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ELSA
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WELCOME TO THE SALTBURNT NETWORK
USERNAME:
ELSA
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[rigby and richards. two names recognizableable only by how many times she's looked down the sights of a rifle, memories of her father's rough hands passing over her own. better she has it than not. but, this is vastly out of context. she's barely figured out how to use the phone let alone thought of hunting. thank god she can read, but—]
Why are you telling me this? And who are you?
Why are you telling me this? And who are you?
Edited 2026-01-12 19:37 (UTC)
] Not at all. [ thinking about what Melissa told her, ] I mean, yes! I'm a very good guesser.
[ how long will this little lie hold up? not very long, probably. ]
Okay, so: it's a fruit, but it's used as a vegetable for cooking. Chances are they'll be using it here eventually. Here's what it looks like.
[ Insert photo pulled from the interwebs, ]
Pretty unusual color, right?
[ how long will this little lie hold up? not very long, probably. ]
Okay, so: it's a fruit, but it's used as a vegetable for cooking. Chances are they'll be using it here eventually. Here's what it looks like.
[ Insert photo pulled from the interwebs, ]
Pretty unusual color, right?
That depends. It can be used in interesting dishes, I think. Not so interesting on its own.
You know, I'm not sure? I just assumed it was grown pretty much everywhere, like other vegetables and fruit. That's how it is in my world and time, of course. I should look into it.
Do you have a favorite fruit back in Tennessee?
You know, I'm not sure? I just assumed it was grown pretty much everywhere, like other vegetables and fruit. That's how it is in my world and time, of course. I should look into it.
Do you have a favorite fruit back in Tennessee?
[the formality surprises her. is everyone here this nice? likely not, but she'll take what she can get.]
Just Elsa is fine.
Not at all. It was getting closer to winter where I came from, but snow hadn't touched the ground yet. It's beautiful.
Is this regular? The magic? It seems like magic, tapping on an alphabet and having my words find you.
Just Elsa is fine.
Not at all. It was getting closer to winter where I came from, but snow hadn't touched the ground yet. It's beautiful.
Is this regular? The magic? It seems like magic, tapping on an alphabet and having my words find you.
Edited (word fix) 2026-01-14 19:00 (UTC)
I'd like to try it.
Explain what you mean by world and time. Do these things [phones] we're using exist for you?
Peaches and blackberries. My family lived in the pines and we had so many berry bushes you could feed five families and still have more. The bears loved them.
Explain what you mean by world and time. Do these things [phones] we're using exist for you?
Peaches and blackberries. My family lived in the pines and we had so many berry bushes you could feed five families and still have more. The bears loved them.
Should we ask the staff to make a dish for us? And then we can sit together and get to know each other.
[ you guys, making friends is SO easy ]
You must have the best peaches and blackberries in the world. [ and since she brought up animals, ] What are the bears like?
[ you guys, making friends is SO easy ]
You must have the best peaches and blackberries in the world. [ and since she brought up animals, ] What are the bears like?
[ The next message that pops up on Elsa's phone contains nothing but a photo of a brown hyena pup, lying on an ornate rug. Its head is on its paws, its eyes half-closed, half-open, as if dozing. That's it — no text, no note to indicate whether or not the picture has found its intended recipient, or indeed if it was meant to have been sent at all. ]
[what is this adorable creature in her phone. not a dog, she can deduce, it's too wild-looking, and she has seen her fair share of coyote, wolf and fox pups. dog-adjacent, maybe?
she waits for an explanation. leaves her phone and goes about her day, returning to find no follow up. curiosity gets the best of her, circles as vultures do, waiting for the perfect moment to sweep down and dig their talons inside prey. today, it's the absence of family and restlessness that has her soaking up this new technology called a cellphone, finding it too easy to scroll and scroll and scroll.]
Are you going to tell me what this is? It's very cute.
she waits for an explanation. leaves her phone and goes about her day, returning to find no follow up. curiosity gets the best of her, circles as vultures do, waiting for the perfect moment to sweep down and dig their talons inside prey. today, it's the absence of family and restlessness that has her soaking up this new technology called a cellphone, finding it too easy to scroll and scroll and scroll.]
Are you going to tell me what this is? It's very cute.
