hai mươi bẩy ❀| no one needs your thick skin

[lotuslife]

|❀PHONE; public.|

How does it ever get so cold here- t-trời ơi... It's really intolerable, isn't it?

Does it get worse than this? [Her voice drops, sounding somewhat distressed and annoyed.] I can't imagine that... [Mayfield's fairly mild early December weather is still too cold for Vietnam. She's a tropical country with a long monsoon season;

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[Phone]

[ergaleomancer]

[OOC - Just gonna say this is before Theta's droning if that's all right by you?]

Ah, if you have a reliable cold remedy, I think I may need to have some on hand. My Darling seems to like being out in the cold, I think he might catch one.

[lotuslife]

[that's fine!]

I would be happy to help. [oh no don't accept her help...]

[ergaleomancer]

That's very kind of you. Is it a recipe or is it something that will keep? [Oh but it's not for her. She doesn't realise it yet, but this will actually be punishment for Albedo for being a derp in the cold.]

[lotuslife]

It is a recipe, but it's made with preserved plums, so it does keep, in a way.

[ergaleomancer]

Where does one get preserved plums? You mean the tinned ones from the shop?

[lotuslife]

A-ah- I had to do it myself, actually. The grocery store is not forthcoming at all with any ingredients that I am familiar with...

[ergaleomancer]

Well if it's a good cold remedy, it's worth having on hand as cold weather sets in. I would make you a few gas masks and an air purifier and oxygen generator in exchange for a large jar of preserved plums and any other speciality ingredients needed. What else goes into it?

[lotuslife]

[there is a moment of stunned silence while she processes what the woman has just said. that... sounds very, very useful. but-] I couldn't possibly accept something so generous.

[filtered]

[ergaleomancer]

If you want to bulk out your side of the offer with other odds and ends to make it fairer, I wouldn't refuse. But not only is it the one thing I have of value to offer.....

I don't particularly want to hear people on the phones dying the next time the hazmats come to town. If they've been here once, I have no doubts but what they'll be here again.

[filtered]

[lotuslife]

I believe I ought to. [because something so valuable deserves equal compensation, she believes.]

...Of course. They seem to be brought up out of mist, and disappear just as quick. It is likely that Mayfield could produce as many as it wanted to.

[filtered]

[ergaleomancer]

The most valuable thing, for me, in this place, is clockwork pieces; gears, springs, things of that nature, though if you have other things that might be useful for a resistance effort, that would be quite helpful as well.

...It seems you have information and experience?

[filtered]

[lotuslife]

I can't help you with clockwork, but I do have information and experience...

[filtered]

[ergaleomancer]

We're having a gathering at a friend's house on Monday the thirteenth. Evening time, I don't think there's a set time. It's 1647 Albright Lane...could you attend? We'll all be sharing information, so you could walk away with more than you came with, as well.

[OOC - You don't have to come, but there's an invite here if you'd like to be a part of it. ♥]

[filtered]

[lotuslife]

Mm... I believe so. [information, especially here, is power. she would have to be a fool to turn it down.] I will be sure to attend.

[I'll jump in, thanks for the invite!]

[filtered]

[ergaleomancer]

I'll see you there, then. Ah, I didn't catch your name, actually...?

And, if you could bring the plums to where I'm staying [Note, not 'my house', if you're into details.], it's 5721 Cunningham Lane. And you can tell me how to put together the rest of it then?

I should have an air purifier and oxygen generator as well as four gas masks by the end of this week.

[filtered]

[lotuslife]

I am Vietnam.

[a nod, though Theta can't see it, of course] I will be happy to come over to make the delivery. Thank you for your generosity.