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Day 52, Morning; Mainland; Attn: Hunter, Marran (F)

Feb 11, 2009 10:45

Mitar followed the captain in a southwesterly direction, the Athosian herbalist, Marran, walking beside him. He was making mental note of the trees and bushes even as his eyes scanned the ground for more low-lying plants that might have lived into the winter and the tree branches for the rare aerial-growing or parisitic plant. "Are the trees much ( Read more... )

location: mainland, character: marran indala, day 52, character: jim hunter, time: morning, character: mitar belic

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cpt_hunter February 12 2009, 03:52:45 UTC

"Sure thing," he said cheerfully as he offered Mitar a boost. "Now, at risk of sounding like an idiot here... I paid more attention in physics than I did in biology and I'm not a physicist so that should tell you something... I've always wondered if maybe on another planet, trees aren't mostly purple. Or blue. Or bright red grass." He chuckles. "I know there's a reason for the green, but I still wonder."

atlantistngnpcs February 12 2009, 04:12:46 UTC

"Actually, there could theoretically be other chemicals that could perform photosynthesis, but even on Earth where the photoautotrophs use chlorophyll, some of the plants aren't green."

Mitar held on to the tree trunk with one hand, trying to keep his balance, while he reached with the other for the shelf fungus.

"Or didn't you notice the red lettuce and purple cabbage in your salad?"

He tugged the fungus without effect, then gritted his teeth and pulled harder. The bark beneath the fungus suddenly gave way, coming off with the shelf mushroom and throwing him off balance. Mitar let out a stream of Serbian as he started to fall.

cpt_hunter February 12 2009, 04:16:19 UTC

"I thought it was food coloring, like in fourth-grade science class with the white carnations--Ohshit," came out in one blurt as he scrambled to break Mitar's fall. He clung to Mitar's trousers in an attempt to control the fall, as he fell back on his ass.

atlantistngnpcs February 12 2009, 04:22:31 UTC

At the moment that Mitar felt himself overbalance beyond all return, he twisted to try and avoid landing on the military man while yelling, "Stay back!"-- though possibly not in English-- to Marran who was rushing toward him. Then he was on his back in the snow, and thank God for soft snowbanks. He took a moment to find his breath. He didn't seem to be hurt. "Anthocyanins," he said, without explanation as Marran leaned over him, concern marring her features.

cpt_hunter February 12 2009, 04:24:49 UTC

"You okay, Doc?" he asks, scrambling to get back up and dusting snow off his uniform. Nothing hurt but his pride, and even that just minimally. He reached down to help Mitar up.