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staymods ([personal profile] staymods) wrote in [community profile] staysilent2021-07-03 07:30 pm

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.
maidofmistakes: Sulking. (i think im in europe. pls send help)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-07-06 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
...yeah. I'm a lot better than I used to be about that, but I still have to be careful. It's like... imagine that, when you came to this world, it felt like everything was made out of cardboard boxes. It wasn't like that for everyone else, just you. And you had to constantly be gentle with everything, or you'd break it or set it on fire.

But it's fine, I swear! I can do this. I've done it before and everything.
relictus: (25)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-07-09 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
...You have some impressive power. It's good that you're so aware of it, and that you try to use it responsibly.

Was that something you were practicing, at your school? Controlling your strength.
maidofmistakes: Assured. (That's cool. We found a cat)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-07-09 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I've been working on it. The same with my heat vision; it's really strong, but I can also just use it to heat up coffee that went cold.
relictus: (30)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-07-12 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Heat vision...]

You have a particular set of... powers, then?
maidofmistakes: Studying. (Sorry. Not doing life today. Love to.)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-07-12 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods.] There's a bunch of things I can do. Everyone was normal back home, because our sun was different, but when I got to Earth, suddenly I could do all these things. Flying, super strength, super breath, super hearing, heat vision... that kind of thing.
relictus: (13)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-07-13 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sun explanation makes more sense to him than everything else, honestly-]

I see... that explains why you have difficulty controlling your abilities, if they weren't accessible before.

Practicing actions that require more deft use of strength- such as grooming the sheep- should help you get the hang of rationing your power.
maidofmistakes: Careful. (So his "Youporn" cam totally caught me)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-07-13 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She carefully pats the sheep and continues to brush it.]

I'll try, anyway... I mean, yes! I will. I will definitely do that. Yeah.
relictus: (23)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-07-13 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't sound confident... I'm sure there are other tasks you could do if you're concerned about hurting the sheep- but so long as you keep training consistently, your control over your strength should improve over time until one day you won't have to worry about accidentally causing damage anymore.
maidofmistakes: I'm running out of ways to say "unsure." (I wish we had vans that drove around)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-07-14 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm working on it, I promise. I'll keep trying, though. Especially since who knows what the limiters in this place will do... whatever they are.
relictus: (19)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-08-02 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
...It would be best to not try and push those limits. Aside from making sure we still have enough strength when we need it, it might cause us harm if we try to force it.

So make sure to rest if you need to, as well.
maidofmistakes: Conspiratorial. (Let's pretend this is a good idea)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-08-03 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'll try. I've been sleeping when everyone else does, at least.