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  1. [20:32] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs orbitalServer : (Hey Thalia, are you busy?)
  2. [20:34] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : (Nope! Do you need something, mom?)
  3. [20:34] <Emmara> [Growth thats not going to get any less weird quickly.]
  4. [20:35] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "We need to talk about how to name things" : (Not exactly, I was wondering if you wanted to help me with some of my gardening?)
  5. [20:38] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : (Ooh, I'd love to!)
  6. [20:39] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "Later, probably" : (What do you feel like, fruits, or veggies?)
  7. [20:39] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "Yeah, later" : ( (Fruit has the benefit of you can snack on it while you pick) )
  8. [20:40] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : (Do I need gloves or anything? And that sounds like you'd rather do fruit anyway ;] )
  9. [20:41] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "Yeah, later" : (Probably not, but if you do I've got a few sets. And yeah, I wouldn't mind fruit. I'll be getting veggies too, but that'll be on my own.)
  10. [20:42] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "Probably your fathers fault" : (Everyone eats so much in this session)
  11. [20:42] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : ( Well, food is good! )
  12. [20:43] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "I mean, he was going to call you Delta" : (Well yes, but someone has to grow all that!)
  13. [20:44] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : ( Have you considered getting Papa to grow some? )
  14. [20:44] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "Who calls a kid 'Delta' anyways?" : (I might conscript him to help harvest them. But I'm the one with all the time in the session.)
  15. [20:46] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs vanishingPoint : ( Well, I guess that makes sense. I'll pop on over once I let Papa know where I'm headed )
  16. [20:46] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "I love him, but hes an idiot sometimes" : (Anyways, come on over to my spire. I'll show you where I'm keeping the orchard)
  17. [20:47] <Emmara> *vanishingPoint PESTERs "...most of the time" : (Alright, see you soon.)
  18. [20:48] <@Thalia> 02*orbitalServer PESTERs openSystem : ( I'm headed over to Mom's! We're picking fruit. )
  19. [20:49] <@Thalia> 02[Elsewhere, Bash casually checks his messages while fighting a gigiclops, nods to himself and carries on. You gatehop over to Mom's land and start to head for the living floor.]
  20. [20:53] <Emmara> [You're already there, just finishing up the last bit on a present for Thalia. You've checked, and you'll have just enough time to finish it before she arrives.]
  21. [20:55] <@Thalia> 02[Dodgeroll into the room. You've been practicing, mostly so that you can surprise Nate whenever you visit him. (It hasn't worked. You share Papa's feeling on seers.)]
  22. [20:57] <Emmara> [You look up from where you've hidden the present behind your back. "You know theres easier ways to get around." You say with a smirk.]
  23. [20:58] <@Thalia> 02["Dodgerolls are a valid form of transportation!"]
  24. [20:59] <Emmara> ["Un huh. Doesn't change the fact that there are easier ways to get around."]
  25. [21:02] <@Thalia> 02["Yeah, teleportation or timetravel are probably way easier." You quirk an eyebrow at Mom. "What'cha got back there?"]
  26. [21:02] <Emmara> ["A present!" Your smirk smiles into a smile. "Close your eyes."]
  27. [21:06] <@Thalia> 02["Okay!" Your eyes shut. You weren't expecting this!]
  28. [21:07] <Emmara> [You walk over and wrap the cerulean scarf you knit around the back of her neck and drapped across her shoulder. Giving her a kiss on her forehead. "I hope you like it."]
  29. [21:13] <@Thalia> 02[You feel the scarf, and smile, squishing yourself into the scarf. "I love it! It's my color and everything!"]
  30. [21:15] <Emmara> ["Picked up knitting when my leg was broken, figure I'd try and make something out of it while I could." Ruffle her hair. "I'm glad you like it."]
  31. [21:19] * Lime ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  32. [21:19] <@Thalia> 02[Smile brightly! Be cute!]
  33. [21:23] <Emmara> ["Anyways! Fruits! Ready to go?"]
