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Dan Torrance ([info]dr_sleep) wrote in [info]compass_network,
@ 2021-12-31 22:34:00

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Entry tags:!open, blank, dan torrance, maryanne walker (oe), ~liberty becket

The snow's about to get cold, isn't it?


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[info]theboysandcrash
2022-01-01 03:56 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it is.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year."

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 09:01 am UTC (link)
Shit.

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[info]theboysandcrash
2022-01-01 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Hey, think of it as a chance to start a fire(hopefully in a fireplace), and cuddle up with your wife to keep warm.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Sadly, I don't think I'd be allowed to do that for the next two months.

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[info]theboysandcrash
2022-01-01 08:25 pm UTC (link)
What? Why not?

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 09:31 pm UTC (link)
I never have before. I can't see it starting now.

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[info]theboysandcrash
2022-01-02 08:54 pm UTC (link)
You guys have never cuddled before?

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 09:18 pm UTC (link)
Seriously?

I don't think I'd be allowed to do nothing but hibernate with Brenna for 2 months until the snow is gone, because any time I've suggested it before, I've been told "No".

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[info]theboysandcrash
2022-01-02 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Who doesn't cuddle with their wi--

Oof. Alright, that's fair. Not trying to pry to much into your private life, man, I was just curious. Then, I don't know... Just sit next to each other near the fireplace in awkward silence? Keep warm, bud.

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[info]maryanne_walker
2022-01-01 04:01 am UTC (link)
You bet your sweet backside it is. But I know you don't like it, it just makes certain things a bit easier on me, especially now that I don't have Clint or Tony.

Sorry if that's TMI. But I'm also Southern so.. cold snow has always been more of a novelty than a pain to me.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 08:59 am UTC (link)
It was August less than two weeks ago for me, and then straight into Christmas and the week where nobody knows what day/date it is. I can't get things sorted at all.

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[info]maryanne_walker
2022-01-01 10:24 am UTC (link)
Oh yeah, I see where that could be extra suck. At least you didn't miss Christmas?

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 08:20 pm UTC (link)
Very true.

So, did I miss anything new with you?

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[info]maryanne_walker
2022-01-02 03:55 am UTC (link)
Sadly nothing exciting happened to me or mine. But I'm not exactly a 'magical' person.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-01 11:24 pm UTC (link)
It's always cold? Unless what you call snow isn't the same substance as the snow where I'm from.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Where I'm from, snow is always cold, yeah. But in this place, it's not cold for the first month, then reverts to form for two more months, and then it's gone.

You're new. I'm Dan, hi.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-01 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Then it must be a different substance here, even if it looks the same. Something that melts at a higher temperature. Whoever is in charge of station climate control should know.

Is it that obvious? I'm Liberty. I have no idea how I got here.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 11:39 pm UTC (link)
I think it's automated.

It's only obvious because I'm not new. And nobody knows how we get here, only that we show up here suddenly.

Are you used to space stations, then?

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-01 11:45 pm UTC (link)
That figures. Maybe it doesn't need much in the way of maintenance. I'll take a sample of the 'snow' just in case I go back and can get it tested.

It doesn't bother you that nobody knows how?

Not exactly. I've never been on a space station before, this is my first time off Rica - but I've seen a couple of old videos, and I read a station handbook once. So I know a bit about how they work.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-01 11:52 pm UTC (link)
There are labs here, and sciencey people.

It did at first, but I've been here a couple of years now.

Rica? Like Costa Rica?

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 05:44 pm UTC (link)
If they're anything like the scientists at home, they won't let someone like me just walk in and start running tests. They get possessive.

Do you like it here?

Costa Rica is on Earth, isn't it? Valeria Delgado was born there. She's a scientist I know. The Rica I'm from is the planet Ricagambeda.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 05:54 pm UTC (link)
There are plenty of empty labs. This is a big place and there isn't a lot of people in it.

I do, yeah. I'm not a big fan of all this snow, but that can't be helped.

And it is. It's in Central America. I think it's got decent beaches and some volcanoes? But I've never been there.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 06:03 pm UTC (link)
Really? Then I'm going to claim one. I have the feeling it's going to be useful.

I don't mind the snow. Maybe it's not so bad if you overlook the kidnapping or whatever this really is. I don't mind being here a while, anyway.

America! That's where the Integrity launched from. Did you ever hear of a place called Texas?

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 08:09 pm UTC (link)
You'll want to claim an empty apartment as well, that's also going to be useful. You might need to clear out some weird stuff from the people who lived here before us, or you might get lucky and pick one that's already been cleared. Once you've been here a night, your stuff will show up.

I'm from America, so I've definitely heard of Texas. I've never been, though.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 08:26 pm UTC (link)
The station is so big that we can just stay wherever we want? I don't mind that. If you wanted your own home out on Rica, you had to build it from scratch. I'll see what I can scavenge and modify around here. Can I get a field or a patch to grow things in? If you've got snow, there has to be some kind of terraforming, right?

My mother lived in Texas before the launch, but I don't think she was from there originally. Which part are you from? And what year is it in America now? Nobody knows how long the Integrity kept everyone in stasis for before they reached Rica.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. And you'll need to talk to AJ about getting a patch to grow stuff, but there are stores with food supplies, and a couple of diners and a coffee shop if you don't want to cook (or can't cook very well, like me).

I lived in New Hampshire for years before I wound up here, but I grew up in Florida and I've lived all over the East Coast. It was 2014 when I left, but it'll be different for everyone here. People come here from all different years. We use 2021 for here, though. Or 2022 from tomorrow, I guess.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 08:47 pm UTC (link)
I can cook pretty well, but I've never seen a diner or a coffee shop before, so I've got to try those sometime. When I'm settled, I'll make you a good meal.

So, here being 2021 isn't that strange, because who knows what starting point the original station inhabitants counted from? It was the year 19 on Rica. But 2014 in America? I know it was 2064 when my mother left, and they were in stasis at least a century. So you're a time traveler? Or I am? This is confusing.

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 08:51 pm UTC (link)
It was 2014 for me, but I think Miguel came from 2099. And Jake's from something like 2160? I'm not sure. And then we've got people from the 1800s, and my wife and her mom and sister are from the 900s. So I think everyone's a time traveller.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 08:58 pm UTC (link)
That's weird. Do you think there's some sort of time dilation involved in how we got here? What's it like being contracted with a woman from a thousand years before you? I can't imagine that. Do you have children yet? She won't mind if I cook for you, will she?

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[info]dr_sleep
2022-01-02 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Being married is pretty great. We don't have kids. And I think she'll only mind if you don't cook for her as well.

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[info]libertybecket
2022-01-02 09:31 pm UTC (link)
Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for your help!

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