[OPEN] Catch all for Sarah!

[hisbabygirl]

Characters: Sarah and YOU!
Date: Throughout January. Dates will be in headers!
Location: All over the turtle. Mostly Wood Sector.
Situation: Sarah meets a bunch of people face to face + random thread starters!
Warnings/Rating: Nothing worth mention so far.

A.
Exploration has become a major part of Sarah's day. There's a lot on her mind, a lot more she'd rather forget and so she's doing all she can to keep busy. It helps that she's in a new area and things are pretty damn interesting compared to home. The wood sector remains her home turf and the place she's checked out the most, but from time to time, she wanders out of what she's dubbed her safe zone.

On this day however, she's looking a little lost. Map in hand, Sarah frowns at the page as she tries to work out just where the heck she is.

B.
She's in the marketplace, searching the stalls and browsing the variety at hand. From time to time, Sarah pauses to simply watch an exchange between two Kedan, or to stop and talk to one. Whatever it is she's looking for, the kid just can't seem to find it.


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[unetrustworthy]

She didn't fault Sarah for asking. She wasn't even all that upset. The thought of her family still brought about pangs of sadness, yes. Even guilt. But the Alliance were, if nothing else, true to their word when it came to those who worked for them. Papa and the boys would be provided for. Her "death" meant their survival.

If she never went back home, she could at least take comfort in that much.

"I had to. My brothers were too little. If I didn't do anything, they would have starved."

[hisbabygirl]

Sarah had no siblings of her own. It had always been just her dad, uncle and herself for as long as she could remember. Her mother had played a brief role in her life, but Sarah had been too young to remember her at all, and thus her presence wasn't exactly missed.

"I still say that's real good of you." Sarah would do about anything for what family she has. But a topic change was probably in need, and so rather than press further, Sarah allowed a short pause before asking another question.

"So uh. What do you do around here when you're not at the clinic?"

[unetrustworthy]

A polite smile and nod. Still not entirely believing she was worthy of the compliment--(a trait she and Eponine shared all too well)--but accepting it nevertheless.

"I study. Different things. Jor-El is teaching me encryptions and some of his home world's language. Damian and Bean are helping me learn English. I've been getting pretty good, too."

[hisbabygirl]

"Huh," came the reply. School and study had been far from her mind and honestly not something she thought would happen here. Now that it had been mentioned to her though, it made sense.

"That's pretty damn cool. I mean, you'd get to learn a whole lot of things that aren't anything to do with where you're from, right?"

[unetrustworthy]

"That describes almost everything I'm learning here." She briefly laughed, as if it were some kind of inside joke that only she were privy to. "Maybe English would be relevant on some continents, but otherwise...they don't even use the same Calendar System we do back home."

Not entirely true. The months were the same. Days, Weeks, and Years were all the same. It was mainly the counting of years that differed, and made it difficult to compare points in time to those from other worlds.

[hisbabygirl]

Sarah couldn't help but laugh along with her. She might not of known the inside joke, but the comment was amusing enough for her regardless. "At least it's interesting. I mean, I'm still new to... all this, but just hearing about where other people are from is kind of nuts."

[unetrustworthy]

"You can do it too, you know. Learn more. If you really want. There are scholars here. Not all of them are willing to take on students, but some of them don't seem to mind it. I think they even like the chance to teach again."

[hisbabygirl]

Sarah nodded at that. "Yeah... Yeah maybe I will."

Actually, she'd already kind of signed up for it. "Wait, whoa I... guess I kinda already have? Or will be! Mr Naugus is going to teach me about magic. I dunno if I'll be able to do it myself? But it'll still be so cool to see."

[unetrustworthy]

The smile quickly faded, and her eyes briefly flickered to one side. As if staring at something in the distance.

"You can learn magic?" More interesting, though, was the fact that Sarah wanted to learn magic. "Like...real magic?"

[hisbabygirl]

The girl nodded slowly, suddenly a little unsure. "Um, yeah. At least we're gonna see if I can learn. Mr Naugus says I should be able to buuut I'm not too convinced."

She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her coat, suddenly a little nervous by Midii's reaction. A small pause, and she spoke again, voice quiet. "Is that bad?"

