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[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

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It's been almost six moons now; half a harvest cycle. Still no-one I know has arrived. No woman and no prophet. Somewhere, I have a child; here, I have nothing. The people are so different, but at the heart of things they are the same easily-manipulated fools who populated my own world. Still, I hesitate to... do more than watch.

The charm had been silent for so long, I thought its magic did not work here. But yesterday, it spoke. It told me the cycle has been broken. I don't believe that's true. There will always be a cycle, and now that I am Igrot I must find someone to take my old place and suffer at my hands. That is the way of things.

No-one here knows who I am, though they all seem to know each other. Perhaps this new beginning, this blank parchment can be used to my advantage.

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My courses are going well; the Dome is actually a very fascinating construction, even if my work is mostly menial. The feast of Thanks Giving was also interesting, especially the odd food stuffs. Icecream is indeed a food fit for kings and satraps, though it seems to be in abundance here. I do not know how a refrigerator imitates the natural fall of snow on a mountain, but it is a fascinating device. How do you know if the light goes off when you close the door?

Having a room-mate's not that bad, especially such an attractive and cheerful girl. Even if she does tend to leave machinery all over the apartment. Sa only knows what it's for.

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[pickpocket.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to! There's just not much space left in my room for it all to go so it kinda... Overflows? Heh. I'll try to be a little neater!

And the light in the fridge... There's a little switch! I can show it to you. But when you close the door, the door pushes on the switch and turns off the light. That way the light doesn't burn out so fast being on all the time!

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

It's really quite all right; it's not the mess, I am just curious about the pieces themselves. What do they form?

...That's quite ingenious.

[pickpocket.livejournal.com]

HOPEFULLY they'll make a transporter back home but I don't have all the kinks worked out just yet.

Isn't it! People invent the craziest things.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Would that take you anywhere, or just your home?

[pickpocket.livejournal.com]

Won't know 'til I get it up and running!

[enginegrease.livejournal.com]

You're building a transporter? Sorry to but in, but I'm a mechanic and would love to help out on a new project.

I'm Kaylee by the way.

[pickpocket.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, you work with machina, too?! It's not much yet, just a big mess of wires and stuff. I'm gonna go check out the Science Department and see if I can get a look at the machina they used on us to get a few ideas. Wish me luck?

[enginegrease.livejournal.com]

Machinery? What kind? Is she building something? Sorry, I don't mean to be nosey but machinery is kinda my thing. It's good to hear your job is going well. And I agree, ice cream is amazing.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

You'd probably be better off asking her, but apparently she's trying to get home.

Where I'm from, we didn't have any way of freezing cream. I'm Captain Kennit, and there's no need to apologise for being nosy, lovely lady.

[enginegrease.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm sorry, I'm Kaylee. Nice to meet you. You're a Captain? What's your ship like?

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

You know, the usual; made of wood, floats on the water, figurehead that talks. Well, maybe that last part's not so usual.

[enginegrease.livejournal.com]

Oh a water ship. Shiny. I'm used to living on a ship in space myself. It talked? Like aloud? Cos Serenity used to talk to me but not in words like, just would let me know if something was wrong and stuff. Guess that sounds kinda silly though.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

It sounds perfectly reasonable, although yes, mine did talk aloud. I've read about space - sailing in it sounds like a strange idea.

[enginegrease.livejournal.com]

Well it's more of a flying thing than a sailing thing. But it is amazing. I've never been on a water ship before. There wasn't any need for them on my home planet cos it was kind of dry. But it actually talked aloud? Did the voice just come from the wood or something? Wait, you said figure head. So it was personlike and talked like a normal person?

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

I've only ever seen a dragon fly. Yes, it talked; we had a connection that meant we could share thoughts, but mostly she spoke aloud - issuing orders to her crew, so on and so forth. It was the entire ship speaking, but the voice came from the carved woman at the front of the ship.

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You never had ice cream before?

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Where I come from only the richest of nobles could afford to have such a delicacy as ice shipped from the colder regions.

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...What the fuck kind of world do you people come from.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Just me. And I come from some book world, nothing anyone here's ever heard of. 'Fantasy'. We didn't have anything like the level of technology Babylon does, though I've certainly had some time to adjust.

[postits]

Thrilling.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Any time. So, you're the dead guy, right? I'm Kennit.

[postits]

That'd be me. Rube. It's a pleasure.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

My apologies if that seemed strange; I haven't had much to do but read these things.

[postits]

Can't say I haven't been in much of the same situation the past few weeks.

[ex_whoosh450]

I'm glad you had a chance to experience America's traditions, Mr. Kennit. Thanks for attending.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Captain Kennit. I never turn down free food, Mr Petrelli, no matter what the cause.

[ex_whoosh450]

My apologies, Captain Kennit.

[qinglongweiji.livejournal.com]

It was quite lovely.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

Why hello, you run the kung fu school, if I'm not mistaken. It was a delicious experience, though all these odd traditions are more fascinating than anything else.

[qinglongweiji.livejournal.com]

I do run the kung-fu school.

It was an old tradition where I came from, not many celebrated it. It was refreshing for me.

[captnkennit.livejournal.com]

I'm Captin Kennit, it's a pleasure. I hear Christmas is coming up; this, too, is fascinating - I didn't think people here celebrated the solstices, but apparently it has 'pagan origins'.

[qinglongweiji.livejournal.com]

Vilma Fachiri.

Ah, yes. It's origins root back to Yule, correct? It will be interesting to see what else is celebrated in this collection of varying cultures.