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deerfeed2019-10-08 06:14 pm
spacedicks) wrote in deerfeed2019-10-08 06:14 pm
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video | un: lukasz
[ a dark haired, bright-eyed guy who looks around mid-twenties is standing next to a shower in his house’s bathroom, fully clothed but reaching into the stall to turn the shower on, as he stares at the camera. Pssshhhh, water and steam. Then off. Then on again, then off. On, off, on, off. ]
This is a hot shower.
[ in case you couldn’t guess. ]
Do you know how long it takes to make a set of these from scratch, through about 20 cabins, in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, without any metal whatsoever, so your best tool's a hand drill?
[ if you do, that’s great, because he doesn’t remember the exact timeline, mostly because they aren’t completely done with it back home, but the point is - ]
Longer than I wanted to go without a hot shower.
[ It’s an important point. ]
So thank you, Sodder, for dreaming of hot showers. My dream of them didn't come true until I went and did a bunch of stuff. [ gross, doing stuff. ] It’s been really nice not having to do stuff for a few days.
[ yeah, he gets it’s nightmare-scape and everyone's going to die, but have you considered: indoor heating and plumbing? Refrigerators? Cell phones? let him enjoy the basic luxuries before he has to start murdering to live again. ]
I’m Luke. If anyone needs help building shit, let me know. I’m gonna take a hot shower and cry now.
[ thanks, that is all. ]
This is a hot shower.
[ in case you couldn’t guess. ]
Do you know how long it takes to make a set of these from scratch, through about 20 cabins, in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, without any metal whatsoever, so your best tool's a hand drill?
[ if you do, that’s great, because he doesn’t remember the exact timeline, mostly because they aren’t completely done with it back home, but the point is - ]
Longer than I wanted to go without a hot shower.
[ It’s an important point. ]
So thank you, Sodder, for dreaming of hot showers. My dream of them didn't come true until I went and did a bunch of stuff. [ gross, doing stuff. ] It’s been really nice not having to do stuff for a few days.
[ yeah, he gets it’s nightmare-scape and everyone's going to die, but have you considered: indoor heating and plumbing? Refrigerators? Cell phones? let him enjoy the basic luxuries before he has to start murdering to live again. ]
I’m Luke. If anyone needs help building shit, let me know. I’m gonna take a hot shower and cry now.
[ thanks, that is all. ]
Video; un: calamity
[ hot showers are good after murder too. ]
What do you build? Just machines, or do you do construction work as well?
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[ it does and he will and he's jacking the heater up so high tonight. ]
Like buildings? Yeah, I've put together some cabins, a few watch towers. [ mostly all woodwork, though. Concrete wasn't easy to find and metal was out of the question. ] Machines, construction, cars and tanks, guns, household applicances. If it's mechanical I can probably figure out how to work with it.
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Yeah. Things like that, woodwork and stuff, though if bathrooms are a thing you do, I may need that as well. I got a barn I want to renovate and I'm lookin' to hire someone to do just that.
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[ pretty much anything is better than what he came from. ]
No no, the showers aren't a specialty or anything. If you need bathrooms, I can do it, but I'm pleased as fucking punch to do anything that isn't bathrooms. [ it wasn't a fun project. ]
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Well, the project I got might need to include one, but I got a lot of other plans. See, my big old barn has a great loft area and I'm trying to turn it into somethin' of a lounge. Needs some solid walls, carpentry, and basically a revamp. I can pay you a competitive wage and if you need any assistants, I can pay them too.
video; un: Walker
[Walker knows things are different for people; different places, times, universes, all that. And then they end up here.]
Where did you come from?
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[ luke's getting back to her post-shower and supposed cry. he didn't cry. but it was a good shower, thanks sodder. ]
Most recently, Crater Lake National Park. You?
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[Sounds familiar, but not all worlds get along smoothly. Walker's world might not be perfect, but at least civilization still exists. At least, until they're all wiped out by a cosmic being or alien attack.]
I was in New York. About to leave, actually, when I woke up here. That was six months ago.
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Not really enough people alive and in contact to call it civilization anymore.
[ they're all better off if they scatter, anyway. settlements that're too big are too easy to find. anyway, that's a downer, so he's moving on. ]
So, I'm guessing Deerington was a downgrade for you.
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[She always feels silly saying the word 'superheroes', but that's the gist of it.]
I guess you could say it was, but honestly, I was hoping to get out of the city and away from civilization for awhile.
[So this isn't quite what she expected or planned for.]
Aside for the crazy shit that goes on, this place might be alright in your case. Least there's plenty of people around.
text; UN:C.L.Fields
You're here
I'm here
Where are you??
There's fucking electricity here
There are grocery stores
They have candy and bread and twinkies and shit
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shit. so much for shower. ]
I'm here, we're here, keep your panties on, twinkie-monger.
[ there's a curve at the corner of his lips, head shaking fondly as he answers that says he's happy to see his buddy from home. just a little worry about protecting him. you know, the things he's always worried about. ]
Yeah, they also have murder scarecrows, so watch your ass while you're wandering around with your phone in your face. See anyone else from Crater Lake?
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I'm pretty sure I might be slightly diabetic now
I haven't seen anyone but you
Are your sisters and brother here
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If you make yourself sick on Twinkies, I'm not holding your hair back while you puke.
[ that's a lie. he will. but he'll make fun of him while he does. ]
No, I searched the city before I came here. I can't reach Crater Lake on these things either.
