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[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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[video]

[sharpes]

High-speed internet.

[... a beat. If she were any older than, like, twelve he'd say 'porn that doesn't involve tentacles' because WOW, KEDAN. JUST. WOW.]

And the food, I guess.

[He's sure not going to admit he misses his team.]

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[cowled]

[Oh look it's the congenial and harmless Professor Craig! HERE TO SAVE THE DAY-- wait, what?]

Hello, dear.

[a little wave.]

Honestly, I miss my blasted espresso machine.

[also 'scuse him he's just going to chat at you with no ulterior motive at all TALKING TO PLANTS.

Nevermind that he already knew it, but yeah he really isn't the sort to let that slide.]

[pyritic]

[ He's pinged by the talking to trees bit, but he'll answer her post first. ]

I'm not worried either. The turtle's swimming for it, and I'm sure he knows what he's doing.

Even if it's inconvenient for us. [ One-shoulder shrug. He's a bit worried about damage to the city, but the turtle itself will probably be fine, it's bigger than a WEAPON. More important to reassure the little kid. ]

I miss my friends. [ He doesn't have many possessions to miss. ]

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

[SHE'S HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD SECRETLY.] Inter...net? Are you a fisherman? [Eyebrow Raise of Judgment. She doesn't like fishermen any more than she like farmers or hunters.]

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[mistyoldworld]

Hello, Professor. You can call me Aisling. I'd prefer that.

What is...espresso?

[mistyoldworld]

I wonder. The turtle is impossible to talk to, but he reminds me of a very old tree, the kind that has gone to sleep. An old tree doesn't think about the world around it or worry about small things like storms. Nor does it worry about the insects crawling along its bark.

...I miss my friends, too.

[video] I keep forgetting to put this on

[pyritic]

...No. It doesn't have any reason to worry about the bugs at all. They have to take care of themselves.

[ He's reminded uncomfortably of the Planet, but he knows it's true. If humans died, the Planet would keep turning. If kedan and foreigners died, Tu Vishan would keep swimming.

Tiny, insignificant things. ]

You talk to trees a lot, don't you?

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[mistyoldworld]

Yes. [So blunt. She's used to seeing the big picture and knowing how insignificant everything is. It's just that humans are more insignificant than everyone else NYAHAHAHA.]

I do. And the plants and animals and insects.

[video]

[pyritic]

[ Yeah okay Aisling watch out for bug bites >|! ]

I believe you. One of my friends talked to plants too. And the Planet. [ And she probably disney princess'd at animals, she definitely petted Red enough. ]

[cowled]

Aisling.

[a smile.]

It's possibly the best form of coffee known to man.

[video]

[sharpes]

[he laughs.]

Dude, you could not pay me to go fishing. Not even a little.

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[andaway]

...The tree things, you mean it literally? You can actually talk to them?

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[mistyoldworld]

[PCHAAA as if bugs bite Tuatha de Danann.]

The planet? Do you mean, the world itself? [Slightly impressed.]

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[mistyoldworld]

Of course. Not very many of them, here, but enough. Some of the trees and plants are too unfamiliar, and I do not understand their language.

[mistyoldworld]

I don't know what coffee is. Though...I have seen the word on some of the shops.

[video]

[pyritic]

[ He nods, but he looks just a touch confused now. ]

It's alive too, after all. You don't?

[ What is this madness of not every planet being alive ]

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

The Earth isn't like that. It's alive, but not the way a tree or a squirrel is.

[cowled]

I'm honestly not sure what it would do to a fairy. It might be best that you avoid it.

[wholenewstory]

[Cassandra's eyes are wide and interested. Her expression shuts down, for a moment, at the mention of home, and then she forges on ahead.]

What do trees sound like?

[video]

[pyritic]

No, it's... [ He pauses, then shakes his head. ] I don't know if it's different or not.

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[mistyoldworld]

Then what kind of net is an internet?

[mistyoldworld]

Hmmm... [Well now she's curious.]

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

Can you describe it, perhaps?

[mistyoldworld]

...I'm not sure I could describe it to a human.

[video]

[sharpes]

It's a series of tubes.

[Deadpan.]