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Moana ([personal profile] chosenbytheocean) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2017-11-06 03:16 pm

014 Finding to many things [OPEN]

WHO: Moana.
WHERE: All Over.
WHEN: November 4th – 15th
OPEN TO: EVERYONE.
WARNINGS: None.


[ooc: Let me know the day and where you tag her. It is all open to run into her at any time or in between any action!]

Nov 4th – 10th | Letters Everywhere | 6i & 7i

Moana spent a great deal of time on her own.

She traveled between the two villages; checking on the boat, Itiiti and the ocean while also making an appearance at the inn to try to help everyone get ready for whatever winter horrors were about to befall them. Moana really hated the winter. She wore shoes, remembering Rory's threat of frostbite, but otherwise wore her island dress with a cloak pulled over her shoulders. Moana was against jackets because it restricted the moment of her arms.

When the first letter arrived, she was outside, collecting the milkweed stalks that she used to make fishing nets and rope. The envelop was red, almost missed among the collection of leaves that it had fallen into; what made it stand out was the familiar flame insignia that was sealed on the outside of the letter. Moana paused in her task to read it, her eyes narrowing at the block letters.

"What?" She looked around her to see if anyone was around to notice her outburst before continuing to read the letter. This was insane. She ripped it up, hiding the small pieces of paper among the red fall leaves. She thought it was over until she received a second letter the next day. This one was waiting for her when she went to get water for the inn. She frowned at the letter and then soaked it until it fell apart in her hands. The letter hadn't technically done anything wrong but it was receiving the brunt of Moana's frustrations. Two letters destroyed. Moana hoped that it was over.

The third day, Moana found the letter in the kitchen when no one else was around. She gapped at the red envelop, wondering how it had ended up in the kitchen. Someone must have seen who dropped it off. Moana pushed her way into the common area of the inn but didn't see anything that was out of place. With a frown, she threw the letter into the inn's fire, watching as the fames quickly engulfed the paper.

Three days in a row and Moana was now dreading tomorrow.

November 7th was uneventful. Moana spent the day weaving at the inn. People walked in and out of the common area at a steady rate from early morning to late evening. Nothing happened until Moana returned to her room; she found another letter resting on her bed. This was insane!

This time she didn't destroy the letter but took it with her. She shoved it into her pack and left for the other village: 7i. The path was familiar to Moana but it took her time to travel across the breach and then to her destination on the other side. Her goal was the peach trees though she wasn't sure what she was going to do once she got there.

Standing beneath the peach trees, she read the letter again, this time out load. "Steal an item of true value from another person." She looked up at the trees with a frown. "Another person." She echoed the sentiment as if it was somehow the key. She didn't want to keep finding these letters and she wasn't sure what else to do. She couldn't bring herself to steal something of true value from someone else but she had something that didn't belong to her, something that held true value to its owner.

Moana took the dormant Heart of Te Fiti and slipped it into the red envelop. She quickly scribbled a note with a pencil she had swiped from the inn weeks before and placed it at the base of the peach tree. The letter she left was short and to the point, she hoped that it was enough.

'This isn't mine and it is truly valuable. I don't know what game this is but please, let this be enough to leave the others alone. -Moana'


Nov 11th – 15th | Green House Glasses | 7i

Moana was hoping for some uninterrupted peace now that she had dealt with the fiasco with the letters. She felt a little lighter, breathed a little easier, and smiled a little brighter. She didn't think it had anything to do with the letters exactly but she felt less doom and gloom about the onset of winter. It probably wouldn't last but she would enjoy the feeling while it was here.

It was during her adventures around the 7i village that she stumbled upon the glass panes and frame for the green house. Of course, Moana had no idea what it was for but she was fairly sure that it hadn't been in this house the last time she had walked through. She tried to lift one of the panels of glass only to have it tip on top of her. She used her body to soften the fall and keep the glass from shattering but she wasn't sure how to get up without accidently breaking it.

"Help!" She called out, unsure if anyone was going to hear her.

After what felt like hours, Moana wiggled her way out from under the glass, cutting her palm in the process. It stung but she was too distracted to focus on it. Instead, she ran from the unassuming house, hoping to find someone to inform about her discovery.
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.nov 10, at the peach trees.

[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-06 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Since its discovery, Ned has not made it an overly frequent habit to travel to the other village. Naturally he finds the area intriguing and interesting, but he also finds there to be a dark cloud, of sorts, that hangs over it - as though there is something unwelcome that still resides in its soil. The sight of it after the breach in the wall was all together haunting - a mirror image of the original village, without a few key geographical features, with just enough left to insinuate that there may have been inhabitants once. It left his bones feeling unsettled and his teeth on edge, and so Ned does not travel there unless he finds some need.

Unfortunately for him, the rabbit he'd been tracking managed to hop itself over and, rather than accept defeat (and hunger), Ned decided to pursue it. With a borrowed blade in hand, he crept as silently as he could manage, utilizing his fur-lined cloak whenever he could as camouflage. He lost sight of it somewhere near the peach trees and, with a bit of a disgruntled sigh, he stands from where he's crouched and sees something he doesn't expect - Moana, kneeling by the base of one of the trees, placing a peculiar red envelope. Ned hasn't seen parchment or scrolls in all his time here, so the color mixed with the medium itself are eye-catching.

