DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 05:14 am (UTC)
lineman: (065)
From: [personal profile] lineman
Good evening, Evening. I was wondering if Whitney would be open to trading some of its honey.

[...] And I hope you are doing well in light of the horde. When I say "good evening," I mean it as mediated by this grim inevitability.
Edited (I'm sorry... This comment doesn't count toward breaking 50. Blythetalk only.) Date: 2024-11-04 05:14 am (UTC)

DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 05:36 am (UTC)
lineman: (022)
From: [personal profile] lineman
No, you are Evening and I am John. Haha.

[...] [...] [...]

We are preparing for the horde, taking in the livestock and our crops. With the honey, we hope to preserve our lemons and limes. If you are alright trading on an advance, we can repay you with some of the end product. These last a long time, you just have to let them sit for a while. Our doctor nurse virologist? Maggie is very handy with ferments.

I think it is safe to trade. The horde is not running, as far as I know.

DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 06:15 am (UTC)
lineman: (012)
From: [personal profile] lineman
Not so presumptuous. A directive, perhaps. I say good Evening and you say good John and then we are both good to each other.

How much are you comfortable parting with? Whatever we cannot preserve, we'll salt or try to use up. Do you like lemon donuts?

DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 07:02 am (UTC)
lineman: (124)
From: [personal profile] lineman
Okay. Hello. It will be completely up to chance if we are good to each other.

We can make lemon donuts. I will use apple sauce, flour, lemon, and yeast, and fry them in lard. [...] They will not taste very much like donuts from before. Not to get your hopes up. And there are better bakers than me in the lumberyard. They can make tastier donuts, I'm sure.

DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 04:42 pm (UTC)
lineman: (035)
From: [personal profile] lineman
If you want to make a personal trade, I can offer you lemon donut holes. [...] What [...] can you offer in return?.

DM, 11/3

Date: 2024-11-04 06:17 pm (UTC)
lineman: (037)
From: [personal profile] lineman
Oh, I don't know. [...] I am trying to be a bitch, but honestly I am fine with you having some donut holes.

Delivery, 11/4, late afternoon

Date: 2024-11-05 12:52 am (UTC)
lineman: (043)
From: [personal profile] lineman
[A baker's dozen of lemon donut holes, a bit lumpy. The donut holes have been delivered in a mason jar. Although ostensibly lemon-flavored, the donutsโ€”humbly made and not too sweetโ€”also taste strongly of apple. A note has been tied to the top of the jar with a bit of twine.]

I want the jar back.

- John Hwang

DM, 11/7

Date: 2024-11-07 09:15 am (UTC)
lineman: (043)
From: [personal profile] lineman
[An unusual picture, difficult to identify at first: someone wearing a necklace made of sparkly plastic beads over, a black turtleneck. The lower half of the personโ€™s face is visible, mouth arranged in a straight, expressionless lineโ€ฆ Upon closer inspection, the necklace wearer and subject of the selfie is John.]

Hello, Evening. Thank you for the honey candies, the children enjoyed them. Lucy made a necklace out of the beads.

DM, 11/7

Date: 2024-11-07 06:05 pm (UTC)
lineman: (011)
From: [personal profile] lineman
My sister's students. I have no children, that I am aware of.

No need to thank. Good luck today, if you are venturing out to deal with the horde. And good luck, too, if you are sheltering.