Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:36:13 AM)
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Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:37:49 AM)
::Ais was up late, sitting in her basement, as she studied the plants in front of her, on her work table. A few different UV lights were up and lending light to more delicate plants, seedlings growing in an area. The basement was climate-controlled and neat, no dirt walls and dusty corners, it was a professional remodel. Eyeing the plant in front of her, she studied her notes, and a few books, open to pictures matching the plant in front, biting her lower lip as her fingers delicately brushed the stems::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:39:39 AM)
Several of the plants about her turn their petals about as she approaches, not just so much that she is their sun and light ... but that they're actively watching her. Side effects of the magical environment. Her family of sorts down here, several of her successed having little side effects that she had never really expected.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:40:04 AM)
::wearing a pair of jeans, holes in the knees that appeared to be put there via use versus style, and a fitted v-neck t-shirt, she was barefoot, and her hair was tied back. The basement... is -very- clean, and her tools and implements all seem to have their proper space. A small bookshelf holds many, many volumes of various horticulture, landscaping, and botany. ::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:41:31 AM)
::she smiles as she looks to them, speaking softly, her Irish accent lilting:: Hello, my little ones... how is everyone tonight? ::light fingertips caressing leaves with the most gentle touch, as though reassuring them that she's here, as she checks their water levels and UV lights::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:43:14 AM)
While shes walking, she feels touches of fronds grazing against her arm in return, as if they gain as much solace from her presence and touch as a cat or dog might be. They're silent but they definitely relish her attention, well those of the plants that have become more satient. The magic in this basement much more intense than she might've ever intended.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:46:15 AM)
::she smiles, not begruding them:: You are all looking well... I was worried that the weather here would be too harsh a change... Maybe if I up the nitrogen in your food...::half-talking to them, half to herself, and she pauses, feeling the energy in the air, she smiles:: Or maybe you guys are alright on your own... it feels... good ... in here.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:47:28 AM)
She feels one of the vine growers actually moving to wrap around her hand, then up her arm, testing her a little ... trying to see how much it can get away with. Its definitely not malicious, needy perhaps.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:50:26 AM)
::she pauses, looking down:: Ah... ah.. ah... careful now. ::she moves towards the plant, crouching down:: Are you alright... or are you just wanting attention? ::gently chiding the plant, she checks the soil and the plant itself, curious to see if something was wrong with it... versus it just wanting her close::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:52:54 AM)
As she draws down to it she notices that its soil is a little dry and that its got a shadow across half its form, the rest hitting a shadow from another plant above it. Its "limbs" moving up and wrapping lightly all the way around her arm, light, almost as though its trying to connect with her.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 1:56:14 AM)
Alright... alright... calm down. ::speaking in soothing, quiet tones, almost as one might speak with a frantic child:: I'm here... easy now. ::eyeing the vines wrapping around her arm:: I see the issues. ::using her free arm, she gently moves the other plant, so it's not blocking the light from the vine plant:: If you want a little more water, you're going to have to let go a moment, please. ::speaking a bit more firmly in tone, flexing her wrapped arm a bit, making sure it's not cutting off circulation::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:57:52 AM)
It doesn't seem to be at all and when it realises its troubling her, she feels the wrapping decrease and then the fronds of the plants caress her cheek before slipping back and up onto the stakes raising out of its dirt.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 1:58:23 AM)
Meanwhile, while shes below, she hears the sounds of rain hitting the side of the house, its nothing too intense, just another evening squall running through the city.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:01:08 AM)
::she smiles, a naturally charming smile, and a truly happy one, her shyness when around others disappeared when here, and she listens to the rain, as she gets up, and as promised, gets filtered water, blended with her own special blend of nutrients, and she moved back. Head tilted, she grins:: Almost like being at home... save the rain here is devilishly warm... ::gently pouring some water into the pot:: Almost makes you feel like running around outside... save the thunder and lightning. ::she chattered easily with the plants, realizing her mood might affect them as well down here::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:03:06 AM)
Indeed, she feels her mood lifting the whole room and several plants open up their blooms as they pass, trying to impress her and make them look her way. The rain continuing outside and for a moment the light flickers, signs that somewhere in the area theres some thunder.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:06:09 AM)
(make *her look their way)
