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[mactirebeag]

[The video starts with a very close-up view of Mebh's face as she tries to figure out if her Omni is even working or not. She hasn't made much of an effort to use the Omni up until now, since she's not familiar with this kind of technology at all. Eventually she pulls away; though the camera is still at a noticeable angle, the backdrop looks as though she's somewhere around the Waystation, since the windmill can be seen. She's flanked on either side by two grey, yellow-eyed wolves, one of whom leans forward to sniff at the camera for a moment before Mebh rolls her eyes and nudges it away.]

Robyn said I could use this thing to talk to people. [Her expression briefly changes to a sadder one. Mentioning Robyn hurts. Robyn had said they would look for their parents together while they were here, but now she's gone and Mebh can't find her. Though she can't dwell on that right now, because she has a Complaint.]

So isn't there a real forest around here? Not like the Trenchwood place. There's nothin' good in there and it smells all nasty.

[And there's something about it that seems even worse at night; she can't bring herself to go in when it's dark out, because even she can tell it's not safe, though she's not going to admit that easily.]

But I'm not livin' in the town. Not ever. Dunno how anybody can stand all those smells.

[There's a very stubborn look in her eyes when she says this. Even if this world is more dangerous than the one she remembers and there are far worse things living here than people who hunt wolves, she hates the idea of caging herself in. And she can't live in a town when it reminds her that the only friend she had from home has now disappeared.

For a moment, Mebh goes quiet...and then she suddenly bares her teeth and lets out a guttural growl, the screen shaking violently as she takes the Omni and throws it on the ground in anger and frustration. The screen shows the sky for a few moments before it shuts off.]

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Voice | UN : Medicinal

[meds4sale]

According to the map, Trenchwood is, unfortunately, the only true forest nearby.

However, there are more rural areas stretching beyond the city. The area known as Ache seems promising if one desires to escape the overwhelming presence of the city.

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[mactirebeag]

...hmph. I bet the townies cut all the other woods down.

[After all, back home most people seemed preoccupied with cutting down forests to increase farmland for the towns. Before Mebh found herself here, she remembers that she and her pack were finding a new place to live, where their way of life wouldn't be disturbed...and now this.]

video, but like awkwardly angled because he's not yet comfortable with handling the omni.

[meds4sale]

Unsurprisingly that would almost certainly be the case.

Should one presume that you were raised in wilder corners of the world?

[mactirebeag]

Yeah. I lived in the woods back home...and the townies were tryin' to cut those down, too.

But I guess even they don't want to cut down this forest. Everythin' about it feels...wrong.

[The blood-spattered leaves are a definite tip-off in that regard.]

[meds4sale]

Doubtless, it is a peculiar place. This blood pollution runs deep, seeming to take hold of the very roots, spreading sickness to the plants and animals that dwell there.

It is no sanctuary, I am afraid.

[mactirebeag]

It's not a real forest at all.

[Mebh seems rather convinced of that. She's lived in the woods her whole life, and what kind of forest can barely support any life other than those twisted-looking trees?]

[meds4sale]

Oh? What is a real forest?

[mactirebeag]

Where things are growin'. Everythin', not just the trees. There's plants and animals and the water doesn't smell bad.

[She knows better than to try and drink any water in Trenchwood after getting a whiff of it.]

[meds4sale]

Ah. Then no, Trenchwood is not a real forest then. Just one that is very, very ill.

Is that the cause of your earlier angry outburst?

[mactirebeag]

...I dunno.

[The truth is, that's only part of it. She's dealing with a lot of negative feelings, and she doesn't really have the words to express all of them at the moment.]

I just don't get how anybody can live like that.

[meds4sale]

People are more adaptable than one might think; they can grow used to the most dreadful of circumstances.

They should not have to, but sometimes such things are unavoidable.