  34. [21:25] <@Thalia> 02["Yep! What're we pickin'?"]
  35. [21:27] <Emmara> [You start heading upstairs to the fourth gate. "Probably start with apples and pears. Then if we start to get hungry we can start picking raspberries or blueberries."]
  36. [21:30] <@Thalia> 02[Follow along behind. "Oooh, sounds tasty."]
  37. [21:32] <Emmara> ["I've basically had to set up my own little ecosystem for it to work. Thankfully bees don't get the whole 'Doomed' thing when you bring them into the game." You step through the Gate and wait for her to follow you through before you head to a completed dungeon.]
  38. [21:33] <@Thalia> 02[Hop through the gate with as little flourish as you can manage. (Only one flip, rather than two.)
  39. [21:35] <Emmara> [You roll your eyes as she comes through. "You're a strange kid. You'd think I'd be used to it because of Nate by now, but no." You start heading down the stairs, and the dry dusty air starts to fade as you get deeper into the dungeon.]
  40. [21:38] <@Thalia> 02[You grin, not quite as doofily as Papa, but it's clear where it comes from. "Well, I mean, Papa was probably a strange kid, so I must have gotten it from him!" It does not even come close to crossing your mind that maybe Mom'd be weird too.]
  41. [21:40] <Emmara> ["Was a strange kid?" You chuckle. About half way through the dungeon the silence is broken by a faint hissing as well as an even fainter buzzing. The air turning slightly sweet smelling. "Don't worry about the bees. They won't hurt you as long as you're not flailing at them."]
  42. [21:45] <@Thalia> 02["Well, he's a strange adult now. I think." You're not too worried about bees.]
  43. [21:49] <Emmara> ["I guess technically." You lean in closer and whisper. "He still acts more like a kid though." Once you get through the next cooridor the dungeon opens up into a massive chamber. The floor is covered with sod and grass, and theres half a dozen each of pear, apple, peach, and plum trees. Around the outsides of the room are where the bushes are located. Sectioned into raspberry, blueberry, blackberry and strawberry. The entire room is lit with large UV lights way up at the ceiling. The lamps are joined with misters which are giving off a faint but continual mist.]
  44. [21:50] <Emmara> [You kick off your boots and take off your socks before heading any further in. Wriggling your toes in the wet grass.]
  45. [21:55] <@Thalia> 02[You nod at Mom's assement of Papa's character. It's true. Then you mimic her by taking off your own shoes and socks. "You made this entire place yourself? It's so huge!"]
  46. [21:58] <Emmara> ["Made isn't really the right word. I placed down all the soil, but the trees and bushes were grown from saplings and seedlings I brought in with me from previous sessios. I may have abused Time powers to get them all to this point, but I didn't make them. I...helped them along." You start walking down inbetween the trees. "I try and keep about a quarter of the plants in here in bloom at a time so the bees always have something." You point at the strawberry bushes and the peach trees which are covered in flowers and bees at the moment.]
  47. [22:03] <@Thalia> 02["Still, Mom, you're really cool! So where do we start?"]
  48. [22:07] <Emmara> [Is it wrong to say 'I know' to your kid when they say that? Eh, screw it. "Yeah, I know. And we'll grab a bag from the desk over there." You point way at the back of the room, theres a large workbench thats covered in tools and other gardening paraphernalia. "And then we just start picking the ripe ones." You look at her and make a half frown. "I suppose I'll have to show you what a ripe apple looks like."]
  49. [22:08] <@Thalia> 02[Bag Get! "...Yeah, that'd probably be a good decision."]
  50. [22:10] <Emmara> ["Growth this is weird. Don't have to teach my kid how to read or write or use a computer, but they don't know the first thing about most things I'd take for granted." You shake your head and grab a bag as well as a step stool, heading back to the apple trees.]
  51. [22:14] <@Thalia> 02["Well, Papa doesn't know how to either, so he really couldn't pass that on. Besides, I like learning stuff from you!" You are aware that you are not human by this point. Honestly you weren't really surprised, considering your Papa.]
