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Sixty-Fifth Theory [Video]

[The video feed clicks on, and Don looks thoughtfully at the camera for a moment before speaking.]

Another Christmas in Luceti.

[His tone is direct, just stating a fact, but somewhere behind it is a note of melancholy.]

This is my third. All of them have been in this house. All of them have been with different people.

[He slides back from the journal, revealing a corner of his winter room. He's been gradually moving into it over the past week, and has more or less taken up residence now.]

I've seen a lot of people come and go. There probably aren't many left who remember when Luceti didn't have electricity.

[He picks up some small bit of tech and squints at it.]

When I arrived here, the drafts were just starting. There were no missions. The Battle Dome didn't exist. We didn't have a farm and there was a desert where the ocean is now.

[He carefully threads a length of wire through a hole in the tech part.]

The buildings were shorter. Some of the stores and restaurants weren't open. [A pause.] I think I'm forgetting things...

[The wire slides through, and he knots the loose ends to form a loop.]

Does anyone remember other things that have changed? Or, does anyone want a history lesson? I'll be here all day.

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Honestly, not much. The general idea is that we meet once in a while to share what we've learned about this place, but I'm not very good at organizing it.

Count me in for next time, I guess. [This is not quite a put-upon tone, but she doesn't seem to muster much enthusiasm, either. Then again, she never really does.]

[He had noticed.]

No problem. What's your name?

I'm Daria. What's yours?

[She really, really, hopes it's not going to be some stereotypical name for a pet turtle.]

Donatello.

[Probably not very typical.]

[Thank God.]

Your parents were art-lovers, huh? That's pretty cool.

My father was, yes.

[He's impressed you recognize the name.]

[She reads. Prefers books to people, really. And her ~~only~~ best friend paints.]

Does that mean you have a budding career as a starving artist?

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I'm good at starving and bad at art, so I would say yes.

[They said food was pretty plentiful here, so he must mean back at his home.]

My last foray into artistic expression didn't go so well either.

[Whether she means the poster with Jane that the school guidance counselor and principal deliberately altered without their permission, or the very failed attempt at helping Jane with hair dye.]

Oh?

I sort of messed it up. And it was my best friend's hair. I'm pretty sure that's against any girl friendship code. [Except it hadn't been intentional. And of course they'd eventually talked through what was really bothering both of them at the time of the argument.]

Did it - get better? [He's not entirely sure what words to use for this.]

Yeah. She just dyed it back to black again.

... Herself. [She'd told Jane she wasn't the right person to ask for that sort of help. Anything she can do? Sure. But fashion and hair are more her sister's sphere.]

[Oh. That doesn't sound so bad.]

Is that really the kind of thing girls do together?

Apparently so. It was a first for me. And it was her idea.

[Ah. He gets it.]

What do you usually do with your friends? If you don't mind me asking?

Usually just watch TV or something. Or go for pizza.

Really? That's it? [ - ] I mean -- it sounds so normal.

I guess it is normal. [And with something that simple, she says a bit more than she probably would have at another time.] I guess that's why I'm having trouble with all the things going on here. [Not least of which are talking turtles.]

It seems to me you're doing better than most people. [Case in point, talking turtles.]

Well... Talking to fairies and elves and wizards might still be healthier than talking to myself, at least. [She's been known to do that once or twice under stress.]

What's wrong with talking to yourself?

Nothing, if you want people to think you're a crazy old lady already when you're barely finishing high school.

Do people think that? I've been called many things, but a crazy old lady is not one of them.

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[Voice] and i realize as I go to write this... what a ping it will be. XD

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[Voice] ahh XD welp, still canon for her. she and jane don't do much *else*

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[Voice] ahh XD welp, still canon for her. she and jane don't do much else