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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 10:39:09 GMT -6
==> QW: Burn the garden
Now why would you want to do something like that? You've worked all your life maintaining that GARDEN. That means it's literally your life's work, you know. To set it all on fire because of some stupid whimsy would be foolhardy and wasteful! Plus you don't know what you'd do with yourself if that GARDEN wasn't around. Not to mention the fact that if it all burns then your house would no doubt collapse. Some of those trees have replaced support beams, somehow.
==> QW: Water the garden
Now that is a much more reasonable idea. A GARDEN as grand as yours hasn't existed since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and it requires regular maintenance to keep it so spectacular. Of course wasting all your time watering those gratuitous amounts of plants would not leave you any time to watch your MOVIES or your COMPUTER GAMES, so you just flip on the sprinkler switch and let the automated system take care of the rest. Speaking of computer games . . .
==> QW: Check download status
You go over to the computer, situated in your TREEHOUSE along with everything else. The only thing you don't have in that tree is a kitchen, which is what your zipline is for. Your digital copy of Sburb is about 80% downloaded, which means you'll be able to play shortly. Once you've found someone to connect with. It's been hard planning with people without your internet.
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Post by cory on Jun 14, 2012 10:53:48 GMT -6
==> Cory: Knock
The door's open. You're not sure if you should just walk right in. You make do with knocking on the doorframe. [/center] |
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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 10:58:18 GMT -6
==> QW: Tackle guest
You could tackle your guest, but that would be unbecoming of a young and responsible lady. Which is what you are, after all, living alone while your parents are away all the time! But as a young hostess you must greet your guest. [/center] CALI: Oh hey!
CALI: I haven't seen you in like a bajillion years, Cory!
CALI: Like, it seems like when my internet died I lost contact with EVERYONE!
CALI: How are you?
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Post by cory on Jun 14, 2012 11:45:09 GMT -6
==> Cory: Hug
You're not okay. If you had to estimate, you'd say you're only 20% okay. You need a hug. So you hug her. [/center] better, uh, now
i'm, um, sorry, i haven't, visited you more often
how, ah, have you been, cali?
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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 14:53:45 GMT -6
==> QW: Blush profusely.
Why would you do that? It's just a friendly hug from a friend that you hadn't seen in a while. Friends! You're starting to feel like Venn with all the friendliness. Oh wait, despite all that friendliness your cheeks are turning a strange and uncomfortable shade of red. [/center] CALI: Er, well that's good!
CALI: I mean good that you're doing better now, not that you're sorry.
CALI: Anyway, yeah.
CALI: How I was.
CALI: Er. Well having no internet can be mind-numbingly boring, so I did a lot of landscaping and gardening.
CALI: Kind of . . . got carried away.
CALI: More than usual, anyway, forgot to eat and stuff.
CALI: I think I lost like fifteen pounds doing it!
CALI: Maybe losing the internet now and then is a good thing . . .
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Post by cory on Jun 14, 2012 15:24:37 GMT -6
==> Cory: Be just friends.
You smile a little. You always feel better around people you care about.
Usually.
These days all you can seem to think about is how long they have left to live. [/center] i'm, uh, glad you're, okay?
you, ah, look good
how, um, how is, your garden, doing?
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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 15:31:03 GMT -6
==> QW: Answer the question
That seems like an obvious place to go in this conversation. Also, probably best not to share that random little pyromaniac whim you had earlier. That was just some temporary delirium or something.
It's good to see Cory. Start with that. Relish her company. Or mustard it. Maybe ketchup it. She's your first human contact in a long time because you barely leave your treehouse. [/center] CALI: When was the last time you were here?
CALI: Just trying to remember.
CALI: It's always changing and growing.
CALI: Was the birch tree growing through the front porch last time you had visited?
CALI: Oh, well you know you didn't know about the pumpkin patch I'm planting last time you visited!
CALI: That one's new.
CALI: Still haven't planted everything.
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Post by cory on Jun 14, 2012 15:41:29 GMT -6
==> Cory: Have an idea
You like Cali. There's never any trouble in Cali's world. Only plants. [/center] well, would you, uh, like some, help?
