Voice: Un: Diggs

[justoscar]

[It had been nearly a week, and Oscar was becoming worried.

Lessons he has learned on the other side of the Dream had taught him that sitting in the worry and letting it overcome him did no one any good-- least of all himself. Knowing this, Oscar tentatively turned on the Audio function of his new device and, with an obvious case of awkward nerves, started talking.]

Um... Hi.

I'm Oscar Pine and... I'm sure some of you know me already, but some of you don't and that's okay.

There was just a couple of things I wanted to say.

First: I know that things have been stressful lately and that we all need something to do, so I'm willing to teach people how to garden if they want a hobby that lasts a little longer than baking all the time. I'm a farmhand... And I did the baking thing. Growing and taking care of your own vegetables helps a little more, for a longer time.

And-- you can share your extra zucchini with your friends and loved ones. Isn't that cool?

I managed to bring along some seeds to get started. Just... Contact me if you're interested.

... and thanks, Mako, for the idea.

Second: is anyone else having trouble sleeping since they got here? I know being nervous makes sleeping hard, but this feels different. Anyone have any ideas about why this is happening, or how to help?

Last: ... I don't know about everyone else, but there's still some people I'm looking for that haven't come ashore yet. Can people just...chime in to let everyone know that they're safe? And let us know if there's anyone else you're looking for?

Maybe we can make everything a little easier if we work together. I don't know...

I'm just kinda worried, and some of you all probably are too.

Comments

[lightthedarkness]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it's all healed up?

[Usagi's been turned down so often to heal things in Deerington, she honestly doesn't know if she should bother offering it anymore.]

Nice meeting you too, Oscar-san. And it does seem that way.

Mako-chan is amazing, she might even teach you a thing or two, she's got the greenest of green thumbs. [Not... FERN green, but she is the Goddess of Wood.]

Well, I definitely understand working together and being there for your precious people.

Sounds like you've got a good start on things. I'll leave you to it then.

[justoscar]

As much as it's going to.

[No amount of time nor magic could retrieve a limb that was lost to a deal with the late Julia Sodder. Oscar had made his choices-- and had found his strength as a person to determine the course of his own fate.

Turning back time would be cheating, and cheapen the wisdom and knowledge he had gained. He also had relearned a lesson that had been taught over and over in the thousands of lifetimes a part of his soul had experienced:

Magic did not solve everything.]

We'll see-- maybe Miss Makoto and I can teach each other, Miss Usagi. A community garden is very different from a grain farm. I only know very big or very small scale...

[And he would not accept magical intervention-- not when even Fern was struggling with the local conditions.

This wasn't a problem magic could solve.]

And thanks... Maybe we can talk again soon.

[Since he wasn't sleeping... He had plenty of time. ]