  52. [22:19] <Emmara> [You never really considered it a possibility that she wouldn't know shes not human. You smile at her, before leaning the stepstool against the tree. "Okay, apples. First thing we're going to do is check the ground under the trees for any apples that have fallen." You point one out. "Like this one. Sometimes they'll look fine and we can put them in the bag, but make sure you check, cause..." You flip it over, and the bottom half has gone squishy and rotten. "Eugh. Don't want to eat that. Just toss it in to the compost bin. Which is...." You spin around on the spot before spotting it over by the plum trees. "Over there." You walk over and drag it back to where the two of you'll be working.]
  53. [22:21] <@Thalia> 02["Okie doke!" You immediately start to scrounge for apples. Ops almost typed that as 'four apples'. Good.]
  54. [22:23] <Emmara> ["If they're any smaller than about this size." You show her another apple about half the size of your fist. "Put them into this basket. I'll be using them for planting sapling for the next time I make an orchard."]
  55. [22:30] <@Thalia> 02[You peek in your bag. Realize your apples are mostly too small, and then toss them into the basket.]
  56. [22:32] <Emmara> ["Wayyyy too much trouble to bring an entire tree in. Except for the Kypar tree, but thats special. So I bring in saplings and use them to grow things up like this if I get Time or Life." You're very careless with the apples that don't make your standards. Tossing them from quiet a distance into the bin and basket respectively.]
  57. [22:34] <@Thalia> 02[You are actually being quite careful about which apples go where. "The Kypar is the big one that heals stuff, right?"]
  58. [22:36] <Emmara> ["Yup. I'll show it to you some time. Its in a different location." You glance over to see how shes doing. "You only have to be gentle with the ones we're going to eat. The others it doesn't matter how you treat them."]
  59. [22:37] <@Thalia> 02["But that's not very nice to the apples?" You don't want the apples to sad :c ]
  60. [22:38] <Emmara> ["The apples don't have feelings Thalia." You explain patiently.]
  61. [22:40] <@Thalia> 02["...have you asked them?"]
  62. [22:41] <Emmara> ["I'm a life player. I think if they could feel it, I would've noticed by now." This is such a strange conversation to be having. "But why don't you go ahead and ask them yourself?"]
  63. [22:46] <@Thalia> 02[Poke one of the apples. "Mom says you don't have feelings, is that true?" Wait patiently for an answer.]
  64. [22:46] <@Thalia> 02[Apple: Do not have feelings, do not pass go, do not collect $200.]
  65. [22:48] <@Thalia> 02["...I forgot that apples can't talk."]
  66. [22:48] <Emmara> ["You're your father's kid thats for sure." You take a bite out of the good side of a half rotten apple before chucking it into the compost.]
  67. [22:50] <@Thalia> 02[You smile proudly, even though you're aware that wasn't exactly a compliment.]
  68. [22:51] * Muss ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
  69. [22:54] <Emmara> [You think the two of you have gotten most of them on the ground by now, but you do a quick sweep just to be sure. "Alright. The ones on the tree should be mostly good. Just pick the ones you can reach that are big enough. Most of the diseases and pests that'd ruin an apple on a tree don't exsist in game, so they should be good. But do a quick once over just in case."]
  70. [23:00] <@Thalia> 02["Alrighty!" you set to work, humming a melody that sounds vaguely familiar, but you're not even sure what it is you're humming.]
  71. [23:02] <Emmara> [You head to the low hanging branches yourself. Stopping to gently pet a bumblebee. "So what do you know, exactly? I get you have some stuff, but..."]
  72. [23:05] <@Thalia> 02["Er, depends on what you're asking about?" You frown. "I've been reading up on the game and asking Papa questions when they come up, but..."]
  73. [23:07] <Emmara> ["Like, you must have gotten some knowledge from Bash, but not all of it apparently? I'm just a little curious as to what got through." Growth you really hope she didn't get some of his memories.]
