[Meryl appreciates his honesty with her. And to her credit, she's trying to do her best to provide actual information. Even if it's on... short supply.]
Sounds familiar... You ever met a guy named Vash? I bet you two would get along great.
Lively is pretty good. Honestly, I'm not a very big party person but being around my friends is... nice. I don't know that we're planning an official party but. Maybe I can make dinner for the house at some point? Something fancy, so we can all sit down together?
Honestly, my Holidays probably aren't anything like anyone else's. Where I'm from, a lot of cultures sort of got... mashed together. I think a lot of what we do follows Old Earth faith but... knowing that is above my paygrade I think.
[Meryl can't tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Alberto doesn't need the encouragement. Neither does Vash, for that matter. And she's pretty sure the two would only enable each other. And yet...]
You know, if you need a place to go, the castle here is pretty big. And I don't really mind cooking. We could always... celebrate together?
Me? I'm from a place called No Man's Land. We're uh... a bit of a ways into the future from most people, as far as I can tell. Most humans left Earth to try and find a better place to live. Old Earth is the same thing, just... a better frame of reference for some folks, I guess? The home we used to have.
Yeah! I don't know him that well, but I like him. 0:) is Vash your best friend?
[ hrsfkj 0:) is still at play apparently... So maybe Meryl's hands aren't exactly clean, here, either, to be fair... ]
Can Luca come? I want my first holidays to be with Luca. We do all our Β«first stuffΒ» together! Because this will be his first holidays too. If Luca's also invited, then we accept your invitazion! (:
[ The more they talk, it's almost as if Alberto isn't aware there are... other holidays...? Not just this holiday? Relentlessly odd kid... ]
So your saying humans leave earth in the future? ONLY humans? What about everyone else? And when you say THE FUTURE exactly how future are we talking? (say, for reference, I know I was born in 1945... and I'm 14. so when I left it was 1959 I think?) Is everyone still gonna be there when I go back home? 9_9
It's a deal. You and Luca both. I'll pick a day soon and let you know. All you two have to do is bring yourselves, okay? Although, if there's a specific dish you both really like, tell me and I'll see what I can do!
[She'll have to do a little more digging at a later date, just to figure out what holidays these kids know. Then again, she's not exactly an expert, given No Man's Land's... everything.]
1945? That's a pretty long ways back. I'm almost certain you have nothing to worry about. I don't think humans left until nearly 200 years after that! I'm really sorry, though! I didn't mean to make you worry about it! I promise, all your friends and family are gonna be waiting for you!
What if we want to cook? Can we help? Or make something ourselves? I mean, Luca doesn't really cook much, but he helps ME now, and we both helped our friend Giulia before, and I helped my boss back home, so we basically know what we're doing by this point.
[ Despite presenting sound evidence, something about the way he underlined "basically" makes it seem like they... don't "basically" know what they're doing... But bonus points for wanting to be helpful? Good kids? ]
OK that's all good to know at least. So you're from hundreds of years in the future for me, huh? Incredibile, wow! HA! you know as far as we know I could be your great great great great great great great great great great great GREAT grandpa!
Β»Γ-ΓΒ« 'Γ'
^(he has glasses. and wrinkles. See? Little Nonnino haha)
[ A chilling thought made worse by the illustration... ]
We could always do a potluck? That's when everyone brings a dish and you have a big meal of it all?
[She's a little worried about his cooking but... It's fine, she won't vocalize it. She trusts him! Totally! :')]
It might be a feeeew more greats than that but. Yeah! I suppose it could be possible! Just keep an eye out for any volunteer missions to space in the next. Er... Few hundred years.
(It's very cute. You're very good at this!)
[What's more horrifying is the fact that Meryl can see the similarities when it comes to their stubbornness... It could be possible. It could be!]
Let's do that! The more food the better, right? Do you guys eat pasta in No Man's Land?
