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keyleth of the air ashari (aramente) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-07-30 22:12:00

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!network post, keyleth, ororo munroe / storm (616), seivarden vendaai, tom mcnair

I got a job! I'm working at the Bread Pitt. People are talking to me about the name, but I don't really get it. Why would you have a pit of bread? And why is it not spelled right? I guess it doesn't matter, I still have a job. It's not the Slayer's Cake, but it'll do.

Thanks for everyone who helped me. And everyone who have hung out with me. I'm still trying to get used to this place, you know?

Is there a place to plant a garden? I just have an apartment, so I don't think I there's room for one there.

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	easterly 2018-07-31 03:12 am UTC (link)
	You could speak to Justice of Toren. She has a rather large garden space in the station that came through with her. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vendaai 2018-07-31 04:38 am UTC (link)
	At the moment we're not planting a garden so much as maintaining one, but we are certainly looking for horticulturists to help with it. But we're not currently introducing Earth variety plants into our Botanical Garden. At some point possibly make other space for such things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-07-31 11:50 am UTC (link)
	I could help maintain it, perhaps. I'm a druid and I'm not from Earth, so I wouldn't even really know what to look for. Though it does seem like we have some similar plants, come to think of it. Anything I can do to help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vendaai
2018-07-31 06:42 pm UTC (link)

We would love to have you if you want to work in our Garden. We don't yet have sufficient funds to pay you, but we hopefully will soon. Ideally, we would like to be able to open the Garden to the public and charge admission in order to pay for its maintenance. We do have food and tea and potentially other options that we can offer in exchange for your work in the meantime.

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	aramente 2018-08-01 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Oh you don't have to worry about paying me. I'm glad to just volunteer. That sounds nice. Plants like it when you come to visit them. At least most of them do. That's perfect. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vendaai 2018-08-01 03:30 am UTC (link)
	It will be a paid position at some point soon. But we would happily accept your volunteering until then. Are you familiar with space stations, or AIs? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-02 01:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm happy to keep volunteering then. Not at all, but I'm willing to learn! Oh wait. Is an AI like a robot? Because I know about those. Sort of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vendaai
2018-08-02 05:48 am UTC (link)

Some robots are AIs, but not all of them -- so far as I know, I'm not overly familiar with robots -- and not all AIs are robots. In my world they take the form of ships and space stations. They are sentient, and very smart, and honestly some of the very best people in the universe.

Station is the AI that looks after the Garden, as well as the rest of Athoek Station, on which it's located. She is the station, in a very real sense. There are consoles and sensors throughout the ship for Station to keep track of things, and to be able to speak to you. She'll also be the main one providing you with information about the Garden and its plants, since she knows much more than Breq and I do.

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	aramente 2018-08-03 01:33 am UTC (link)
	I see.. I think. A sentient ship then? I take it that you don't mean ships on the sea. That's so interesting. I'm looking forward to learning more about it. I know nothing at all about that sort of thing, but I do like to learn and I'm excited to do so. I can talk with plants, if that helps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vendaai
2018-08-03 04:18 am UTC (link)

When I say ships, I mean space ships. However, none of our ships are here. Station is not a ship in the same sense; she was built to orbit around one planet, not to move through space. She's a very nice AI, as long as you don't get on her bad side by destroying parts of the station or hurting someone inside it.

You can talk with plants! That's an interesting ability. How does that [...] work?

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	aramente 2018-08-04 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Ah, okay. I've heard about some of it, but I've never seen one up close. We have air ships though, but none that go very high. Just above cities and things. I'll keep that in mind. I'm a druid, it's a spell that I've learned. Most of my abilities are nature based. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vendaai 2018-08-04 05:23 am UTC (link)
	I know even less about spells and druids than you do about space ships, I think. I have a vague concept of spells being [...] magic, but that's about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-05 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Well you've got that part right. I can use magic as a druid. Perhaps I can help out then, and we can learn from each other. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aramente 2018-07-31 11:50 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mcnair 2018-07-31 05:27 am UTC (link)
	I'll hang out with you! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-07-31 11:54 am UTC (link)
	Really? Okay! Actually I think I might be your new neighbor. I think I saw you at 10 Street Apartments? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-01 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Yeh, that's where I live! I might be moving. But that doesn't mean we can't hang out! What do you want to do? I don't really hang out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-02 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Aw, and I just moved in! But yeah, we should hang out! Hmm. I don't know what there is to do around here, so we could wander and see what's around? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-02 01:36 am UTC (link)
	There's a zoo. They got wolves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-02 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Okay, let's go there! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-02 01:51 am UTC (link)
	The last time I went to a zoo it was with Annie and Eve. Annie nipping at me the whole time to make sure Eve saw the penguins. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-02 01:59 am UTC (link)
	Were those your friends? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-02 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Oh yeah! Annie was a ghost and Eve was a ... a baby. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-02 02:14 am UTC (link)
	A ghost and a baby? Huh. That's neat. You'll have to tell me about them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-02 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	I'd love to! You can tell me more about fairies. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-03 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Then you've got a deal. Where should we meet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mcnair 2018-08-03 01:46 am UTC (link)
	JJ's! I work there! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-03 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Then I'll be right down. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	impsychicnow 2018-07-31 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Congrats on the job. I hope it goes well! I'm not aware of any community garden, I just have my own on my property. A community one would be nice though. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aramente 2018-08-01 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! I hope so too! It looks like they have one, so I'm going to help out there. It definitely would be. I'll keep you posted. (Reply to this) (Parent)