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[ Voids us. He's looking up when Robin passes by wherever.

Huh... ]

Robin.

[ That's a greeting. He's observing her to see if she looks any better than when he saw her last. ]

[ wherever.... makes this the camp with woodland creatures. Little stars twinkle above her head as she goes towards some birds. ]

Daan. Would you like to see the birds with me?

[ she gives him a small smile. it looks like she found hope again. ]

I'm not too familiar with birdwatching hobby, but I can tag along, sure. Better than sitting around staring at the same three things over and over again.

[ Daan has joined the party, etc. ]

[ this is BEFORE EVERYTHING so we're not constantly having threads where one of them is at the rockiest bottoms but this is also AFTER the rulebook change, so robin can flit over and give him a quick hug before she waves for him to follow her. ]

I like getting away from the city when I can. There isn't anything like a city here, but.... my home planet has made me appreciate nature.

[ He just kind of inherently stiffens up when she closes in for a hug, but that's nothing new. He always gets jumpscared by sudden physical contact, has been since W0. He almost forgets out of sheer surprise but he gives her kind of a vague one back before she lets go, remembering it's the whole new rule and stuff. The barking wasn't awful but it was annoying... ]

...We're a bit opposite, then. Saw a lot of nature when I was a kid -- I could never go camping again for the rest of my life and I'd be alright with that.

[ she didn't expect anything back even if it is a rule..... the little stars continue to twinkle above her halo. ]

It's a good thing I'm not asking you to go camping... even if the cabin lacks a lot of modern convenience. [ their outhouse.... ]

I can't remember if I told you I used to keep a bird when I was young, but I can't help but be drawn to them.

[ robin would remember. i don't. ]

It's still better than a number of the other places. Though the new cabins in the other camp are surprisingly passable.

[ They've got bathrooms and fridges... woh... ]

You haven't really told me about it.

[ I don't recall whether she's mentioned keeping birds at all but he has not heard the charmony dove story. ]

Perhaps we should see if we can't move some of things to our cabin....

[ can they install electricity....?

i guess he can hear about the charmony dove three times. can't wait for you to play sunday and have to tell this story over and over and over again. ]

When I was a child, my brother and I found a fledgling. It was so young that it didn't have all its feathers. It couldn't sing or fly. We nursed it back to health, and when I left Penacony to become a singer, we set it free.

[ If only they had Abella... master mechanic right there, could probably figure out electrical wires. ]

Might have to move out a bed or two, but I'm sure we could clear out a room. Donate some extra beds to the other places, replace it with a fridge...

[ That'd be nice? Also stop, Sunday just never shutting up about his charmony dove allegory. I hope I get scapegoated as a true Catholic and it's just my villain speech. ]

...It sounds like a nice story. Glad you could get it back to health.

[ SIKE ]

[ their numbers have dwindled.... they could make it work. ]

If we could be sure the refrigerator would run in our cabin, we should do it.

[ no, they would let him live because sunday is the kind of guy that'd suffer in a mg.

at least she isn't sunday, so she isn't going to tell him that it flew to its death. she smiles and nods. ]

It was a formative experience for me. It's why I stop and watch birds so often, waiting to see them take off when I can.

I don't think I saw any plugs... we have magically lit traditional lanterns. Should've asked for a generator a while ago...

[ Booooo their lack of electricity. ]

I suppose it's like watching a baby take its first steps. A foal learning how to walk.

Setting off to be what you're meant to be and where you belong.

We can try to put in a request, if you'd like.

[ the most they'll do is say no. ]

That's a poetic way of phrasing it. It is something that burns itself into your memory, to see someone's first step toward independence.

[ human, animal, or otherwise. ]

Depends on whether there's enough electronics to justify getting one. Mr. Matsuno has some sort of miniature solar-powered generator for his... phone?

[ He still thinks its so bizarre that that thing is a phone but damn. The future... ]

Maybe, maybe not. There's just something striking about stepping out from the shadow into the sun.

A refrigerator needs a dedicated outlet, doesn't it? Mr. Gojo talked about asking for a karaoke machine although I don't know if he'll get a yes for it.

[ it's w4 time to get impossible. ]

Like dawn cresting over the horizon.

He arranged to have one of those video games set up in the mortuary? He had me play some but I really am afraid I don't understand...

[ So the mortuary just. Has a TV, a Wii, anad power now. That's so funny. ]

...Sure, that works too, probably.

... they let him have that set up? Daan, we should ask for electricity. Can we ask for plumbing? A microwave oven. A record player.

[ can we ask for locks?

Alpha week should have been asking stupid or smart modern conveniences. ]

[ I THINK PEOPLE HAVE OOCLY/IN META BEING LIKE WE SHOULD ASK FOR LOCKS SINCE W0 BUT NOBODY APPARENTLY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR LOCKS

The development of the cavity magnetron in the United Kingdom made possible the production of electromagnetic waves of a small enough wavelength (microwaves) to efficiently heat up water molecules. American electrical engineer Percy Spencer is generally credited with inventing the modern microwave oven after World War II from radar technology developed during the war. Named the "RadaRange", it was first sold in 1947.

What's a microwave oven...? ]

A record player could be pretty nice, actually?

[ what era is daan from

It's a portable oven that heats quickly using radiation waves. ]

We'll have to ask for records to go with it. What's your favorite kind of music?

[ 1942. But also America kind of doesn't exist in his world, not in the same way. ]

I don't particularly have one... I don't think I'm that picky. If it sounds nice, it works.

[ no america? no problem. ]

All music is lovely, but each song and genre has its own charm, it's own beauty, its own power. You don't have to be picky to have a preference...

Maybe it's better if I say I don't know my genres enough to be that picky. Jazz is alright?

[ !!! she's basically this, sparkles and music notes and all. ]

What a lovely selection. And so it will be done.

[ after the weekend gauntlet. ]

[ Oh... cute... it's kind of indistinct but she can get the thought vibe that he thinks this is cute. ]

...Great. Could be a nice thing for morale then.

[ she is here for morale.... if nothing else. she clasps her hands. ]

It would be nice to have something for morale other than parties and gatherings.

[ she is social, but she's not an extrovert and the vibes are about to get a little rancid in the next few hours. ]

I'm surprised people still have the energy to keep trying to put them together.

[ Anisphia, girl. You tried. Some part of Daan appreciates the effort even if he refused to turn up. ]

Good for them, I suppose... picking up scraps at this point.

W4, tuesday

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