video; (backdated to the 20th)

[pellameno]

[ Pell appears in the video with a few streaks of dirt across his face, but otherwise much better rested and in better spirits than he has been all month, trapped in the clinic healing nonstop. There's also a bit of a glow to his skin, like perhaps he's been spending a lot of time under the new suns. ]

Hello, Hadriel. I have some good news for you, at least a little. It seems like my garden was brought here from the cave, and despite being neglected during the attack and my taking some time to find the new location here, it's still producing. There won't be enough to feed everyone, but a few of those I usually shared with seem to have left the city, and there's enough to spare otherwise that I'm making the offer.

If you've run out of food, please come by to pick up some vegetables.

I'd like to try and expand, if the soil here is still fertile, and could use help gathering seeds and maintaining the land. Back home I was a desert farmer most of my life, and am willing to teach. Until the irrigation project reaches me, I could use help keeping it watered as well.

Thank you for listening.

[ The feed cuts out and a map pops up, pointing the way to the garden. ]

Comments

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[ghoulaid]

u made a garden? like a real one? by yourself?? ( EDIBLE STUFF ACTUALLY GROWS OUT OF THE GROUND SOMETIMES? ) whats in there?

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[pellameno]

Mostly. It was actually started by a friend who left, well over a year ago now. But I've kept it going, made it bigger and a planted wider range of vegetables. Some medicinal herbs from home.

You're welcome to come visit.

[ghoulaid]

....a fucking year ago?

& i dunno. maybe. prob not. idk im better at making things dead than keeping em alive soooo prob dont want me around there touchin stuff

[pellameno]

I've been here awhile.

Don't touch, then, just look. And take some food, if you're hungry.

[ghoulaid]

how long? how do u even tell time here?

i cant look & dont touch at the same time >:(
but i mite see whats in there when i run low...do i gotta do anything to any of it or like is it good to go??

( Ghoul sure is an adult and clueless as to how to prepare most raw vegetables. Bless his heart. )

[pellameno]

Personally? I count the days. Which might be harder, now that there's hardly any nighttime. And a day might be longer or shorter than my own world's would be, but... it's as close as I can get.

Why not?

Most of it needs to be cooked.

[ghoulaid]

uugghhhh idk what sounds like more of a pain in my ass..counting days or cooking a bunch of stuff. im gonna just volunteer u as my calendar for a while ok thx. so thats 1 of 2

idk tho. do u *not* touch stuff when u look at it?

[pellameno]

Sure. I mean, I'm doing it anyway. When did you get here?

Sometimes, not always. Depends on what I'm looking at. Why do you think you'd do more harm than good, though? It's just a garden.

[ghoulaid]

um..it was in the caves. with the bigger less fired up lizards & the boomboxes

well i mean messin stuff up is kind of my job so im real good at it ( He should probably give himself some credit. He kept a kid alive!

Then again he had help, so maybe not much credit. )

besids we dont really like...do plants. where im from

[pellameno]

Okay. The previous cycle. I'll note that down for you, if you want to keep track.

What sort of job is that? And how do you survive without plants?

[ghoulaid]

sure. i guess calling em cycles is a easy way to keep track ( Fucking duh, Ghoul. )

its the best fucking job. & ok i guess the city has plants and stuff but we aint allowed that. waste of time to try to get at that when trash & dog food works fine

[pellameno]

...what exactly did you do?

voice.

[torrefied]

I can help with the garden. I used to work in Sorrow's orchard.

[Before it got all smashed up. RIP in pieces.]

Re: voice.

[pellameno]

I'd say they might need help there, too, except I'm not sure if anything will grow there without him.

[ghoulaid]

i didnt make that damn mess i just live in it

[pellameno]

And continue to mess things up? I don't understand. Can you tell me a little more about your world?

[ghoulaid]

well yeah...gotta get them before they get u

ok its kind of complicated i guess but
so i guess i gotta start out & say there was a bunch of world wars and everything kinda died...theres 1 city left
but it sucks
i mean its real nice on the inside or w/e but the blowjobs runnin it are no good so it sucks..its either live in the city & get drugged outta your mind so u act like a good house pet orrrr u can live out in the desert like me & wreck their shit all the time :)

[pellameno]

The desert, hm? So this kind of weather is familiar to you as well?

Why don't your people rebuild somewhere else?

[ghoulaid]

sorta. there wasnt no 2 damn suns tho

but i dunno. figure we cant? there aint enough gas or water to get too far & most of us aint good at staying settled in one spot so i guess we dont know how. nothin but poison left out there anyway

[pellameno]

So how do you survive?

[ghoulaid]

stealing & trading are easy. its the gettin shot at part thats kind of tricky

i guess your desert is kinda different huh

[pellameno]

...not all that much actually. Though it depends on where you are. There are settlements. Tribes. All different, all dangerous in their own ways.

[ghoulaid]

we kinda got tribes! i guess
idk
most everybody has a crew they hang around with but theyre pretty small outfits

how come there are tribes & not real cities and stuff?

voice.

[torrefied]

I have enough time to spare for both.

[Not like there's much else to keep him occupied here. Mello's skill set is mostly useless in Hadriel.]

Re: voice.

[pellameno]

Please come by, then. I'm aerating for a new plot right now, I could use the help.

[ They don't really have the proper tools in Hadriel, but he's making due. ]