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[verylittlesugar]

[ Instead of the usual stern look of challenge, the face Mattie presents to the network looks young, younger even than her fourteen years, wide-eyed and uncertain. She's had time to recover from the effects of the tear gas, and did so quietly and under the watchful eyes of friends, but it has become clear to her that simple stubborn determination will not send her home again, nor will it make her current surroundings any less foreign. ]

If I am to stay here, and despite my personal feelings about the situation it does seem that I must, then I would endeavor to find something useful with which to fill my time. Regrettably, I know nothing about ships, neither those that go on water or those that go in the air. But I am good at keeping books and have very neat penmanship, I know how to bargain for a good and fair trade, and I can handle horses and livestock, though I have not seen that there are any of either here. I can garden and farm, mend, wash dishes, and cook good plain things.

[ She bites her lip, hesitant and frowning. ] In return I hope someone might teach me better about how to use this communication machine correctly, and about how air-sailing ships work. I am not fond of ignorance, nor of idleness.


Additionally, I do not know how one addresses a message within a message, so I must apologize for making them public instead:


Mister Abernathy, I am sorry for shooting you.

Mister Snape, I would like to arrange for that meeting, if you please.

Bran...have you learned any new stories? I fear I am much in need of a good one.

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[killarevolution]

[WAIT.

HE TOTALLY HAS

A HEARTFELT, MEANINGFUL RESPONSE TO THIS.]

Huh. So you know my name after all, do you?

[....

I lied.]

[verylittlesugar]

[ Well, she had intended to try and be a little bit humble about this whole thing, but there's just something about you, Haymitch. Something that makes little girls want to hurt you. ]

I know the name you claim for your own.

[ It should be noted that Mattie is not really very good at this apologizing thing. ]

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[northerner]

I have learned how to use these devices a bit better. I could pass along what I know, if you wish it.

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[verylittlesugar]

I would like that, please. I understand the things Mister Tillman showed me but I do not know where to begin in teaching myself more.

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[baby jesus the curiosity is killing him. also haymitch didn't tell him he was shot by a little girl that is some funny ass shit. but he'll try real hard to hide how amused he is.]

You're the one who shot Haymitch?

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[verylittlesugar]

[ Mattie is uncertain whether shooting Haymitch would be considered a good thing or a bad thing by most people, so she keeps her expression carefully neutral. ]

I was not in my right mind.

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[yardbird]

[GOODNESS LORD WHY ARE THERE KIDS RUNNING AROUND HERE WITH GUNS-- wait never mind. Murphy's going to just try and ignore that.

[But seriously, what the hell.]

Tch. And they usually say that ignorance is bliss. Good to see that people don't always buy into it around these parts.

[He pauses.] What is it 'bout the ships that you wanna know? [Just... curious.]

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[verylittlesugar]

I think the people who say that must be dull-witted to begin with.

[ She purses her lips thoughtfully. It's difficult to express what you want to know when you have no knowledge to begin from. ] How they are made to fly, I suppose. And how the workings go together. I imagine it is like a clock?

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[cargojet]

Aren't you a little young to be worrying about that kind of thing?

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[verylittlesugar]

I am fourteen years old. [ Which is obviously plenty old enough to worry about all sorts of things. ] And I must do the worrying, as there is no one to do it for me.

[statsraaden]

[Oh, yes, a student. Stats is letting his schoolship self through.]

I would be happy to teach you. As for messages for some people only, I'm going to be taught soon myself, and I'd be happy to share. I'll also teach you about how ships move in space.

There's nothing to hold to in space. Let's imagine you're in a boat in the middle of a lake, and everything you have is rocks. No sails, no paddle. The only way to go anywhere is to throw rocks in the opposite direction. That's the way ships work in space: they throw gases in the opposite direction to where they want to go.

