[005] [text] and/or [commentlog]

[sacredbrand]

New arrivals-

I am sorry for your losses. Words fail to describe.

[No. No, that isn't right. Too personal, too dread.]

If you need any help adjusting, I offer mine.

[In smaller writing, at the corner of the message in quick, jerky handstrokes:]

Joe- may we speak?

[That's the end of it, but passerby can find Nel playing in the lake I

Comments

[Audio]

[dontgiveafock]

[He breathes a sigh, kicks on the audio feed and replies.]

Aye. Gimme the time and place and I'm there.

[text]

[sacredbrand]

Now is as good a time as any, unless you are busy?

[Audio]

[dontgiveafock]

Nah. M'about to take a walk anyway. Where are ya?

[text]

[sacredbrand]

By the lake.

[ttlynotawizard]

That's kind of you. Your name, for reference?

[text]

[sacredbrand]

We can't really afford to be self-absorbed in these times. Call me Nel. Who am I speaking to?

[Audio]

[drinkuntilidie]

Hey, where are you?

[Might as well tell her what he's planning too.]

[text]

[sacredbrand]

By the lake. Do you need me?

[Audio]

[drinkuntilidie]

Hang on, I'll be right there.

[Off to the lake he goes. A few minutes later Kevas shows up at the lake and settles down next to Nel.]

[commentlog]

[sacredbrand]

[In her hand and in the water are a series of ice-flakes. They look remarkably alike, but aren't the same. That's the point of the exercise, to try and perfectly replicate, down to the last groove, her creations.]

Something has come up?

text;

[notjustawarrior]

How long have you been here?

text;

[sacredbrand]

Some months now. It was longer on the ship I was kept on by another would-be savior. Deior has some shoes to fill.

text;

[notjustawarrior]

A lot of people are talking about this ship.

How has it been here though?

text;

[sacredbrand]

Four months. Almost five, now.

Why do you ask?