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It Might As Well Be Spring [Open Video]
Date: March 20th, 2019; after school
Characters: Network Number {235 13 892 33} ; Action open to family
[As the video begins, the sleeve of a lightweight knit sweater covers the view as the broadcast as Nel makes an adjustment to the angle of the phone. Gentle, she releases the device and withdraws her hands slowly before taking a few steps back to bring herself into the frame. The view is somewhat elevated and shows Nel standing in the family backyard. The grass looks a little more vibrant than those belonging to neighbors or elsewhere in Mossgate thanks to her time playing around outside this afternoon trying to burn off the excess energy that makes itself known as she addresses the Network.
As she talks, her words are hurried and there's a light bouncing on her heels as she attempts to stand in one place with modest success.]
Hallo everyone! I thought it'd be nice if I shared the gift Father Christmas gave me! I decided today is a nice day to wake the seeds up and so I have these here-
[She gestures to the few pots she has set up with dirt in them beside her, and in front of them rests an opened gift box.]
-to put them in. Then I started holding them trying to pick which one I want to grow and oh they look brilliant in my head and I knew I had to show them to everyone cause they're absolutely beyond anything else anywhere!
[A gleeful giggle breaks from her in anticipation, and she claps her hands together with excitement. Rather than take a simple step over, she springs in a hop to land in a crouch and reaches into the box to retrieve one seed out of the packets within. Leaping right back up to her feet she hurries over to the camera to hold the seed up close for a slightly blurry view of what looks more like a chunk of ice topped by a bit of lint than a plant seed.]
See? It's already so nice, but watch this!
[Scurrying back to one of the pots, Nel minds the camera enough to go to the opposite side and crouch there. She digs a hole down into the dirt with her finger, and drops the little seed down inside. A sweep of her hand covers the dirt, and then she lays her hand over that same spot in the pot as she closes her eyes to focus. Coming quite fast, the vibrant green coloration overtakes her hair nearly to her shoulders as she calls her magic to hasten the growth of the plant. What follows is the sight of her raising her hand upwards with the tip of the plant pushing up against it within the little sparkles falling from her hand. The stem of the plant twirls as it rises upwards, and as it gets taller, small buds shaped like diamonds form at the sides near the top, as sharp and crystalline as ice. Her second hand comes underneath the lowest bud, and the largest buds at the top open at the tip to spread out flat into thin sheets that rather resemble snowflakes without separate petals. By the time the last of the top three buds open, the plant itself is nearing a meter in height with Nel now standing. Her hands lower away as she stares wide eyed at the sight of what she had only pictured in her head previously, and with a squeal, she jumps away from the pot to start running about.]
IT'S SO PRETTY!!!!
[She goes out of frame, then a few seconds later, crosses in a cartwheel with her long red hair trailing behind.]
Characters: Network Number {235 13 892 33} ; Action open to family
[As the video begins, the sleeve of a lightweight knit sweater covers the view as the broadcast as Nel makes an adjustment to the angle of the phone. Gentle, she releases the device and withdraws her hands slowly before taking a few steps back to bring herself into the frame. The view is somewhat elevated and shows Nel standing in the family backyard. The grass looks a little more vibrant than those belonging to neighbors or elsewhere in Mossgate thanks to her time playing around outside this afternoon trying to burn off the excess energy that makes itself known as she addresses the Network.
As she talks, her words are hurried and there's a light bouncing on her heels as she attempts to stand in one place with modest success.]
Hallo everyone! I thought it'd be nice if I shared the gift Father Christmas gave me! I decided today is a nice day to wake the seeds up and so I have these here-
[She gestures to the few pots she has set up with dirt in them beside her, and in front of them rests an opened gift box.]
-to put them in. Then I started holding them trying to pick which one I want to grow and oh they look brilliant in my head and I knew I had to show them to everyone cause they're absolutely beyond anything else anywhere!
[A gleeful giggle breaks from her in anticipation, and she claps her hands together with excitement. Rather than take a simple step over, she springs in a hop to land in a crouch and reaches into the box to retrieve one seed out of the packets within. Leaping right back up to her feet she hurries over to the camera to hold the seed up close for a slightly blurry view of what looks more like a chunk of ice topped by a bit of lint than a plant seed.]
See? It's already so nice, but watch this!
