27 ❦ Video

[chlorophylliac]

[Ivy appears in the video feed surrounded by plants. It’s all a little more sparse than it looks like it could be; this is because the Admiral kindly confiscated anything that could be considered dangerous. Thanks for that, guy. She looks like she’s been in a fight recently but her deep green skin doesn’t really show much bruising.]

...This again.

[She touches her fingers lightly to the bridge of her nose. The frustration is washed out of her voice; she just sounds tired. She’s struggling to reconcile her time on the Barge with two days spent at home that as good as eliminated those memories; it’s wearisome.]

I left in August, it appears I’ve returned in February, so the question now is whether my absence can be measured in months or years. I’m dying to know.

[You wouldn’t be able to tell.]

For those of you who recognize me, I’m pleased to say that my memory is intact. [Largely. Not as much as she’d like.] For those who don’t, my name is Poison Ivy. I have previously been an Inmate here for almost two years, so rolling out the welcome wagon isn’t necessary. I would like to know whether the greenhouse has finally fallen into Warden management, and if so, whose.

[Friends Filter]

['Friends' is too strong a word in most cases but those remaining on this filter are: Morgana, Zane, Iris, Arthas and Barbara.]

If you can see this message I would appreciate a response. Thank you.

Comments

[dinosize]

I think I'm pretty ordinary next to you.

[chlorophylliac]

So do I. [modest as usual Ivy.] But, even humans can miss the Green. You are human?

[If he's a meta with an inferiority complex then that's just annoying.]

[dinosize]

Fully human. No magic, no superpowers, no alien blood. Downright boring for the Barge.

[chlorophylliac]

Consider the bright side, Stephen. At least you're not arbitrarily crippled just to give a weaker species a sporting chance.

[dinosize]

I was.

I could've gone to the Olympics for shooting. Admiral won't give me any guns, will he?

[chlorophylliac]

No.

But I couldn't create a facsimile of my own powers using scavenged parts and some technical know-how, either. There's no parallel to be drawn.

[dinosize]

Scavenged gun is about like the powers you get to keep.

You mean there's no comparison because your powers are part of you. Also because I don't think you don't like being compared to weaker species. At least be honest about it.

[chlorophylliac]

[She just rolls her eyes. This argument is beneath her.]

I'm aware of my heritage. How long have you been on board?

[dinosize]

Don't know.

[ This is half a lie. He tries not to keep track. ]

Not a year yet.

[chlorophylliac]

Twenty-first century?

[Either that or he's adjusted very effectively.]

[dinosize]

With a slight mix of the Permian.

[chlorophylliac]

[Interesting.]

How?

[dinosize]

Anomalies, creating tears from the past to the present. [ And from the present to the future. ]

To different eras of the Earth, millions of years apart.

[chlorophylliac]

[All kinds of conflicted feelings right here. On one hand she's envious that he's seen the Earth before humans fucked it up, but on the other hand? She's finally accepted that she needs human company as much as she needs her plants.]

How long did you spend there?

[dinosize]

[ Little duck of his head. It's a strong regret of his that he never spent a long time in the past. ] I've never spent more than a couple days.

[chlorophylliac]

[...Well now she's jealous. Weekend breaks in the land before time? Yes please.]

Out of choice or circumstance?

[dinosize]

More circumstance.

[ Unfortunately. One, he'd spent the whole time with a punctured lung; another, he'd been trying to rescue a little girl. ]

I could've spent ages, though. Just learning. [ There's a longing in him; there are so many questions. He could find so many answers. ]

[chlorophylliac]

You could.

Most people would have spent those 'ages' panicking. Just as well you prefer the outdoors.

[dinosize]

Most people don't have the experience I do. Tracking animals in the Amazon, or living for weeks at a time above the Arctic circle.

[chlorophylliac]

Zoologist?

[dinosize]

Studied natural history.

[chlorophylliac]

[She smirks.]

Evidently.

[dinosize]

Before I got stuck in it, too.