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sixthiterationlogs2019-01-10 11:41 am
clouded_heart) wrote in sixthiterationlogs2019-01-10 11:41 am
A village gift (Text post AND log) OTA
WHO: Foggy Nelson
WHERE: South Village Inn
WHEN: Jan 10th ish
OPEN TO: OTA
WARNINGS: None at present
WHERE: South Village Inn
WHEN: Jan 10th ish
OPEN TO: OTA
WARNINGS: None at present
Text post
UN: haventthe
Hey people, Foggy here. I got a couple of those boxes that seem to happen to people and while it's addressed to me, I get the feeling that it's meant for the collective. I've got a bunch of woodworking tools here, including chisels, files, a saw and a hand drill with drill bits.
I'm taking this a hint that they approved of my amateur forays into carpentry and want that to continue, but I want to make sure everyone knows they're welcome to use them. For now, I'm keeping everything at the South Inn, but maybe we can set up one of the houses, or the mill as a workshop at some point.
Even had an idea for making paper from the sawdust and shavings. That's probably going to need experimentation though.
South Village Inn
True to his word, Foggy has set up in the large front room. He's moved a table to a far corner and he's set out the tools, checking them over to see if they're all fine. He does know all these tools, he did high school wood working, but it's been a while.
A long while.
But the main reason for sitting here is so that it's apparent he is here, and the tools are here, and they can work something out for making useful things and teaching people to make useful things.
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The talk of Hell, damnation and demons aside.
"I don't think I'm the person to talk to about holding onto foolish things," he comments softly. "I'm not good at letting go of things when I should. I think? You need to do what will make you happiest for the circumstances. If what made you happy was hanging onto that dream and getting back to Dan? I'd tell you to go for it. If you want to chase that here with someone else? You need to go with that. Do what's right for you."
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"How have you been, Foggy? How're things with Matt?"
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"Me? I spent days with a miserable hang over and now I have random wood working tools. But Matt's getting back and forth from the Inn with more confidence. We spent a full day just walking back and forth, letting him get used to how it felt, what he could hear, making a map."
Yes, it's a total lawyer answer.
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"Foggy." Anne gives him a look. "If you don't want to tell me, that's one thing, but don't think I can't see through deflection when it happens."
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He sighs softly. "Sorry. I think it's just habit. I'm coping, same as all of us. And things with Matt are things with Matt. He's struggling, but he'll get there. I try and go over most days, make sure he doesn't help getting anywhere. Or help him get where he needs to."
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It's not healthy to hold things in. She'd struggled with that a while, but had found ways to manage it. Dating someone like Eddie had made it more necessary; holding in all of your own baggage while having to deal with theirs.
"These little ... sessions? They go both ways. Maybe you don't need them at all, but you are human, just like the rest of us."
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Marci had never been Matt's biggest fan. Recent events had not helped.
"I'm very aware that I'm human." He's confident on that. "I just don't need to dwell on things that happened. Things are happening now that need that energy."
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