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wtf, alina: a novel by mal oretsev (otkazatsya) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2017-12-20 19:22:00

Entry tags:

!network post, alina starkov, buffy summers, liv moore, mal oretsev, marian carlyle / rogue (1610), nikolai lantsov

Shark socks and make-your-own hot sauce. How did you know, Secret Santa?

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This hot sauce kit requires sterilizing solution and gloves. I will try not to blow up your kitchen, Nikolai.

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	otkazatsya 2017-12-21 04:48 am UTC (link)
	I haven't the faintest idea, but I suppose I'll find out. I don't know that I've ever even eaten hot sauce. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-21 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Maybe you should try it before you go trying to make it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-21 04:52 am UTC (link)
	Doesn't it seem better to taste it for the first time when it is the fruit of my own labor? Then I can taste the real later and discover how badly I did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-21 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Okay, fair point. Hell, it might be better than the real thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-21 05:00 am UTC (link)
	You'd be welcome to try it when I'm done. See what you think. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-21 05:01 am UTC (link)
	Yeah? Alright, sure - I'll be the guinea pig. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-21 06:09 am UTC (link)
	I'll try not to make you regret it too much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-21 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	I've got a strong stomach. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-22 06:49 am UTC (link)
	That's good, because I've never done anything like this before. My chances are probably only slightly better than they would be with Fabrikator magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-22 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	What's that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 04:24 am UTC (link)
	So far as I understand it, which admittedly isn't very far, it's the magic of working with metal, wood, glass, and other materials to create and build new things out of them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 04:59 am UTC (link)
	So what magic do you do if not that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:02 am UTC (link)
	Me? I don't do any. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Is it a thing where you're from, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:06 am UTC (link)
	It is, but not everyone has the ability. Only the Grisha. Then there are the people like me, otkazat'sya, which literally means "the abandoned", but which the Grisha usually use to refer to people who do not have the ability to practice the Small Science. I'm just a tracker, and a former soldier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:10 am UTC (link)
	The abandoned sounds like kind of a harsh way to describe someone just 'cause they don't have an ability, but I guess I've heard worse. I did that for a while, but only because I was made to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:14 am UTC (link)
	It's not usually used very kindly, I'll admit. Did you? A soldier, you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:19 am UTC (link)
	What language is that, Russian? Tracker, soldier, whatever they needed me to do really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:21 am UTC (link)
	Ravkan. It's not a language that's spoken in this world, so far as I can tell. I see. Not for a cause you believed in, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I haven't heard of it. I was pretty much a slave, so...no, not at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:27 am UTC (link)
	Ravka is my home country. It does not exist here either. I'm sorry to hear that. But happy to see that you've had a change in fortunes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:34 am UTC (link)
	That's too bad. Yeah, you and me both. It's been like a year for me too, so. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 05:41 am UTC (link)
	I do miss it, but I was never really settled anywhere. I don't mind exploring a new world. And what have you been doing with your year of freedom? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmaidmarian 2017-12-23 05:47 am UTC (link)
	Do you like it so far? I ended up having to fight with the X-Men for a while, then met a guy and I left that life for a bit ~~and became a thief~~. We traveled a bit, and then I ended up here. I've been here for several months now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	otkazatsya 2017-12-23 06:03 am UTC (link)
	I'm rather fond of it, in spite of its quirks. It helps that none of my enemies are here. What about you, are you enjoying it here? I've done a fair bit of traveling myself, in my home world, although a lot of it was spent on the run. Where did you travel? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)