dormes-vous? dormes-vous?

[crittersheep]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Pastureland and the world of dreams alike
WHEN: Night 25

Well, that life sure has been slicing, except where it hasn't. It's been a long day. Why not take a night walk? Or lay down and... oh, oh, the dreams are mixing again.

Comments

[mykidisthebest]

Please do. I was expecting it to take a lot of trial and error. That's why it's better if it's in your hands. You've got more experience with that than most of the pasture does.

I don't know if you have any experience with my second project though. Do you know how to make wine? Or distill rice into alcohol?

[apothekitty]

--alcohol??

[ she perks RIGHT UP at that again ]

I... I know the basic theory of it, but I've never tried. But if there's none here, then I could certainly learn.

[mykidisthebest]

Minuet's been making blueberry wine with their blueberries. It's pretty good, to be honest, but it's also all we've really got in the whole pasture and I miss soju. I know it's possible to make wine with grapes! So I thought we could start with that before getting ambitious and trying for sake or soju. The library has some books on it but...I couldn't figure it out. Any help would be something.

[apothekitty]

It shouldn't be too difficult... it's just another kind of fermentation, right? I can ask Minuet about how he does it.

[ maybe the one and only time she might trust Minuet's advice or opinion ]

[mykidisthebest]

He's smarter than he looks, so don't let him weasel out of telling you properly.

[apothekitty]

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[ (X) ]

[mykidisthebest]

You don't have to believe me. You just have to know that he has successfully made blueberry wine, and if we want any more alcohol here then the secrets lie with him.

1/2

[apothekitty]

[apothekitty]

...that's fair.

[mykidisthebest]

You have some surprisingly strong opinions about people. You made friends quick.

[apothekitty]

Friends?

[ ?????????????????????? ]

[mykidisthebest]

[why is everyone so weird about the word friends]

Acquaintances? Business partners?

[apothekitty]

[ because Maomao has been here for less than an IC week and it takes longer than that to be Friends for her ]

Friendly acquaintances works fine.

[mykidisthebest]

Friendly acquaintances, then. You're meeting people and making connections, was my point.

[apothekitty]

And? Even in a pasture full of sheep, this is still a society.

[mykidisthebest]

It's a little different from society as we know it, though. It's a...community? Because this place is so small, even if we don't know everyone personally, you see people a lot. We're all stuck in the exact same situation. It makes sense to meet people and naturally help each other out. But since you're so self-sufficient I wasn't sure if you were meeting people, I guess.

[apothekitty]

A society is still a society. I can do a lot of things on my own, but I'm not capable of doing everything.

[ she's very matter-of-fact about that. as long as it's not about medicine or medical procedures, Maomao has very little self-consciousness about needing help. ]

[mykidisthebest]

...You're way too mature for your age.

[it sounds like a compliment though]

[apothekitty]

I'm an adult, after all.

[ she doesn't say it with any sort of modern teenager posturing; it's just matter of fact. yay different time periods. ]

[mykidisthebest]

[she's tiny so tbh he also thinks she's way younger than she actually is. but she is a professional, so he takes that at face value regardless.]

You became an adult too early. But that seems to be a common theme these days.

[apothekitty]

I'm actually older than most of the girls Granny puts to work.

[ ??????? she's 17 that is plenty old enough ??????? ]

[mykidisthebest]

[???????????]

You are? ...How old are you?

[apothekitty]

Seventeen.

[ she doesn't quite get why he's surprised, but he can have a moment to let that sink in ]

[mykidisthebest]

[SHE'S SMALL]

That's older than I expected.

[apothekitty]

[ SHE'S SMALL AND SHE'S SCRAWNY ]

...did you think I was a child for real?