 "un/finished") |
FERN |
Ooo slang part the second |
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FERN |
i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us |
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LANCE |
Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ... |
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DIPPER |
Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used... |
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PETER |
Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham. |
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USAGI |
Soooooooo~ How'd the date go? |
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MAKO |
Varianβ Checking in. |
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SHIRO |
i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster |
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EDDIE |
Hey. We need to talk. |
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MELIUS |
π»πΎ. πΌ ππππ πΎπ πππππ πππΎππΉ πΆππΉ πΎπ πΎπ πππ ππ½πππ |
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EDA |
Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology. |
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LUZ |
Valentines |
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MAUL |
I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in |
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USAGI |
I LOVE YOU |
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FERN |
DUDE you still have your bandana! |
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BUZZ |
Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard. |
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FERN |
dude your profile changed |
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USAGI |
Ruby told me about the breakup. |
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GLITCH |
Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now |
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MAKO |
A "nerd" is somebody smart... |
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MAUL |
Gifts |
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FERN |
heeyyyy quick question |
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FERN |
Christmas is coming up!!! |
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CHLOE |
god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea??? |
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KRISTOFF |
Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this |
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FERN |
heyyyy Variable |
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RAPUNZEL |
okay not to put you on the spot but... |
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EDA |
Potion time |
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NEO |
Dude, I can mine antidote shit here! |
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GLITCH |
Got this in my basket. |
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EDA |
hey smart kid |
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TEN |
Hallo |
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ADAM |
Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in |
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USAGI |
I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday. |
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AMARA |
i lived, bitch |
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NEO |
Debatably good news, asshole |
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USAGI |
Hey Varian! It's Usagi |
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OSCAR |
I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need |
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FERN |
a dark past huh |
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MAUL |
Varian. I am in great need of your assistance |
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FERN |
Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD |
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USAGI |
How much moon essence do you have? |
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USAGI |
VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! |
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RICHIE |
well I promised |
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FERN |
A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG |
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GLITCH |
VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?!
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USAGI |
To help with restless nights and the... |
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VIRA-LORR |
Little alchemist. I have a gift for you. |
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MARTIN |
Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out... |
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USAGI |
Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you. |
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GLITCH |
varian I need to talk to you. it's important. |
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USAGI |
I need you not to panic after what I tell you. |
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FERN |
dog you have so many vests |
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IRONHIDE |
HONK HONK |
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USAGI |
... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian |
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EMERALD |
Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything... |
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FERN |
tell me when you're alive |
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FERN |
Varian i stabbed two people |
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AMARA |
hey weirdo i have something for you
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FERN |
is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel? |
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PENNY |
Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina |
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YANG |
Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before. |
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FERN |
hey can we talk |
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FERN |
you told ruby |
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MAUL |
Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating |
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USAGI |
Hey I wanted to apologise |
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USAGI |
VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!! |
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FERN |
birth |
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MAUL |
Look what just arrived for me. |
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KATHERINE |
Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things? |
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FERN |
ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals |
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FERN |
dog interested in means girls or guys |
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april 21st; text; un:mako
Checking in.
[ Mako-speak for: please give me a status update and assure me that you are alive and un-kidnapped by spooky mountain people and continue to have the number of limbs Mako met you with, thank you. ]
Also, before the school was destroyed I managed to grab some chemicals from a locked cabinet. They were all pretty dusty, but I figured you might want them?
[ Attached to the text is a picture of a cabinet full of, yes, dusty labeled beakers and bottles. ]
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[Look, he's being GOOD. For once. Still just the normal one missing leg! ]
Oh wow, I can definitely use them! Thanks for grabbing them. Anything can be useful, honestly. Supplies are getting pretty thin on the ground.
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I have no idea how it makes it in here.
[ If Mako never saw sand again after this he would be thrilled, honestly. ]
Even thinner because those mountain people keep stealing from our caches. I was setting up decoy ones but I think they caught onto that, too.
I'll get Bolin to run them over later. They were at the community college.
[ Mako is not currently allowed outside the house. ]
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...Sorry, I just realised that was rhetorical. YEAH. Sand's the worst!
I can set up some booby traps if you like? I did that a lot back home. Nothing lethal- unless you really want it to be. But it would trap them and stop them from making off with supplies.
