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Jaspert Sharp: Dylan Sharp, Ma sent you a letter. Should I post it?
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Dylan Sharp: No! Just...post it as a note and put it as private to me and you!
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Aleksander Ferdinand: Why can't he post it normally?
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Dylan Sharp: Mind your own business, you daft prince. And it's probably too long for a normal post, that's why.
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Jaspert Sharp: Warning: it's probably going to take me a long time.
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Dylan Sharp: Ninny.
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Jaspert Sharp: Bumrag.
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Dylan Sharp: Clart-sniffer.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: As touching as all this is, shouldn't Jaspert be typing up the letter?
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Dylan Sharp: He's gone already...
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Jaspert Sharp: I'm done.
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Jaspert Sharp tagged Dylan Sharp in the note 'Ma's letter'
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Dear Deryn,
You silly girl, what have you done? How could you do this to all of us, to your aunties and cousins and uncles and me? What if whatever airbeast you're on catches on fire? You'll be much higher up than your Da, don't you understand? We won't even have a body to bury! Did you even think of the consequences when you rushed off to do this...this mad thing? I don't know why Jaspert helped you to do this, but trust me on this, when I see the both of you again, you will be in for the scolding of your life! Come back soon, and whatever you do, don't get killed!
Stay safe,
Ma
Deryn felt the tears well up in her eyes as she read her Ma's typically brief, fussy note. She hadn't realized just how homesick she was, not that there was much left at home for her. It had all gone up in flames when she had fallen back to the ground as her Da's balloon caught on fire. Now, only fuss and corsets and hints at marriage remained, and she wasn't entirely sure she didn't want that, either. Life on an airbeast was so tiring...
A hand landed on her shoulder, startling her out of her thoughts. She hastily closed the window, and looked back over her shoulder only to see Newkirk looking at her nearsightedly. "Are you ok, Mister Sharp?" A quick nod seemed to reassure him, and he plunked down at the computer next to hers. He glanced sidelong at her as he waited for the computer to load. "You know, there are potatoes in the mess hall." In a flash, Deryn Sharp had logged out of her computer and was racing down the hallways to the middy's mess hall, thoughts on homesickness temporarily forgotten.
Dylan Sharp: Jaspert Sharp, how did Ma find out?
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Jasper Sharp: I have no idea.
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Dylan Sharp: Nora Darwin Barlow, you didn't tell me this beastie had a camera!
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Nora Darwin Barlow: As I said when I debriefed you, there are a lot of functions on this piece of Darwinist/Clanker technology that are up to you to find out about. This is just one of several.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: You better not take my picture, Mister Sharp.
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Dylan Sharp: I'm afraid it's too late for that, prince. –evil laugh-
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Aleksander Ferdinand commented on a picture: Why did you take this picture of me? I look awful, Dylan Sharp=.=
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Dylan Sharp: That was the point;)
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Aleksander Ferdinand: This is going to come back to haunt me in the future.
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Jaspert Sharp: There won't be a future for any of us if we keep spending as much time on the computer as we do now.
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Rigby: Right enough, Coxswain Jaspert Sharp. Dylan Sharp, topside, now. We need you up in the air.
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Dylan Sharp: Am I supposed to bring the beastie with me everywhere? Or should I just leave it in my quarters?
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Rigby: Leave it, Mister Sharp, and get topside now!
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Aleksander Ferdinand: You already bring Bovril everywhere with you. What's the difference with this fabrication?
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Rigby: Leave it, Mister Sharp. That's an order. And stay out of this, Your Highness.
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Dylan Sharp: Coming, coming...
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Dylan Sharp: I'm freezing cold.
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Rigby: Good. That should clear out this abnormal obsession with the Clanker-beastie creation.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: I'm touched. You have an obsession with Clankers?
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Dylan Sharp: Are you daft? We're at a barking war with each other, and this is your brilliant observation? Barking spiders, Alek, I thought you were smarter than this.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: Wait, I'm confused now.
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Dylan Sharp: No, really?
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Jaspert Sharp: We're at a war, prince. I thought you would have figured that out by now.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: How could I not? I've been living it out ever since my parents died.
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Oh God. She had hurt him. Somehow, through all the teasing, she had managed to forget about Alek's parents, and now...now, her cruel words had hurt his sensitive soul. She could just imagine the boy, trying desperately to keep the tears from falling, and failing. Could imagine him swiping a hand across his face furiously, as though he were angry at himself for being pathetic about his parents' death. And finally, accepting what had happened and what he was feeling, and letting the tears run down his face as he cried silently, in a hidden away corner of the airbeast. Deryn got up from her bed and started running down hallways, wondering where the Clanker could have gone. Of course. There was only one place in mind. Deryn broke into an all-out sprint.
