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Sep 29, 2011 22:29

[Hello, Holloway's! Lily here with her second video post. Videos are a million times easier to do than text posts! Lily can't write for shit. That much is obvious.

Anyway, Lily is outside. Grass and flowers and topiary sculptures, oh my! She looks pretty happy. There is some intense nature going on in the background, being beautiful and all.Hi, it ( Read more... )

outside, #video, future botanist

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Text b100b100dbeast September 30 2011, 03:16:14 UTC
[An advantage of writing is that Equius can properly draw out his little bows and arrows.]

D --> Why would you invest so much admiration in such f001ish little sprouts
D --> Perhaps if plant life actually did anything notable, they would be acknowledged

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[ audio ] and of course she's going in the forest with the group today unit_67 October 1 2011, 20:30:01 UTC
Wellllll, I fought back home because I had to. I didn't really want to.

[You don't really have a choice when you get thrown on a battlefield and are told to rise or die.]

I'm sorry, Equus. I mean Equius. Sorry.

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[Audio] herp b100b100dbeast October 1 2011, 23:33:04 UTC
Where I'm from, those two are generally the same. Apology acknowledged, I suppose it had been a bit much to expect from your species. Nobility such as myself cannot be so culturally ignorant.

[He pauses for a moment.]

You are from the humans planet, right?

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[ audio ] unit_67 October 1 2011, 23:40:56 UTC
Umm... I'm not sure. Maybe. I lived indoors my whole life. Never saw the outside. [Leaves and petals rustle in the background as Lily picks some more flowers.] Before now, anyway. That's kind of why I'm so... overwhelmed, I guess, with all this nature stuff.

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[Audio] b100b100dbeast October 1 2011, 23:59:00 UTC
Your entire life? Not once going outside?

[He's silent for a moment, listening. It makes a little more sense why she would value something so insignificant, now.]

Understood. Well. I needn't tell you how much there is to experience in the outside world, if you're blown back by something as trivial as plant life. You'll grow to enjoy the splendor of strength and hoofbeasts with time, I suppose. Even if you are not fighting them.

[Oddly enough, he's not as enraged that she would choose to avoid conflicts.]

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[ audio ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 00:19:39 UTC
Maybe. I mean, hoofbeasts seem pretty cool, and being strong is pretty cool. So maybe I'll appreciate them more when I'm not so into flowers.

[Like THAT will ever happen! Flowers are awesome! Lily even took the time to learn some names. There's daisies, and orchids (which she says with a "ch" sound), and chrys... crysan... those mum things. So awesome!]

Hey, uh... I know you said you had to find time, but if you're free now, maybe we could go exploring?

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[Audio] b100b100dbeast October 2 2011, 01:06:55 UTC
Strength is most definitely cool. I hope you do.

[He freezes. Now? Right now? A chill runs up his spine to compliment the heat flushing through his face. These emotions are absolutely confusing but not unfamiliar. The only other time he's felt like this was when that wretched, beautiful redblooded Aradia was still around.]

Well. Give me a moment to see if I am free.

[There's a pause as Equius sits there, trying to seem as if he's doing something important.]

Yes, sure. We can look around this Keep if you'd like.

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[ audio ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 01:24:22 UTC
[Lily is completely unaware of Equius's inner turmoil. That's... that's just how she is.]

Great, cool! I'm on the Green now, in one of the corners with all the flowers and bushes and stuff. [Obviously!] See you there, Equius!

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[Audio] ---> [Commentlog??] b100b100dbeast October 2 2011, 04:37:39 UTC
[Turmoil is just another part of the 6-sweep-old experience!]

Very well then. I will find my way there momentarily.

[In a matter of minutes, after taking a few wrong turns, Lily will see a rather displeased looking figure off in the distance. There are still faint traces of blue and red blood on his shirt, but he's clean for the most part! It even looks like he's finally found his broken shades. He seems to be glancing around for the voice from his journal.]

Lily?

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[ commentlog inDEED ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 16:22:16 UTC
[Lily is, of course, picking flowers. She's also trying to familiarize herself with the map. That's not going so well, but she's trying! Lily really needs to improve her memory.

So anyway, Lily looks up to see a... gray guy. She makes the connection quickly, which is astounding. Trolls are gray. Equius is a troll. Therefore, Equius is gray? Yes. Obviously.

Lily puts on a smile and stands up with a fistful of pretty flowers.]

Hey, Equius? Hi? Over here!

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[Commentlog] b100b100dbeast October 2 2011, 19:33:03 UTC
[Equius just stands there a few feet away from Lily, watching her pluck those things out of the earth. How anyone can find enjoyment from that is beyond him.]

Yes, hello Lily. These are the flowers you were speaking of, then?

[He pushes his shades back, observing Lily as if he's confused at how someone like her could possibly take down a beast like the one she's drawn. It doesn't help that she looks about as human as any human can look.]

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[ commentlog ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 19:40:55 UTC
Yeah. [She holds them up.] This is a daisy and this is a mum, and this is an or-chid, I'm pretty sure. They look like the pictures in the books do, so I'm probably right.

[Lily puts the flowers down. This is no time for botany! Well, it's always time for botany, but hauling all those flowers around would be unnecessary. She looks back to Equius, but her eyes drift up to his horns.]

You have different horns than Sollux. Uhh, is the left one supposed to be all jagged like that?

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[Commentlog] b100b100dbeast October 2 2011, 19:50:42 UTC
[He takes a few steps closer towards the flowers.]

Why are they named differently if they don't seem to do anything different.

[They're just...flowers. His eyes are stuck on hers as they travel to his candy corn colored horns. Human as she may be, they're a beautiful blue. Perhaps that means she has bright blue blood? Do humans work that way or is that just trolls? Equius isn't old enough for his blood color to show in his eyes, but perhaps some humans go through that earlier?]

What?

[He reaches up to feel the jagged edge of his horn.]

It's eh...It's broken. It'll grow back eventually, but hasn't yet. What is that on your neck?

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[ commentlog ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 20:02:22 UTC
[Lily squints at Equius's horns. Do all trolls have different horns? Sort of like the blood thing? Sounds legit. Lily's about to ask if she can touch them, but Sollux thought that was totally weird. Is it totally weird? Probably. Lily's not good at this whole manners thing, alright?]

What?

[Eyes back down.]

Oh, it's, uh, it's a collar. No big deal.

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[Commentlog] b100b100dbeast October 2 2011, 20:09:26 UTC
[Equius would completely object to her touching his horns but would adore the depravity of such a red blooded creature doing so.]

A collar? Is it your choice to wear it?

[He leans in a bit closer to see what it's made of. Obviously a sort of metal but how breakable is it, he wonders.]

Do humans wear these often?

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[ commentlog ] unit_67 October 2 2011, 20:16:27 UTC
Um, yeah, no, it's kind of welded to my neck. Normal people don't wear them, I think.

[If she could, Lily would take it off in a heartbeat.

But, she can't.

Ever.

She doesn't notice how much her smile had faded until it's time to slap on another one.]

So, exploring?

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