![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
04 ★ Video
[Clara's badly bruised face appears on the network. There's a nasty cut on her forehead and her left arm is wrapped and bandaged in a cast. She does her best to sound upbeat, but like everyone else, the events in the bottle are weighing heavily on her, both mentally and physically.]
So. Not going to talk about the bottle. Getting into something deep and philosophical here. Very serious. Very important.
[She tries to crack a grin but it comes off like a bit of a wince.]
We all know that time is stopped back home once we arrive on the Turtle, right? So even though we're gone, no one is missing us and we're not missing anything.
Except it does feel a bit like I'm missing everything, sometimes. Time is paused back home, but it's still passing for us here, the sun rises, months go by, the seasons change. Days pass and those days, back home, would have been a birthday or an anniversary or a holiday. Important traditions that I'm cut off from. Can't imagine I'm the only one feeling that way.
But I think I've found something that might make it better.
[She reaches down and pulls out what look like funny little hot air balloons made out of paper. There are more in the background of various colors]
A kedan shop owner showed these to me. They're called sky lanterns and they're like little hot air balloons. You light the candle and they fly in the air. He sold me a few and taught me how to make them myself so I can make them in all sorts of colors. He said you can write messages on them before you send them off in the sky. Messages to people you're missing. Or write down your worries and let them float away.
Thought it might be nice to get some of those things off our chests, reach out to people back at home or those who've left here. If you'd like to learn how to make them, I can teach you. It's surprisingly simple once you get the hang of it. Or if you don't fancy yourself crafty with paper, I can tell you the name of the shop. Then we could set a date to let them go at the edge of the turtle.
[She shrugs.]
I've been enjoying the distraction and I wouldn't mind some company to wallow in the homesickness with.
((ooc; I am so sorry for the delay everyone. I've been really sick and dealing with RL issues.))
So. Not going to talk about the bottle. Getting into something deep and philosophical here. Very serious. Very important.
[She tries to crack a grin but it comes off like a bit of a wince.]
We all know that time is stopped back home once we arrive on the Turtle, right? So even though we're gone, no one is missing us and we're not missing anything.
Except it does feel a bit like I'm missing everything, sometimes. Time is paused back home, but it's still passing for us here, the sun rises, months go by, the seasons change. Days pass and those days, back home, would have been a birthday or an anniversary or a holiday. Important traditions that I'm cut off from. Can't imagine I'm the only one feeling that way.
But I think I've found something that might make it better.
[She reaches down and pulls out what look like funny little hot air balloons made out of paper. There are more in the background of various colors]
A kedan shop owner showed these to me. They're called sky lanterns and they're like little hot air balloons. You light the candle and they fly in the air. He sold me a few and taught me how to make them myself so I can make them in all sorts of colors. He said you can write messages on them before you send them off in the sky. Messages to people you're missing. Or write down your worries and let them float away.
Thought it might be nice to get some of those things off our chests, reach out to people back at home or those who've left here. If you'd like to learn how to make them, I can teach you. It's surprisingly simple once you get the hang of it. Or if you don't fancy yourself crafty with paper, I can tell you the name of the shop. Then we could set a date to let them go at the edge of the turtle.
[She shrugs.]
I've been enjoying the distraction and I wouldn't mind some company to wallow in the homesickness with.
((ooc; I am so sorry for the delay everyone. I've been really sick and dealing with RL issues.))
no subject
Where and when should I meet you?
no subject
You can come to my flat. 1C. Earth.
no subject
So, uh, when would be a good time for you? [Because he could literally be there in under a second.]
no subject
[She blinks.]
Anytime is alright. I'm just going to put a kettle on and get to work.
no subject
How about in about an hour? [He didn't want to impose, after all.]
no subject
Enough time to shower and do my hair. What a gentleman.
no subject