[unetrustworthy]

Having quickly realized her reaction might have seemed bad out of context, Midii was quick to throw an apologetic smile and light shake of the head.

"No. It's not bad at all. If that's what you want to learn. I was just...surprised. I didn't think it was possible."

[hisbabygirl]

It was a relief, but Sarah had to admit, Midii had a point. "Honestly, me either. He says anyone could do it though? With the right training and... sigils I think he called 'em."

She shrugged. "It'll be fun to give it a shot, in any case."

[unetrustworthy]

Sigils.

She turned the word over several times in her head, trying to think of what it could mean, assuming Sarah had the right pronunciation. But nothing even close to it came to mind, and eventually, she gave up.

"I guess it depends on what he teaches you. A little while ago...I got an amulet. They said it was magic. That it would make me fly. I was too nervous about trying it, so I locked it away instead."

[hisbabygirl]

Now that absolutely got her attention. Sarah looked to Midii in surprise. "Whoa..."

She took a moment to mull that over. "I guess, it depends on how you got it. If you trusted whoever it was, or where it came from."

[unetrustworthy]

"It came in some kind of Christmas gift package from the Emperor. Everybody got one."

Which of course said absolutely nothing regarding levels of trust. On the one hand, everybody had gotten one. On the other hand, the Emperor. The person who had taken everybody from their home worlds without asking (although Midii was kind of belatedly grateful for that part). She really had no idea who to trust and who not to trust when it came to locals, least of all the high ruler.

[hisbabygirl]

The girl couldn't help but be a little jealous. Sure actually having a magic item like that would be a different story, but Sarah was young and innocent enough that the prospect of a magic anything sounded amazing. Another question came to mind, however.

"Should we... not like the Emperor? I mean he didn't look happy when I saw him but... is he bad?" she asked with a slight frown.

[unetrustworthy]

Honestly, if Sarah asked? Midii would have just let her have the thing. It wasn't the concept of magic itself that unnerved her. It wasn't even the person who had given the gift. It was the idea of her using the magic, when she had no training or no prior knowledge (or proof) of it even existing until she came to Keelai.

Better it be in the hands of somebody who thought they could have some fun. Or use it properly, if she was being trained.

"He's not bad, I don't think. He's just...there." She couldn't help shrugging. She had never met the Emperor personally (nor the last one), and it was difficult to form an opinion on someone she had never met. "Some people like him. Some people don't. He's no different from any other ruler in that sense."

[hisbabygirl]

Perhaps one day she would ask to at least see it, but for the moment Sarah let it slide, her attention turned to talk of the Emperor. "Kinda like the president, I guess," she replied, trying to find a comparison she was more familiar with.

"Though, I can't say I've ever met him either. Maybe it's just 'cause this place isn't all that big that the Emperor feels more... there."

[unetrustworthy]

President. Ruler of the lands.

Midii was inclined to agree with Sarah on that one; in her world, the ruler oversaw not just a city, but the entire Earth's Sphere United Nations. She knew him by title only.

"Do you want to meet him?"

[hisbabygirl]

Sarah chuckled and shook her head. "The President? Naww, I'll pass on that. The Emperor though? I dunno. Maybe. He looks kind of interesting."

[unetrustworthy]

"He does, doesn't he? Not like the kedan people who live here."

[hisbabygirl]

"Yeah. Though they're kinda cool in their own way. Weird, but cool."

Another question came to mind, however. "Say, was he there when you got here? When you woke up in the basin thing?"

[unetrustworthy]

"Oh, no. They are. I didn't meant to say they weren't interesting. Just that they don't look like the Emperor."

It took a minute for Midii to realize what Sarah meant by 'the basin thing', and when she did, she shook her head.

"He wasn't Emperor when I was brought here. It was the other person. The lady."

[hisbabygirl]

"I getcha," she replied with a smile.

It was a smile that faded with Midii's next words. "She's not around anymore, is she? I heard she was..."

Killed.

[unetrustworthy]

"She was." Sarah didn't even have to say it. "It was another Foreigner. A man. I didn't know him. He was executed, I think. Banished from ever being able to come back here ever again."

Given the details of his crime, Midii wasn't about the protest such a sentence.