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[antietam]

who: Adam Parrish + open
what: catchall log
when: throughout may, post-memoria
where: community housing/breaking and centering/perimeter/wherever
warnings: none as of yet



community housing

[ Anyone who knows Ronan Lynch or has seen him around will recognize his raven Chainsaw swooping around menacingly in front of the community housing. Is she hunting something? Trying to gouge your eyes out?

Another look will reveal Adam standing below her trajectory. Every so often, he tosses up some food that gets her to swoop and calls out something in Latin. Whatever he's saying, she responds by doing aerobatic tricks.

Stand there long enough and she might come barreling worryingly close to you. ]

breaking and centering

[ Have some sort of vehicle that needs a tune-up? Or just want to find someone with a wrench? Breaking and Centering is your place! Adam is working, but it's a slow day. If you're just passing by, he's balancing on a workbench with a textbook in his lap and a wrench in the other.

If you're bringing him something to look at, you might be treated to a mildly judgmental: ] What did you do to it?

perimeter

[ Adam has been taking classes at the university, but he's not getting all of the information he wants. Therefore, he has to find it for himself. He takes some light provisions, long-sleeved shirt and pants to protect from strange plants, a knife, cheap binoculars, and a notebook.

The plan is to find a creature he's never seen before and study it from afar. Find him kneeling between overgrown plants and taking notes, or maybe save him from a creature that will probably eat him. ]

etc.

[ Or write-your-own-adventure! If you want me to write up a prompt, hit me up @faildere/PM

As a note, I'll be on hiatus from June 1-14 and I'll backtag after that! No worries about dropping anything that's too late, though. ]

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hydroponic garden; for iris

[antietam]

[ Adam has stopped by a few times since arriving. He's not a gardener, but it's a nice environment to walk around and think in. More and more, he becomes amazed by what they can grow without soil. He's heard about the method very vaguely but has no idea how to do it on his own. It'd keep him busy, plus it might help kickstart other experiments.

It's not easy for him to go chat people up, but he sees a girl who looks a little younger than him and seems pleasant enough. Might as well. ]

Excuse me, miss? Do you a have minute?

[carrotkeeper]

[It's a pleasant surprise to have someone come up and talk to her. While she enjoys tending to the vegetables, sometimes it gets too quiet for her liking. When he approaches, she stands up from the lettuce pipe she had been kneeling in front of and turns to face him.]

I've got more than a minute. Did you need something?

[antietam]

[ Well, she doesn't seem too put off. He relaxes a little. ]

I was thinking about trying this sort of thing out myself since the plants y'all grow here look so nice, but it seems sort of difficult. What do you think? Are the vegetables any different once they're grown?

[carrotkeeper]

They don't seem different, but hey-why don't you see for yourself?

[Finally, an opportunity to show off the minimal vegetable knowledge she has. She motions him over so he can get a closer look at what's being grown. Come right up buddy, they won't bite.]

The best experience is hands on. I'll show you the ropes.

[antietam]

Oh—you don't have to. I didn't want to interrupt your work. [ He really didn't expect such a friendly response. Still, he steps closer to examine the lettuce, reaching out to feel at the leaves. ]

I'm Adam, by the way. Should've introduced myself earlier.

[carrotkeeper]

Hey, Adam. I'm Iris.

[Not that his presence bothers her. If the smile on her face is anything to go by, she's perfectly happy to have another person around.]

Then why don't I take a break and give you a tour? It's a pretty neat place.

[That way it doesn't interrupt work and gets some answers to his earlier questions. All at the same time.]

[antietam]

Well— [ He feels even worse taking up her break time, but it would be nice to get a tour and see the actual process they use. ] Sure, I'd appreciate that, miss.

[ It doesn't seem as if things are too busy here. Maybe it'd be a nice place for a part-time, laid-back job. ] Did you use anything like this back where you're from? It's sort of amazing to me, even though I'd heard of it before.

[carrotkeeper]

No miss-just call me Iris.

Home had nothing like this. My world used farmlands to grow food. This is the first I've heard of hydroponic gardening. I always thought there was just the one kind.

[The soil kind. This is still a learning process for her and the tour might be lackluster with her limited knowledge. She's definitely going to try and be informative though.]

You said you've heard of it. Was it used in your world?

[antietam]

[ Honestly, he's glad he's not the only one in the dark. He'd hate to feel stupid. ]

Yeah, but not much. It's mostly farmlands, I'd really only heard of it in regards to space travel. You know, trying to grow plants on different planets that don't have our soil. But that's really futuristic stuff. [ He sounds a little more excited when talking about it, like he has a lot of thoughts on that topic. ]

I'm guessing all of this technology is pretty new for you too?

perimeter

[howlongiwonder]

[Looking for strange creatures, Adam? You might find one very soon because all out of sudden, the peaceful atmosphere is disturbed. Something is moving through the thick canopy of treetops not too far away from you. Something that is both too fast and agile to be a human, and judging by the creaking sounds of the branches - too massive to be one too.

This could be very dangerous.]

[antietam]

[ This might have been less dangerous if Adam had asked for help from the perimeter guards, but he doesn't really know the meaning of the word.

