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[asimplemistake]

Hey dudes, it's a Mari!

Mari is older, wiser and less horribly traumatised than in GH and as such she's less self-destructive, kinder, and not as likely to betray everyone she meets. Or kill people. She's still a dick, though.

While there are still people she attaches herself to like crazy, she's mostly very casual and laid-back about most of her relationships. She's also hella thick skinned and assumes everyone else is too. Just tell her you're upset and she'll apologise, what's the big deal?

As for skills she's brought to the island, she's a medical student (although that's been put on hold recently) and a first aider in St. John's Ambulance service. She can also do some sewing and cooking.

While she occasionally makes references to TV, she almost never uses the internet. No big deal, her brother is some big shot investor in social networking sites and seeing his name everywhere pisses her off. Also her voice is naturally veerrry soft so it's usually a surprise when she drops five f-bombs in one sentence.

In the airport you might have seen her and her brother having the most awkward pre-flight goodbye ever. On the plane, she was probably sleeping, tbh. If you were sitting next to her, she might have had her head on your shoulder. Delicious personal space.

Comments

[allbarkandnobite]

It depends on if we're in the Australasian or Oceania ecozones. I think Oceania would be easier to determine, but I was studying Australian plants and might have more to base information from for any that would be useful medically or edible.

[asimplemistake]

Why are you gabbing to me in that case? Get moving and see if anything looks familiar.

[allbarkandnobite]

I have been. Results thus far are inconclusive

[asimplemistake]

That's quitter talk.

[allbarkandnobite]

No, that's accurate talk as of my results right now. I'm not going to state any results until I have a better idea of where we are in relation to where we're supposed to be. Otherwise it is wild mass guessing and not useful in the least.

[asimplemistake]

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Go see if you can find something familiar, alright? Plant man?

[allbarkandnobite]

I see palm trees and mangos, neither of which helps. I'll tell you if I can find an eucalyptus tree.

[asimplemistake]

Nettles, too. I can recognise them, at least. They do what now? Tea?

[allbarkandnobite]

Tea, yes. When the leaves are dried, because they hurt like a bitch if you aren't careful.

Fuck, I have all those books from the medicinal plants course I took and they are all sitting in my apartment. Potentially useless because they all focused on the Americas, but even so.

[asimplemistake]

I know that! But you can eat them too. Nettle salad and mango?

Didn't you memorise anything for...I don't know. Exams?

[allbarkandnobite]

The class was two years ago, okay. I remember some.

You wouldn't want to eat nettle leaves raw. Those stinging hairs have a minor toxin in them.

If you see a tree, run the fuck away. Those can kill horses.

[asimplemistake]

I know how they work. I come from a farm, you don't need to warn me about them. They were everywhere. Believe you me, once you've been made to clear out a patch of them by my mum, you don't need to know anything more about them.

[allbarkandnobite]

Good. Warn others so we don't have to deal with a million rashes caused by them

[asimplemistake]

They'll know. Everyone knows about stinging nettles.

[allbarkandnobite]

Have you seen some of the people we're with? Even if everyone knows nettles sting, how do they know what they look like when rampaging through the jungle without a care of where they're stepping?

You're the one that will have to deal with it.

[asimplemistake]

That's simple. Get them to bring back the plant they stepped on. The best cure for nettle sting is nettle juice, after all.

[allbarkandnobite]

Simple in theory. Good luck on it being simple in practice when you have the loud one(s) panicking

[asimplemistake]

You seem like the only panicker.

[allbarkandnobite]

... did you miss the screeching woman that wanted to throttle the pilot?

Realist, thank you.

[asimplemistake]

Even she'd know how to deal with nettles if you rubbed them on her, I bet.

[allbarkandnobite]

By screaming.

best doctor

[asimplemistake]

Andslashor finding a dock leaf, like any person would try to do. Geez, do you underestimate everyone or what? Just stop talking.

[allbarkandnobite]

Requires initial knowledge in knowing what a dock leaf was and that it helps in the healing.

Also requires dock leaves to be on the island.

It is better to underestimate and head off potential danger than to have people who could otherwise be useful die due to their own ignorance of living on an island.

I include myself in that, where my own knowledge is lacking.

[asimplemistake]

Jesus, everyone knows about dock leaves/nettles! It's one of the things everyone knows. Go to everyone on the island, say 'what's a cure for nettles' and they'll go 'dock leaves' I'll bet you. Not 'oh gosh I'd never even heard of such a thing as a nettle before' or whatever it is you think is in people's heads.

Treat people like they're stupid and they'll only get angry at you. You know that, right?

Now, you can go ahead and cringe in whatever corner you'd like best. I'm going to find some for food and work out how to get rid of the stingers.

[allbarkandnobite]

They do not. I know they do not, because I can tell you right now that every single person in my family would blink at you in confusion if you asked them what would heal nettles. Then they'd go google it.

You know, you'd come across as a lot smarter if you stopped telling me what I was doing and being wrong in obviously verifiable ways.