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unknownseas2021-02-06 04:50 pm
dokkalfheimr) wrote in unknownseas2021-02-06 04:50 pm
And we're all adrift together through the cold mist, 'til we're lifeless together
[The preparations hit differently this time.
Last weekend was at least an attempt at being festive, even with the light supplies they have; at being joyous, at giving people at least one nice thing to look back upon before things inevitably took a turn for the worse. And now two people are dead, and instead of trying to figure out structure placement and how best to keep everyone entertained and occupied and well-fed, the preparations now are given to much more practical purposes.
Large amounts of bottled water from the machine. Bagels and bread and muffins, light starchy things to avoid forcing anyone to keep meat or seafood down after seeing a corpse. Fruit for the sake of providing energy. Avoiding including bananas for any reason. Quietly pulling aside one of the first people she sees with any experience in the matter and asking them to help her make tea.
Once she's got one of the tables at the party zone set up and the tea is on its way to being prepared, she'll set around letting people know; the invitations are simple, written in Freyja's broad, elegant handwriting:
I think another gathering tonight would be beneficial. Not to celebrate, but to remember; perhaps more importantly, to ensure that no one is alone if they don't want to be.
Tonight is hard. There is nothing further to do but get through it.]
Last weekend was at least an attempt at being festive, even with the light supplies they have; at being joyous, at giving people at least one nice thing to look back upon before things inevitably took a turn for the worse. And now two people are dead, and instead of trying to figure out structure placement and how best to keep everyone entertained and occupied and well-fed, the preparations now are given to much more practical purposes.
Large amounts of bottled water from the machine. Bagels and bread and muffins, light starchy things to avoid forcing anyone to keep meat or seafood down after seeing a corpse. Fruit for the sake of providing energy. Avoiding including bananas for any reason. Quietly pulling aside one of the first people she sees with any experience in the matter and asking them to help her make tea.
Once she's got one of the tables at the party zone set up and the tea is on its way to being prepared, she'll set around letting people know; the invitations are simple, written in Freyja's broad, elegant handwriting:
I think another gathering tonight would be beneficial. Not to celebrate, but to remember; perhaps more importantly, to ensure that no one is alone if they don't want to be.
Tonight is hard. There is nothing further to do but get through it.]
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[Wow tfw you come from mirror crapsack universes. Huzzah!
She's suspiciously perusing the DVD, which is dual-labeled in English and Cantonese, with a few other languages thrown in for good measure.]
It's got Gundam on it. Actually, it's got the name of mine on it. Huh.
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[This is way more interesting than talking about fucked up worlds. He's coming over to look at the DVD cover.]
That's a movie. Did you make a movie?
me realizing they don't have a DVD player so F
[There's a quick pleased note in her voice talking about the robot itself, specifically; there's not much else to the DVD but there are two names there: Nobel Gundam vs. God Gundam, 13th Gundam Fight, Neo Hong Kong, Victoria Peak Ring.
She sets it up on its edge and spins it a bit, looking around... For real, though, they don't even have the X-treme Teen Zone yet at this stage.]
I didn't make it, though -- they just televise all our fights 'cause they're supposed to affect all the colonies. And they can make a quick buck off the popularity.
none movie for them
[Weird, but he can kind of get it. It sounds like writers following someone impressive while getting information to write a book.]
Why were you fighting?