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:07:24 AM)
::she grins, enjoying it, and she laughs softly, leaving aside her plans of actual work for a moment, and offering them some attention for a few moments, going between plants, a soft word or compliment for each, her hands gently brushing them, or bending down to inhale their fragrance, or offering encouragement:: Mmm, some of you will be ready to move into upstairs eventually... ::she pauses and frowns:: I hope not -another- power outage. ::eyeing the flashlight attached to the opposite wall, and what's in her way to get there, should she need to::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:07:52 AM)
::she looks to the seedlings:: Ahh, little ones.. some of you are almost ready for your own pot... ::grinning::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:09:46 AM)
The love she feels here is more than shes ever really felt in her other attempts at these gardens in the past, clearly shes doing something right and the way they're acting is reward for that. Though the first sign she gets that something is wrong is when she feels a ouch of moistness on her toes as she walks through, then as though she stepped into a small puddle.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:11:38 AM)
::she smiles, truly happy, proud even... part of her wanting to call her mentor... the other, privately pleased, and she frowns... as she feels wet on her toes... having been very careful to rig up the irrigation in here... she looks down, and then lifts her foot a bit, looking at that too::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:14:36 AM)
Thats when she feels the water rising up her ankle, she has a moment of confusion, thats about all she gets before the door to the basement pushes open as a wave of water flows into the basement, it catches her and throws her against the wall, completely knocking all the air out of her body. She lies there, slumped for about five minutes, up to her waist in water, the magic of the plants spreading through the water ... and so through her.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:17:56 AM)
::eyes widening, the vivid green staring in shock, and she blinks, before she feels herself lose her footing and go slamming... a hand feebly going to the back of her head to gingerly poke, and she prefers the stars to disappate before trying to move so much:: Ugh... ::groaning lightly as she shifts a little::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:20:54 AM)
The water continues to buffet against her and her thoughts go to her plants for a time, unaware of just how weird this all is, the lights flickering several more times from lightning and then she feels the water starting to ... decrease, lowering down her saturated body.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:25:34 AM)
::she brushes a hand over her face, pushing back hair plastered to her face, and she groans a bit, looking around to see how badly her plants suffered, what was knocked over, how big of a mess her basement was. She frowned up at the lights, knowing she was going to be -really- annoyed if she lost that too. Shifting her legs a bit, wet jeans clinging to her, she pulled at them a bit, looking around the basement... wondering if she had a drain in the floor... then looking up, wondering how bad the flood was inside the house::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:27:06 AM)
::pulling at her t-shirt, she frowned again:: Bloody hell... ::wincing a bit::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:27:24 AM)
Many of her plants are lying over on their sides, pots and dirt strewn, moving feebly, though water like that not going to kill them ... it will if she doesn't tend to them. Most of those on the upper levels are completely fine though, but any that were resting upon the floor were nearly drowned out for the time. Her body aching from the blow.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:29:21 AM)
::she winced a bit more, hand to her head, checking herself for any obvious wounds, bleeding.... something poking through her in a bad way, before she struggles to get to her feet, using the wall to prop herself up:: I'll... get to you guys in just a second... just a second.... ::blinking away stars::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:30:12 AM)
Plants on the lower levels were propped up... so they would drain properly, but only by a few inches.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:31:13 AM)
As shes leaning on the wall, her feet are draped in some of the soil of one of the plants and her toes start to arch down into the soil, to dig into it ... trying to start to set up roots, growing longer and thinner even as she stands there. Her body trying to ... recover.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:34:01 AM)
::she blinks, feeling her toes wriggling in dirt, not... usually a weird thing, but that she's not doing it on purpose, she looks down suddenly, and eyes are open wide and she blinks, letting out a surprised shout!, hands against the wall, almost trying to grab for something to hold onto, trying to lift one leg to see what happens:: No... No... not a plant.. not a plant... ::initial panic before curiosity... though that was a close second::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:36:01 AM)
She can lift her leg, the rooting only just started after all, some dirt rising with her foot. Theres a sense of frustration though as she "deroots" herself.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:37:58 AM)
Oh.... -seriously-.... I.... ::realizing there was no pain... and it wasn't... turning her skin another color.. the panic level reduced while the curiosity level increased... and she paused... slowly lowering her foot a bit.. letting the "roots" try again:: Um... slowly? Go... slowly now... ::not sure if her will can help this along::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:39:00 AM)
