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riverview2017-10-09 11:13 pm
talentedscavenger) wrote in riverview2017-10-09 11:13 pm
text: un scavenger.rey
Is it normal for things to be this...intense?
[The ghosts, the weird party thing that happened and now...now she isn't sure what to make of anything.]
Rather, is it normal for your old things to suddenly appear? I didn't think I would see it again after leaving Jakku, but...it's better than nothing.
Or, is it a trick and should I prepare for it to be something else? I would like to eventually use it, but if it's a trick....
[Nothing is given freely, especially her Speeder. How or why it's suddenly came to Riverview is beyond her. Does she dare trust it?]
[The ghosts, the weird party thing that happened and now...now she isn't sure what to make of anything.]
Rather, is it normal for your old things to suddenly appear? I didn't think I would see it again after leaving Jakku, but...it's better than nothing.
Or, is it a trick and should I prepare for it to be something else? I would like to eventually use it, but if it's a trick....
[Nothing is given freely, especially her Speeder. How or why it's suddenly came to Riverview is beyond her. Does she dare trust it?]
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I gained back something I didn't think I would see again. I mean, I wasn't heartbroken over it, but it's nice to have again.
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[He isn't serious, of course, but sarcasm never translates well through text.]
If you've a mind to satisfy a curiosity, what is it?
[A pause, then the next line appears.]
Also, my name is Dorian. I don't recognize your handle.
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[Sarcasm doesn't translate well, but she kind of got the gist of it.]
It was my old speeder--a transportation vehicle.
Rey.
[And if he looks, it's in her handle...she's not that creative with names. But it's also the truth, she is/was a scavenger and her name is Rey..]
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[He's fairly sarcastic most of the time, too. You can just assume 70% of his comments aren't serious.]
A transportation vehicle? That sounds useful. Am I to assume it travels with haste? The name suggests as much.
Ah, so I see. Well, it's a pleasure to make your somewhat anonymous acquaintance, Rey.
[She was marginally more creative than he was, though, at the time, he'd never thought of what a username might be, or even conceived of the concept.]
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If he chooses to do that, more power to him. ]
It’s useful for traveling and for work. Depending on what you’re carrying l, could go fast or normal speed. Better than walking with everything.
A pleasure? I think that’s too soon to tell, but it’s nice to meet you too.
[ she thought of a username like a call sign ]
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It does sound that, true, and far more convenient than these cabs. I'm almost envious.
Ah, well, I always find it a pleasure to meet new people here. Everyone's so interesting and from such different places. Where are you from, Rey?
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And you don't have to worry about paying for a cab. Am I assuming incorrectly that, buying transportation is out of the question here? [Unless, he preferred not to own a cab or whatever the equivalent would be.]
It depends on who you meet, some could be a pleasure, others a pain.
A desert planet, a junkyard some people called it. You?
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No, I think transportation is for sale. To be honest, I've never looked. My idea of transportation...differs drastically from what is considered "typical" here.
Well, you seem pleasurable enough so far. Opinions can, of course, be altered.
You're entire planet is a desert? How depressing. And...filled with refuse?
Ah, my world is very...it varies. I come for a humid, warm environment to the north, where the southern lands have vast forests, deserts that somehow still manage to be cold, sweeping oceans...just about any sort of environ one may imagine.
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What do you use then, for transportation? If it's not a vehicle, or by ship, then...by beast? Creature?
Opinions can change over time too, but so far we seem to be doing well.
Desert...junkyard..same thing. There are some resources there, but few and far between.
It sounds...lovely. I'd imagine in the forests there's a lot of green, and the waters in the ocean so blue. Complete opposite of me.
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A ship, if it's oversea, horses or some other such mount over land. If none are available, we oft use our feet.
The secret, of course, is amicability. Remain friendly, and things typically go on well enough.
And...this is your entire planet?
...Ah, yes, well, Thedas is lovely. I can't say I don't miss it. Yes, the forests are green and full of very large bears and the occasional ancient altar I'd recommend not disturbing. The waters can be blue, though there are others that roil and froth immensely and set off your nausea. Perhaps that sounds lovely to you, but I have more relaxing pastimes.
