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This page lists the dialogue lines for Giva Joshi

Summer
[Letter]

Tara,

A new neighbor has just moved in to her home on the mountain pass!

As a former new arrival, I thought you could help show her the way to Town Hall! Thanks for doing your part to help welcome a new member of our community!

Sincerely,

Mayor Otto Soft

Tara: Yes… I’ll show her the way… once I figure out how to get there myself!

[Mountain Pass]
Tara: Hi! I’m Tara Wylde, I own the farm down the mountain path. Are you the new scientist?
Giva: I think I saw your farm on my way in, it’s charming! I’m Giva Joshi. And yes, I’m a meteorologist! I’m here to study the funny weather patterns you have here in Fairhaven.

--[Choice: What funny weather patterns?]
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--[Choice: Weather is always weird.]
-Tara: It’s a little weird, I guess. But like, is weather ever normal anymore, anywhere?
-Giva: I suppose that’s a true point. But Fairhaven is special, even by those standards.

Giva: Well, in any case, your Mayor told me you might show me the way to town?
Tara: Absolutely! Follow me! … This is the blacksmith, run by Natalia…
Giva: Wait, like an actual village blacksmith? How quaint! I wonder if she could make me copper wiring for a new antenna…
Tara: And here we are, the town hall!
Otto: You must be Giva! I’m Mayor Otto Soft. Thanks for bringing her by, Tara! We have a little game we play with all new arrivals in Fairhaven! Introduce yourself to all your neighbors, and they’ll let me know when you’ve met everyone!
Giva: Haha, you’re a riot!
Tara: Actually, he’s serious.
Giva: Wait, really?
Otto: Yes! And you’ll get a prize to help you get settled! You’ve already met Tara, so that’s one down!
Giva: Um… ok… why not? Should be good for a laugh, right? This island may be stranger than I thought…
Otto: What was that?
Giva: Nothing!