With her feet back into the dirt, she feels her toes beginning to continue to change, pushing down into the dirt and the solace that brings of being rooted properly.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:40:52 AM)
::she left her hands on the wall, palms down, comforted by something sturdy while she explored some new experiences... she focused on the root-toes.... willing them towards the vines.. the roots of the vined plant, seeing if she can push them, towards the plant, towards the dirt shared by the plant..::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:42:19 AM)
She actually notices thin threads of flesh starting to push across the floor where no dirt is. Thats ... her? Wow. Then creeping the short distance to the vined plant, her root structure spreading across the floor. No way in hell she's going to be able to walk for the moment.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:44:43 AM)
Okay.... creepy... but.... cool. ::whispering softly to herself, trying to keep herself calm, lest the plants get antsy too.. she breathes out carefully, and focuses on her body, ensuring it's just her toes that are "spreading" out. Her eyes are focused on her body, as she once more sinks down onto the floor, hands still on the wall, carefully sitting, as she watches her new appendages:: Just... sort of... say 'hello'...and share the earth... don't freak them out... ::giving herself a quiet pep talk as she concentrates::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:46:55 AM)
Her feet have moved to a position where her legs are more like trunks going down into the floor, shes definitely flat fooded at the moment. Feeling her toes slink into the moisture ridden earth of the creepers pot and beginning to share it, the creeper turning a little and she can almost feel it watching her curiously.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:50:17 AM)
Okay.... no sinking into the floor... that's... too far... ::trying to lift her legs slightly, to keep her entire body from rooting... she's just wanting the toes .. for now. She smiles a little:: Hello... ::said softly, and focusing her toe-roots to gently nudge and share the earth, brushing the other roots and vines:: Careful now... it's okay. Just... trying something new.. ::she focuses her toes to go into the pot, then letting some stay where the UV lights are... seeing if there's a difference with them in the "sun".
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 2:52:29 AM)
No change with them, though she feels the warmth. Wait ... she has no foliage, no wonder the light is doing nothing to her roots. Though she feels a few moments later nourishment coming as her root system starts to suck up the highly magic filled water with her own nutrients laden within it. Inadvertantly heightening what the flood had already begun!
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:56:05 AM)
Oooohhhh... that... is good. ::already feeling better... now.... a little more, feeling the magic filling her, it was hard to stop now, her green eyes almost glowing with the magic bound into her slender form.:: Let's... go for broke.. ::whispering to herself, as she looks at the top of her foot, focusing... as she encourages a small vine to form at the base of her big toe, encouraging a few leaves... and even pushing... for a delicate... purple flower... she focused on purple, wanting to see just... how far this would go::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 2:59:55 AM)
::pushing the vines and leaves, giving them shape, even a little slender curled vine herself, she grins, letting her toe-roots spread now.... spread to other pots, curling around the vines of the other plants. Seeing how they react, before looking to her one needy vined plant:: Alright.. little one. You seem to be quite awake now.... can you feel me too? ::asking quietly, focusing on it::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:05:06 AM)
The vined plant moves to turn and she actually watches it part its fronds then, moving them about to cup about her own new folliage, its shining wet leaves acting as a reflecting, giving her little plant more light than it could otherwise. The thoughts that reach her are alien, inhuman and yet very youthful at the same time, as though their intelligence is not yet fully formed. "I listen. I love. Light is good!" She can practically feel its excitement about things.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:08:47 AM)
::she grins, watching it help her, and the room echoes with her pleasure at this, despite its creepy factor, which is quickly diminishing, curiosity winning out. She lets her emotions "push" at the room, encouraging them all, but mostly focused on the vine, and she watches it, instead of her toes for now:: Light is good... I can feel it.... Love is also good. Do you feel love? What do you hear? ::trying to communicate, to learn how it sees, rather than push her own will onto it::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:11:17 AM)
"Love. You. Love." She feels that emotion flowing through her, clearly she is far more cherished than even she might've expected and as she watches, its fronds move about towards her perfect little flower and then she can only watch as it brushes over it, fertilising her flower.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:16:18 AM)
::she blinks, as she feels the extremely poignant emotion flood through her, and she smiles softly, a little taken aback as she realizes how deeply the plant feels... and how awakened it must be... if it does..She blushes at the gesture, watching it fertilize and her mind relates it to more... relatable human acts, yet curious... to see what would happen to the flower, even leaning forward as she watches:: You do love.. you know love...