Edited 2026-01-15 22:06 (UTC)
[ The return text comes as a surprise — but a harmless one, when his mistake had prompted it, anyway. (Elsa. A new name, as far as he can tell.) ]
He's a young brown hyena.
I wasn't familiar with the species before coming here, either.
He's a young brown hyena.
I wasn't familiar with the species before coming here, either.
It's a good thing to remember.
Do they? I think I like black bears.
[ At the same time: can't relate. ]
Do they? I think I like black bears.
[ At the same time: can't relate. ]
I doubt most, if any, would argue with that.
And of course. I’ll be taking him out later, or you can stop by the Hex Club, if you like.
And of course. I’ll be taking him out later, or you can stop by the Hex Club, if you like.
[ Sparing a glance at the pup, who still idles by his feet: ]
The entrance to the maze, in half an hour.
[ He's there, true to his word, his hands linked loosely behind his back as he watches the entire impetus for this meeting sniff around the grass at his feet. A lean figure in a coat with a high collar, the severe set of his features made even more so by the scarring that covers half of it. A polar opposite to the warm, youthful energy of the pup on the grass, who looks up at approaching company before its master does, its tail raising to wag, though it stays where it is, apparently obedient enough not to rush headlong into a new meeting.
It's only upon a gentle, ] Jawsy, say hello, [ that it trots forward, pre-empting any further commands by sitting as soon as it reaches Elsa's feet, looking up in a manner that reads of both curiosity and a suppressed sort of expectation. ]
The entrance to the maze, in half an hour.
[ He's there, true to his word, his hands linked loosely behind his back as he watches the entire impetus for this meeting sniff around the grass at his feet. A lean figure in a coat with a high collar, the severe set of his features made even more so by the scarring that covers half of it. A polar opposite to the warm, youthful energy of the pup on the grass, who looks up at approaching company before its master does, its tail raising to wag, though it stays where it is, apparently obedient enough not to rush headlong into a new meeting.
It's only upon a gentle, ] Jawsy, say hello, [ that it trots forward, pre-empting any further commands by sitting as soon as it reaches Elsa's feet, looking up in a manner that reads of both curiosity and a suppressed sort of expectation. ]
[meeting strangers comes easy, it's all she knew for months. wagons full of foreigners trudging through the plains and elsa loved them, learned from them. but she learned more from the earth than the people and she liked it that way. she finds silco as she'd promised, having mapped out the grounds when she arrived. the maze is a beacon. elsa is bundled properly, in a warm jacket, pants and boots. her hair remains free, two small braids entwined in her long locks.]
Hello.
[her voice is husky and unhurried in its southern drawl, bright eyes look to silco first, measuring, but she smiles, dimpled cheeks and freckled face lighting up when she greets him.]
And you, hello to you. [without hesitation she kneels to the ground, outstretches a hand toward jawsy's nose before running a hand gently over his soft fur.] How sweet. My goodness. A hyena. [she coos,] Never in my life. [unable to resist, she scoops the pup beneath his front legs to lift to her face and plant an exaggerated kiss between his ears.] Mwah! Yes! Hi, you adorable thing!
Hello.
[her voice is husky and unhurried in its southern drawl, bright eyes look to silco first, measuring, but she smiles, dimpled cheeks and freckled face lighting up when she greets him.]
And you, hello to you. [without hesitation she kneels to the ground, outstretches a hand toward jawsy's nose before running a hand gently over his soft fur.] How sweet. My goodness. A hyena. [she coos,] Never in my life. [unable to resist, she scoops the pup beneath his front legs to lift to her face and plant an exaggerated kiss between his ears.] Mwah! Yes! Hi, you adorable thing!
Then do call me Sofia.
[ formality is a kind of respect (a kind of offering). ]
It is beautiful, isn't it, particularly here in the countryside. I come from the city myself. [ that information costs her little, when she sounds the way she does. ] Magic like this is normal for me, yes, though we would call it human ingenuity. Progress, if you like. I can talk you through it, as I understand it, when we meet.
[ formality is a kind of respect (a kind of offering). ]
It is beautiful, isn't it, particularly here in the countryside. I come from the city myself. [ that information costs her little, when she sounds the way she does. ] Magic like this is normal for me, yes, though we would call it human ingenuity. Progress, if you like. I can talk you through it, as I understand it, when we meet.
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