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

[ 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. ]

locked;

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.

/locked;

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Is that marijuana, or am I mistaken?

[ 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.

hair ties?

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

Edited 2012-03-05 04:07 (UTC)

[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.]

...Nope, not mistaken.

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

[ 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'. ]

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

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.

oh.

[AND FOLLOWING THAT TEXT COMES ANOTHER]

i have one.

[ 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. ]

Well, I could certainly chatter on about how the seeds would need to be started in a protected area - pots, indoors, with phosphorous-rich soil kept moist but not wet - before the shoots are transplanted when they've reached a height of near six or more inches, into dry and sunny land, but I've a feeling you wouldn't know the difference or you wouldn't have asked, and besides, I sincerely doubt it's merely tobacco. Not the right leaf pattern, or coloring.

[ He'll take whatever he can get, when it comes to being impressive these days. Even if he's just talking about gardening. ]

Normally I'd merely invite you in to see how lovely my ferns have gotten over the months. Why, it must be something more illicit than tobacco if you're treating it with such reverence. Not bright enough for salvia. Tell me: Is it Jimson? Cannabis?

[Hell yeah. Haggling is better than football, and football is pretty damn great.]

I'm the Netherlands - [He shrugs and leaves it at that. If she's from Earth, no reason to elaborate.] I'm lookin' for wine or cigarettes, if ya have that.

[...he's trying to trade those for a bike.]

You have ferns?

[ totally the relevant point here, right? and while that all could have been bullshit, jenna wouldn't know the difference and it sounded super professional. her skepticism is quickly turning to thoughtfulness. ]

The second one. You're really into gardening, huh?

[ STOP THIS INSANE VERBOSITY JENNA IS DIZZY FROM WORDS. ]

Want to trade for it?

[HERE HAVE SOME MORE TL;DR]

for what?

A veritable forest of them. They were excellent company. Never brought on trouble like the damned goat. Or kicking.

[ That is definitely the most important point. Of course 'ferns' is a lot easier to explain than the fact that a shitton of it was made up of coca plants and various poisonous wildlife with which he was experimenting. Sounded classier. Or simpler. ]

I know plenty about horticulture, [ he does correct after a beat. He feels like there's a big difference between what she's implying and what he is. Identification of plantlife alone is paramount to his work. ] A small part of a larger hobby, we'll call it.

[ YOU MEAN SOCCER oh yeah, she went there. at least they agree on weed? ]

...Ah. [ the whole 'i'm a country' thing is a little weird, but they're in space. weird has become a new and twisted version of relative, so that's the only comment on that. ] Wine, yes, cigarettes... maybe. How much of each are you looking for?

[ not 'how much do you want', that's bad tactics. thank you, speech and that business psych class she took during a brief period of potential future corporate greed. ]

[ OH CHRIST NO ANYTHING BUT THAT so many words. cannot compute such veritable reams of text. ]

Well, I was kind of thinking weed-- but if you don't want that, we can talk other options.

weed?

[LMAO WHAT ARE DRUGS PLEASE ENLIGHTEN THE MUTE LUNATIC WHO'S BEEN IN AND OUT OF STASIS FOR YEARS.]

[She gets points for breezing on by the country thing.]

I'm lookin' for bottle of wine - not shitty wine. [And speaking of cigarettes, he leans over to snatch one from the bureau, lighting it.] The rest depends on what I'm signing up for.

You had ferns and a goat.

[ dear sherlock: your life is weird. love, jenna. and if he wants anywhere near jenna's precious babies, sherlock won't mention the poisonous wildlife. ]

Sorry, you're really into 'horticulture'. [ the air quotes are almost audible. ] Which begs the next question: can you grow pot? [ beat. ] Cannabis, I mean.

And a nanny, so long as we're counting the wildlife.

[ dear jenna, don't make fun of my big words because they're totally awesome, and i can hear that in your voice. no love, sherlock. He props up his chin on a hand and scoffs on his own, as if she's asked him if he knows how to tie his shoes. ]

[ He hasn't before. Not cannabis specifically - that doesn't mean he's never grown similar - but it's never really been his area. He's a creature of routine despite the unpredictability otherwise, and he knows what his favorites are. Beggars won't be choosers, as she's also realized. He answers with a very decisive, ] Yes. And very well.

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.

[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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