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:18:20 AM)
"Love." Repeating itself before moving its roots for her and she can tell that is giving her the better spots of soil within its pot.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:23:30 AM)
How... do you know love? ::charmed by the simple love, the simple statement of such... and yet the complexity of love itself, and she smiles, curiosity won over now, and she gently nudges the roots, entwining her toe-roots with its roots, to let it occupy the same spots, sharing as much as she can with it, allowing it a chance to explore her mind, should it seek something there. :: What... do you want? :: still marveling at this, not really focusing on the odd situation down in her little basement, her own magic brimming, as she focuses on spreading life with her toes, spreading joy, spreading peace, spreading a love of life itself amongst all the potted plants... the entire room, a safe place to be, a nuturing place:
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:30:05 AM)
Slowly the distinction between their roots and hers are harder to tell. The whole room indeed beginning to suffuce with the feelings of life and she literally watches several plants reaching down and helping those who were hit by the flood recover, righting them and pulling them back into place. "Feel love ... from you. You make me. Mother. Lover."
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:35:37 AM)
Oh.. I'm so proud of you all... ::said quietly, gently encouraging them to help them push the dirt in, before she nods to the little vined creature, already charmed by it, and she tilts her head:: There is much love... there is much more too... ::a little perturbed by the 'lover' part... mildly concerned if she decides to take a human one.. but she pushes that aside for now, and leans foward, using her hands to slide along the floor and gently caress the little plant, more of a motherly caress:: Do you wish to stay this way... ? ::always offering a choice, as she continues to infuse the room with protective, good intentions, a familial feeling::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:37:40 AM)
Aislinn is beginning to feel the nutrients flowing into her truly and beginning to change her in a way that she had never expected as she feels such unity with these plants. "Stay this way?" Confusion touching her mind. "Choice?"
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:41:48 AM)
::she is feeling -much- better, pain leaving her, feeling more alive than before, letting the feeling sink in, and spread, just feeling -good-, and letting those feelings spread:: Stay.. awake. Stay alive... Stay... to feel? ::she tilts her head, watching the room, half-surprised that she didn't see sparkling motes of Life just floating in the air, feeling energized, the hair rising on her arms and the back of her neck::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:43:58 AM)
"Awake. Not sleep now ...keep, cherish?" The last a needing question, hoping for it from her. Aislinn starting to feel her body starting to develop from these nutritions, the short young woman beginning to "blossom."
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:48:33 AM)
::she smiles, and nods, and rather than speak aloud, she spoke through the mental link instead, letting it feel her promise, as she gently caressed it, before she blinked a little, eyes traveling downward to herself, curiously. So attuned to her own body and natural surroundings, it seemed natural... she didn't combat it::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:51:25 AM)
Like some kind of human creeper herself, she feels her body aching for the lights of the UV lamps and her body pulling up and slowly growing, the young woman becoming much more like her plants as she stretches and willows out, muscles hard for the moment, like that of a plants, rather than human.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:54:13 AM)
Oh... ::she blinks, watching... and rather than intervening, she lets it go, wanting to see what changes would happen.. betting she might be able to change them back.... with enough concentration... if she -has- to.... letting go of the little vined plant, lest she hurt it.. or any of the others, the large basement almost aglow with the magic inside::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 3:55:52 AM)
Her body arches for a time, clothing starting to rip and tear about her developing and growing figure. Its about fifteen minutes before things settle down, a faint green colour staining her new long legs, still human... but just this glimpse of her connection to this day.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:58:45 AM)
::speaking in surprised tones in Gaelic, and she blinked, watching herself grow, the magic taking hold, and she gripped the dirt on the floor, watching the tattered cloth fall about her skin, as she blinks again, studying the new green tinge with a faint smile on her lips:: I resemble you all a bit more now... we are closer than ever...
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 3:59:16 AM)
::stretching her new legs, she tilts her head, and starts... carefully... to retract her toes a little, wanting to stand up....to see just how much taller she is::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:01:05 AM)
As she moves to stand, she feels a very distinct seperation and her and her roots come apart. Her roots throughout her entire sanctum, communing and always one with the plants, who knows what may grow in time? The majority of her roots entwined with that of her new familiar...