[Scurrying back to one of the pots, Nel minds the camera enough to go to the opposite side and crouch there. She digs a hole down into the dirt with her finger, and drops the little seed down inside. A sweep of her hand covers the dirt, and then she lays her hand over that same spot in the pot as she closes her eyes to focus. Coming quite fast, the vibrant green coloration overtakes her hair nearly to her shoulders as she calls her magic to hasten the growth of the plant. What follows is the sight of her raising her hand upwards with the tip of the plant pushing up against it within the little sparkles falling from her hand. The stem of the plant twirls as it rises upwards, and as it gets taller, small buds shaped like diamonds form at the sides near the top, as sharp and crystalline as ice. Her second hand comes underneath the lowest bud, and the largest buds at the top open at the tip to spread out flat into thin sheets that rather resemble snowflakes without separate petals. By the time the last of the top three buds open, the plant itself is nearing a meter in height with Nel now standing. Her hands lower away as she stares wide eyed at the sight of what she had only pictured in her head previously, and with a squeal, she jumps away from the pot to start running about.]
IT'S SO PRETTY!!!!
[She goes out of frame, then a few seconds later, crosses in a cartwheel with her long red hair trailing behind.]
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Hi Walter! Again!
[She looks back at the pots over her shoulder, then back to the camera.]
Should I try to grow more plants in the pots? Oh, and which kind? I have other seeds that Father Christmas gave me, but I know lots and lots of plants that live here too.
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[Would Nel be willing to risk it, though? Walter himself doesn't sound altogether certain of his suggestion, anyway.]
Or, would it make sense for you to have a plant that grows along the walls outside? As long as it doesn't attract too much attention.
[Meaning she'd probably have to ask her Mums, first.]
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Vines would be fun to grow! But our neighbors might see....
[That, and she only has a limited number of climbing plants in her current repertoire.]
no subject
[Keeping from attracting unwanted attention is key, for now.]
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Do you have a favorite?
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/a-simple-guide-to-the-wildflowers-of-britain-71271
[Take it from one who Knows.]
But... I'd say no, really.
[His expression then turns more thoughtful.]
Forget-me-nots are a classic, though.
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[With a younger sibling and cats around, Nel certainly thinks it a wise precaution to avoid potentially toxic species.]
Forget-me-nots are very pretty, but they can grow all over in your garden. [Her neighbor said as much! She has a feeling her mothers would disapprove, and knowing Walter isn’t favoring them makes it easier for her to gently decline.]
Is there another classic?
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Teasel, perhaps?
[Not quite found in the same area, but-]
Their roots are useful, at least.
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[And her current state of mind is not helping matters.]
For the record, he looked it up online, then just drew it for Nel rather than send a link.
[Using a different, non-Numbered medium, it's merely minutes before he has a picture to hold up for Nel.
It's not the same as how she would draw it, though it's still very well-detailed.]
Here.
So noted!
[Minutes is quite a long time for a hyperactive child, so when Walter has finished, he’ll be able to spot Nel at a short distance from the camera beyond the pots performing stunt rolls. Diving forward onto her hands to tuck into a ball to safely roll herself over and come back up to her feet with a spring.
Laughing as she staggers dizzily after a total of a dozen or so, she wanders over to check progress on her phone and lights up at the picture.]
That looks so good! I remember them now!
Re: So noted!
You're welcome, Nel.
You don't feel too dizzy to make them, do you? Or does that not affect your abilities?
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[Then a pause as she considers the idea more thoroughly.]
But...I haven’t tried to grow anything while I was dizzy before. I don’t know if it would make it harder or make a flower grow up crooked.
no subject
[Like for the infamous kudzu.]
Couldn't you help the flower grow back up straight afterwards? Or would it be set at that point?
[This would be a fun thought exercise - if it wasn't also fully possible it could become reality.]
no subject
I’ve fixed a bent one with a broken stem, but I haven’t tried to change the way one grew.
I suppose I could try if I found one that grew funny. [She does not wish to inflict a flaw on purpose simply to try.]
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That would make you like a plant doctor, if you used your abilities in that way.
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Then I’d be like my Mum!!
See keywords~
Yes, quite!
I'm sure she'd be proud.
<3
[She does want to make her mother proud, and that notion is quite encouraging.]
SUDDEN ECHO IDEA???? Will mention on Discord.
[Should he mention it being a possible career path? Perhaps not; Nel is young yet, and who knows what will happen with the Numbers in even the next year!]
One could even call it non-zero sum.
Do eeeeet!
[She agrees that it might help her expend some of her excess energy. Before she can look for a target, Walter’s comment perplexes her.]
A whut sum?
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[Walter pauses mid-sentence because hello deja-vu, he did not miss you.]
Wins...
[Walter trails off, because why did that cause an Echo and what does this memory mean and nope still not okay with the sensation of Echoes, nopenope.]
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...Walter? Are you okay?
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Not even a big one.
[Apparently non-zero sums had been important to Webmind, too - but this wasn't another worldview shattering Echo.
Just a heartbeat-unsettling one.]
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What happened in the memory?
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