Aleksander Ferdinand: Thanks, Dylan Sharp
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Dylan Sharp: No problem, Clanker. That's what friends are for.
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The lady boffin had no idea what to make of this. The perspicacious loris-correction, Aleksander's perspicacious loris-was behaving very oddly. It appeared to have bonded equally to both Aleksander and Dylan, a most troubling thought. After all, she had created them to bond specifically to only one person. The only exception could be if both people had a relationship that went beyond friendship... But no, that was unthinkable in times like these. Aleksander and Dylan were both boys, for crying out loud! Of course, there was still that thing about Dylan, that unnamable thing that she couldn't figure out. The count was being insufferable about the whole situation, and the boffin vowed to herself that she would finally wring it out of him the next time she saw him. As for now...well, she would just try to puzzle it out by herself.
Jaspert Sharp: Life is boring without my little sis to bother=.=
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Dylan Sharp: You mean Deryn? I wonder when she's ever going to get Facebook...
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Jaspert Sharp: She'll probably get it when she finds out you have it.
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Aleksander Ferdinand: Are you and your little cousin very close, Dylan Sharp?
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Jaspert Sharp: My sis hates Dylan. She would love to be up in the air...she kind of hates me, too.
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Dylan Sharp: I wonder how she reacted when she found out I got onto a real beastie.
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Jaspert Sharp: Probably threw a tantrum. You know how she is.
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Dylan Sharp: Aye, I know...
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Jaspert Sharp: Missing home now, aren't you?
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Dylan Sharp: Shove off, you clart-sniffing bum-rag!
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Dylan Sharp: Like you aren't homesick, Jaspert Sharp.
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Jaspert Sharp: That's too slow to be considered an insult.
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Dylan Sharp: Don't you have something else to do?
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That conversation had Deryn thinking. Was she homesick? Sighing softly, she logged off, brushing the thought away. She had no time for this. She had a war to win.
Jaspert Sharp: Sis! Upload a picture of yourself! Now!
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Jaspert Sharp commented on a picture: You need to get some more sleep, cousin.
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Dylan Sharp: Tell that to the bosun.
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Jaspert blinked the sleep out of his eyes, confused as to what he was seeing on the screen in front of him. What was that thing popping up in the corner? He clicked on it, and a smaller box thing opened up on the screen. Oh. It had Deryn's fake name on it. He blinked, slightly startled, when words started popping up in it. And then he started reading them...
Dylan Sharp: Jaspert. I don't feel too well...
Jaspert Sharp: What's wrong?
Dylan Sharp: I don't know. My head hurts, and I'm just so tired.
Jaspert Sharp: ...This doesn't have anything to do with your...monthly thing...does it?
Dylan Sharp: Nope. At least, I hope not.
Jaspert Sharp: Good. You had me worried there for a squick.
Dylan Sharp: I still feel bad.
Jaspert Sharp: You haven't been crying, have you?
Dylan Sharp: What kind of boy would I be if I cried?
Jaspert Sharp: At night...when no one's watching...?
Dylan Sharp: Sometimes. After nightmares, mostly. And then I want someone to hug me, like you always did back home.
Jaspert Sharp: You're homesick.
Dylan Sharp: I thought of that. What do I do to stop feeling this way?
Jaspert Sharp: You work hard, and throw yourself into moving yourself up on the ship. If you work hard enough towards a certain goal...you'll get over it eventually.
Dylan Sharp: Do you still feel homesick sometimes?
Jaspert Sharp: Aye. But it gets easier with each passing day. And there's always leaves.
Dylan Sharp: Aye, well, I don't think I'll be able to go home on leave until the end of this barking war.
Jaspert Sharp: Right. Well...weather through the storm, ok? You'll be fine. You've always been a strong lass.
Dylan Sharp: All I've got to do is figure out how to become a strong lad. Thanks anyway, Jaspert. You do give good advice sometimes, even if most of the time you're a barking ninny.
Jaspert Sharp: Hey! Don't call me that, you bum-rag!
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Jaspert Sharp: Thanks a lot=.=
Deryn felt better now, actually. Her brother's words had helped a lot, even if she wouldn't admit it. She couldn't admit it, because that meant not staying in character. And that was dangerous when she was pretty high up in the air. She logged off and spun around in her chair, before walking down the corridors to her cabin. When she finally fell asleep that night, there was a smile on her lips.