For I have made her prison be

Alsa tak ni sokas mahare, darin sel de mio noha seledis.

New plant, they grow well. Grow along wall, and in silence they soon grow outside greenhouse. They go to city, through city, give life. Bring life back. Circle broken fix again.

Trouble is come back, but here is place that maybe give him trouble also.

It is quiet now. For this quiet, I am happy. I have much time to think, to learn. In small time, I will have live here for two sun circle.

For this I am also happy. This place, it is home. I am knowing, for many person, this is not home, that they have many thing to return to, but I am happy for this place.

This place I meet many. I learn your names, your sound and silence. So many person, some bad and some good. You leave, you return, sometimes not remember, but always I am happy to see if only for little time.

This place... it is not home for many. But it is home for me. So I will try to make it good place, se ya?

Hel likt nas mia nadahil si kol hadani kamasi...

So many... of all kind...

Nala hil... ilda kol ni sakt hil di noma ka!

[There's a hiccup of sound, something between a laugh and a sob of sheer joy. She's trying to say something, but she's just so happy that she can't. When she calms down a little, she takes a deep breath and you can practically hear her smiling.]

I am not knowing person who is do this. I am thank you though, if you are scientist or person here by scientist magic. So many seed, so many kind to grow and make this place live. When spring come, I will make them all grow, tall green, alive. Kilsa ni so dimua ni kara dashi ni!

...Thank you.

[All you see is part of the greenhouse and Yorda's lower half, seated with her feet sole-to-sole and her toes locked between them like one would fold their fingers. One finger traces the comm and she seems thoughtful though you can't see her face.]

Word... they are strange thing, se ya? Always mean so many thing. Sound, speak, way of speak, always different.

Many person here, they say thing I do not understand. I listen, I see, I watch, and know soon that word are not just word alone. It is say thing, the voice and the word not matter so much. Word are for magic. Heart is for meaning.

This world. It is place with voice, nasan di kol. No person listen. Only fear it scream into heart of person.

Il sas, I wish to see it. To know it sound, to know it silence. To be as Nakahindas.

Apple tree is wake again.

We are have apple. I bring. Eat well. Live well.


...

[She's about to switch off the camera when something bug-shaped suddenly scurries over the screen]














Hadaro?

Ikanas hil da na kin madasa inda no min. Fu-an sil kas nada, ilmanta kana ilsa sol dan ne mata lis.

Han da sol kanasa il min da sol, kotos san da si han, manas, ina mura solin das nero se nikt.

Kandin.

Il na kan disol dama ne kas. Ima sil da, kin sol da. Isa nin yi tan da kosas min, aso Mada-ma ni koras san dol mana inakta. Isas, ikadas sil mas dan, isas mian nadi kilda nadin na. Malas no kil janin uenda nas ki, amas no si mian kori te ma.

Madin ni ko kanasa soto hi da sel ka.

( OOC Translation )

I am tired. The plant sleep, the fig tree come inside in warm place.

I think today, I go home. I have not seen home in long time, since fall of first snow.

One live.

One.

Sick. But it live. I am need water. Many much water. Help also, to make soil outside greenhouse good again. When snow come, I trick plants to winter sleep so are not die. But need help to get all food that is grow.

This is important soldier order! Many thing must be do or you eat food from box and not good food!

[The comm clicks on. Yorda's just been zapped and when she speaks, it's very quiet. She's been in the greenhouse working her tail off for the growing season, mourning her dead bug and hiding from any visitors.]

Five dead. One dying. Eight not dead.

Fig, apple, pear, seed and plant in greenhouse safe. Rain cannot get in so much.

...

Six dead.

...

Hadaro dead also.

...Tired...

[A zap startles Yorda and the comm drops. The soft white light she gives off vaguely illuminates the rubble of what's left of Latimer's fifth floor. She picks up the comm, studying it with a rather puzzled expression.]

...Speak. Should speak, anhui...

...

Am not want to speak though. Want to look.

[And she closes the comm, the transmission cutting off.]

[The comm drops into a patch of soil from Yorda's back pocket and lands in the small fig tree Neferti gave to the greenhouse a while back. Yorda is climbing up the branches of the apple tree with deliberate care, occasionally slipping but quick enough to catch herself when she does. When she's satisfied with where she is, she settles on the branch, humming off-key to herself. Eventually she starts putting words to the melody, though she's still out of key. Not that she particularly cares.]

Si hal ka de indas sol dimua
Insas hals ko rin san sol fal
Shi anas nil hadas sil kan si
En igal el insol-sa

Idas interos na
Sil kan hadas me nimsa
Si nonomori
Sori kol hode
Se nonomori
Sida nomose
Yorin sa
Yorin sa

Anas ne mia hadas?
Insan kol ida se nas

Yorin sa
Ien hosol kan na si-sil dan
Yorin sa
Vas na mit, asal kimas dal een

Sanas das nerinsi
Insel derin ni si
Si nonomori
Ansal ni kome
Se nonomori
Idas na ilnme
Yorin sa
Yorin sa

Silhanse madas hanse
Onsal nis ni hedare

Yorin sa
Ien hosol kan na si-sil dan
Yorin sa
Vas na mit, asal kimas dal een

Si hal ka de indas sol dimua
Insas hals ko rin san sol fal
Shi anas nil hadas sil kan si
Ni igal el dien-sa

[Content, she eventually dozes off in the tree branch and the comm soon times out.]