He approaches quietly, unsure if he's disturbing her when she'd rather be alone.

"Moana?" he calls quietly, voice as soft and unobtrusive as he can manage.
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-06 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, it feels as though it has been many moons since we last spoke," Ned replies, nodding his agreement as he draws closer. He's already noticed the envelope, of course, but he makes a good show of pretending he's none the wiser as to what might be taking place. "I believe the last we spoke was when I was planting the Weirwood sapling just sound of my home, if I am to remember correctly."

He had, of course, seen her about the village - but he or she were always otherwise preoccupied with other things. He had reminded himself to go and check on her, but something always seemed to interrupt his ability to do so.

"And I do take on the burden of responsibility myself; I should have come by to see you. I hope you can forgive me for failing to do so."
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-07 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Did your voyage prove to be fruitful?" Ned asks, tone still one of innocence and simple curiosity. He shakes his head, however, at her apology. "Please, there is nothing for which you need to be sorry. It seems that, even here in a village with no outside exposure, there are still things that keep us occupied and busy. I do promise, however, to make a more conscious effort to come and see you. Though I hope you know that my door is always open to you, too."

Ned's features begin to lighten to something more amused than scolding, and he no longer tries to hide the fact that he's well aware of the envelope.

"It is thriving, despite my fear of it failing to take root," he says, gaze shifting to the letter. "Might I ask what it is you are so intent on keeping secret?"
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-07 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"So as far as you were able to tell, the sea leads nowhere." Then all of Ned's suspicions about them being stranded and, in essence, ship-wrecked (without the vessel, of course), are likely true. He wonders how much of the water upon which Moana sailed was constructed by the Observers, or if any of what they experience is, in fact, reality. The implications of such things is enough to make Ned feel as though is skull is cracking in two, so he'll keep that to himself for now. Instead, he shifts his focus to Moana.

"A letter? Do you know who sent it to you?"
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-08 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
"It stretches like the shore? How so?" Ned inquires, brows stitching together loosely. He wonders if it indeed leads somewhere, and if that somewhere might be an attainable feat with more extensive preparation. He is not of a seafaring people, however, and he knows to bow out of realms in which he has no knowledge. If a Greyjoy were here, he or she would know how best to travel the sea.

Though, from what he's learnt from his children, it's best if he never sees another Greyjoy in all his days to come.

"Aye, give it here." Ned reaches out for it, turning it over in his fingers to examine it. It's a familiar sight, one he hasn't seen since his arrival in the village, but it reminds him of the messages sent by raven back home. The intact seal of the house was a method to prove secrecy and authenticity, and he doubts that a flame sigil showing up here, embossed in wax, was any less important. "Where did you find it?"
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-15 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Moana's meaning is a bit beyond what Ned can grasp, but he understands that a topic as vast and meaningful as what the ocean means to her - and to her people, as he recalls - is something she will never be able to convey with words. He understands that there are limitations to what she can explain, and it is no fault of her own; if anything, it is a fault for his limited and land-dwelling understanding. So, he simply nods, accepting that it is something he will never truly comprehend.

He believes, however, that he has some inkling - even if he cannot feel it in his bones the way he suspects she can.

"Were you alone each time? Could it have been left by someone who'd gone unseen? Before you could notice, perhaps?" he asks, continuing to turn it over in his hands, trying to ascertain its origins. It's unsettling to think that it had been delivered much in the way their gift boxes are, without a sender and without a courier. "Have you opened it?"
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-16 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"It very well might have been, given what we've seen in the past. Even with things as innocuous and beneficial as the gifts. They are left for us, specifically, though we've never once seen the courier," Ned replies, eyes falling back to the envelope. They trace the outline of the flame with some more consideration. There is something deeply unsettling about it, about the insinuation of flame as a sigil. It can warm and keep living things alive, but it can just as easily take life away and leave nothing in its tracks.

"Might you tell me what it asked of you? You needn't if you'd rather not, of course."
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-11-25 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ned eyes the envelope with some hesitation, not wanting Moana to give it over out of fear of disappointing him or because she feels obliged to listen to him. When he feels that she's come to the answer on her own, he reaches out for it and takes it, casually investigating the contents. She reads the message that was delivered first, ignoring the strange chill that sits at the base of his spine as he reads the words. He folds it up and reads her message, running a finger across the etched surface of the stone. He replaces it all back into the envelope and, instead of simply handing it all back her, he approaches and envelops her in an embrace.

"I am humbled by your willingness to do what you can in order to help protect the others. There are not many in the world, this or the next, that would approach life with such selflessness. I'm sorry you've had this weight put upon you."
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[personal profile] learned_to_die 2017-12-01 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
For as quickly as Ned embraced her, he lets her go, though he places a hand on her shoulder, the other coming up with the envelope between them. He ducks a bit, to be able to look her more directly in the eye.