  74. [23:12] <@Thalia> 02["It's... not that simple. The memories used in making me didn't exactly get put into memory the same way. Like, I'm sure Papa used a lot of memories of you, but I don't actually have those memories." So no, Emmara, Thalia does not know about the fricklefrack. Thalia could make guesses at it, but that's about it.]
  75. [23:13] <Emmara> ["So its more....instinct that gets passed on since you don't actually have a biological instinct?"]
  76. [23:14] <@Thalia> 02[You pick a few more apples, mulling over the idea. "Yeah, I think that's right."]
  77. [23:15] <Emmara> [You nod. "So its Bash's experiences and memories, just, a few steps removed. Okay, thats something I can work around."]
  78. [23:16] <@Thalia> 02["...work around?"]
  79. [23:17] <Emmara> ["Conceptually. I mean. Like, for a normal kid you already have an idea of what they do and don't know. But you're, what, not even a month or two old and you're acting like a teenager. There isn't exactly a manual for this shit." You laugh.]
  80. [23:19] <@Thalia> 02["Yeah, I do have quite a few advantages over a normal kid. Not the least of which is two amazing parents!" Wink.]
  81. [23:21] <Emmara> [You stick your tongue out. "Now you're just sucking up."]
  82. [23:23] <@Thalia> 02["It's not sucking up if it's true!"]
  83. [23:27] <Emmara> ["Un huh." You grab a few more apples before climbing down. "I mean, yes its true. But you're still sucking up."]
  84. [23:28] <@Thalia> 02[You blow a rasperry.]
  85. [23:30] <Emmara> ["Careful young lady. Tiptoeing around danger." You grin.]
  86. [23:31] <@Thalia> 02[You kind of shrink down a little. "Sorry, Mom."]
  87. [23:32] <Emmara> ["Aww. I wasn't being serious Thalia." You walk over and give her a hug. "I'm going to need to teach you about sarcasam, aren't I?"]
  88. [23:33] <@Thalia> 02[Cling/hug your Mom. "No, I know about sarcasm, I'm just.. not good at judging it yet."]
  89. [23:34] <Emmara> ["Ah. Okay." You give her a kiss on the top of her head. "I'm not mad or disappointed in you at all. And I was definitely not being serious there."]
  90. [23:37] <@Thalia> 02[Murmur an "okay".]
  91. [23:44] <Emmara> ["Come on. We'll pick some raspberries, and use them in some ice cream. Hows that sound?"]
  92. [23:46] <@Thalia> 02[Ice cream? Ice cream! "Ice cream sounds pretty good!" You are amazingly easy to perk up.]
  93. [23:47] <Emmara> [You had the feeling it'd help. "Come on then. These apples'll be enough for a while. And feel free to eat the raspberries. Any of them that are a deep red."]
  94. [23:48] <@Thalia> 02["Okaaay!"]
  95. [23:57] <Emmara> [You head over to the bushes. "Watch the thorns though. You don't need gloves, and there should be more than enough in reach."]
  96. [00:01] <@Thalia> 02["Rasp-berry, rasp-berry~" You sing the word to yourself as you pick some out. You eat a few but you figure if you eat too many then you won't want ice cream and that'd be no good!]
  97. [00:02] <Emmara> [There is always room for ice cream.]
  98. [00:02] <@Thalia> 02[There is always room, but you might not feel like it, and that'd be a shame.]
  99. [00:13] <Emmara> [You uncaptcha a large bowl. "Alright, just toss it into this. Should be more than enough."]
  100. [00:14] <@Thalia> 02[You nod and set yourself to the task at hand. You continue to munch on berries as appropriate.]
  101. [00:23] <Emmara> ["So do you have any questions for me? Anything you're curious about?"]
  102. [00:24] <@Thalia> 02["hmmmmmm... well, I know plenty about the game, so maybe... what was it like, growing up?"]
  103. [00:31] <Emmara> ["It was...hmm." You think of how to word this as you munch on a berry.]