( OOC CUT: This be the song )

From life to death, so thing die.

From death come life, and so thing live.

Thank you, Prydain. For fix what you do wrong.

Shintas madri serin dalas ne min sol kas nadri, me sotac sil das.

Sohansas terin...

...Strange. Red fire...

I wish for speak to one who speak for all shadow.


...

Please.

For one more day, bird. Many plant grow also, all over city, and greenhouse is even better.

This shadow...

...It is not feel so bad.

...

Anhau... nikara seldo nis manos...

The apple tree! It...

It so big! Bigger than sneaky scientist trees!

When is this happen? When I go to Gohl last night it is small thing, become sick but now it is big and strong and look!

[It switches to video, looking down. Yorda's climbed up into the branches and now she's taking video of several large, red juicy looking apples among white apple blossoms]

I am not know who is doing it but thank you.

[She beams at the communicator]

You make sick tree strong again. I was think for time we are lose apple tree because winter and burning water was not so good to it.

Ah, se ya!

Missusan, water in greenhouse is turn to red grape tasting stuff. I am not come to school today because I drink a lot of the red stuff and it make me dizzy and I am having to go to lake to get water. Plant need many much care right now, tree knock over many plants as it grow, and greenhouse is having big hole in top.

Atrunes na midas kohin dimua. San, nichis tarin haksi nerine dolsis sami tesaras-kol indas di mo.

Harin, iksas narita, mohin nakt nohida sorite. Iksas itara itas. Itas naminas torin iksas oshinda ita-hara. Suman terin. Atako kin san-to toki asahan norin tomas dahine.

San, chihha asahan.

Achi, nadimas sol ni mara tohan sa. Alti ni scientist-sa ikaras Dormin? Achuhis nara mi nin na Fortuna sol nimas? Shi-han. Soldrit ni ka negi sol, holdi sol, sol don nara behine sanda minaras, ishan dokin nikt sil kakt. Alinas itas, sadakt nerin sol, tanin itara koline isha et somis, nohin dara marinsolas maha Nakahindas yodis... shinmas toni. Harin domis ka sol nin dansi, at hin... ikas ma.

Atsin sonsos sadakt nimas, tahindara inas na ka, indan tomiska salindan na ka.

Ikas ma otinda merin sol.

( [ooc translation] )

I hear Nill is gone and no person is knowing where?

Nahine madare sol nikt van noros tan meas...

Shadow wake.

But this... it is not of their place anymore. Never place for them again.

He da... five basket full of new-tree fruit!

I leave them for people to eat. Soft taste, not bad. I am not putting the light in them. They grow by self. Fast grow tree.

Natra solki navis lohiln da ma... Narus ta minahas koine sol.


Thank you, scientist who send seed for Discomas!

That is of doing it.

No more.

If you are all think of have this big dumb boy war, you are all stupid stubborn ass full of hole! No good thought in head except thought of fight and if that only thought you have in head I am close greenhouse and you can eat rot food and plant can just grow by self!

No war! Many you are not like it here and want to go home, se ya? So why are you fight? Why are head so full of stupid?!

So any person who go to dumb war not get fresh food. Eat Discedo rot food.

I am go look after tree. They are grow very well.

Ninsara dana sho, makada. He da...

Hin ka shosas... nadari konya.

Ikahn nadi koras. Isha so nis adrek si na. Jada ni shosas, hoa ni shosas.

Shohin kan sol mani na da, shi kola madas. Ien nas madri koas maka, insas so nini nakahueda idana naramisol dana kon-tan nik. Shosas ana no ka.

Icharas sol mio.

( OOC Translation )

...

The seed from Discedomas holy day...

...

They grow very fast.

I am not even give them light! ...He da...

All over roof. Root may swallow high school one day. Strong tree, fat bottom. They have many flower also.

This is...

It is my fault. I did not think that...

...I did not think at all.

Scientist not do this, monster not do this, Discedo not do this. My light, I put too much in plant, and then it go into person body, open door that should not be open. Not with magic. Should open with person will. But I open it against person will. Even though not intent of mine, it is fault.

I am sorry. I will do what must be done to make this end.

...Go in door, you will find end.

Person are see thing?

...That is strange, my eyes they do not see any odd thing.

Are monster thing do something bad to person?

He da... there was much this time.

It is good thing noise thing do not go in greenhouse.

I bring food to place. Remember put seed you get from food in basket I bring. Ah, also I ask favour that person put apple seed and pear seed in paper that say apple or pear. Seed are simile, so it is much easy more for me if I know what it there.

I come get basket tomorrow. Food is for all person, so if person is hungry and there is not enough, share.

Ah, sword has come back.

I wonder why it go?