[ Asking the important questions about her homeland first. ]
HA. Will do. If I ever get the chance, I'd probably go to space. Luca would definitely go to space. I don't think anyone has ever been to space before. I guess it hasn't happened yet? I feel like Luca and Giulia would've mentioned that. They love space stuff.
We do have pasta, yes. Long noodles and sauce, right? That's what you're talking about?
[Gotta be aware of those cultural differences, after all.]
Well, if Luca ever wants to know about space and other planets, I can tell him all I know. Though, I guess Vash would know better than me. He can just be... dodgy.
Yes basically. But there are lots of kinds of pasta, not just trenette and linguine. All different shapes, like trofie and farfalle and cannelloni... countless types of pasta. I'm kind of an expert.
[ Like how he "basically knows what he's doing" in the kitchen. Selective knowledge...? ]
Luca would love that, I'll tell him! He'll ask you a million and one questions, though, Be Ready! Is Vash a space expert? Maybe you can save the hard questions for him if he's dodgy (?)
[Only so much knowledge can survive. RIP to the bowtie pastas of the past. We knew ye well.]
I'll defer to your knowledge, though! Maybe you can teach me a thing or two! Call it a trade! Vash and I's space knowledge for your cooking knowledge. But yeah, I think I can do that. He's much better at talking to me. And when he isn't, I can still make him talk. >:)
Oh yes SO MANY. I trained every day for a week for a pasta-eating competition. I think I've eaten almost every kind of pasta at least once! I'll see what I can find for us. 0:)
[ He hasn't. But he's not lying about the rest. ]
Benissimo, I think that's a fair trade! 3 βββ Γ² Γ³ Γ² Γ³ γ U --OEΖO-- U Β‘
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Date: 2023-12-20 04:52 pm (UTC)Sounds familiar...
You ever met a guy named Vash? I bet you two would get along great.
Lively is pretty good. Honestly, I'm not a very big party person but being around my friends is... nice. I don't know that we're planning an official party but.
Maybe I can make dinner for the house at some point? Something fancy, so we can all sit down together?
Honestly, my Holidays probably aren't anything like anyone else's. Where I'm from, a lot of cultures sort of got... mashed together. I think a lot of what we do follows Old Earth faith but... knowing that is above my paygrade I think.
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Date: 2023-12-20 05:27 pm (UTC)[ ...That tracks, doesn't it. ]
I'm learning how to cook, maybe I'll do the same thing for me and Luca! What counts as fancy food? Pasta is fancy right?
So where are you from? and what's Old Earth?
I'm from just earth...
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Date: 2023-12-20 10:13 pm (UTC)[Meryl can't tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Alberto doesn't need the encouragement. Neither does Vash, for that matter. And she's pretty sure the two would only enable each other. And yet...]
You know, if you need a place to go, the castle here is pretty big. And I don't really mind cooking. We could always... celebrate together?
Me? I'm from a place called No Man's Land.
We're uh... a bit of a ways into the future from most people, as far as I can tell. Most humans left Earth to try and find a better place to live. Old Earth is the same thing, just... a better frame of reference for some folks, I guess? The home we used to have.
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Date: 2023-12-20 10:28 pm (UTC)is Vash your best friend?
[ hrsfkj 0:) is still at play apparently... So maybe Meryl's hands aren't exactly clean, here, either, to be fair... ]
Can Luca come? I want my first holidays to be with Luca. We do all our Β«first stuffΒ» together! Because this will be his first holidays too. If Luca's also invited, then we accept your invitazion! (:
[ The more they talk, it's almost as if Alberto isn't aware there are... other holidays...? Not just this holiday? Relentlessly odd kid... ]
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Date: 2023-12-20 10:37 pm (UTC)So your saying humans leave earth in the future? ONLY humans? What about everyone else?
And when you say THE FUTURE exactly how future are we talking?
(say, for reference, I know I was born in 1945... and I'm 14. so when I left it was 1959 I think?)
