knit one | action | arrival

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

[Rose had sat through the meeting politely, showing no sign that this sudden upending of her entire world was really much of a bother to her at all. really, she ought to be used to all the interdimensional bullshit by now.

once she's left to her own device, though? a rather irritated scowl slides into place as she surveys her new home. this is seven kinds of stupid, especially considering they'd grabbed her before she could alchemize something useful. well, no use crying over spilled milk. time to make the best use of her time, and that meant starting mission number one: locating someone from her world. there was no doubt in Rose's mind that someone was here; this kind of bullshit just called to them.

so she begins wandering everywhere, and I do mean everywhere. the lobby, the library, the training center, peeking into all the dorms...if you're in the Garden it's likely you're going to see a young girl stalking past you.

likely more than once as she seems to be either slightly lost or making absolutely sure she's checking everywhere. either way, Rose seems to be a girl on a mission. don't you want to stop her and ask what the fuck she's doing?]

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[fierybluebird]

Tell me about it. Although that includes people here really, even the ones in worlds without pirates. [Spreads hands with a shrug.] Go figure.

Oh? Sounds familiar, but I was thinking more on a specific sense. I've got 1600 brothers, but I can't say any of them are due to a paradox -- nonsensical or not.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

There isn't much to figure; when thrown into situations that are both strange and unfavorable most people tend to lash out at the perceived cause of their confusion whether it actually is or not.

I believe that your family is busy enough to more than make up for the lack of time and space paradoxes permeating your genealogical history.

[fierybluebird]

Aye, so I keep telling people -- though far less eloquently.

[Just laughs all over again.] True enough.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

For the sake of the moral high ground I'd like to encourage you to keep taking up the role of voice in the wilderness, but I've experienced the feeling of beating one's head against a brick wall frequently enough to be forced to simply say that you should be content with knowing that fact yourself and let the rest of the population stew in their ignorance.

[fierybluebird]

That's my general operating procedure. Occasionally I'll help more if someone induces me to take greater interest of course. Gotta keep it entertaining.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Of course. Many people would agree that life is too short to bother oneself with anything that isn't of interest or aid.

[fierybluebird]

[Grins quietly.] Even if it's long.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Longevity is a completely subjective matter reliant on many different and occasionally subtle facts.

[fierybluebird]

Indeed. But I think even those that live the longest will tell you it's better to have no regrets and therefore, not waste time.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

Is that so? I always thought that those who live the longest would tell me to get off their lawn before the inform the local authorities.

[fierybluebird]

[Marco's reaction: LOL-WHUT]

Hah. Pretty girl like you? No way. My Pops would just want to know if you'd like to be a nurse. [... Yeah. His old man collects nurses in pink costumes with leopard print tights. To be fair, they are actually nurses and tell him to drink less, but anyway...]

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I try my best to avoid any neighborhood or nursing home notorious for elderly who fit into that category. It's awkward enough turning down people closer to my own age.

[fierybluebird]

[Another laugh.] It's a job offer, not a proposition. My Pops is... was [He will never get used to that.] well here he'd be considered a giant. In my world giants are a hundred feet tall easily, but he's about 25 feet tall.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

How interesting. In my world that sort of rapid growth is usually accompanied by a deterioration of muscles and the nervous system.

[fierybluebird]

Eh, really? Not in mine. Pops was the strongest man who ever lived.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I imagine that the heightened proportions made it rather easy to claim that particular title.

[fierybluebird]

Not necessarily. Like I said, there are giants 4 times his size in my world, and a crew ally, Oars Jr. is practically a small mountain and 4 times the size of the real giants.

And the only man to tie with my Pops -- the one they called the Pirate King, he was only about my height. I think it's more a matter of how they never backed down and kept moving forward.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

I believe there's a saying that would encapsulate this rather well - it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. As a thirteen year old with more maturity than she should rightly have I can sympathize.

[fierybluebird]

Aye. In my Dad's case, I'd say the size was more for his heart. You wouldn't guess it from a pirate, but he was pretty caring. Adopted thousands of us idiots.

So is your paradoxical brother almost equally mature in your esteem?

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

[she rolls her eyes] While he is a shade more intelligent than he'd like people to imagine, there's very little that is mature about Dave Strider. He's awash in issues that could be dealt with if he simply acknowledge they existed.

[fierybluebird]

Sounds rather like your opposite, other than the intelligence thing.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

We're more similar than he'd care to admit, which is likely why we clash so often. Genetic dispositions and all of that.

[fierybluebird]

Heh. Now I'm not sure if I'd like to share that with my brothers or not. They're so interesting the way they are. Eh, perhaps it's best, arguing constantly with them would drive me crazy.

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

The sheer number of tangents you'd have to deal with is off-putting enough, let alone the number of unique comebacks required for a successful argument. I'm fortunate that I only have Strider.

[fierybluebird]

Still, having someone who thinks similarly to you can be rather nice at times, eh?