[open]

[silentends]

Who: younger Nier and you!
Which: Open log + network
Where: the gardens !!
What: working on a small garden project and corgi trees!! + one closed prompt
Warnings: mentions of death are recurring 

Network

Nice to meet you. My name's Nier. Just thought I should mention there's someone else here with the same name. He's much older than I am and that might be a little confusing. We're different people so I need to make that clear.

Anyway, there's a question that's been on my mind for some time now.

Do you think it's ever okay to tell a lie? I'd like to hear some thoughts because I sometimes wonder if the nightmares here are lies and illusions. They seem so real but sometimes they just aren't.

Back in my world there's something called the Deathdream and I don't know if anyone else has heard of that term before either.



Action Open 

[Outside Nier can be found with a tool in hand. There's a toolbox nearby along with several logs of wood just lying around. He's busy trying to build a fence for the gardens. What he really wants to do is help the Corgis in what way he can. He spent most of his life growing up in a smaller village so it was necessary for him to learn various tools of the trade. 

Beside him there's also a small patch of flowers growing by the soil bed. If you don't look too busy Nier might look over to your direction and start talking more.]

Do you have a moment? I could use some help watering the plants. 

closed to Susato Mikotoba 

Good to see you again, Susato!! There's a lot of work for us to do today. I hope you've been well.

[Nier is trying to walk carefully around the area because there are a bunch of snare traps just lying around. It could be dangerous.]

So someone really did just left a bunch of traps outside. We need to do something about that. I'm going to do my best and see what we can accomplish today.

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Comments

[heseesonlyher]

No more difficult than it was for you to be separated from your sister.

[Literally. It's literally the same thing. Kind of. Close enough that any differences are minute and restricted to personal experience. Just like it would be for anyone else. Old Man isn't about to start trying to pin down what's 'worse' or what's 'better.' And to him, it's over and passed.

He does find himself nodding as Nier continues.]

Yeah. That's right. I tried to stop him, but... Just couldn't. [Too powerful, he supposes.] At least, not at that time.

[flamekthunder]

[It really isn't and he's not going to respond to that.]

I've had to use one for other projects. If I can't find one somewhere nearby I'll go to my house and pick it up.

[darkcharge]

What a strange little sister you have then.

Though yes. I can say I like those.

[starshower]

[Her brow wrinkles at that. The idea of not having that kind of experience is a bit strange to her, even if the answer to his question is about the same, and it's his voice that wrenches her from that brief train of thought.]

Outside the city, yeah. Midgar was too concentrated with energy, but the town I grew up in did. We were by the mountains, so we'd have really nice summers and then really cold winters.

[But she's much more curious about him.]

So you've never... had seasons? Not even rainy or warm season? Never mind snow...

[silentends]

What happened to you? Why couldn't you stop him?

[ Nier gets the feeling he's asking an uncomfortable question but he'd like to know. ]

The Shadowlord did all of these terrible things and I'll never forgive him for it. He's even hurt you.

[heseesonlyher]

Probably a combination of things. Mostly I just remember him being ridiculously powerful. There was another book, too. Weiss couldn't even stand up against it.

[He shakes his head. He wishes he had all the answers. He doesn't In the end, he acquired the strength to go up against the Shadowlord, but five years prior, he had no chance.]

I thought you'd already gotten rid of him, honestly. Don't tell me he's still around in your world.

[Because by this point, though they've not really spoken deeply of it, Old Man has figured out they've definitely had different experiences. And it's enough to make him hesitate on sharing anything he's witnessed, if only because he doesn't want to colour anything his counterpart has been through. He's also aware that his actions are responsible for his experiences. Nier has had other experiences, likely as a result of different actions taken.]

[shithogs]

Yeah? Make sure you do. As for the rest, just write shit down.

[It's frank, straightforward advice, but Kainé's never been one to beat around the bush.]

We've got those journals. Use 'em to keep track of what you learn. Share shit with other people. Seems like folks are real into that kind of garbage here.

[You know, working together and problem-solving. Chump stuff.]

[judicialassistant]

[ At the very least, each trap seems to take them less time to dispatch. They truly are getting the hang of things, which is why it takes a moment for Nier's words to process. ]

Ah... Anything?

. . . I suppose that is how things should be, in a dream. [ They should be able to do whatever they want, with only their imagination as the limit. If only things were that simple. ] Sometimes I think father is worried that he doesn't have the same affinity for dreamotion that I do. Hopefully once the clinic is more established, he will see that he does not need it.

[silentends]

I remember telling your dad something about dreamotion once. I told him that it can help grow plants and flowers.

[ Nier believes that thinking positively helps manifest the energy needed for growing flowers. ]

He seemed really surprised it could be applied that way. Have you tried growing plants with dreamotion, Susato?

[silentends]

You're not wrong. Just where did you learn how to write Kainé?

[ They really lived in such a different world compared to everyone else. ]

I learned everything I know back with Devola and Popola in the village. They taught me how to read and write so that I'd get more work.

[silentends]

The other book...wasn't that Grimoire Noir? In the legend there's a tale of a black and white book. I know about him.

[ Grimoire Noir was the other book that got mentioned in the song of the ancients. Nier doesn't really know too much about how it all works, but he can piece together things from what he's experienced so far. ]

I killed the Shadowlord, but it wasn't easy. My friends and my family suffered at the hands of the Shadowlord. With him gone maybe things will get better. That's what I'm hoping for.

[heseesonlyher]

Yeah. That's the one. I remember back when people thought I was nuts for believing in the passages of that book. Honestly, I didn't expect the whole thing to actually be real, but you know.

[He shakes his head with a sigh. When he starts playing it all back in his head, it sounds so fantastical, like it belongs in a childrens' book. But it all really happened. Even he thinks he sounds a little crazy.

Nier yanks his attention to the very prominent, present moment. So he knows about all of this. And if he's killed the Shadowlord, chances are that he's experienced those five years in a similar fashion. He can't help wondering where all the questions are coming from. Maybe his counterpart is just doing research. Testing the old man to see what he knows. What he remembers.]

Well... I'd assume without the Shadowlord in power that there's no way to go from there except up. What you're telling me is you saved Yonah, right?

[shithogs]

My grandma taught me.

[The answer is straightforward, succinct— her parents hadn't lived long enough to teach her much of anything, but she did at least know the basics before her grandmother insisted she keep up with it.]

She wanted to be sure that no matter what happened, I'd be able to look after myself. Said that stuff was important. She's who taught me to garden, too. Pretty much everything, really.

[Kali was a formidable woman in many ways.]

[judicialassistant]

[ She shakes her head, though the idea doesn't seem completely foreign to her. Sadly, at this point in time, she still doesn't know anyone with that kind of control over plants. ]

I haven't. Do you know how, Nier?