11th Death

[rightsiderequiem]

[Dextera is outside the church tonight, staring up at the sky. he seems pretty content with life - which is at odds with how he reacted when the network oh-so-kindly broadcasted one of his deaths and his sin - but since he's found a bit of peace, that's alright. Dextera is even smiling as he observes the sky.

...the moment is promptly ruined when he sneezes. pulling his coat tighter around him, Dextera pulls the device closer and types out something.]

I think it's getting colder. Can I ask why?

[yeah...seems someone missed the memo about seasons changing.]

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[voice]

[beanstalk]

[....Man, this definitely takes him back. He remembers when he asked the same thing as a child.]

It's because winter's coming. When it's cold and snows a lot. Winter doesn't change until it starts to get warmer outside again.

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

[well there's a word he hasn't heard before...]

Snow?

[voice]

[beanstalk]

Yeah, snow. It's fluffy and white and happens when it's below freezing outside. It's pretty much just frozen water.

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

[humm....]

I don't think I've seen snow before. It comes when it's cold out, right?

[voice]

[beanstalk]

Yeah, when it's below freezing outside.

[voice]

[rightsiderequiem]

I think I'd like to see that.

[provided it didn't kill him, of course.]

[voice]

[beanstalk]

It shouldn't take too long for it to start snowing, you wouldn't have to wait long.

[text]

[rightsiderequiem]

It sounds like fun. Thank you for telling me.

[video]

[beanstalk]

Ah... You're welcome.

[historyrabbit]

You need some more blankets, Dextera? Or warmer clothes?

[rightsiderequiem]

I think I'm okay. [nevermind that the only thing he's got under that coat is a sleeveless turtleneck, but that's besides the point.]

I don't know why it's cold.

[historyrabbit]

[Dextera will still get some clothes. Because Lavi's stubborn about that kind of thing.]

That's because the earth's rotation around the sun now has us tilting away from it. All of the land south of us is going to have hot weather now and we get cold.

[rightsiderequiem]

[that's nice of you Lavi, even if Dextera might ask why later on.

it's a little hard to grasp - back home things stuck to 'boiling hot outside' and stayed that way - but he thinks he gets it.]

Will the warm come back?

[historyrabbit]

Yeah, winter here in Russia is a little longer than it is in other places. We'll be warm again in a few months.

[rightsiderequiem]

It changes every month? Warm for a little and then cold?

[historyrabbit]

We won't get warm again until April or May.

[rightsiderequiem]

Okay I think I understand. Thank you.

[historyrabbit]

No problem, yeah? Don't hesitate if you have more questions.

[rightsiderequiem]

I'll try not to.

video

[alma_karma]

Because it's winter... Have you never seen winter before?

video

[rightsiderequiem]

[Dextera thinks for a moment - the word "winter" doesn't ring any bells - and then shakes his head.]

I don't think so. Is winter cold?

Re: video

[alma_karma]

[Finally, someone else in Nesreca who came in knowing as little as Alma did. 8D]

Yeah. Before I thought winter was an old man who made things cold, but Lavi says it gets cold because of the way the earth goes around the sun... or something.

video

[rightsiderequiem]

[the sad thing is Alma might know a little more about things than Dextera does...]

Will the warm come back?

[while he didn't mind the change in temperature much, he was more used to hot than cold.]

Re: video

[alma_karma]

[Nodnod.] Yep! In a few months it'll be spring and things'll be warm again.

video

[rightsiderequiem]

Things change a lot. [things he never thought could change before.]

Re: video

[alma_karma]

It's pretty weird, huh? At home I never got to see seasons and stuff like this.

video

[rightsiderequiem]

A little. I'm used to it being hot all the time. I didn't think I'd see more either.

[and that's a strange thought. to have actually lived this long, probably the longest Dextera had ever been around for, and see all these neat things.]

Re: video

[alma_karma]

Just wait 'til spring! That's my favorite season. It's not too hot and not too cold, and all the plants start growing again.

... Well, as much as they grow here, anyway.

video

[rightsiderequiem]

Plants are little things that grow out of the ground, right?

[he remembered hearing about them once.]

Re: video

[alma_karma]

Yeah! Trees and grass and flowers and stuff.

video

[rightsiderequiem]

I can't remember if I've seen those before. They sound nice.

Re: video

[alma_karma]

Yeah, I think you'll like them.