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Takato Matsuda ([personal profile] dreamtamer) wrote in [community profile] saveourearth2019-03-18 07:41 pm

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Date: [3/18]
Characters: Thom

 [A new number appears on the network, this time drawn out in block letters, and quickly filled in with different patterns using colored pencils. And then a thump, as Thom notices that Gizmo has spotted one of the family cats and hastily drops his sketchpad on the desk.]

Gizmo! What are you doing? 

[The sound of footsteps and a second voice.]

I wanted to play, but it ran away again. I don't think cats are very good at playing.  

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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-03-19 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
She had heard his voice on the Network while trying to come to grips with Thom having a Number, but had forgotten until hearing it a second time. While a talking dog itself is not entirely novel, it makes a difference knowing Thom has a Number and that Gizmo is also a part of their family.

Nel lets out a squeal of delight, and then immediately covers her mouth with both hands as she laughs. Bouncing in place without her feet leaving the floor, she looks back to Thom with a huge grin, “This is amazing!” Then she looks right back to Gizmo, “Gizmo, when did you start talking?!”
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-03-20 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
“I’m certain it’s magic. Otherwise I wouldn’t have mine,” she tries to reassure her brother after Gizmo explains why it is so hard to not speak. When the dog walks over, she immediately drops down into kneeling and lifts her hands in invitation for pets, “Yes, I love to play! The cats do too sometimes, but they’re very particular. Dizzy loves chasing the little red dot.” Especially in circles, hence the name.

Although Mum and Grandpa will certainly insist that Gizmo learn to hold his tongue around anyone without a Number, it might be better to address that after Thom knows just how important that restraint might be. So, she figures she should start with the basics, “Thom... Did you feel funny this morning before he spoke? Maybe a little dizzy and empty, then you heard a heartbeat? That’s what we feel when something changes.”
Edited 2019-03-20 00:46 (UTC)
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-03-23 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Waiting for Gizmo to touch her, she begins to pet the puppy with her hands remaining gentle despite her enthusiasm. Of course if he leans into her those pets will become scritches.

Nel smiles up to her brother as he confirms the symptoms all the Numbered have experienced during changes, "So you definitely have a Number, and it's not only Gizmo!" Then to address his question about her magic she smiles with a little hint of pride tugging at the corner of her smile, "It'd be more fun to show you my best magic," as opposed to spoiling it with a verbal description. However, after a brief pause her smile falters some as she thinks about the other parts of her Number's effects, "But do you remember when I kept falling asleep around Christmas? That was some of it. And my hair has some funny magic too."
Edited 2019-03-23 18:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-03-27 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy to oblige, Nel scratches behind his ears and works her fingers down into his fur around his neck with more pressure. That attention starts to slow as her brother asks about whether the Numbers have ever caused her pain, then picks back up as she answers honestly, “Not me. ...but I think it can hurt. I think it depends on what changes.”

“Sometimes the magic changes how someone looks, or what they can do, but other times it makes things appear. Like a book!”
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-03-29 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Keeping her hands busy is allowing Nel to sit in one place while they talk, and helping her focus. One hand coming under Gizmo’s chin to work under his jaw then down his chest, she looks more squarely up to her brother, “There is one way. Sometimes the magic gives memories from someone else. The changes we get are related to the memories. Or the person in them. I don’t have any memories that aren’t mine yet so I’m not sure which.”
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-04-01 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite not having a memory of her own for experience, she feels confident answering his particular question before offering a touch more, “No, the memories comes from a stranger. It sounds like from someplace else too. Maybe not on Earth.”

Realizing these may be very important answers for Thom, she decides to at least extend other options as to whom he can ask, “There are more people with Numbers in our family too, and they might know. Or you can look at the Network and listen to other conversations. The same place we spoke before I came over? I’ve done that lots of times.”
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-04-15 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
The use of the word ‘alien’ makes Nel giggle and she tries to amend the expectations, “Not aliens exactly, but from another world like ours! ...at least, I don’t think anyone sees alien memories.” She pauses with a look of concentration, then shakes her head lightly when she cannot recall any instances described that would match.

“Then you need to learn about our neighbor Benjiro, Walter, Sadie, uh...Russell, and, of course, Chad! Chad is a dog too.” Her voice softens as she relays a warning, “Some people that had Numbers left the Network. A man named Jim taught me a lot about it but...he’s not around anymore.”
Edited 2019-04-15 01:48 (UTC)
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-04-21 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
“I don’t think it will,” she starts, patting Gizmo lightly on the head before she stands to look to Thom directly, “There’s still a lot we don’t know about having a Number. Or why all the strange stuff keeps happening, like the poppy flowers growing all over last year.”

“But I can show you my magic now if you want,” she says with a small hint of a smile.
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-04-28 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Her smile splits wide at the acceptance of her offer, quite amused by the mention of the delay, “Okay, wait here a minute!” Nel hurries in her steps as she slips out of his room to make her way downstairs and outside momentarily. Gathering a plastic cup worth of dirt, she returns inside and back up to his room. Careful enough to close the door behind her, she puts the cup down on the floor and kneels next to it.

“Pick a color!” Nel asks playfully.
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-05-11 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Red red... Okay!” she murmurs then agrees. Her repertoire of red flowers is limited, so she decides to rely on the classic. Reaching her fingertips into the cup to touch the dirt, Nel slides them in towards each other and leaves a small gap of space. As she does this, green color flows out from her head down the strands of her hair towards her shoulders, but fails to reach even half the length of her long hair. Then in the course of a few seconds, she draws her hands upwards with small flecks of light falling from them, and a plant grows out of the plain dirt. Several stalks stretch upwards only to end in pods while the one in the center blooms into a red poppy flower. Hands parting away, the magic stops and the green of her hair fades gradually back into her.
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-05-31 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite pleased that she was able to impress her older brother, Nel raises a little taller where she kneels with the brand new flower with a warm smile. The question about her hair is met with a half shrug of one shoulder and a head motion between a nod and a shake, “Not really. It keeps going out more the more I use my magic, but I’m not sure why.”
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-06-10 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
The compliment gets a little titter from her, and Nel goes so far as to nudge the cup a touch closer to encourage Thom to examine it as much as he wants, "Thanks. I think my magic is why I can't keep my hair short." Even before last summer, Nel has always needed an excessive amount of haircuts to keep it manageable.

"I think so, as long as I've met it! Once I touch it, I know how it should be, but looking at a picture isn't good enough. I tried."
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[personal profile] vernal_miss 2019-06-19 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
“That’d be brilliant! I went into a flower shop once, but I’d love to grow all kinds of plants. Maybe I can buy seed packets for some at the garden store,” she replies with enthusiasm. The idea of wandering in growing gardens and shops with plants is far more fun if she can have her brother with her!

Rather than focusing on her Number however, her attention switches back to her brother and Gizmo. Reaching a hand to Gizmo, she starts to pet him as she speaks, “I think your Number will be really neat. It already is since he can talk.”
Edited 2019-06-19 13:20 (UTC)

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