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:04:09 AM)
Oh..... oh -wow-.... ::a breathy exclamation, as she studies it, looking around:: It's .... beautiful.... incredible.... ::her sense of wonder and enchantment with this new place, her basement having become an entirely new room from earlier in the evening, and she lets her curiosity at what may, her love for it all, filling the room, spreading from her. She stands up, looking back down to her toes, as they return to normal, wriggling them with a grin as she looks to her work table, wondering how much shorter than her it is now::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:08:08 AM)
She looks down at the work table and its not until she moves alongside something that her tummy used to rest against as she worked to something her upper thighs touch that she realises quite how much taller she might've grown. Though shes not a freak, she has gone from being short for a woman to almost tall for one, easily 5'9? And she thinks she could be as tall as 5'11? Good lord!
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:12:35 AM)
::she blinks, and then laughs a little, the formerly tiny woman grinning, and shaking her head:: Almost a foot!? I can add some siblings to you guys... if I add ceiling racks now... ::stretching her arms to reach above her, with nothing short of a fabulous grin::
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:14:11 AM)
What do you guys think.. taller.. or shorter? ::she sits on her work table, just looking around, reveling in this... and not really wanting to leave::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:15:12 AM)
Her hands very nearly reach the ceiling when in the past they would've been far short. She's distracted with herself when she hears the movement of folliage, her creeping having grown exponentially in the last few moments too, its vines starting to wrap around the water system, mingling amongst the other plants. "Like us. Beauty."
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:17:42 AM)
::she smiles, even blushing pink at the compliment:: Thank you... You are quite a bit bigger too... how do you feel? ::her eyes following its own path of growth, impressed, and she studies the plant, then looks to her green tinged legs:: I... do look similar... I'm getting there. ::she smiles a bit more, walking amongst the plants, making sure none of them are going to suffer any long-term damage from the flood::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:20:16 AM)
"Feel strong. Alive. Life." This feeling of contentment flowing through her as it communicates. "Feel you with us. Perhaps ... come join us more often?" A curious feeling then, hope? The water doing more damage than she initially thought, some of the plants will need to be transplanted to new pots in time but nothing irreplacably damaged.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:27:17 AM)
::she nods and smiles, tilting her head:: Once I clean this up.... probably tomorrow... I may... sleep down here sometimes.. would you like that? ::addressing the room in general, but watching the quickly-growing familiar::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:29:01 AM)
"Will always like that. Love." She gets that sense running through her again, a kinship with the plant, starting to realise that she won't have to worry about the plant and boyfriends ... but that she might have to learn to fit boyfriends into her life, not theres. As close to a symbiosis as shes ever experiences with anything... right here.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:34:22 AM)
::she did, however, reach for a broom, in the corner, and she swept up the dirt, the thought of leaving that undone for the night didn't sit well with her, and she also looked for a drain, to make sure the water would drain properly, knowing the UV lights would dry everything out properly. She pauses in her work, one long arm reaching to caress a section of vine, caressing the leaves:: I am not entirely sure that I want to go upstairs.... ::she smiles, and rests her cheek gently on a soft bit of leaves, breathing out:: I just know I'm going to be that weird girl in the neighborhood that never leaves her house.. ::giggling a bit::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:35:41 AM)
"Go out. Enjoy sun too." Is her familiar telling her to have a life as well, amusing in its own way. Though she does feel the familiar stroking her cheek back as she rests there.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:42:35 AM)
::she grins and nods:: Oh I have to, little one.. I need to work and earn money... to keep the house and everything else... to give you light... and water. ::she leans in, giving a slight peck on a leaf, before looking around at her "children", feeling marvelous tonight::
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:44:41 AM)
(okay, i think thats sorta scene. Any questions/comments? move our pms here? :) )
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:45:07 AM)
(yes, that works... she'll just probably stay up late, cleaning up and taking care of them before passing out, possible down there. LOL)
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:45:26 AM)
connect herself back up to her roots?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:45:57 AM)
I think... she might a little... but she will leave a few... to make sure the plants are comforted when she's not there physically.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:46:09 AM)
Part of her promise... that she'd not forget them.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:46:24 AM)
oh, i didn't mean it that way :) the roots are always there, but i don't see her unable to reconnect to them temporarily
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:46:33 AM)
before snapping back off to return to "real life"
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:46:38 AM)
Ahh, yes.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:46:39 AM)
lol
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:06 AM)
but when she's coming down to work her magic or spend time, she'll reconnect with them... let them reconnect with her too.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:19 AM)
i believe i talked to you once and you mentioned never using skype or anything like that?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:28 AM)
I do use skype, just not on this computer.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:36 AM)
Usually when I'm on chat, I am on the laptop downstairs.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:42 AM)
ahh okay. *nods* i was musing sending you cindy's background
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:47:55 AM)
My skype name is pseudodragon296
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:48:03 AM)
You can send away, I just probably won't get it until tomorrow
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:06 AM)
i hope you enjoyed this. It was me thinking about things and how to show another side of the storyline
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:14 AM)
I did enjoy it a lot!