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[Interesting...so 'ship' meant sea vessel rather than flying through air.]
That doesn't sound too common here, except walking. If you need transportation, why not a horse? Or, are they hard to keep?
I would think remaining friendly would be the harder part, or being friendly at all.
Yes, as far as I can remember. But, I haven't traveled all of Jakku, though I'd imagine it to be the same. Sand, maybe a few areas of water, and a handful of plants, but just sand.
The ocean and the forest sound relaxing, beautiful even, but that would be it.
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It isn't so much they're hard to keep as I've no interest in doing so. I've never been a farmhand, and I really don't want to change that fact.
I don't know, Rey, you seem to be handling it well enough.
Well, if that weren't the case, where is it you do obtain your water?
Oh yes, when neither are hiding things wanting to kill you, I suppose they are rather relaxing, and even beautiful.
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As are you. It's a rare thing for people to be friendly, at least not on Jakku.
There's a well by the main outpost. Gather water there and then bring it back to your home, get enough to last you for a few days.
I was hoping that was implied. As long as there was nothing hiding beneath the surface, or ready to kill you, the forest or ocean would be nice to relax in.
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I see, and how far does that get anyone?
That's...why in Andraste's name do people choose to live in a desert? Is yours at least warm?
Alas, such a placid circumstance is rare enough to be novel when it occurs, at least on Thedas these days.
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Not very far, some people take advantage of it right away and leave you for nothing.
I didn't have a choice of where I lived, but yes, it was warm and then freezing at night when the temperature dropped.
Thedas...is that a planet or a country?
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[Suggesting, of course, that he gets that "tone" often.]
I see, as most deserts are. I know of one, duly named the Hissing Wastes, that remains cold, no matter the time of day.
Ah, yes. Thedas is neither. A...continent, really. There are several kingdoms, city-states, principalities, empires, and democratic nations on Thedas. Legend speaks of other lands across the seas, and we know them to be true as the Qunari nor we humans are native to Thedas.
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Hissing Wastes? Do the sands or wind hiss? Or, was there no other name for the desert?
Must be interesting. So many countries within an area, or towns and such. Be easier to travel from one place to another, or at least easier than going from one planet to the next. Easier to do so on foot, than try to travel without a space ship.
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Why, yes! A companion explained it as "sand blowing over sand in a place completely covered in sand". It was rather enlightening.
Read the last as sarcasm.
Yes. It's a shame most of them are at each others' throats, isn't it?
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I didn't really hear a wisp or hiss from the sand, not unless there was a storm starting to build. Then you could hear the wind, and the sand itself moving.
You mean it wasn't enlightening to learn something new?
A shame, but it sounds like a common problem among territories.
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Maybe in the Hissing Wastes there's always a storm just over the horizon. It's a dismal and depressingly appropriate for the area.
Learning new things is always enlightening, and often a pleasure. Being patronized by a hulking brute when you can barely feel your toes? Irritating at best.
Yes, well, everyone thinks their truth is the only truth, and they like to fight over it. It's to be expected.
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It can be, especially when there's nothing but sand for kilometers around. If you're lucky, you may find something growing in the sand, showing it can still survive even in the harshest of climates.
Considering how well you are with the written word, I'd think you'd know how to handle a brute with fine language to make them feel small--or stupid, whichever would work to your advantage.
Expected and exhausting. It's still very much the same in my world. People trying to impose their will, their truth upon others regardless if it's wrong.
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What a treasure that must be, rather like a unicorn. I'll leave the discovery to the more intrepid adventurers if it's all the same.
...one would think, but this one is particularly vexing in that he is not, as stereotypes would suggest, stupid or simple. He is, though, of no concern at present, as he is, quite literally, countless miles away.
There's the rub, my dear. You think they're wrong. They, on the other hand, think you're the one in error, and on it goes until someone picks up a sword and starts hacking at the other with it. Then his friends are offended and pick up their swords, and well, there you have it.