staysilent | July 2021 - Home Sweet Home

July 2021 - Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Summer is in full swing by now. The days are hot and sticky, the nights are cooler but still a bit uncomfortable. The temptation to spend the days swimming away in the waters near Rabbit Island is strong. After all, everyone has worked hard, so why not take a break? Summer is the best time to go swimming, especially during the daytime hours when you can see straight to the bottom of the shallow areas.

Much has been accomplished in the last month. The food storage building is looking much more secure, and just in time too: it won't be long before the farmland can be fully used to grow food for everyone, and you'll need a place to keep all your vegetables. Cold storage is still a ways off, but this is a good start.

The defenses have improved too. After a thorough check, the island has been verified to be troll-free, which pleases your local NPCs greatly. A safe island is a happy island, after all. And with two of the sea nets fully functional, the islands are that much safer.

Finally, repairs have been completed on one of the houses. It looks a bit too small for everyone to move into, so you'll have to figure out a way to decide who gets to live there. But with the experience of fixing up this house, further houses should be easy to repair too.

All in all, it's been a good month. Even the nighttime screaming from the Silent World seems to have disappeared for now. Hopefully the peace and quiet will last. Maybe enjoy it while you can? Things can change in an instant here, after all.

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How recent is recent?

[Is that -- okay, yes, Supergirl's up hovering in front of the second level, demolishing a broken wall with her hands.]

Everyone keeps saying what happened in this dimension was more than 20 years ago. That's all I have to go on.

[A good question, but he can't decide how to answer that before she answers herself. Her with her amazing powers. He makes sure to keep enough space that he doesn't get hit by any debri.]

More than twenty... not so recent... but enough some would... remember? Has anyone... been here that long?

We just got here a few months ago, but the people from this world, it sounds like some of them remember. They come here every so often to check if it's still safe and to bring over supplies.

...Strange...

[Wasn't it supposed to be, that in stories, the people from other worlds were the ones with all the answers? He doesn't feel like he's got any.]

...You think... it was an accident...? Or...

What do you mean?

[She flies down to the ground and sets an armful of rubble down.]

Us coming here? I don't know. Maybe we'll find out.

[He shakes his head. He points out to the rubble.]

Pocket full... of posies...

[Ashes, ashes, and houses burned on purpose. Grim, but possible. But she also makes a good point.]

...Not sure... about us... Not sure... which is better...

You mean, which one might make it more likely that we can get home sooner...?

Mmm... [Not quite.] Accident... harder to fix... On purpose... someone, something... wanted to do this... That is worrying.

Yeah... maybe. But we don't know why someone would, either. Maybe to hurt us, but maybe so we can help this place.

[He glances back at the rest of the town. Then at her.]

You seem... like you help... but I don't know... I don't think... I would choose me...

Don't say that. [She shakes her head.] To tell you the truth, I know how you feel. When I first got to Earth, all these powers were new to me. I didn't know anything, I kept destroying things, and I felt like everybody else was way more impressive. Like they were real heroes, but I should be locked up somewhere to keep everyone else safe. So if I can help people, I'm sure you can, too.

[I should be locked up somewhere to keep everyone else safe. The words make him go still. He's glad, for the moment, that he's already hidden.]

... You're too kind... to be locked up... I'm glad you're not...

... Maybe... I would like that...

[Even if he still doubts he was ever chosen to help.]

[She smiles.] I know you can! There must be things that you can work on that you're good at. How are you doing with the repair work?

Uh...

[He stops and looks at what he's doing. She's been demolishing a wall. He's mostly pulling at planks at the moment.]

I am... not sure... Perhaps... you could test... what I do? See if... if I build things... strong enough?

Sure! I mean, we should probably be following the plans they gave us, but as for strong enough, uh... I'd probably break it even if you did. But if you have a good idea for how to test it, I can try!

Oh... good point....

[He taps a finger to his clothed chin.]

How... light can you throw... a rock?

Uh... I can try, but just to warn you, I kind of made craters in the ground the last time I played ten-ice. I think I'm pronouncing it wrong. So I'm probably not the best for that, either.

You... really are strong.... Tennis...? Very close...

[He's curious now.]

What's the... heaviest thing... you've managed?

Now I have to think... I know there were a couple of times I carried a plane? I hope you know what a plane is. Technology for everyone is all over the place.

A plane...! Yes... Not in the air... anymore... but I saw...

That is... amazing...! But... I can see why... that would make things hard...

Yeah. [She laughs awkwardly.] It took a long time to get used to. Nobody had powers on Krypton.

...Krypton...? [His head tilts.]

It's where I'm from. ...uh, sorry, I guess this is a lot of talking and not much working, huh? I didn't mean to.

[He jumps a little, then turns back to the job at hand, pulling more boards.]

Sorry... I was... distracted...

[Always missing people and he finally has some to talk to. Turns out he's talking too much.]

No, no! It's my fault too.

[She goes up to pull boards down again.]

I guess I still just think too much about home sometimes when I need to focus on helping out here. That's all.

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