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NOTE: I am forever backtag friendly and absolutely open to doing things from past events that won't really have an effect on things at any given time. For example, if you'd like to do something with Peter aged down or when he was his spider dream guide, etc.
text; un: littlealbatross
How are you?
I have cookies for you
For Christmas
A gift
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I'm okay, just taking it easy
You doing okay?
[ He hasn't been... in the best place, lately. But mention of cookies has him perking up. Teenage boy governed by his stomach, over here. ]
Oh man that's really nice of you
Your cookies are awesome
[ Misshapen or not. ]
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It was my birthday
I'm nineteen, now
If time is to be trusted, here
I'm not good at selecting gifts
Cookies seemed a safe bet
If uncreative
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Did you have a nice one?
I completely know the feeling
I never know what to get people either And holidays are kind of weird in general?
But cookies are a perfect gift, in my opinion :)
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I am glad, then, that I made you the perfect gift
Holidays are indeed odd
They feel arbitrary
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Since birthdays canbe kind of a little weird, too
Nineteen seems like a cool age to be, though
Right? It's..... strange, but Christmas has always made me feel a little sad, for as long as I can remember? Even when I was a kid
I guess I don't really care much for it now
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I hadn't been to a party in years
I saved you a piece of cake
Neatly wrapped, in the fridge
Hopefully still good
For me there's the issue of time.
So many people on different planets would still celebrate Earth holidays in Earth time, despite the fact that we orbited a different sun
Earth was a thing of history books, none of us were even alive when it existed
I never saw the point
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What kind? (All kinds of cake are the best)
And I'll eat it even if it isn't still good
[ Peter... ]
Oh
That must have been really..... strange. Kind of mind-blowing to think about
What year are you from?
[ He's realising he has no idea. All this time, he's never known, but clearly she's from Somewhere In The Future. ]
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The most superior kind of cake
In my opinion
I wrapped it in cellophane to stave off staleness, but even I can't stop chemistry at work
I was born in 2500. I'm from the year 2517.
Earth was fully evacuated by 2110.
We never read about Maine in our history books, so I don't know if this place is accurate to Earth That Was.
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Chocolate.... a refined taste
My sister was a chocolate fiend
She would have liked you
[ She would, he knows. River, who sees things differently than others, who stands a bit apart. Charlie would have liked her. ]
Oh man
That's really far in the future for me
I'm from 2018
[ Almost 500 years.... It's a strange thought. ]
What happened to Earth to where it had to be evacuated?
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I'm honoured that you think so
Thank you
Earth's resources were used up
Overfarmed, overmined. We took too much from her
So we had to leave, find new planets to terraform
New places to settle
Hopefully with more care, this time
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Oh.... That's really sad.
But I can believe it, sadly. In my time, we were already seeing stuff like that happen
Humans are the worst
What planet did you live on? What was it like?
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It was one of the Core planets
Core meaning closer to the centre of the solar system, Rim meaning further away
Core planets tend to be the wealthier, more technologically advanced places
Rim is mostly ranchland or mining
Osiris had one of the best hospitals in the 'verse. Best of everything, really. Best schools, best museums
My brother was a surgeon there
At the hospital, not the museum
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It must run in the family
[ He means it. River's one of the most intelligent people he knows. But it... lends itself to another question, another thing he's never gotten to ask her before. ]
What about your parents? What did they do?
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My parents...
[There's a long pause of a few minutes before she starts typing again]
My father was a doctor, but never as good as Simon
Mother was a socialite
Glittery parties full of false smiles
Always thought I should be more ladylike
They never believed
When I was hurting they didn't believe, said I was playing tricks
Left me there to rot
[Another pause, to collect herself. Trying to wipe her fluid off with her sleeve where her tears have fallen on it]
Made myself a new family out in the black
New father. One who cares. Who believes and listens and trusts
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I'm sorry, River.
For what you had to go through.
[ He doesn't understand all of it. But he's seen enough. He knows it was.... cruel. ]
I'm sorry your mom and dad weren't there for you
My parents weren't really there, either.
I mean they were there, but
neither one of them wanted to be there
We weren't happy
Do you have anyone like that here?
Someone who looks out for you like that? And listens?
[ A sort of parent figure, he means. ]
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Or that they made you unhappy
I have someone here who looks out and listens
I hope you do, too
You deserve happiness
Even if you don't always feel like you do, you deserve it