  104. [00:35] <@Thalia> 02[Cock your head to the side as you wait. You're not sure that was the right question but it's close enough.]
  105. [00:45] <Emmara> ["It was a while ago. But I rather enjoyed growing up. Do you know much about Earth?"]
  106. [00:47] <@Thalia> 02[Shake your head no.]
  107. [00:49] <Emmara> ["Okay, well. There was a lot of people and a lot of different countries and cultures and...yeah. If there was a word to describe it, it would be 'varied'. I grew up in a country called Canada, in a city called Montreal." The 't' isn't pronounced when you say it. Sounding more like 'Mon-re-all'. "Grew up with my own mom, though she was really busy and I didn't see her often."]
  108. [00:50] <@Thalia> 02[You make a slightly sad face when she says she didn't see her mom often. You can't imagine life without yours! Then again you aren't technically her child buuuut]
  109. [00:51] <Emmara> ["Part of it was my fault. I spent a lot of time exploring, and getting places I shouldn't have technically been in. Old buildings, rooftops, powerplants, the sewers."]
  110. [00:54] <@Thalia> 02["Why, though? Just to explore?"]
  111. [00:55] <Emmara> ["Partially. Partially because people said I /shouldn't/ go there. I'm, uh, not exactly one for rules." You grin.]
  112. [00:58] <@Thalia> 02[You just kind of smile back. You don't really get the 'rebellious' part yet.]
  113. [01:07] <Emmara> ["But it was good. Went to school. Spent a few hours exploring and mapping the larger stuff out after school, getting home before my mom did. Helped her with dinner, did homework. It was...relatively mundane to be honest."]
  114. [01:08] <@Thalia> 02[You make a thoughtful noise. "Do you miss it?"]
  115. [01:13] <Emmara> [You hum a bit before sitting down in the grass. Your own bowl full. "I...it's..." You're unusally somber. "No. I...I couldn't. I had to leave it all behind, because each time I rolled into a new session, it was too much to...to try and live with the pain of loosing people all over again."]
  116. [01:17] <@Thalia> 02["Oh... Sorry." You bite your lip, upset that you asked a painful question. Or what you assume is a painful question.]
  117. [01:26] <Emmara> ["Its not your fault. Its just...something I've had to do to survive."]
  118. [01:27] <@Thalia> 02[You wander over to her and give her a big hug. If there's one thing Papa's taught you, it's that hugs solve lots of problems. At least the non-bleedy kind.]
  119. [01:34] <Emmara> [You hug her back. "Its...hard for me. To really get close to someone." Hard? Try damn near impossible.]
  120. [01:35] <@Thalia> 02["because they're gonna go away again, right?"]
  121. [01:37] <Emmara> ["Yeah." You sigh. "They always go away."]
  122. [01:38] <@Thalia> 02[Your face lights up, as though you just solved a puzzle. "So that's why Papa's making the server? So that even though you're not there there, people won't just go away forever anymore?"]
  123. [01:39] <Emmara> ["Yeah." You try and smile. "I hope you never have to go through that."]
  124. [01:46] <@Thalia> 02["Don't worry, Mom! Papa's gonna build the best thing, for you and me! We'll be together no matter what!" Gratuitous exclaimation point!]
  125. [01:49] <Emmara> ["Maybe." You don't sound convinced. And, you ask yourself, even if it does, could you make it work?]
  126. [01:52] <@Thalia> 02[You frown at Mom. "No maybes. It will work." Then you smile. "Can we go have the ice cream now?"]
  127. [01:56] <Emmara> [You try and smile, but it doesn't really work. "Yeah. Lets go get ice cream." You need to talk with Bash at some point. You don't know how this'll go down.]
  128. [02:00] <@Thalia> 02["Yaay, ice cream!" You are absolutely certain everything will be okay.]
  129. [02:02] <Emmara> [You are far from certain.]
  130. [02:04] <@Thalia> 02[Continue to be absolutely certain with absolute certainty that nothing could go wrong because of your absolute certainty.]
  131. [[Scene]]
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