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:29 AM)
I was a little dubious in the beginning, because Ais has heard the scary things happening to others.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:36 AM)
I like being able to present a different side of it
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:43 AM)
and it fits so well with Ais.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:47 AM)
*laughs* i'm not always an asshole.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:49:59 AM)
She -is- the type of girl to settle down and have roots.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:02 AM)
LOL
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:19 AM)
I didn't mean that... if I didn't want to risk having bad stuff, I'd have refused scene.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:24 AM)
haha, so many things to say there. Mmm, how long do you have, happy to chat a bit?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:27 AM)
I'm usually pretty good about accepting new things.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:49 AM)
maybe another half hour, before my meds will shut me down.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:50:58 AM)
okay ... how about i post the bg here :)
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:51:01 AM)
My fingers were getting numb, so I had to take more
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:51:04 AM)
Sure, load it up
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:51:16 AM)
The day after:
Cindy rolled over in her bed, the sheets balled up and smelling faintly of sex. Old sick sex that didn't want to wash itself away. The sun was starting to pierce the break in the curtains of the permanently parked trailer and slowly but surely reached her face, working its way up her cheek towards her lidded eye. A groan escaped her lips and she rolled onto her back after a moment, staring up at the ceiling; not particularly in any hurry to get out of bed. Stumbling finally, alcohol upon her breath she stripped half heartedly and stood there as she waited for steam to rise from the water. A finger moved to poke into her mouth, lips being pulled back as her nails tested her teeth for bits of food, idly trying to scrap away the horrendous taste in her mouth. Slipping under the tepid water, she just stood there for easily ten minutes, long enough for her fingers to start to prune before even making another move. It wasn't until she started to wash herself that she realized something was wrong
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:51:24 AM)
"Oh hell no."
She just stood there, looking down at something which had not been for years, something which she had long abused, something which she did not deserve. Youth. A second chance. Looking up at the mirror, she moved towards it feeling the alcohol still sliding through her veins and her brain struggling to comprehend the hallucination before her. Leaning against the basin, she wiped slowly at the steam laden mirror, revealing the impossible through the water warbled reflection before her. The beautiful figure of a girl who knew no evil.
Cindy proceeded to spend the rest of the hour proceeding to "rid herself of the alcohol".
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:51:31 AM)
(lets you read that first)
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:52:36 AM)
(go ahead, I read fast)
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:52:49 AM)
The night before:
Lights! Cellphone cameras! Strippers Pole!
Cindy came out onto the stage, moving to start her routine, feeling tired, lethargic and like those chinese takeaways she had eaten from the previous nights leftovers. Oily, full of artificial flavors and not really chicken. Actually, that analogy sucked come to think of it. Perhaps the best description was the mutter from a young set of guys who sat next to the stage "who's this old hag...?"
Whatever the case, as she slowly danced, feeling the drugs help the world sway about her, she couldn't help but look upon the three women who sat by themselves looking over her. A young woman - one she had no idea how she'd have got in the first place, another who looked like she should be home with her children and the last who looked on deaths door. The young woman was looking at her with this look of intense pity, pain almost too.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:52:58 AM)
It wasn't until she had pulled herself onto the pole and rolled out and down along it that she saw the woman with this long white thread and thats when things really got weird. A thump, her own thump and laughter as she fell onto the stage from the pole. Getting up and running off the stage, naked and ashamed... only to fall to the steps backstage as she felt every goddamn stupid step in her life ... which lead to this shit hole. Was she dying? It felt like it - flashes of her life before her. Truths of the world, how one small innocent and poor decision had lead to this.
There was only one answer to her for how to reply to all this. To seeing how insignificant and fucked up her life had been under some sort of weird slow mo reel. Alcohol, lots and lots of alcohol.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:54:16 AM)
(you can keep going.... )
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:55:36 AM)
thats it :) its mostly a snapshot of her awakening. Shes an arete 3 orphan whos mentor is her avatar which manifests as all three fates. Its a tale of having a second chance and trying to not repeat all the same mistakes again...
