001 \ video \ open spam for tree hugging

[onlysurvivor]

[The video feed is pointed toward a series of plants in the garden. There is a very excited blond man very gently touching the leaves of one of the plants. It's like he's afraid he might break it. If one looks closely they might be able to see thin white scratch like scars covering his hands and forearms.

He smiles brightly toward the video feed.]

I knew plants were supposed to be green!

But! I didn't expect flowers to smell this good. They were said to have pleasant scents but... [he stops to smell the flowers, literally. He closes his eyes and looks truly blissful for a second.] This is amazing.

[He excited turns back to the camera.] Most of you come from worlds with green plants, right? I need you to tell me something... [Somehow his grin got broader.] Was the sun yellow? The sky, was it blue and clear of smoke and ash?

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[text]

[godsays]

I know your name.

You died.

[text]

[onlysurvivor]

I know. I was there, it was Lord Ruler. You still haven't answered my questions.

[text]

[godsays]

You died two years ago.

[text]

[onlysurvivor]

Has it really been that long? Come find me, we should talk.

[text]

[godsays]

[ OH MY GOD HE WANTS TO TALK TO ME. ]

You want me to tell you what happened.

[text]

[onlysurvivor]

Eventually. I want to know who you are and where you came from.

[text]

[godsays]

You're in the garden.

I can be there.

[text]

[onlysurvivor]

See you soon.

[spam]

[godsays]

[ He slips inside the garden, burning tin and, in a slow, non-specific way, steel. Not Clouding his own Allomantic pulses. He wants Kelsier to be aware what he is. He wants to be seen as Mistborn, not as anything else. ]

Survivor?

[onlysurvivor]

[ He feels the pulses, two metals. A Mistborn who wants him to know he's there. It's somewhat comforting that he's not hiding behind a coppercloud.]

Please. Call me Kelsier.

[He gets up from where he was sitting by a certain flower bed. He looks Zane over and he does... look somewhat familiar.]

You didn't burn copper.

[godsays]

[ Zane moves furtively but gracefully. Like a Mistborn should.

He stops several paces away from Kelsier. ]

Maybe I forgot.

There aren't any Mistborn here.

[onlysurvivor]

[Oh he doesn't believe that for a second.]

You want me to know.

[godsays]

[ A tilt of his head. A shrug. ]

I knew Vin.

[onlysurvivor]

After I died.

[He considers him very closely, keeping his iron and steel ready, just in case. Well, this seems like a good time to test his suspicions.]

Zane.

[godsays]

[ He flinches. ]

How...?

[ Cuts himself off. ]

She killed the Lord Ruler.

[onlysurvivor]

[Okay, that was a little low but he enjoyed it.]

Yes, I thought she'd be the one. If I failed. I'm glad she succeeded.

[godsays]

[ He must have asked someone here, Zane thinks. He asked about green plants before. Maybe it caught someone's notice.

He remains silent, the pads of his fingers rubbing over his palm. He resists the urge to flare copper and hide. ]

[onlysurvivor]

[He watches him carefully. He takes a confident step forward, holding out a hand.]

Let me see your arms.

[godsays]

[ A flinch backward, defensive. ]

No.

[ He remembers when Vin saw the scars. She'd thought...

He hadn't said a word. It isn't his fault what she assumed. ]

[onlysurvivor]

[He sighs seeming a touch annoyed but doesn't move forward.]

Fine. Can you tell me how you got them?

[godsays]

I don't want to.

[ He can, though. ]

[onlysurvivor]

Why's that? Is it because they're not from the pits?

[It's just a guess. Arm scars aren't exclusive to the pits. He thinks he could tell if he saw them if they were from the Pits or not.]

[godsays]

I never said they were.

[ Which is also somewhat more defensive than strictly called for. ]

[onlysurvivor]

No one said they were. In fact, I think I just asked where you got them and you don't want to tell or show me.

[He watches him further. This one is very strange. Much like the strange ways Vin had when he first met her.] Are you ashamed of them?

[godsays]

[ The way his mouth tightens and his eyes flick angrily at Kelsier's face probably answers for him. ]

I'm insane.

That's what they're from.