hadriel_logs | Event Log: The Hope of a Child

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the The Hope of a Child event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 23rd-Feb 1st
Warnings: Youths

By now, the gods have probably done enough weird crap to you while you're asleep for you to be a little suspicious- but it's not like you can just not sleep, especially when there are a few supernatural forces making your eyes droopy and your body feel heavy.

And now, when you fall asleep, you'll wake up somewhere else and you'll likely have quite a different temperament- you'll be younger, maybe a little more naive and innocent, and you won't exactly remember all the wild stuff that's happened to your adult self. Maybe now you'll be a little more trusting and emotional, hm? The gods could definitely use a little boost in power, and what better way to do it than to harness the power of overemotional kiddos!

Or maybe you aren't affected at all and find yourself surrounded by youths. What are you going to do when your best friend doesn't know how to cook for themselves? Or your bitter rival is throwing a temper tantrum because they broke their favorite toy? Nobody asked for this kind of responsibility, but think about what would happen if nobody was around to take care of these babies...

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[ It's okay. He just grips the windowsill, letting his legs swing a little. ]

I mean in this city.

Oh. Nah.

[He grabs the window with one hand and reaches out with the other, letting the air run through his fingers. It's a decent fall, but he's not thinking about that. Just the thrill of being up high.]

This isn't Talitsa.

[ Talitsa? Drake tilts his head curiously. He's never heard of it before, and he's really good at geography. Must be some tiny town somewhere. ]

Where's Talitsa?

It's in the Sverdlovsk system.

[Middle of nowhere, basically. Terrence shrugs.]

Where're you from?

The... what? Is that in Europe?

[ There's a complete lack of recognition on Drake's face. He's really never heard of wherever that is. ]

I'm from outside Seattle.

[Terrence frowns. He recognizes Europe from a homework assignment he didn't complete.]

No. Are you from Earth?

Uh. Yeah, I'm from Earth.

[ He'd ask where else there is to be from, except. Well. They're on a different planet right now according to all the adults here. And the second sun. Drake's still half-expecting to wake up any minute. ]

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[Terrence blinks.]

What's Earth like?

It's... nice, I guess? Really depends on where you are. Some places are hot and dry like this, but then there's like rainforests and the ice caps too. I haven't been everywhere. But where I live there's a lot more people than here. This place is empty.

Sounds better than Talitsa.

[Though just about anywhere sounds better to Terrence. He shrugs.]

It's not so bad. Lotsa stuff to climb.

What's Talitsa like, then?

[ Drake glances over at his new acquaintance again, as if expecting to see something different about him if he's from another planet. But he seems like any other kid. Human at least, right? ]

Booooooring. Everybody lives underground and nothing ever happens.

[He says this with all the certainty of an eleven year old.]

Underground? [ Drake crinkles his nose. That sounds kind of depressing. ] Where'd you learn to climb, then?

Climbing the walls. [Obviously. Terrence grins.] Some of 'em go really high!

You mean deep. Nothing can be high if it's underground. [ This whole living underground thing, though... ] Is it cold all the time?

It can! 'cause you're going up!

[It makes perfect sense in his mind.]

Nah. Steam from the pipes keeps it pretty warm. Unless they break or you go waaaaay out far. Then it gets cold.

What are the steam pipes for? And how do you grow stuff without sun?

[ The questions aren't gonna stop, sorry new buddy. ]

For the generators.

[They run everything. Terrence hasn't bothered to ask how.

He puffs up, pleased to be the center of attention.]

With the grow-lights! They've got, uh...UV lights! Yeah.

Why're people underground at all? How'd you get there? And why'd you pick a planet you can't be on the surface of?

Something's wrong with the atmosphere. And nobody wants to go up there anyway, 'cause of the Covenant. They gas people.

[Terrence shrugs.]

Dunno. I was born there. I think.

How do you breathe at all, then? I know astronauts use air tanks but you can't live like that.

Who's the Covenant?

We've got oxygen scrubbers.

[He has no idea how they work.]

You don't have the Covenant? Weird. They're like, aliens. Bad guys.

What's that?

[ Sounds like cleaning supplies, to him. But Terrence doesn't actually have to answer, since Drake's full attention is now on aliens. This kid must be screwing with him. ]

Aliens? For real?

[Terrence frowns at him. Everyone knows about the Covenant.]

'course. How come you don't know?

[ Drake shrugs a little. ]

Some people say they're real, but everybody else just thinks they're crazy. 'Cuz there's no proof.

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