Is everyone still gonna be there when I go back home? 9_9
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Date: 2023-12-21 04:35 am (UTC)I'll pick a day soon and let you know. All you two have to do is bring yourselves, okay? Although, if there's a specific dish you both really like, tell me and I'll see what I can do!
[She'll have to do a little more digging at a later date, just to figure out what holidays these kids know. Then again, she's not exactly an expert, given No Man's Land's... everything.]
1945? That's a pretty long ways back.
I'm almost certain you have nothing to worry about. I don't think humans left until nearly 200 years after that!
I'm really sorry, though! I didn't mean to make you worry about it!
I promise, all your friends and family are gonna be waiting for you!
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Date: 2023-12-23 10:49 pm (UTC)I mean, Luca doesn't really cook much, but he helps ME now, and we both helped our friend Giulia before, and I helped my boss back home, so we basically know what we're doing by this point.
[ Despite presenting sound evidence, something about the way he underlined "basically" makes it seem like they... don't "basically" know what they're doing... But bonus points for wanting to be helpful? Good kids? ]
OK that's all good to know at least.
So you're from hundreds of years in the future for me, huh? Incredibile, wow!
HA! you know as far as we know I could be your great great great great great great great great great great great GREAT grandpa!
Β»Γ-ΓΒ«
'Γ'
^(he has glasses. and wrinkles. See? Little Nonnino haha)
[ A chilling thought made worse by the illustration... ]
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Date: 2023-12-24 12:53 am (UTC)That's when everyone brings a dish and you have a big meal of it all?
[She's a little worried about his cooking but... It's fine, she won't vocalize it. She trusts him! Totally! :')]
It might be a feeeew more greats than that but. Yeah! I suppose it could be possible! Just keep an eye out for any volunteer missions to space in the next. Er... Few hundred years.
(It's very cute. You're very good at this!)
[What's more horrifying is the fact that Meryl can see the similarities when it comes to their stubbornness... It could be possible. It could be!]
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Date: 2023-12-24 11:37 pm (UTC)The more food the better, right?
Do you guys eat pasta in No Man's Land?
[ Asking the important questions about her homeland first. ]
HA. Will do. If I ever get the chance, I'd probably go to space. Luca would definitely go to space. I don't think anyone has ever been to space before. I guess it hasn't happened yet? I feel like Luca and Giulia would've mentioned that. They love space stuff.
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Date: 2023-12-25 05:42 am (UTC)Long noodles and sauce, right?
That's what you're talking about?
[Gotta be aware of those cultural differences, after all.]
Well, if Luca ever wants to know about space and other planets, I can tell him all I know. Though, I guess Vash would know better than me. He can just be... dodgy.
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Date: 2023-12-25 07:45 am (UTC)But there are lots of kinds of pasta, not just trenette and linguine. All different shapes, like trofie and farfalle and cannelloni... countless types of pasta.
I'm kind of an expert.
[ Like how he "basically knows what he's doing" in the kitchen. Selective knowledge...? ]
Luca would love that, I'll tell him! He'll ask you a million and one questions, though, Be Ready!
Is Vash a space expert? Maybe you can save the hard questions for him if he's dodgy (?)
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Date: 2023-12-25 10:33 pm (UTC)[Only so much knowledge can survive. RIP to the bowtie pastas of the past. We knew ye well.]
I'll defer to your knowledge, though! Maybe you can teach me a thing or two! Call it a trade! Vash and I's space knowledge for your cooking knowledge.
But yeah, I think I can do that. He's much better at talking to me. And when he isn't, I can still make him talk. >:)
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Date: 2023-12-26 01:34 am (UTC)I'll see what I can find for us. 0:)
[ He hasn't. But he's not lying about the rest. ]
Benissimo, I think that's a fair trade!
3 βββ
Γ² Γ³ Γ² Γ³ γ
U --OEΖO-- U Β‘
^(Me and you shaking hands! HA!)
[ oh no... It's getting more elaborate... ]