005 ✫ Video

[useofaswhat]

Looks like someone decided it's autumn, even though it ain't autumn 'cause we're not spinning round a sun and don't have seasons. Anyone got an idea why the Admiral thinks we all need t'be showered with dead plants?

The way I see it, there ain't any use for raining down magic leaves outta nowhere except to crunch when you walk on 'em. Seems we might as well get some use outta them. Any of you folks ever build bonfires back home? Wouldn't be too hard to rake up a pile and light it in the CES. Don't sound like a bad time, specially not if someone saved any of the rotgut from that last history-time break. [Duo? He's looking at you.]

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[love_slave]

No, don't do that. I don't know if Ivy's still in the CES.

[And dude, she might murder you.]

[useofaswhat]

Ivy? You talking about a person or a plant?

[love_slave]

Ivy. She's a person that talks to plants, and she can control them. She's green with red hair.

[useofaswhat]

Right. Will look out for the green lady next time. – You think she knows anything about the shedding? [He points vaguely upward without looking; a yellowed leaf slowly drifts down and lands on his shoulder.]

[trenchcoatedly]

An attempt to make us feel "at home"?

[useofaswhat]

Yeah, real dead leaves just like Granny dumped inside.

[trenchcoatedly]

It seems about par for the Admiral's attempts to do things, then.

[breakingmyheart]

I think it's the Admiral's way of helping us mark the time.

December's much worse.

[useofaswhat]

It's more'n cold enough up here and he thinks we need a winter too.

[breakingmyheart]

The snow's been mentioned. It's also the case that he starts installing indestructible magic mistletoe that forces people to kiss if they happen to pass by it at the same time.

[Private]

[anidiotchild]

You're seriously going to encourage a bunch of unstable murderers to set things on fire in the enclosure. [Hi, Captain, have you missed Simon's I think you're completely insane voice? I know you have. c:]

[Private]

[useofaswhat]

[Oh hello, good to hear that voice again. It feels almost like home.] Better'n anyone setting things on fire below deck.

[Private]

[anidiotchild]

[Now all they need is a trained ape to go through Simon's stuff whenever it looks like he's been carried off by hillfolk.] Do you have a plan in case this gets out of control?

[scarlet_discord]

Um, hey, actually uh...I could create a stone firepit in a clear spot away from anything living.

[It is giving away part of what she can do now, but...she likes him and it will be good practice.]

[useofaswhat]

Yeah? You have that kind of power? [He'd seen her throwing around boulders in the CES before, but he didn't know she could make things as well.]

[scarlet_discord]

Yeah, I uh...have been teaching myself to make cool stuff with stone. Let me in and keep the Fozzie occupied and I'll take care of it.

[maxwells_demon]

Remind me what 'rotgut' is?

[useofaswhat]

Liquor, specially the really harsh stuff.

[maxwells_demon]

I have a little bit left, actually. Two bottles ended up in my room.

Guess your little farm hand was paid well.

[buildindreemz]

This is so much better than last year.

Last year, some seriously scary stuff started happening.

A bonfire might be fun. Assuming you could manage it without making Ivy mad. [Ivy mind-controlled her, once. It wasn't pleasant.]

[useofaswhat]

Seriously scary like how? Are we talking person-stalking-you-home scary, or is this the ghost and goblin type?

I keep hearin' about this Ivy woman, what's the big deal about her? Ain't it enough to build a fire away from her?

[buildindreemz]

The ship itself got really creepy. Rusty, rotted, scary. Then the visions started happening. Hallucinations, or whatever.

People started seeing things that had happened - bad things, scary things.

And there were other things, too. Entities, shapes you would only see out of the corners of your eyes. It got progressively worse as the month went on. It was really terrible.

[Her mouth twists a little.] Ivy - she's obsessed with plants. Kill or threaten to kill any plant and she'll try to torture you, mind-control you, whatever. Pretty nasty stuff.

[Private]

[persuadeyou]

[Yeah, she's mostly just been observing because very little is amusing, here, and Mal and Zev have wandered into amusing territory.]

Has anyone ever told you you're terrible with women?

[Private]

[useofaswhat]

That ain't true. I do all right talkin' to you, don't I?

[Private]

[persuadeyou]

[She is putting on her best innocent but interested face, because Zev was right, sort of. He gets uncertain, and nervous, and Natasha doesn't find it attractive, but it is easy to use.

These are wiles, Mal, run.]

I didn't realize you were interested, Captain.