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[the feed shows a sunny spot in an alley, just outside the Gibson Girl. Lydia has borrowed one of their tables and set it with an assortment of snacks, fruit, a pile of napkins, a stack of glasses, and a pitcher of their amazing lemonade... but the clear focus of the shot is propped against the alley wall: a giant book that anyone from the Temple party of the Jungle mission will recognize as a retired but unusual tent. She's wearing black jeans with splatters of maroon spray paint, courtesy of her roommate's creativity, and a matching brocade top, with a large, full envelope in her hands. The envelope is 8x10, yellow slashed with red diagonal lines.]
Hi, everybody. I've met most of you, I think, but my name is Lydia Deetz, and I work at the camera shop when I'm not training. I take pictures when I'm out exploring, and when we have parties, and meetings ... pretty much all the time. My friend Fenton made this giant book with his magic as a mistake, but... I want to turn it into a big photo album for all of us, as a record of everything that happens. I have a lot of pictures already, from the first two months I've been here... And some of them are from the other night, so you're all here.
[she pats the envelope]
One of my favorite myths about photography is some people think it steals your soul. Not really, but... It helps keep a memory. And memories are part of our soul, so ... Maybe what it really does is make our souls stronger. If we're going to be doing a lot of fighting and exploring and repairing... We're going to need to be strong. So. Maybe this will help. I'm in the alley by the Gibson Girl, if you want to come and help... Or even if you want to just look at the pictures. Once all the pictures are in, I'll keep it in the lobby of the apartments until I get more.
[an awkward pause as she realizes she has no clue how to end this]
Um. Hope to see some of you?
Hi, everybody. I've met most of you, I think, but my name is Lydia Deetz, and I work at the camera shop when I'm not training. I take pictures when I'm out exploring, and when we have parties, and meetings ... pretty much all the time. My friend Fenton made this giant book with his magic as a mistake, but... I want to turn it into a big photo album for all of us, as a record of everything that happens. I have a lot of pictures already, from the first two months I've been here... And some of them are from the other night, so you're all here.
[she pats the envelope]
One of my favorite myths about photography is some people think it steals your soul. Not really, but... It helps keep a memory. And memories are part of our soul, so ... Maybe what it really does is make our souls stronger. If we're going to be doing a lot of fighting and exploring and repairing... We're going to need to be strong. So. Maybe this will help. I'm in the alley by the Gibson Girl, if you want to come and help... Or even if you want to just look at the pictures. Once all the pictures are in, I'll keep it in the lobby of the apartments until I get more.
[an awkward pause as she realizes she has no clue how to end this]
Um. Hope to see some of you?
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Date: 2019-09-15 08:15 pm (UTC)[And sometime later, Rose manages to find Lydia, still wearing her usual leather armor.]
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Date: 2019-09-18 01:56 am (UTC)[she smiles, not bothered at all by the armor. everyone wore what they arrived in for a while, until they got jobs, after all.]
How are you doing? Is it still weird to be here? I hope you have a good roommate.
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Date: 2019-09-19 12:35 am (UTC)As for my roommate, Larry is nice though he is quite jumpy.
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Date: 2019-09-19 03:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-20 11:21 pm (UTC)[She wasn't that scary looking, was she?]
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Date: 2019-09-24 05:57 pm (UTC)[she pauses, thinking as she pours them each a glass of lemonade, sure Rose must be warm in that gorgeously badass armor]
Maybe he should just have a part of the apartment that's completely his. My Dad needed a room to do his own thing with when we moved, because my stepmother wanted to remodel everything else. If people are scared, it's good to give them something they can know is theirs, and safe. Even if they're scared over something really stupid. [a little chuckle] Like the fact that you don't like being vulnerable to whatever it is you usually fight.
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Date: 2019-09-29 01:36 am (UTC)[She takes the offered glass with a nod. Even with the armor, she wasn't exactly warm. After a while, one gets used to it.]
Neither of us have really been spending much time in the apartment. I think we are both trying to give the other as much space as possible.
Which reminds me, I should definitely avoid the apartment when the full moon comes so that I really do not scare him. I was warned that being part of the Monster class means that I will go through a physical transformation at the time, and Soa knows what I will turn into.
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Date: 2019-09-30 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-06 02:05 am (UTC)[She gives a bit of a shrug.] Thank you but I will be fine. I am much older than I look and I have experience more than my fair share of disturbing things. Besides, if the transformation is linked to what we were back home, I can at least give a good guess to what I could possibly turn into.