's... Celtic, right? I'm afraid that's something I don't know as much about.

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[demon_brat]

[He's... not answering the question. But.]

Is it the trees you miss most? Or something else?

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[pyritic]

[ Despite himself, that comment, the tone, gets a slight smile. ]

Yeah. The Planet is a lot of things. [ sometimes terrifying and impersonal. but also amazing.

Now that he's satisfied his curiosity on Aisling's tree-talking... at least for the moment, his mind is shifting more to practicalities. ] You gonna be all right for the storm? Anyone helping you out?

[ she is, after all, a little girl wrapping herself up in her own hair to his eyes. ]

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[hackingyoursensors]

I can see your point.

[Pauses, trying to think of a good way to describe it.]

It's like a portable version of the console computers here. You can use it to make voice or video calls to someone directly. You can also check the Internet-- sort of like the network here but much, much bigger. Oh, and most of them have cameras to take photos and videos. And it's all totally wireless.

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[mistyoldworld]

I suppose. That is a word the humans give to the people of Ireland, sometimes.

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[mistyoldworld]

The trees...the whole forest. And Brendan.

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[mistyoldworld]

I do not need help. I have seen many storms.

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[mistyoldworld]

...Portable? So...you mean, smaller? But then the people you see on it are smaller too. Is it really useful?

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[andaway]

If we can figure it out why it doesn't work on them we might find out what did they do to us, to our brains.

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[mistyoldworld]

...Are you saying that the kedan have altered our minds? [Finally realizing what he's saying.]

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[sophos]

But not you, so I won't use it. Though I'm not exactly entirely human myself.

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[mistyoldworld]

[Little smile.] Thank you.

You're not? May I ask what you are?

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[pyritic]

But you're still... [ SKEPTICAL. Stop judging on appearances, Cloud. ]

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[sophos]

You're welcome.

[Because...she's not mortal either] Do you know what a demigod is?

[wholenewstory]

[Her smile's a little wistful.] I am not - usual. In mine, either.

I'm...Cassandra.

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[andaway]

I'm saying it's a possibility. It could also be simple magic- who knows.

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[mistyoldworld]

If it is magic, it is like none I have seen.

[mistyoldworld]

It is nice to meet you, Cassandra. I am Aisling. It is okay to not be "usual." In fact, maybe it is even better.

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[mistyoldworld]

No.