The problem with only being able to hear out of one ear is that he can't trace sounds like he used to, and he's not entirely sure where the rustling is coming from. Somewhere above him, so he shifts away from any trees and closer to the ground. He's good at keeping still, but he can't stop himself from holding up his binoculars to catch a glimpse of whatever might threaten him. ]

[howlongiwonder]

[Adam may be able to catch glimpses of a quickly moving dark shape - right before it jumps down from the treetops, falling down towards his general direction!

The treetop dweller turns out to be a strange woman, dressed in black. She lands in a crouch, but her impact with the ground sounds around heavily, with a loud thud.]

What are you doing here?

[Worryingly, she is armed with a large sword. It remains on her back though, not in hand.]

[antietam]

[ Adam sees the shape coming closer through his binoculars, and he barely has time to curl into himself, letting go of his knife in reflex. He's definitely not used to this sort of thing.

He looks up when she speaks, realizing this is a person and not some gigantic nightmare. How did she make so much noise? ]

I'm—exploring. [ His voice is still a little shaky. There are a lot of questions going through his head. The only one that seems to come out is: ] Are you human?

[howlongiwonder]

No. I'm an android.

[She states in a matter of fact way, like it was supposed to explain everything.]

Monster activity has intensified around here recently. It may not be a safe place to explore.

[She stands up and dusts herself off briefly. The android woman seems to be on the lookout, glancing briefly around in search of... something.]

[antietam]

[ Well, she doesn't seem like some kind of wild android bent on destruction. He quickly uncurls himself and sits back in the grass. ]

I'll be fine. [ Like he was just now. Though he seems to have misplaced his knife. He pats around the grass for it. ] I'm hoping to spot some monsters, actually. Maybe they won't be such a threat if we understand how they work.

[howlongiwonder]

Even if they are just animals, something still motivates them. However...

[2B gives up on the search for whatever she was hoping to notice. Her attention is back to Adam, with a somewhat softer expression that is hard to read.]

Even if you understand what makes them aggressive, they will still be aggressive if they find you.

Do you think you can defend yourself if that happens?

[antietam]

[ Of course he can, he should say. But the truth is that he has nothing to defend himself with. Apparently he can't even use his knife when he needs to.

Instead, he shrugs. He's not going to ask for help, but this... android girl seems to be someone to stick to at the moment. He lifts himself up, brushing off the dirt. ]

What are you out here for? You seemed like you had a purpose. Maybe I can help.

community housing

[aeturnus]

[ Cain doesn't know Ronan or the raven or the kid playing with it, but he does know Latin and it catches his interest. He stands a fairly safe distance away before coming closer; his attention is evenly split between the bird and the kid. He doesn't seem too bothered by the close calls, just... entertained. ]

Your bird knows tricks in Latin?

[antietam]

[ Adam doesn't notice Chainsaw's close calls until Cain comes closer and he watches her swoop over his head. From Adam's sheepish look (and his Latin, which was all perfectly innocuous words like spin), he wasn't telling her to do that. She's just kind of a jerk. ]

Ravens are smart. Latin is her... second language, I guess. [ He glances up at her, where she's decided to monitor them from above. ] You've taken Latin?

[aeturnus]

[ He nods at the question, finally turns up to really appreciate the raven now that she's stopped discretely divebombing around his head. "Taken" Latin is a bit too modern for how he learned it, but at least he's not going for the cliche of correcting anyone's pronunciation. ]

Yeah, I have. How much does she know?

[antietam]

[ Adam looks a bit more interested. It's nice to find someone here who even knows what Latin is.

The question causes him to think for a moment, furrowing his brows up at her. He's never thought about it, really. ] She's better than me. Her grammar is sometimes off. But if you say something to her, she'll understand. English too. Operibus anteire.

[ Actions instead of words. He motions for him to call something to her. ]

[aeturnus]

[ All right, there's an interesting idea. Is this raven something more? He doesn't want to think about that too hard but when you mention grammar... Either way, he looks up with Adam motions. ]

Could you do a loop, please?

[ Yeah, that's Latin, spoken flawlessly. It's also much more modern than the one Cain usually speaks but he's pretty sure even people who know of the language here wouldn't go for that version of it. ]

[antietam]

[ Adam says nothing, but he's impressed. He's never heard Latin spoken like that, even from his teachers. Even from Ronan.

Chainsaw hovers over them, understanding but resistant to the idea of listening to a stranger. She turns her head to Adam and he gives her a nod, so she flies off to do a large loop in the air, now just showing off.

She lands herself on Adam's arm when he outstretches it. ] You speak really well. [ At least, it sounded nice. ] I'm Adam, by the way. She's Chainsaw.

[aeturnus]

[ His look is both polite and amused when he hears the raven's name. He shrugs. ]

I've had some good teachers. I'm Jacob. Nice to meet you Adam. Chainsaw. Thanks for, uh, vouching for me? Was that what that was?

[antietam]

[ He didn't choose the name. He looks mildly embarrassed about it. ]

Oh, she's just... a lot like her owner. Sort of difficult and antisocial. Somehow I've gotten into her good graces. [ He pets at her feathers and gives her the rest of the food so she doesn't distract him. Maybe he's found a Latin tutor. ]

How long have you been learning?