Giva: So I played the mayor's getting to know you game… it was quite a challenge! Did you know there's a fellow who lives by himself in the woods?
Tara: Yep, that's Shelby.
Giva: I'm sure there's a story there!
Giva: That carpenter fellow, Parker, told me that you are the one to thank for helping repair the bridge to reopen the mountain pass. Although the mayor certainly seemed keen to take all the credit!
Giva: Do you know what Cameron said he was craving the other day? Avocado mash. I literally cannot think of a food that has less flavor. One of these days I'm going to make him a proper curry.
Giva: I was talking to Juliet, and she seemed so sad to be going back to school soon. That's a pity. I always loved school when I was growing up.
Giva: I've never understood people who say "Nice weather, isn't it?" All weather is nice!
Giva: That Summer Festival was so lovely! And you were the perfect Summertide Star! Of course, I might be slightly biased, since you helped me move here.
Giva: I spoke with Thomas about the drought, and he said he had to dig his well deeper just a few years ago. Strange that the aquifers could deplete so quickly…
Giva: If you need some water for your plants, Cameron told me that he's giving away as much as he can spare. He's a nice fellow, that Cameron. I'm not going to join his League, but I think he might be a mate all the same.
Giva: Emmi and Finn were asking me how my barometer worked, and I though, wouldn't it be grand to have a Summer science camp? But Summer is almost over. At least, it should be. This really is an odd place!
Giva: I was all set to send up a dropsonde over in the woods… but Shelby appeared and kicked up quite a fuss! He said the popped balloons might land in the pond and hurt the fish… I tried telling him that I always fetch the balloons but he's already shooed me halfway down the path before I could explain!
Fall
Tara: Enjoying some relief from the heat, Giva?
Giva: Why yes but, it truly seems to change overnight! It's like someone switched off a light. Truly a curious thing.
Giva: Francis came 'round to invite me to the wedding. Isn't that the nicest thing? I've only just moved in! And you know the best thing about attending this wedding? I won't have a hundred aunties asking me when I'm going to be next!
Giva: I've always had a bit of an aversion to marriage, if I'm honest. Probably because all of my cousins let themselves be set up by the most famous matchmaker in Mumbai. To be fair, they all seem pretty happy. But that just wasn't for me.
Giva: Marty hiked all the way up here to drop off a flyer for his election bid. I didn't have the heart to tell him he needn't have bothered! Otto hasn't come 'round at all, of course.
Giva: Now that it's turned cooler, I really am enjoying the onsen! I know it wasn't built 'specially for me, but it's so secluded that it feels like it was! Isn't it a wonder that nature can provide a marvelous hot spring like that to bathe in?
Giva: Poor Cameron. I haven't been able to stop thinking about him. He must have been quite unwell at the debate. I might check on him later and see if he's feeling better.
Giva: Weddings here are so small, it's adorable! Back when my mum was trying to hire a matchmaker, she was planning 300 guests, minimum! But that's typical back home. All the mums use their kids' weddings to show off. It just wasn't right for me.
Giva: Wasn't that wedding charming? Shame they didn't have Cameron to officiate, though. I know Francis isn't a member of the League, but I'm sure Cameron wouldn't have mucked up the ceremony with his own rubbish.
Giva: Do you think Otto is quite serious about a curfew?
Tara: I don't really know.
Giva: I'm not one to be out at the pub until all hours, but I sometimes go round collecing my rain gauges in the evenings! I don't want anyone to think I'm doing anything dodgy.
Giva: So Tara… Natalia's accusation of Sophia… is that real?
Tara: I'm afraid so.
Giva: I thought perhaps this was some sort of island-wide elaborate live-action role playing game… Which would have been odd enough. But this… I'm not sure what to think.
Giva: I speak to Thomas often about how the weather is impacting his crops. He normally doesn't mind me coming 'round. Poor thing, but he's quite upset about Sophia's trial, so I'm giving him a bit of room.
Giva: I'm starting to wonder if it might have been a mistake coming here. I believe in science, not superstitions from the Middle Ages!
Giva: I did a cursory review of this area's history before I arrived, and I recall several mentions of witch trials. I was sure I was over-preparing! But now…
Winter
Tara: Is it getting cold up in the observatory?
Giva: It's positively frigid!
Tara: Oh, no. I'm sorry.
Giva: Don't be! I love it! I tend to the stove, make myself hot cocoa, snuggle up in my blanket… it's very cozy.
Giva: Cameron's asked me if we can make soup together for the Winter Feast. It's a lovely idea, but I'm only an average cook! I've always been too busy with my studies to develop many kitchen skills. Still. My aaji left me a recipe book. Just like the one your aaji left you. Maybe we can pull together a Mulligatawny soup...
Giva: Living near an onsen in Wintertime is an unexpected delight. I feel like I'm on holiday in Iceland!
Tara: Sorry you're stick here, Giva.
Giva: Sorry? Don't be sorry! This is a researcher's dream! If the ferry is never fixed, I can't return my equipment. So I never stop gathering data. It's terribly exciting!
Giva: Thanks again for your gift. It warmed my heart and also my stomach! It was so thoughtful of you!
Giva: Kim keeps asking me to go fishing with them. But you have to wake up so early, and it's just so cold these days…
Giva: This Winter Feast is such a pleasant idea! I came 'round Cameron's Consciousness Center and showed him how to make Mulligatawny soup. It's not as good as what you'd get in Mumbai, but we did all right.
Giva: Do you remember when I told you that I was excited to be trapped on the island?
Tara: Yes…
Giva: Well. I take it back. I was convinced Sophia's trial was a one-time occurrence. But it seems to have been just the beginning.
Tara: Hi Giva. What's new?
Giva: Well, my drone was new, but now whenever I send it up the data it sends back is just rubbish! I must have broken something when I crashed it over by Violet's house. I'm hopeless with new technology, I suppose. It's so disappointing. These dropsondes could have really helped unravel the mystery of this island's bizarre weather.
Giva: Perhaps it's for the best that the drone didn't work out. I nearly dropped it on Otto's head when I was trying to work out the control scheme.
Giva: You probably know that no two snowflakes are alike. But do you know why?
Tara: I've never even thought about it, so… no!
Giva: It's the temperature! Snowflakes are exposed to hundreds of little heat fluctuations as they fall. The chances of two snowflakes experiencing the same fluctuations are microscopic. Or, practically speaking, zero.
Giva: I could go for a piping hot cuppa just about now. But then, I could always go for a piping hot cuppa.
Giva: Thank goodness Angus and Otto saw sense in time. Marty might have had odious goals all along, but that doesn't make him a witch!
Giva: Do you think that Marty's trial was the last of it, and we can wash our hands of this witchcraft nonsense now?
Tara: Not really, no.
Giva: I was afraid you would say that.
Giva: I still feel terrible about what happened to Sophia. But I was told not to get too swept up in 'community dynamics' when I got this grant.
Tara: Hey, Giva…
Giva: I should have known. After what happened to Marty, I should have known.
Tara: It's not your fault.
Giva: Of course not. But I ignored the warning signs.
Giva: If I'm judged guilty, are they going to burn me at the-
Tara: No! That is not a thing I am going to let happen.
Giva: It's all right. Quite likely that my rage will make me spontaneously combust.
Giva: I hope this Winter isn't one of Fairhaven't famously long seasons. I'm not sure I could bear that.
Giva: I've been writing a letter to my cousin back in Bangalore. Dear Shravya, a man accused me of witchcraft because I was trying to conduct routine experiments. But then he changed his mind. Also, the mayor has been consorting with a shadowy woman in the woods. Fortunately, the ferry is still out of service, so I have a front-row seat to all this for who knows how long! On second thought, better not send that letter.
Epilogue
Giva: So erm… might there be a chance I could come take a look at this magic circle of yours… for science?
Tara: I don't think that's really allowed, sorry.
Giva: Right, right. Well, I had to ask!
Giva: At least Kai lives on this island. I would have gone mad if he wasn't supplying me with tea!
Tara: So, you're going to be the new teacher. That's exciting!
Giva: Right! I just need to create new lesson plans for the Spring semester. And also sort out what exactly I'm going to write in my report on Fairhaven's weather… I'm going to have to say something, and "it was witches" won't really hold up when I'm defending my dissertation...
Giva: Hi, Tara! Look at me. I've got a proper chalkboard and everything! I mean, I did TA in college… But actual children are so much better to teach than surly undergraduate frat boys who think they're smarter than you!
Giva: The other day Finn raced over and grabbed a whoopie cushion out from under me before I could sit down on it at my desk. Poor thing. He has so much pranking energy pent up now that Vanessa and Otto are gone, but he can't quite bear to spend it on me!
Tara: How did the picnic go?
Giva: It was wonderful! We chatted about their favorite subjects, and I showed the students how to reflect rainbows using prisms! Oh… and they loved the pav bhaji. Thank you again!
Giva: Sometimes I look at my class and realize each and every one of my students could jinx me or hex me or whatever you call it.
Tara: Well, not quite yet. They're not of age.
Giva: Oh good, good. I thought Juliet was giving me an odd look the other day but that's probably just her face.
Giva: I love analyzing the wind patterns here. Almost as much as I love spending time with you! (dating)
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