[Oh that's a name he recoognises. Also, hmmm he's sus, Mako.]
Bolin? That's your brother, right? He's here now?
Are you okay? Is there a reason someone else is doing your supply runs?
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[ This is useful information!!! ]
Traps are a perfect idea, yes. Defintely trap any caches you currently have; if you have the time the one at the safehouse is getting bigger and it's going to end up being a target sooner or later.
[ Crap, he should've been more careful with his words. Mako winces, glancing over at the pile of fluff sleeping next to him like it was Fritter's fault. ]
Yeah, Bo's here. Settling in as well as anyone can here.
I'm fine. Wu won't let me leave the house.
[ Nailed it, not suspicious AT ALL. ]
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[Every day is a learning day with Varian. ]
Okay, I can definitely do that! I can use some of my sticky solutions. It'll tap anything in there with no means of escape. I'll set them up for you, let me just-
[He'll attach a helpful little document showing how to disarm them. ]
I'll make sure you get a supply of the neutralising formula too, it's the only thing that gets rid of it. Just in case someone gets stuck in it you don't want to get stuck in.
[OH HE'S SUS, HE'S SO SUS. ]
...
Why won't Wu let you leave the house, Mako? Did something happen?
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[ Tactic: distract Varian by asking about science so he stops asking probing questions.
At least the booby trap stuff is helpful, both the disarming mechanisms and the promise of the neutralizing solutions. ]
Thank you, that's perfect. I'm thinking if they learn that messing with the caches is a bad idea, they'll leave them alone. They seem smarter than I want them to be, you know?
[ S I G H he is so bad at avoiding direct questions. ]
Not exactly. I didn't die, if that's what you're worried about. I ended up with half of Wu's death flu and I think it got really bad. I was out for a few days but I'm fine, now he's just being paranoid.
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If you brush it, it'll only get stuck you your hands. Friction and all that. OH OH. If you have a hydrophilic substance, that would dry off the wet sand. So like. Talcum powder? That would help speed the process too!
[Science is always an excellent distraction. ]
That's the hope! And no problem, I'm happy it can be used for something other than protecting my lab.
Oh. I'm really glad you didn't die. I was worried you'd done something stupid trying to protect Wu after what happened. [He says that from a place of friendship. ] How did you end up with half the death flu? Did you make a sacrifice for him? And he has every right to be worried, it's no joke.
[Says Varian, who just last month tried to escape his house while suffering the death flu.]
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Wouldn't that just also get talcum powder all over my bed?
[ While, admittedly, not sand, that is still not ideal. Wu is protective of the sheets, alright. ]
We handled everything. It could've been handled better, but no. It didn't have anything to do with that.
But yeah. I didn't want Wu to be out of commission for a whole month. It was awful when I was stuck with it, and I figured I worked through it once. Yours is over with, right?
[ Throwing stones in glass houses here, bud! ]
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...Mako you shake the talc off before you get into bed.
[Oh boy, he is squinting HARD at the fluid right now.]
You handled everything, huh?
I guess there's that. I hope you feel better soon. I'm fine. Flu's gone, memories are back.
[Thanks to Oscar, but he doesn't know how much the other boy wants it public- just what he did for Varian. So he keeps quiet, for now. ]
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[ Huff! ]
That explains a lot about the horse that's on the guard, I guess. Fritter is way too smart for her own good. She's hoarding pens for some reason and we had to get these things labeled childproof locks for the kitchen. They've mostly worked but she already figured out how to get past them.
You're welcome to ask her what she wants with all the pens.
[ Corona sure is a weird place. Then again, Naga and Pabu are just about as smartβPabu definitely understands Bolin way beyond his training, and Naga's practically sentient, some of the time. ]
More or less. It was another demon.
I'm getting really tired of demons, actually. Wu's alright, too. As alright as he can be.
[ Oscar has, in fact, mentioned what he gave up for Varian, but Mako doesn't want to bring it up, either. It's not his business, and he isn't sure if Varian actually knows. Maybe one day that kid'll get it into his head not to just give up everything he has for the people around him. It reminds Mako way too much of Bolin when they were young. ]
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[Of whichever is less likely to get you kicked out of bed.]
