Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Story: "Squiggles" 1510.01.11

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1510.01.11

This year's required science class is stupid: "The Science of Flowers." Of course everybody in the Tifirf school system has to take that one. Why couldn't it be "The Science of Horses" instead? I like studying animals a lot more than plants. Plants just sit there. Animals do interesting things. My art class is "Details for the Developing Artist" with Teacher Threl, which according to him includes a great deal of pen work and watercolors with a teeny brush. We're supposed to focus on things like eyes and fingernails for people, and ears on horses -- a horse's ears pretty much tell you its mood. Flowers have plenty of detail too; maybe I can combine some assignments from these two classes. So that's not all bad.

I get a new letter-friend assigned this year. The civics teacher has a list of adults who are willing to exchange letters with students who share a common interest. We all had to fill out these silly little quizzes, which naturally had nothing to do with anything I care about. So I just wrote in "pet mice, genetics/breeding, artwork" at the bottom. Hopefully I'll get someone exciting this time. My brother Egram still writes to his musician friend in Faajaffug. I'm still swapping letters with Imoshavi, too, but I look forward to meeting someone else. All Imoshavi talks about is her new boyfriend.


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tuftears

tuftears

January 6 2014, 20:28:07 UTC 7 years ago

SOME plants just sit there. ;)

Also, fewer worries about your flowers running off and hiding when you need them for your report and presentation! And flowers take much less space than horses when you factor in exercise and grazing.
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

January 6 2014, 20:36:45 UTC 7 years ago

>> SOME plants just sit there. ;) <<

I don't think we've described any carnivorous plants in Torn World yet, let alone mobile ones. It's possible. I should maybe ask ellenmillion about this. Carnivorous giant seaweed would make a cool new sea monster, for example.

>> Also, fewer worries about your flowers running off and hiding when you need them for your report and presentation! And flowers take much less space than horses when you factor in exercise and grazing. <<

Okay, these are good points. Though I will point out that a species of invasive plant can very easily gobble up a huge amount of territory; that's a constant worry in this setting.