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[taravata]

[ The screen snaps on, revealing one magnified blue eye. It snaps off for a minute, then turns on once again to reveal a dirt-stained face at a far enough distance to catch his whole visage. He looks annoyed, to say the least. Brow furrowed, lip curled in mild frustration.

Then the screen shuts off again.

But the blank screen is suddenly accompanied by a harsh SCREECH, followed by the loud two-beat thump of someone hitting the side of the device. There's another loud screech, as the device is pushed away in frustration, accidentally turning on once more to reveal a clear picture of Ben Hawkins, looking down at the device. ]

—— Future ain't nothing but a goddamn piece of shit.

[ooc: i've been out sick with the flu/cold?? the entire day, but backtags will come! ]

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Don't know nothing but that kind of stuff. Barriers? All Chinese to me.

Alls I know is that I can't just sit around and wait, goddammit. I got things to do, important things-- ain't got time to play their games.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

Think invisible fences.

We'll figure it out. You got a pencil around or anything?

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

I know what it is.

Nah. Stores around here, if ya need one.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

Cool. And I was going to give you my phone number in case you figured anything else--are you good at remembering them? There's also a...little function on this thing that can store them but--

[Sage squints at his device, and shrugs.] I forget how to get to it.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Don't use phones too often. [ A pause. ] You can give me it anyhow. I'll keep it.

[ He may forget it, but.. ]

Couldn't tell you.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

In the future everyone uses phones all the time. Too much, really. Like this network thing we're on. But anyway-- [A phone number!]

I don't think you had phone messages in your time? If I don't answer you can still say something.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Folks use 'em more in the cities.

Don't have those, no. But I'll keep this thing on me. You just call, and I'll pick up.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

Great. It's good to talk to somebody else who isn't just--accepting that we're trapped. Where are you from? I'm from Chicago, Illinois.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

I don't got time to be trapped.

Milfay, Oklahoma.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

They say time stops at home, but I don't know how we know that.

I've been there. Not Milfay, but Oklahoma. Mostly the mountains.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Who says that? The folks who come back?

I come from prairie.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

I don't know, that's why I don't trust it.

I walked through the prairie. And I got shot at. ...it was my fault, I still like Oklahoma.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

Probably 'cause you were trespassin'. Our land it's— it's important to us.

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was. I didn't know where I was, but I should have. It was a good lesson about respecting that.

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[taravata.livejournal.com]

It's all what some of them got.

[ His land, as dry and barren as it had been, was still his before the bank took it away. ]

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[gilthart.livejournal.com]

And they sure as fuck didn't need some stranger stumbling through in the middle of the night.

But I--paid it back.