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[23wishes]

[The camera is pointed at a blank wall. There's some hemming and hawing, muffled, then the camera switches to Aerith's neck as she finds how to switch to the front camera. She may have accidentally given herself a double chin for a moment there, but you didn't see that, right?]

Ah- There we go!

[She adjusts it so the camera is framing her face properly, and gives it a big, bright smile.]

Sorry! This phone is a lot fancier than my old one, but I got it now. Anyway, I'm Aerith. I just got here. It's a little weird so far.

... Um...

Is anyone unregistered? What's it like?

I don't think I want to...

[Aerith looks down at something out of frame, frowning slightly. Suddenly, she looks back up.]

Oh, I almost forgot! Does anyone know where I can buy some plants? This room needs lots of sprucing up!

Comments

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[monster_san]

The cellphone technology is amazing, isn't it? I'd be hard pressed to find something they don't do. Hello, Miss Aerith--I'm Fuu Hououji.

I'm not unregistered, but if you're worried about it... [it kind of doesn't make a difference if someone wants to mess around with the imPorts NOPE NOT SAYING THAT RIGHT OFF] It's uncomfortable, but not exactly like being drafted into the military. We aren't forced to fight by law or conscription.

[23wishes]

Hi, Fuu! It's nice to meet you.

[SORRY she just needs a moment to accept that she can SEE who she's talking to. Her last phone was a flip phone, ok.]

Well... I guess that's good. I'm not sure it's a good fit for me.

[monster_san]

[THAT'S OKAY the last cell Fuu has experience of looks like this.]

That's understandable. I've thought about unregistering myself, but so far I haven't been given a pressing reason to do so, and the benefits are good.

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[protects_the_small]

So did you find your place alright?

[Going to ignore both those questions, since she has experience with neither.]

[23wishes]

I did! See?

[Here, she'll spin the phone around her room to give Kel a panorama. IT'S... pretty empty, and pretty plain, and maybe Kel can infer the problem with that.]

[protects_the_small]

[She's bought a single maneki-neko and a sword for her room in the two months she's been here soooo....]

I'm glad! Though I see what you mean about needing something else, perhaps on the window ledges?

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[knifecollecting]

Being unregistered can kind of suck.

[She's still unregistered, but it's getting to the point where she's considering registering just to make her life easier.]

[23wishes]

[Well, at least you don't sugarcoat it.]

I was afraid of that...

How bad is it?

[knifecollecting]

[...She probably should have at least tried to sugarcoat it. Sorry, Aerith.]

A lot of the perks that the government promises don't make it to us. You'll lose your assigned job. [That happened to her.]

Mostly you have to take care of yourself.

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[resoundingpledge]

I don't know if it would work for indoor things, but there's a garden centre near the government houses in Nonah.

[23wishes]

That will work! I have lots of experience growing tough plants indoors.

Thanks, um...

[Your name?]

[resoundingpledge]

Ahh, I didn't—!

It's . . . Sumeragi, Kururu Sumeragi. It's nice to meet you, Miss Aerith.

permatext

[deadtective]

What're you looking for?

[does she mean the plants or the information about being unregistered? impossible to tell, and Hazel offers no clarification. gonna have to take a leap of faith on your own, it seems.]

1/2

[23wishes]

?

[23wishes]

maybe some lilies or something with vines?

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[biteouttagrimes]

It ain't so easy bein' unregistered. You'd have to deal with things bein' a lot harder here. But at least you'd know you're loyal to yourself above all else.

[23wishes]

That's what I was thinking.

[You. You get it.]

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[rassera]

Why would you buy plants? They're right outside.


You know, FREE.


[Isn't that like bottling air.]

[23wishes]

It's a hobby...

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[glowsferatu]

[ She's spoken to people on the computer while in the same room, doing it from the same house isn't too weird. Maybe Aerith hasn't seen her yet, she tends to be pretty busy, and is only just settling down for the evening when she sees the post. ]

You're the other new one, yes? I'm Kanaya, from just down the hall. Do you work with plants often? It's been some time since I've really grown any myself, life just got in the way, I suppose.

[23wishes]

Oh! Hi!

[WELL. She just talked to the girl next door over the phone, so why not a roommate? Is this antisocial? Probably. Oops.]

Yeah! I sold flowers for years. I'm going to start all over again here. If you want to help me, I wouldn't mind at all.

[text] ID reads 'Mewtwo'

[thelimitdoesnotexist]

watching plants grow in their own habitat is more rewarding.

[23wishes]

they don't mind most of the time

april 6

[resipiscent]

[He knows this post happened two days ago, but -- he feels like the date should be March something right now, so he figures it's fine.

The other reason he was drawn to it -- he's seen this girl before, hasn't he? Not all that recently and not here -- but he recognizes her from his brief trip to Traverse Town, way back when, and through Namine's drawings, too, when they'd been working on Sora's memories. She'd told Riku about Sora's Hollow Bastion friends. This is one of them, isn't it...?

But he kind of thinks he should hold off on asking about that until later.]

Plants, huh...? What kind of plants, just anything?

[23wishes]

[Sorry, she doesn't recognize YOU, tiny Sephiroth. ):]

Well, I'm gonna want some I can keep indoors, and I'm gonna need lots of flowers for outside. Lilies are my favorites, so probably those first. I'm planning to make a big garden.