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They have to be here though right
I mean
Why would it just be us
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[ you sickly little duckling and your weirdly particular and practical ways. it's those odd little things that he enjoys about christian. he's interesting in ways other people just aren't.
but that's something he'll muse about later sometime when he's high, because right now he's pulling a jacket on, grabbing his shotgun, and heading for the door so he can go pick up his snack cake fiend of a friend. ]
I don't know. I have no fucking clue why it'd be only us, but I'm— [ stepping out of the house and onto the porch, the woods around the cabin makes a low, creepy howling sound, and he could swear he heard laughter somewhere. shit, this place is unsettling. ] I'm not sure it's bad they aren't here.
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There's electricity and showers and also no aliens
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[ he is going to shake you, so help him. with a sigh, luke sets out on the path back towards the heart of the town. ]
The moon is red, Christian. It's goddamn blood red, and it's been hanging in the same spot in the sky for hours.
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I hope that ends up being a thing, just so you can get it and I can laugh at you.
[ anyway, about horrorville. ]
The walls are pulsing. There's scarecrows that come alive and try to slice your face off. I think I saw Cthulhu throwing down with Godzilla out in the lake. This place is wrong, man.
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please tell me you're joking about the godzilla thing
I'm not equipped to deal with that on an emotional level
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[ okay that's probably not actually likely, but it is freaky huge right now. ]
Just don't go into any dark alleyways by yourself until I get there, okay? Try to turn off your murder magnet for a while.
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[ do it, he freaking dares you. ]
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you couldn't let me have even like 1 week of electricity and twinkies
I need anxiety medication
do you think they have pharmacies here
I wonder if they do payment plans if you don't have insurance
Cw: drugs
[ #friendship ]
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And there was no Godzilla in the lake.
[ there was a large, moving shadow that he couldn't make out but was definitely alive and massive, but he's just going to keep that to himself. ]
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Unless there's a godzilla there in which case idk I guess I'll die
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[ the camera is catching a weird angel of luke's face, as he's not paying much attention to where it's pointed, but christian can still watch the small smirk pull at his lips. ]
He's probably just waiting for you to get fattened up eating more Twinkies, then he'll get you. Like a Thanksgiving turkey.
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Sorry Godzilla, I guess.
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[ fuckers with super metabolisms can get out, thanks. not that luke struggles much with that, but he still has to exercise, ok? ]
Godzilla'll get over it. There's plenty of other non-string beans around to gnaw on.
voice; un:credence
[ He hadn't had hot water most of his life, so he can absolutely relate to that. ]
What kinds of things do you build?
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[ because otherwise, there's usually hot showers and it isn't a thing you miss. ]
Anything, really. Except robots, unless we're just talking exterior. I don't do coding. [ he never owned a decent enough computer long enough to get into it. ] Usually just whatever's needed. Lately I've been helping some people establish a settlement, sort of.
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[ There are places with running water and all of that, especially in the city. He just didn't grow up in one of those places. ]
What's a robot?
[ How he's gone this many months without hearing that word is anyone's guess, but he definitely has no idea what a robot is. ]
But...you build buildings and things like that, then? I imagine that could eventually be useful here, too. A lot of things happen here so you never know what someone will need.
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(There isn't even a shred of sarcasm in his voice.)
Someone just asked me what soap was the other day and I thought I was going to have early onset heart failure.
(Eddie was looking worn down already from the month, his eyes a little unsettling from the sheer fact that the moon sickness had started to settle in. But it was fine. He seemed fine otherwise.)
I'm Eddie. Welcome to Deerington. I've been here for like- god damn ever. A year? More technically. So I've basically mastered the art of taking a hot shower and crying. It's a pretty regular routine here so it sounds like you'll be just fine.
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Here I was hoping the crying part would fade after I graduated from crying in the rain.
[ he did not actually cry in the shower. he aggressively dead-stared the shower wall and thought about crying. but whatever, close enough. ]
Hey, Eddie. Thanks for the welcome. [ early onset heart failure. son, you better not, you are way too small to be having those issues. but it's pretty amusing seeing an elderly dude's concerns in someone who can't be past middle school. ] You're lucky I know how to put a defibrillator together. Until then, maybe you should steer clear of randos who fucking reek.
[ if they didn't know what soap is, they must have. ]
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The real crying comes in the shower when everything hits you all at once.
(It's a whole lot of fun. He gives a vaguely strained smile, polite as it could be under the circumstances. No one wanted to have to throw a welcome party for Deerington of all places.
Oh but the smile becomes a lot more genuine at the mention of a defibrillator.)
I make sure to do that already.
(Avoid nasty ass randos, he means.)
You know how to use a defibrillator? Bud, you just keep getting better. Most people here don't even know how to take their own temperature.
(Okay that was an exaggeration. Actually Eddie had no clue. Maybe they did and Eddie was just being a bitch here, but whatever.)
Do you know a whole lot of first aid?
Video / UN: BadWolf
It's amazing what you can take for granted. Although I gotta say, my best mate's spaceship has a waterfall room. Just, an entire room of waterfalls. All temperatures. Natural scenery. Lilypads, flowers of every color, aromatherapy and mood music. Proving she's a female ship, if there was any doubt. And I never got tired of it. But yeah, hot showers are always great. Especially when you get stuck a year in nuclear fallout and toxic grime, and the only way you can get it off is snow from when the sun goes out...
Practically my first day here there was lobster ice cream and I wasn't a ghost anymore. Good times.
I'm Rose Tyler, by the way. Hello!