paradisa | Seven Truffula Trees

[Hephaestus Cabin Folks]

Hey guys? Let's never do drunk science again. That hangover really wasn't worth it and I'm pretty sure we were only a few steps away from doing something potentially evil. And my evil laugh really isn't good enough to be playing in even the minor leagues of evilness.

Also does anyone remember what happened to the guitar I made there? I remember deciding it needed to go on some robot, and someone else said it was a better idea to use on a Doom Vacuum? Did we even make that in the end?

[Yuan]
[No words in the journal for him, the Once-ler DID make good on his word to Martel. Yuan, you will have a car through your door today with crappy pieces of bead and macaroni art on the front, showing a blue-haired guy dancing. He has a cane and a top hat. On opening the card, a very inappropriate tune sounds. Inside are the simple words 'CONGRATULATIONS ON NOT BEING DEAD'

You're welcome]
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[The Once-ler is bored. This is never a good thing. Normally at this point, he'd make up an inane, pointless song with almost no tune or anything near decent lyrics. But not today, oh no. Today he has been thinking. And now he's going to share with you. Dictated in the most meandering tones imaginable.]

You know how a piece of buttered toast always lands buttered side down? It's really annoying because you can't eat it after that, not even if you use the three second rule because the butter has picked up whatever gross stuff is on the floor so you end up with buttered toast, with extra lint and maybe a dead bug. ...Ew.

ANYWAY. That got me thinking, cats. Not that you get cats attached to your buttered toast because that's just weird. But they always land on their feet, right? They do that weird spine-bending thing and just land perfectly.

So. If you strapped a piece of toast on the back of a cat, butter side up, and just...dropped it. What would happen?

[Yes, this is what he has dedicated his evening to]

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Depends on your definition of 'home'. There's nothing left for me back there now, anyway.

[Nothing except a barren wasteland, anyway]

What do you mean? You still have a world to go back to, don't you?

[She gets a dry laugh in response]

Sure I do. It's swell, I'm super excited about going back there and living the rest of my days in abject misery.

[ Cautiously: ]

Is it a dangerous world...?

[Only when he's in it, he wants to say, but he bites that back]

...Not any more. The damage is already done.

[ Whenever people tell her there's nothing for them to return to, she can't help but feel the opposite. There has to be something. ]

What happened?

It's a long story. I don't like to tell it.

Are you sure? [ She pauses. ] If there's something you want to say, you should say it.

Yep. Pretty sure I don't want to tell the story.

Make that infinitely sure.

[ Darn her curiosity. ]

Well... even if you can't go back to that place, you can still make a new home!

Where? Here?

If you wanted to... but I meant back in your world.

No. Making a new home there would be like starting fresh. Like nothing ever happened.

I can't do that.

What's wrong with that? Second chances are alright!

Not everyone deserves a second chance.

That's... [ Shocking to hear. ] Not true!

Oh, believe me, it is. I mean, sure, you can try and make right what you've done, but it'll never erase the past.

It's true you can't change the past... but you have a future you can make for yourself!

Not always. Sometimes there's nothing left to build a future with.

[ Firmly now: ] Don't say that!

[La la la, not listening]

Why? Because it's the truth. If you live in a world where it isn't the truth, count yourself lucky.

It's not! [ She sounds a little desperate now. ] I've known many people who did-- did things maybe they can't forgive themselves for, but they still got second chances!

Lucky them. It still doesn't mean it happens to everyone. Sometimes life just isn't that fair.

Why are you saying this?

You brought it up, if you don't want to talk about it, that's cool by me. I'd rather not discuss it anyway.

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