[verylittlesugar]

[ Mattie isn't quiet sure she grasps the connection between throwing things and sailing a ship, and she frowns with uncertainty. ]

How does throwing a rock make anything move? I should think it would just fly through the air and you would still be sitting where you are, only short a rock. Where do the gases come from?

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[wont]

Have you needle, Mattie? Or thread?

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[verylittlesugar]

No, neither. [ A soft sigh. ] Nor do I have pen and paper, or a plow or hoe, or even a washtub. But there must be somewhere to get them, mustn't there?

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[wolfdreamer]

I have not learned very many new ones, but I could tell you a story of Westeros.

Has something gone wrong for you, Mattie Ross? [Why else would she be in need of a good story, save for a distraction? Though if she is not one for idleness, perhaps she is only restless--and of course there were many who had matters to attend to at home. Or perhaps there was something else.]

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[verylittlesugar]

I would like that.

[ Mattie doesn't want to upset Bran, but she is not accustomed to keeping the truth from people. ] I was under the influence of- of what was making everyone afraid. I saw things, and acted badly. And... [ Her voice drops to almost a whisper. ] I miss my papa.

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[doggedly]

[Ohhhh hell. Well, perhaps the real Mister Snape won't have seen this, and even if he does--it would be better for the joke to keep on going a bit longer, of course, but if it ends now it will still be hilarious.

So. Right.]

perhaps, Miss Ross
but i fear i am a little busy at the moment

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[verylittlesugar]

then we can set an appointment for when your present business is concluded.

[ She will find out where he is and corner him if she must, it can't be worse than where she tracked down Rooster at. ]

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[stimulations]

Gardening and farming? I've been told the Oxygen Garden is very important to our survival on the ship, and we're rather understaffed so far. [A pause, a small smile.] Understaffed and very much slanted to inexperienced.

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[verylittlesugar]

I do not know that I am familiar with all of the things growing there, and I was not sure who would be in charge of tending to them, but I would gladly turn my hand to gardening if help is needed. Do you work there?

[allucinator]

I think this is the first time I ever heard somebody apologize for shootin' someone else. Gotta say, I like it! Makes for a good change. I mean, if people'd apologized to me when they'd hit me, I might be more forgivin'.

When you from, kid? You sound like you're from the past too.

[verylittlesugar]

It would be best if people did not shoot other people to begin with. Or hit them, unless of course they deserved it.

It is 1880. I suppose that is the past, it does seem like most folks have that impression.

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[the_vishual]

I can help. And..

[ A pause. ]

I'm--uhm.. sorry. About not helping you.

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[verylittlesugar]

It is all right, I do not know that there was any help that could be given. I am sorry for...for the things I spoke about.

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[dilemma]

[ That accent is strangely familiar to Damon in the worst kind of way. Being a 170 year old vampire, it's odd how reminders of the past can trigger things he's long since suppressed. It's familiar in the worst kind of way for someone who's rather forget. ]

It's not hard. Push the right button the right things happens. Don't get overwhelmed by the shinies; it gets dull. Trust me.

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[verylittlesugar]

[ The look Mattie gives him is one of patient annoyance. ] Well then, I shall do that just as soon as my only obstacle becomes finding the button that has 'right' written on it.

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[doomhoops]

Erik's bodyguard service not work out for you? [ Whoops, just has to be a petty dick about it ]

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[verylittlesugar]

I was not attempting to engage his services as a bodyguard, I am perfectly capable of looking out for myself. [ As previously demonstrated by the shooting incident, of course. ]

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[swagneto]

So you shot him anyway?

[ Have an amused look there, Mattie. He had his misgivings about the situation earlier, the last time he took it on but Erik is still amused by the outcome. ]

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[verylittlesugar]

[ The unfortunate part of all of this, in Mattie's eyes, is not that she shot the man. It's that she did it for the wrong reason. And now Haymitch is reacting by being understanding, of all things, and she almost feels cheated. ]

I did not know what I was doing. Had I been in my right mind, I would not have done it without being certain of him.