vi. idle hands

[autos_da_fe]

[ Axel's only been here for two months, but he's already accumulated quite a bit of... well, trash, some of which he hasn't thrown out, but cleaned instead.

And since lately, he's had nothing better to do, you get to see a few glass jars that he's half-filled with tin cutouts of stars and circles and diamonds, or beads made out of soup label

Comments

[crippledroyalty]

[Pinged!]

You do origami, too?

[autos_da_fe]

Origami? [ he just folds things. Cranes are easy. ]

[crippledroyalty]

The cranes.

[autos_da_fe]

Is that what they're called?

[crippledroyalty]

Mm, that's what the Japanese call it, and you can make a lot of other things like flowers and pinwheels. But if you fold a thousand cranes, you'll get a wish.

[autos_da_fe]

I don't think the scientists are in a wish-fulfilling mood.

[crippledroyalty]

The scientists aren't the ones who grant it. Sayoko never said who does, but...there's a chance they could find us here.

[autos_da_fe]

I guess I better start counting my cranes.

[crippledroyalty]

If you have the same wish as someone else, they can help you! So you don't have to fold a thousand by yourself...

[autos_da_fe]

I think I have the same wish as just about everyone here.