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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 15:54:37 GMT -6
==> [/center] CALI: Uh
CALI: Well sure!
CALI: Seems my download'll be done in like an hour.
CALI: So there's time to kill.
CALI: Have you been talking to anyone else about this game, by the way?
CALI: It seems everyone's talking about it. Sburb, it's called.
CALI: With my internet out I haven't been able to keep in touch. 
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Post by cory on Jun 14, 2012 16:13:40 GMT -6
==> Cory: Talk about the game.
You don't want to talk about the game. You wish you could stop it. But you can't. [/center] um, a little?
i don't, uh, know much, about it
i'm, ah, sure, everyone will be, glad to, um, hear from you?
i, ah, always am
You take her by the hand. [/center] so, um, where is, ah, the patch?
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Post by whimsy on Jun 14, 2012 16:18:53 GMT -6
==> QW: Bring her to the garden
Well you would, but it's kind of hard to bring someone down a ladder with them holding your hand. Not that you use the ladder to go down. That's what ziplines are for. [/center] CALI: It's by the shed.
CALI: Turns out there was a patch there I had completely neglected.
CALI: It's dug up.
CALI: I need to spread the soil now.
CALI: The garden can be somewhat of a jungle, though.
CALI: I use ziplines to get around easily. So, uh, do you know how to use a zipline?
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Post by cory on Jun 15, 2012 20:45:42 GMT -6
==> Cory: Know how to use a zipline.
You reluctantly let go of her hand. [/center] um, yes?
ah, lead the way, cali
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Post by whimsy on Jun 16, 2012 10:49:31 GMT -6
==> Use the zipline
First you need to make some things clear. You hand Cory a section of a vine, because you don't have any of those funny wheely devices they usually use. Besides, they do this in all the good movies. [/center] CALI: Stay close!
CALI: The property is big, so, uh, you might get lost.
CALI: You'll see what I mean.
==> Now use the zipline!
With a flip of your own vine, which is like a Swiss army knife in your hands, you hop out onto the zipline and fly through the veritable forest that is your garden. You may have gotten a little over zealous with trees at one point. The zipline leads to another treetop platform with three ziplines heading from it. A nexus point. [/center] ==> Pick the left path
These are your gardens, your system of ziplines. You know exactly how to get anywhere! You wait until Cory can see you leave and then hop onto the left zipline. This one leads to another nexus, which will then lead to the garden you were talking about. Frankly if your trees were any higher you might install another nexus, but that isn't fact, so it doesn't matter. [/center] ==> Wait for Cory
Once you land you just get out of the way and wait for your friend to arrive. Hopefully she managed to follow you! [/center] |
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Post by cory on Jun 18, 2012 13:52:09 GMT -6
==> Cory: Follow her.
You slip out of your sweater first. It's too hot to do gardening in a thick sweater. The tank top stays on, obviously.
Before you head out, you allow yourself to spike. The tension of holding it in snaps back, turning you into a wild, flickering light show. And then you're back.
You know the route. You know every route. You could be there in seconds. But there's something to be said for the zipline. It's just two breezy, exhilarating rides and then you're there, smiling. [/center] |
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Post by whimsy on Jun 19, 2012 12:14:38 GMT -6
==> Trek through the jungle
That's what your garden really is. Your parents had like a bajillion acres of land, though this is the middle of Canada so that's not that hard. You've filled it all up with trees and shrubs and plants of all sorts. It's a veritable jungle right that's just engulfing your house! Sometimes kids like to play in there, and you don't mind as long as they don't hurt any of your precious plants.
It's not really much of a trek, however. Your garden has some sense of design, at least where you're concerned, and the shed is just around the corner from where you and Cory landed. Of course the shed itself is about the size of an average house, as you need all sorts of tools and storage to tend to this garden! And right beside it is a huge patch of land tilled and ready for planting! [/center] CALI: There we go!
CALI: The seeds are somewhere in the shed.
CALI: I tried to put them as close to the door as possible!
CALI: But that place is cluttered, so I think they're at the top of the stairs!
CALI: I'd carry them but it'd be just silly with my modus, planting seeds to get seeds! 
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