[Closed]

[reliabletraitor]

Characters: Alvin and Raine Sage
Date: Now/after their talk on the communicator
Location: Earth Sector and then elsewhere
Situation: Alvin is staying true to his word in showing Raine around the turtle. Nothing wrong with a little adventure.
Warnings/Rating: None that come to mind, but this is always subject to change

A promise was a promise. There was no way that Alvin would go back on his word. He had every intention of showing Raine around this place. It was always best to figure out where somebody was when it was foreign to them. It took the fear away a lot more easily. It wasn't usually something he would be worrying about when it was not his own hide he was worrying about, but it hit too close to home with all of these others being taken from their own worlds to suddenly be here. He realized a long time ago that worrying about something like that was a waste of time. Being through it once was quite enough for him. As for what he was going to tell this Raine, he would say the only things that truly came to mind and that was to just roll with it. That was if she even asked.

Whatever her journey was all about, he had a feeling that this might not be so new to her either. Maybe not the same circumstances, but there it was. He didn't know if they would be running into any ruins anytime soon or what he would do in one of those. He had been through plenty of mercenary jobs that had him along on expeditions or whatever that would lead him into places he didn't so much care about. It was always just about the company for him. Company was what paid him in money or in simply information. All of that had value of some kind. Monetary was just what he preferred, Here though, information would be kkind of important in the long run.

Back to business though, the Earth sector was his destination. He'd been through there before. It was just as interesting to him as anything else was around here. He was going to leave it up to Raine to figure out where she wanted to go first. It was just the whole mercenary thing coming up to keep him in an even check. It left him pretty open to anything at all. He kept his eyes peeled for the woman. Since he saw her on the communicator, at least he wouldn't be wandering around looking like an idiot.

Comments

oh gosh so I am I D: I don't know how that happened.

[ruinsprofessor]

"...That does sound like it could be useful," Raine said. "And I've heard of nothing like it at home. That's not precisely what I meant, but I think you've answered my question nevertheless. Absolutely fascinating-- I don't suppose you know any of how beastcraft works?" She didn't think for a second that just lacking elves and half-elves would remove the hate and distrust of that which was different from people, but institutionalized racism wasn't really a topic there was any good way to bring up, nor one she wanted to get into with Alvin. Neither did she think he knew beastcraft, given the distant way in which he'd mentioned it, but it was worth asking, and it was a different direction.

She looked up and around, moving her focus outside her own mind once again. She didn't immediately recognize the surroundings, though she could see the imminent shift in architecture very plainly. "We're nearly to Metal, yes?" she asked, for confirmation more than anything else.

[reliabletraitor]

"Trust me...if I knew it then I'd love to share the wealth. It'd be pretty handy to have."

Alvin wasn't sure about having it in this place unless there just happened to be a lot of animals or monsters or whatever around. Maybe somebody could end up talking to the turtle and seeing what the deal was with all of them being here. It wasn't in his nature to randomly trust what was told to him when he got here. He wasn't really in the position of trusting anybody no matter what he had been through back home. Was home even the right word? That was...really not the stroll down memory lane that he wanted to go down right now.

There was no way that he was even hearing all of her story either. It would be stupid for anybody here to talk about everything on their minds. It would be pretty handy if there was a personspeak, but that'd be a little too convenient and a little too eye opening. Even he could admit that would be a pain.

He was taken out of his thoughts when Raine made note of the surroundings. Yep. They were definitely in his home away from home so to speak. It did remind him the most of Elympios. Feeling strangely more at ease just being here, he nodded.

"Yeah we're definitely on the right path. Even a guy like me can appreciate the subtle and not so subtle differences in the buildings. More interesting here with all of these divisions in where we all live. I'd give you a thorough rundown of the origins of the buildings if I'd built them myself. You'll have to draw your own conclusions."

[ruinsprofessor]

"There's nothing quite like this back home," Raine said, thoughtful, as she surveyed the surroundings with a bit more care. "The closest similarity I can draw is a place that's... well, worlds away from what the average person would have access to." She was still fascinated by the differences in the architecture, but the metal sector seemed just a little bit alien to her.

She craned her neck a little, looking up and around, and considered how much to elaborate on that. She had promised him question for question, or something like it, and while the details might be complicated, she could do broad strokes. "Much of our world was kept in scarcity for a long time," she said finally. "Even that which prospered did so-- sparingly, I suppose. Honestly, I'd say this surpasses even the most well-off of the cities." Altamira or Meltokio really had nothing on Keeliai.

Raine fell silent for a moment there and kept pace, occasionally twisting to look back at the direction from which they had come and make comparisons with what was around them.