first feather; video → text

[cagedowner]

[ the communicator clicks on to the video function, showing the owner of the communicator who seems oblivious to the camera rolling. He’s barefoot, and sitting on top of the old slide in the park, with a kiseru in hand (still lit) ]Did I fall asleep while waiting for Doumeki to bring the whisky? I hope I haven’t dropped the kiseru again. It would

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[vanoranje]

Not dreaming. Not Japan either.

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[cagedowner]

Apparently so.

I wonder if I should be disappointed or relieved.

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[vanoranje]

Disappointed. This place sucks.

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[cagedowner]

In what ways?

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[vanoranje]

No economy. No recourses. No infrastructure.

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[cagedowner]

Is that so terrible?

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[vanoranje]

Inconvenient, more like.

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[cagedowner]

That's understandable.

How do the people live here then?

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[vanoranje]

Like most people. In apartments, or other places. Try to survive.

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[cagedowner]

Do people trade to get necessities?

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[vanoranje]

Share things around, mostly. Trade for more valuable stuff.

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[cagedowner]

Everyone's rather close knit then.

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[vanoranje]

As much as they want to be. No one's forcing 'em.

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[cagedowner]

It would be hard to last in a place like that if they weren't though.

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[vanoranje]

So you see why most of us do.

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[cagedowner]

Do people come in groups here?