"You've a good heart in you, Moana. One that is compassionate and kind. Whereas many would've lost it in circumstances such as these," he gestures to the village around them, their environment, "Where it's easy to curl in yourself, shield yourself from everything around you, you've kept onto it. And even now, you let it guide you to make a choice that is fairest and the least harmful for as many as possible." He offers a bit of a smile, handing out the envelope to her. "If you'd ever a worry about your ability to be a good chief, this should be enough to alleviate those fears."
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14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-16 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oliver spends most of his time on the other side of the breach, on the newer side of things. He likes that it isn't as full of people as the more established village and it's a place where he can be alone with his thoughts. He's doing one of his runs, a lazy circuit around the village to the lake and back to the more inhabited side when he sees what looks like an unfinished building. That is new.

He draws up closer, still jogging to keep his heart rate up, and that's when he hears a cry for help and sees someone pinned under the glass. Run forgotten, he puts his hands to it and lifts it to try and get it off her. It's not heavy, necessarily, but it is awkward.

"You all right down there?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-20 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, it looks like you cut yourself pretty good," Oliver says. He motions for her hand, wanting to examine it a little closer. There's not a lot he can really do about it out here but if it's bleeding heavily, he could at least bandage it up with his t-shirt before taking her to find one of the doctors.

"How deep is it?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-21 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't think it needs stitches," Oliver says. He's no doctor but he's been injured enough times to know when a wound needs the edges closed and when one can heal on its own. Still, he tears off the bottom hem of his t-shirt and moves to begin wrapping it.

"We'll wrap it with this until we can get to where there's a real bandage," he says. "Good with that?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-23 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not a problem. It's just the t-shirt. I still have the scrub top," Oliver points out. He wraps up the wound and gives it a bit of an appraising look. "That should hold the bleeding until we can get back to the other side, anyway."

He looks over at the panels of glass and the frame, assessing them. "It looks like it's supposed to be a greenhouse. Is that what you think it is?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-27 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's called a greenhouse because you can keep plants in it year round and they won't die. They stay green," Oliver explains. "The sun goes through these glass panels and keeps the plants warm in a way they won't be if they're just outside in the snow."

He doesn't know where she's from that she wouldn't know the term but he's happy to explain it to her.

"Does that make a little more sense?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-11-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, we don't live in glass houses because the heat we have inside will escape through the glass. It's not insulated," he explains. "But in the winter, there's not as much sun so the plants don't grow. The glass concentrates the amount of sunlight for the plants inside the greenhouse."

Oliver watches her for a moment. "Does that make a little more sense?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-05 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"It can still," Oliver says. "So you have to insulate them, which you can do with blankets or wood chips. The sun gets more concentrated through the glass, though, so it's easier to keep them warm."

He taps lightly on the glass. "And the glass keeps the rain and the snow out, too, so you can control the temperature better."
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-09 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)

"Hmm, don't think being near the water helps. It might be that they want us to move over here, though," Oliver says. "That they want us to spread out a little and not keep to the same village that everyone lives in now. I live on this side already."

Oliver knows he's one of the few who does, though.

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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-12 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
"We won't run out of room as long as people start spreading out to live over here," Oliver says. "Some people are always going to want the safety of being close to other people. It's human nature. But those of us who can provide for ourselves, we're not afraid of being more isolated."

Moana seems to be one of those and Oliver knows he can do what needs to be done in order to survive. He wonders how many others in the village think like them, though.
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-12 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"You mean the inn on this side? That's something we can work on," Oliver says. "I don't mind helping you put in the work. I might not know how to do everything but I can learn."

He knows how to do a lot more than his background might suggest, yes, but he isn't an expert in carpentry or plumbing or anything like that. "Do you know anyone else who can help us?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-16 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Eventually, yes," Oliver agrees. "We have a lot of work to do but once we have everything started, it's not so difficult to maintain it. It's just...rougher living than I'm used to."

He's used to life in a city, for the most part, and while he'd been on an island for a while he's let the city make him soft. He has to hone himself sharp again. "We're lucky to have someone like you who knows what they're doing."
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-20 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I could stand to learn a few things. I could teach you about the kinds of plants we have here. I'm not as good as some people are with them," Oliver admits, thinking of the botanist who sometimes runs the town halls, "but I grew up in an area similar to this one. I know how to survive in a place like this when it gets cold and which herbs and plants last through the snow and which don't."
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-23 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know much about the actual planting and raising of seedlings but I can definitely help you with the greenhouse," Oliver says. "I've got the muscle to do the manual labor part, for sure, and I know how they work."

That's a leg up on some people here, at least, but he's learned that cooperation goes a long way around here.
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-25 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't spend any time there," Oliver says. That, at least, is slightly sheepish since he'd avoided the Inn like the plague for the majority of the time he's been here. It's only now that he's ventured out a little and spoken to others.

"You may have seen my girlfriend, though. Felicity? She has long blonde hair?"
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Re: 14 November

[personal profile] viridescere 2017-12-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I hope so. Felicity likes to go out a lot more than I do," Oliver admits. "So there's a good chance that if we get the new Inn up and running, she'll probably drag me out and say that since it's a shorter distance to go, I have no excuse to stay home."