are you really you?

[purevanillacookie]

[The script that appears in the netbooks is new, elegant. A little... scrombly, as if the person writing isn't used to fingers (he is not) but it's legible.]

Greetings, my name is Pure Vanilla Cookie, please forgive me intrusion, but I was told this was the way to reach out to everyone. I have been given some information about this place, though I must admit I am have a difficult time understanding some things, and there is one question I have which I hope others may shed some light on? Has anyone else woken up here in a body not their own, yet with enough similarities to your former body that you can see the resemblance?

[Haha, what.]

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[purevanillacookie]

[Beings from Beyond? From Space? But not Celestial bodies. Just plants. Space Plants.]

I must admit, that sounds quite fantastical to me! But my world is very small, and our Knowledge of the Heavens only extends to what the Wizards have left behind, much of which is lost to time! Space Plants!

[He's tickled, ngl.]

[lupusxylem]

I guess youre prolly thinkin theyre like

plant plants

like trees and shit but theyre not

theyre more like...creatures that act like batteries. theyre capable of producing the energy we need to survive on our planet. they keep us goin with food and water and electricity.

They're just called plants because they kindof look like flowers when they're dormant

[purevanillacookie]

Oh!

['Batteries' doesn't sound like a nice thing to call them, but perhaps that's a term of honor in their world?]

How marvelous, they sound amazing! They must truly be benevolent to offer such assistance! It is quite a gift to offer up life!

[They sound almost Deity like. He wishes he could meet one. Are they like Witches?]

[lupusxylem]

[Ha...haha...not even close. Wolfwood of course doesn't mean it in as derogatory of a sense as it sounds, but he doesn't even realize how it's come off as he's written it. That's what he knows, that's how things have been since he was born. If he were asked to describe them any other way, he's not sure he'd know how.]

Yeah. We need them, or else we wouldn't survive.

It's kindof...what's the word. We rely on them just as much as they rely on us. We take care of them, they give us what we need to stay alive.

[And if PV wants to meet one well GOOD NEWS-]

[purevanillacookie]

Ah, a symbiotic relationship? Through your care, they thrive, and through them thriving, they in turn gift safety and sustenance.

[Oh if only PV knew.]

It does sound quite like plants as I know them, and it must be wonderful being able to live with them.]

[Ooooooooooooh, if only PV knew.]

[lupusxylem]

[If only PV knew]

It ain't all sunshine and rainbows. The planet isn't hospitable. It's not like this place. There ain't any trees or grass or wildlife. It's just...lots of sand with the few civilizations inbetween that people have managed to scrounge together.

So when I say we need them, I mean it.

[purevanillacookie]

[Ah. Pure Vanilla gets it, now. Without the plants, there would be nothing. There's a small mark on the paper, where Pure Vanilla's pencil rests, as he absorbs this information.

How much do the plants need them in comparison.]

I see. I am sorry, though it sounds like both sides are making the most of it. I am glad each side has the other.

[lupusxylem]

It is what it is. It's what a lot of us were born into, so we don't really know anything else.

At least, I didn't until coming here. I never even really knew what most trees and shit looked like until this place.

[purevanillacookie]

I imagine it must be quite the change. I hope you are adjusting well, and despite the warnings of this place, it has been treating you well.

[lupusxylem]

[Wolfwood starts to immediately write "No it's been awful actually", but he stops. Because when he thinks about it- really thinks about it?

He does have things here that he cares about. He's got Livio back. He has Vash. And, as much as he tries to pretend otherwise, there are plenty of others in this Grove he considers to be his friends. Maybe even like family.

Not that he'd say it, but...]

It could be a lot worse than it is. But I won't jinx it by detailing how.

Just thankful that we've got a place to live that's sortof safe.

[purevanillacookie]

Indeed, for as much as the Forest is dangerous, the Grove seems safe, and there are others around to help out. I do not know your world or your circumstances, but I am glad you are here and well.

[You don't need to know someone to love them.]

[lupusxylem]

oh
uh
thanks

[God damn it peepaw why are you so


nice. He doesn't know how to deal with it, especially after /gestures to the rest of this thread.]

Just try to stick with the rest of us here. Can't promise you'll be fine all the time, but
most of us tend to try to look out for each other.

[purevanillacookie]

[Love is stored in the cookie.]

Of course, my friend. I will do my best to keep with everyone else, and to lend my help where I am able as well. You have my word. And thank you for your care, and desire to help.

[He wouldn't suggest it otherwise.]