( 004 ) video ✶ the bittersweet between my teeth trying to find the in-between

[unparental]

[ sometimes, simple is better than not. for once, jenna's post doesn't start with a full-speed babble, or overtures towards everyone joining hands and singing kumkaya. instead, she holds up a bag and lets it unroll, then shakes it a little. ]

Let's talk trading, Tranquility. I need hair ties, but I'm open to possibilities. Anyone have anything they want less than this?

[ she shakes the bag again for good measure. ]

...Oh, hey. Related: anyone good with plants? [ because if there's seeds: there's a chance to grow more. ]

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Friends get in free, as long as they aren't annoying stoners. [ she pauses, then her expression goes a little rueful. ] And as long as they can keep quiet-- we can't get sent to the principal's office for lighting up, but I don't have an unlimited supply unless someone takes me up on trying to grow more and I really don't want to cause our first on-ship riot.

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[notmydiagnosis]

Is that marijuana, or am I mistaken?

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[unparental]

...Nope, not mistaken.

[ but pardon her for thinking crane does not sound much like a stoner. still, it takes all kinds. ]

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[saidhe]

[ From this distance, he can't tell EXACTLY what, but he has his guesses and, quite frankly, it's smoke-able. Color him interested. ]

[ BUT PLAYIN IT COOL ]

Well, if it's an expert botanist you're looking for, you'll find no match better.

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[unparental]

[ why is jenna apparently the universal sherlockian drug enabler. why. ]

You, really? Huh. [ SIDEEYE FOREVER buuuuuuuuuut beggars can't be chosers. ] Okay, I'll suspend disbelief. Say something garden-y?

[ good test, little miss 'you plant stuff in the ground and it grows i guess'. ]

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[mutelunatic]

hair ties?

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[unparental]

You know-- uh. Elastics? To keep your hair in a ponytail and out of your face.

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[angerissues]

[ Oh, Jenna, Mason loves you so much. ] Should I even bother acknowledging the requirements, or can I just head over?

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[unparental]

As if I could exclude you. In fact: you, Mason Lockwood, are hereby invited to a Memory Lane one on one smokeout, bleachers sadly not included.

Just like high school, only I'll have better hair and we won't risk suspension.

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[handelaar]

[Way to insta-summon him, there. His feed comes on before he's completely seated upon his bed, and it's shaky for a moment as he paws around in a pouch with his other hand.]

I'm guessin' that's what I think it is, if you're from Earth. [He glances at the device, realizes it's probably giving her some cut-off, lopsided image, and quickly sets it up on the bureau beside him.] I don't need any.

[There. His other hand comes into view and he flashes his own bag at the screen, then settles back.]

But I know how t'grow the shit, an' you don't.

[He almost, almost smirks at that. Let's talk trading indeed.]

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[unparental]

[ now her language is being spoken. jenna settles cross legged onto her bed, raising her eyebrows at that almost smirk. when she speaks her tone is arch, but there's the undertone of fun in it. it's been a while, so sue her. ]

Okay, assuming you're not just gloating here, what do you want in return for an instruction manual?

[ she hasn't haggled with anybody over this particular subject in ages, but you never forget the language. ]

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[profligates]

Ah, good, a girl after my own heart. Tobacco can always get dull after a bit, can't it? [He holds up a pouch.] Your lucky day, I happen to have plenty of hair ties, as well as several other just as fun things.

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[unparental]

I don't know that I would call hair ties fun, but I won't judge your hobbies if you don't judge mine.

[ she shifts a little on the bed, debating whether it's worth it to just wait for mason and smoke or start drinking now and leave enough time to sober up in-between. vampire metabolisms, gotta love 'em. ]

I'm Jenna.

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[sweetmotherofgod]

[Heather is just going to be fighting off a smirk here. Jenna, you remind her so much of one of her favorite people ever, good luck shaking her now.]

I have condoms?

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[unparental]

[ DID SOMEONE SAY SURROGATE NIECE, READY FOR ADOPTION they so did. ]

I'm embarrassed to admit that right now, those are about the last thing I need.

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[grndnpnd]

Trees and shit in those gardens are doing okay. Could just stick 'em there and let the ship take care of it.

[ This is Tommy trying to be helpful. Or, rather, this is Tommy trying to be helpful when he knows jack about plants. ]

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[unparental]

I never grew, but I did watch Weeds and apparently it's a little more difficult than that.

[ she rolls her eyes. ]

That's why I'm asking, honestly. I'm... I know that you put seeds in the ground and then they grow if you did it right, but the specifics of the process in-between is a big mystery to me.

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[manipulativni]

[ katherine's been around for a very long time, and while she's not exactly a computer genius she's been able to pick up a few tricks. thus, she's able to hack the filter fairly easily. HI JENNA DIDN'T YOU MISS HER. ]

What other items are you interested in?

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[unparental]

[ AHAHAHAHAHAHA get out kat. ]

Video of someone making you stab yourself?

[ ...meow, jenna darling. ]

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[widowing]

[ some time after jenna and katherine have their conversation, natasha hacks into the encryption herself. (or, if she was included on the filter, just replies.) ]

It would seem that your filters leave something to be desired.

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[unparental]

...Apparently. Is that an offer for help?

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[unwaveringloyalty]

I am unfamiliar with those objects.

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[unparental]

[ ...oh god facepalm forever. ]

It's, uh-- it's an plant.

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[heltersskelter]

Where'd you find that?

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[unparental]

My locker, after the last jump. I'm suddenly a little less violently anti-blue goo.

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[timedaughter]

What is that?

[Because they still have some form of pot in the 61st century, but Jenny's never seen it before.]

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[unparental]

Pot. [ that might not have been audible, due to the way jenna is burying her face in her hands. give her a second. ]

[player_not_slayer]

[Weed. You have weeeed. And he wantses it, my precious. Anything to pass the time on this stupid ship with no videogames to occupy him other than a couple flash games he's beaten a hundred times over on his cellphone.]

Uh, got a phone? I've got games to trade, or something.

[Assuming phones from 2032 and phones from wherever Jenna's from are compatible at all. Whatever, they're in space so he figures there's some way to make it happen.]

[unparental]

...Would an iPod work? [ but WAIT. f r y s q u i n t. jenna's president and founder of the bad influence club, but even she has lines, dammit. ] But before I say anything else, how old are you exactly?