Second in command of the guard! He outranks almost all of the humans. And yeah, Ruddiger worked out those ages ago- they watch you and figure out how to do it from there.
Maybe she's planning an art project. Or maybe she's doing it because she knows it rankles you. I can try to ask, anyway.
[Corona is super weird, all the time. Mako has barely scratched the surface of just how weird Corona can be. Speaking of: ]
Oh. I'm not the biggest fan of demons. Wu mentioned another Sleeper attacking him but nothing about a demon. Do you know who it was... possessing, I guess?
[He knows about Paimon, now- and there's the Grass Demon of course- but he knows the latter isn't involved. Fern wouldn't keep that from him. If it's not Paimon... well, that means there's another one on the loose.
The day Oscar actually stops giving up everything for other people is the day they will throw an entire damn parade. ]
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Or just lock her out of the kitchen. Not like it would matter, Wu feeds her at least a quarter of his dinner every night. That can't be healthy for raccoons.
You should definitely ask. I would appreciate that. Just... don't tell Wu you can talk to her or he might never leave you alone about it.
[ He's spending a long time on that part because the next part of this conversation is... a lot harder. ]
I do, and as far as he tells us, he's dealing with it. His name is Sam. The demon's name is Lucifer.
Demons aren't really a thing back home. We have spirits, and plenty of them are evil by our standards. Koh the Face Stealer, for example.
I guess I don't have to ask why you're not a fan.
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No problem. She's not fully a Corona animal, so I can't guarantee I'll be able to do it, but I'll willing to try. It sounds like she means a lot to Wu. That's nice.
[God forbid they all need something to lean on here, some beacon of light to pull them through. If having a pet raccoon is what helps Wu along, then that's great. ]
I don't think I've come across him before. Either of them.
...Koh the face stealer? Is that literal?
Zhan Tiri tore my Kingdom to shreds because of a thousands-year-old feud she had with someone who isn't even alive any more. She sword she'd hurt him by hurting Corona and it didn't matter if he wasn't around to see it. She used one of my closest friends like a pawn to get there. She very nearly won. It's... more complicated than that, but that's the gist.
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[ That's probably why Mako's talking about her so much. She really is a hopeful little thing in these awful times. ]
It's literal. I mean, I've never met him, but the Avatar before Korra did. If you don't keep a completely neutral expression when you're talking to him, he'll steal your face and keep it. I don't get why anyone goes to talk to him. All the most knowledgeable spirits seem terrible.
[ Just some minor Avatar-world blasphemy, don't mind him. ]
What is it with ancient forces of evil and holding grudges? How'd you manage to stop her?
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[But that beam of hopeful light the animals give off is so important now. ]
...
Well. That's completely terrifying.
[BIG no thanks to that entire thing.]
I wish I knew at this point. She'd stolen these magical artefacts to try and destroy Corona with- but they could never touch or.. well boom. Cass and Rapunzel managed to slam them together and destroy her.
[He was a little bit dead at that point, but he's been told how it went down. ]
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[ Mako is getting really, really tired of ancient evils in general. ]
Maybe we need to be collecting more ancient artifacts, too. Just in case.
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[They're the worst.]
The ones from home aren't here, something I'm exceptionally grateful for. When you combine them it's
bad.
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[ Perks of Being a Lightningbender, a new novel by Mako. ]
Ancient-evil-wants-them-at-all-costs-bad?
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[Mako is a good egg.]
Especially when the aforementioned ancient evil actually manages to get hold of them and very nearly destroys everything. We'd lost - it was an eleventh-hour save that Cass and Rapunzel managed to pull off.
[He was mostly dead at that point. Probably dead? Actually dead? He's not sure. He tries not to think about it too much.]
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Yeah, Vaatu was similar. I told you about him, the one who possessed Korra's uncle. She beat him just in time.
Just once I'd like to beat something that important with a lot of time to spare.
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Yeah, I remember you talking about him. Zhan Tiri was like that. She had some... old grudge with an alchemist who existed thousands of years ago. She wanted to use the power they sought for destruction, he didn't. Those portals I made? They were his design- he originally created them as a prison for her.
Tell me about it. We cut that one way too close.