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ellie ([personal profile] vaccination) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2013-08-29 01:14 am
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Bullshit is showing up here with everything on me but my comic books. All those Savage Starlight issues, gone. Just like that. Fuck you too, Initiative.

[A pause. Ellie's never really addressed a group of people. Technology is crazy. Okay, there was a point to this whole thing.]

... anyway, guess I just wanted to say thanks to the people that helped me out when I got here. I found who I was looking for, so. Didn't wanna leave anyone with a cliffhanger.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-01 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I've been collecting books my whole life, really.

[After a moment, carefully.] They're pretty easy to come buy where I'm from, though. Depending on what you're looking for, anyway.
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[personal profile] vaccination 2013-09-01 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Bookstores, right? I've seen a few.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-01 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. We've still got our fair share, in my city. [The quake hadn't taken too many out, really, not permanently, and they've gotten a few new ones since.]
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[personal profile] vaccination 2013-09-01 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Did something happen to them?
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-01 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
They can be hard to maintain, what with the chain stores and ebooks. [There's no disdain in her voice; she loves the idea of digital literature, she just wants to have both.]

And then there was the earthquake. [She's trying to keep her voice casual, but it's strained at the edges.]
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-04 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her tone turns rueful.] That obvious?

Yeah, it was. First earthquake we ever had, and it was a 7.6.
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[personal profile] vaccination 2013-09-05 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
What does a 7.6 mean?
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-08 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her voice brightens, a little. Teaching!] Earthquakes are measured using something called the Richter scale - it quantifies the energy released, the damage done. If it's less than 2.0, it's called a microearthquake - most people don't even feel them. 9.0 plus is total destruction.

7.6 falls under "major".
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[personal profile] vaccination 2013-09-09 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, shit. That puts it into perspective.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-10 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her voice dims.] Yeah. Most of the city wasn't even a little prepared.

[Her tone shifts; stronger, and proud.] But we got through it.
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[personal profile] vaccination 2013-09-11 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Not exactly something you can prepare for, is it?

Uh. It's good, though. The the whole place wasn't trashed.
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[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2013-09-14 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Cities that are used to earthquakes can build with them in mind, but yeah, there's only so much you can do. [Her tower survived, but that was luck as much as structure.]

We got help rebuilding, eventually.
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