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:56:00 AM)
::nods:: Is she happy about the change....
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:56:21 AM)
absolutely. She hates her old life and who she'd become. She's still very apprehensive about men though
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:56:42 AM)
kk
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:56:55 AM)
Does she still do the alcohol/drugs thing, or is she clean?
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:58:08 AM)
Clean. She's been clean since awakening. She's been employed as a manager at primeval and is trying to have a fresh start but is starting to realise how little she really knows about the world of magic and how easy it could be to "lapse"
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:58:36 AM)
i do see her sometimes being pushed into her other fates roles. For now, shes the maiden.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:58:40 AM)
Hm.... I was looking at my sheet and I'm supposed to have Forces 3.... I have Forces 0.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:59:02 AM)
Okay... wow, It's like everyone Ais meets works at the club. Hmm.. So... she is tempted to go back?
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:59:30 AM)
tempted to go back to being a stripper?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 4:59:44 AM)
Tempted to go back to stripping/drugs/alcohol
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 4:59:53 AM)
not so much but she does have her bad days like everyone else where she feels the need for a drink
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:21 AM)
Okay... all of my spheres except life, prime and spirit are wrong. ....
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:31 AM)
have you got a screenshot?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:33 AM)
That's different.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:34 AM)
Yes
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:37 AM)
I sure doo
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:44 AM)
on a webpage?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:46 AM)
Cause I just compared it with what I -should- have
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:50 AM)
No, on my comp
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:00:55 AM)
it's a photo
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:01:05 AM)
can you upload it or send it to lakantanz@hotmail.com quick?
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:01:14 AM)
I -should- have.... I will do you one better
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:01:20 AM)
one moment
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:07:23 AM)
There's also nothing wrong with the occasional drink. So... what is she looking for in a mentor?
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:10:57 AM)
well, shes a life mage, guidance and more understanding of who she is really
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:11:24 AM)
kk, Ais embraces people being who they are without judging... she's pretty tolerant, only a few buttons.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:11:38 AM)
Ais also is the epitome of a life mage.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:11:46 AM)
But she can accept Death.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:13:17 AM)
let me grab her paradigm
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:13:20 AM)
kk
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:14:15 AM)
Paradigm: Life and the world are one big long series of random and insignificant events. Every so often some of them are mistaken and significant – more fool those who misinterpret them as such. Everything is about these events, time passing, life changing, the mind learning, the world adapting, people thinking that distance means a damn. Nothingness would simply be a case of no more events.
Yet despite this, everything still being insignificant, life continues and Cindy isn’t willing to admit that every small step she makes is insignificant because if you ever stop believing then you may never achieve the rarest of things. A significant event.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:15:55 AM)
Okay... so she values and weighs each decision consciously, to push towards more significant changes?
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:16:32 AM)
pretty much
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:18:50 AM)
shes very much about trying to be good for people, a friend, a cup half fill type now
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:19:06 AM)
KK... that goes well...
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:19:46 AM)
Is she open-minded?
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:19:53 AM)
absolutely.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:20:21 AM)
KK, As long as Cindy will accept suggestions and new ways of thinking... seeing things from a different perspective, Ais will be happy to teach her.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:20:51 AM)
sure ... i have a feeling aislinn might be bringing her down to the plants, lol
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:20:58 AM)
Not... for a while.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:11 AM)
oh sure, thats intimite and private, but you know what i mena
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:12 AM)
Ais is very private about such things, in particular the blood letting.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:12 AM)
mean*
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:21 AM)
She hides that she's a Druidess.
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:42 AM)
>.>
Entropy (Candle), Life (Blood), Time (Diary)
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:45 AM)
and there are no scars on her, not one. So no one knows she cuts to do this.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:21:59 AM)
Nice... oh, diary... I like that. Record of time kind of thing
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:22:17 AM)
mmhmm, times lost.
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:22:56 AM)
Nods, I like it...
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:26:38 AM)
We should probably have the two meet and discuss it..
Tohunga (Aug 29, 2010 5:26:53 AM)
yep, but not now, since you're not -too- far off sleep
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:27:07 AM)
and as a project... she will have Cindy help her with Josh's place
Aislinn Connelly (Aug 29, 2010 5:27:14 AM)
the gardening and whatnot
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