vibrafinal | 18th moon [voice]

Well, yes, caffeine is found in coffee, but also in tea and chocolate. [Wait. Chocolate also has serotonin. WHY DID SHE NOT BRING ANY.

... Oh yeah, health.]

...I'll have to stock up on those once I feel strong enough to leave the house. We'll need them.

[They'll need them a lot.]

[~~GET ALL THE CHOCOLATE.~~

With a quick flick of a dial, the stove is on, the water is heating up, and she turns to look at him again.]

Who else lives here, anyway? Rydia and Kain?

[He nods.]

The two of them, along with Ceodore and Hiccup. Hiccup is the only one to come frmo a different world.

Ceodore came in the last cycle? You did say he wasn't here last month, right?

That's right.

[Finally, something approaching happiness touches his face.]

He returned a few weeks ago, without his memories.

That's something, at least. He's been here before?

[He nods.]

He arrived about a year before I did, and left about ten months later. It'll still take some time before my own stay lasts that long.

So this is the first time you've met him here... How long have you been here, anyway?

Ten months after I arrived, or close enough to count. It's been a year and almost three months. Everyone else from my world has been here for more than three.

Edited 2012-06-01 00:56 (UTC)

Oh... [So she misunderstood. C'est la vie.

She starts at that.] Three years? Wow. I've only been here a few months.

And from what I hear, they are far from the oldest residents.

Makes you wonder how long this has been going on. And how much longer it will continue.

Perhaps there are people here who could answer that first question, or at least tell us how many were here when they arrived.

That might help, but numbers seem to fluctuate a lot. Do you know anyone who has been here since the beginning?

Not personally, whatever beginning that might be. Only old residents.

Edited 2012-06-03 17:32 (UTC)

I wonder, how this did begin... Who were the first to be here? How did they figure their new lives out? It must have been even worse then, when there was no precedent.

Much of the information and infrastructures we have we obtained by our fellow residents over the years. I wonder if we'd even recognize the original village if we saw it.

One can only imagine. I wonder what parts are original... Has the village changed since you got here?

Slightly. There was no orchard, back then. It appeared during an experiment and stayed after.

I didn't realize effects of experiments COULD stick around. Aren't they usually temporary?

They are. I suppose that could have been a Shift malfunction.

Are those common? Problems when a shift ends, that is. It seems like the Malnosso would try to clear them up.

This is the biggest remaining effect I've heard of by far, though every so often an experiment lasts longer for certain people. But in this case it's not exactly a problem.

Yeah, I can see where having an orchard would be nice. What do they grow there, anyway? I haven't been.

That subject was way too perky for that icon.

At least it wasn't my 'anguish' or 'despair' icons.

Everyone should have at least one incredibly depressed icon.

I have... five?

I only have one, but it's a free account.

That's why I tag with the Route account.

What?

It has a lot more icon space than the Luceti account. No need to pay for two!

How do you set that up?

Lots of tracking, a little note on the Taken list, and a lot of careful checking of tags.

Makes sense.

It goes very well, unless I tag the same character in both games.

Haha, I can see where that would make things challenging,

Especially when the icons look alike.

Ouch. That must be troublesome.

Remembering exact journal names becomes very important.

Do you subscribe to both communities on both accounts?

Nah, the friends' page would fill up too quickly.

Must be big communities, then.

Yep, even if they're not as big as they used to be.

RP's always get smaller. Pity, but true.

Unless they're blowing up, but that never lasts.

They fall apart when they get too big. Like atomic nuclei.

Until they hopefully rise again, half as large.

And then the ones who stick around are the ones most comfortable, and things get FUN.