Something to take the blues away [video]

[mightythinice]

[Ellie clicks on the console. While those who don't know her might think she looks like a normal 14 year old, those that do know her can tell she's trying to distract herself.

She rubs her nose as she ponders how to start this, before thinking that maybe she should even just cut the feed off. But, hell, she made it this far.

Her arm is bandaged up in a rough sling-- something she did herself.]

Sooo... I guess we can talk about what the fuck just happened, or we can talk about something better. Like, okay, I've had some of the kedan read to me?

Guys, guys. Their stories are fucking hilarious. I'm not even sure how someone gets engaged 12 times on accident, but there's a story for that.

And there's a story about the guy who had a huge case of mistaken identity, and owed a stupid amount of debt because someone pretended to be him when gambling.

... And a huge amount of these end up being romance stories.

Don't even fucking ask me.

[she shrugs and offers a little grin]

I asked if there was any stuff about someone pissing off a monster, or going to outer space, but nope. Nothing. Nada.

How fucking weird is that?

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[grigio]

Engaged twelve times? Really? How does that even happen?

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[mightythinice]

You wouldn't believe how many ways there was to get engaged back in the old days.

Like, it was kind of ridiculous. And I don't even understand it. The kedan didn't really help, either.

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[modernized]

...I can get the one with the i.d. theft possibly turning into romance, but twelve times engaged? Yikes.

I guess they don't really care about sci-fi stories. Too bad - monsters in space sounds infinitely more interesting than a guy "accidentally" getting engaged twelve times.

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[mightythinice]

Nope, it's pretty much mostly romance. Luckily, I don't have to shake someone down for some good sci-fi stories, because someone got lucky while getting her arm broke.

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[nowthatsfunny]

[Tess can't blame her for wanting a distraction. Hell, she's doing much the same thing, albeit involving a little more... alcohol.]

Sounds like, uh. Shakespeare. Or those French bedroom comedies.

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[mightythinice]

[she can practically hear it, and for a moment she wonders what a good thing to do would be. Should she go join Tess? Liquor was gross, she knew that. But maybe Tess would need help later.

Ellie shrugs, after a moment of thinking]

I don't know, but I got some of the good stuff. I found books while we were in there, and they're the real fucking deal.

[and then, almost idly]

So, where're you hanging out right now?

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[starcharter]

[Oh no his bb student is injured. :( Chekov looks alright, minus a few bruises and scratches.]

No stories about space? Perhaps I should tell them a few. [Wildly exaggerated with names changed but you know.]

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[mightythinice]

You should tell me a few, too. I love stories like that. Man, there was this comic series I was reading back home-- Savage Starlight? I just have a few issues in my backpack, but I love stuff like that.

[everylittlegirl]

I'm pretty sure some of the people here would tell you some like, kind of ridiculous and amazing superhero stories if you asked.. which might even include space and monsters.

[mightythinice]

I know. Maybe they should get to writing their stories down, though. For future interested parties, just sayin'.

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[unetrustworthy]

[Midii's eyes do linger on the sling for a long moment. She knows better to ask right away, though, if Ellie's going out of her way to not talk about it.]

It's not that weird.

A lot of stories from home were love stories, too. Those were the kinds people liked to write about most, I guess.

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[mightythinice]

I guess, but love isn't all there is to life. And as much as I like comedy, I'd love like... You know. Something else.

Some action, or a story about a mad scientist. Something different.

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[hisbabygirl]

[She can tell that Ellie is looking for distraction, and that's all that keeps Sarah from fretting at her. Instead, she forces a smile and focuses on what's being said.]

Twelve times? How the heck even?

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[mightythinice]

There were a looooot of different ways to get engaged. Even accidentally if you're doing everything wrong.

[she grins]

Maybe I can get Evandau to let me take you inside with me, so you can hear too.

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[bludhavenknight]

[Is it sad that people being banged up is the norm these days, so much so that you don't even have to ask 'what happened'?]

Did you hear the one where the guy thought he went home and saw his wife cheating on him, but he was in the wrong house? And then he did the same thing three other times, before he finally got home.

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[mightythinice]

What? How do you not even know who your wife is? That's weirder than the guy who kept getting accidentally engaged.

[she raises her eyebrows]

How did you hear about it?

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[originalflameon]

Were you looking for stories of that kind for any particular reason? Because I have quite a few from my world, if you simply wanted entertainment.

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[mightythinice]

I was looking for them because I like them, yeah. I have a few comics that I've worn out from home, and I found some books in the bottle and all, but those're gonna run out eventually too.

[annoyed sigh]

[goodanswer]

Do they even know what "space" is? Like... outer space? Is that even a thing here?

[mightythinice]

I dunno. If they wanted to know, though, I could have told 'em. It's not that hard.

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[parallels]

Seems like the kedan have a funny sense of humor when it comes to stories. Wasn't expecting that.

[A pause.]

If you'd like stories space though, I might be able to help out a bit.

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[mightythinice]

I found a few books back in the bottle-- but yeah, I'm already through one of them. They're not gonna last me long.

[strategisch]

The Kedan always have a story to tell... Just not the one you want to hear.

If you're bored, I've learned to read their language. If you have any text, I can translate it for you. I have some of their poetry here as well.

[mightythinice]

Damn, how’d you learn to read it so fast? I mean, I picked up some basics… but I’ve just been going to the library and bugging the kedan to read it for me.

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[shorttempered]

[Mark (not in costume) is still laughing when he turns the feed on.] Oh man, those stories sound great.

I've been trying to learn their language, but man do I suck.

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[mightythinice]

Me too. [a small grin] That’s why I bug the fuck out of the kedan that escorts me to read it for me. I ask them to recommend stories, sometimes, but otherwise it’s just grabbing random books that have cool looking covers.