Ty Johnson (allthingsdark) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2019-11-14 20:55:00 |
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Entry tags: | !closed, !log, !outside madison, [portal] melbourne 1928, ~2019 november, ~25 points, ~~jane foster (astrosearcher), ~~ty johnson (allthingsdark) |
Who: Jane Foster and Ty Johnson
What: Exploring Australia
When: Thursday
Where: Melbourne Portal
Warnings: TBD
Status: Closed/On-going
Australia wasn’t really home but despite what Ty would say loudly and to anyone who would listen, it was close enough. Half a century in the past was very different than the world he knew but at least November meant coming into Summer the way it ought to be and even if no one’s accent was quite right, it was nice to actually be surrounded by people who sounded more or less like him for once. The population of Madison that hailed from the southern half of the planet was small and as Kiwis went it was just him and his brother so he’d take whatever he could get.
And a day wandering around Melbourne with Jane sounded like an alright way to pass the time.
“You know, fifty years from now we could hope a plane, straight shot over to Auckland,” he noted as they strolled the streets. Home was just a little out of reach. “Only about an hour and we wouldn’t be stuck in god-forsaken Australia.” He didn’t have anything personally against the country; it was just the principle of the matter. He couldn’t like it any more than anyone from Australia ought to be liking New Zealand. They were the closest neighbors and the most bitter of rivals. It was lucky that at least here no one would be mistaking his accent for a local.
That happened sometimes in Madison and Ty hated it every time.