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Who: Robin
Broadcast: Video!
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When: Now!

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[hey, it's Robin. he's lounging around in his captain's chair, feet up on the control panel. he's twirling something around in his fingers--it looks kind of like a glow stick? it's a glass cylinder filled with some sort of glowing, red liquid.]

Back in those casino stations, I won one of these.

[he stops twirling the cylinder. when he holds it up closer to the camera, you can see that it's capped with silver on one end. the insides seem to be bubbling a little, as if the liquid is carbonated.]

This is a Luxilizer... though most people below the surface just called them Dummy Sticks, as in, you were an idiot if you walked around the lower levels without them. They're filled with a liquid extracted from a luminescent fungus that grows in the caves of my hometown.

[he twirls it again. Robin himself doesn't seem particularly delighted about the thing, he's just casually explaining, perhaps out of boredom.]

They were originally designed as a backup light source, in case a person got lost in the tunnels. It also makes it easier for others to see them. It can get pretty dangerous down there, in the dark...

[after a pause, he grips the glowing tube and smiles at the camera.]

It's funny to me. No one where I'm from would give these a second thought, but I've learned that underground cities are not a familiar concept in most worlds.

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[PRIVATE TO JASON | TOTALLY HACKABLE, HE AIN'T NO COMMS OFFICER]

Hey, remember me? [waving from his side of the video feed.] Mr. Mean Everything?

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[ Congrats, Robin, you get an ultra rare video transmission from Ladon. He holds up a folded clip full of colorful paper money. ]

Not the only one who got somethin' from their world, huh? Yours's flashier and prob'ly more useful than mine. [ But from the way he runs his thumb over the edge of the bills, he doesn't seem to mind. ]

[ She's got her chin in her palm, watching with interest as he twirls it around ]

You don't seem all that excited about it.

Did you grow up in one of those underground cities, then?

[Shirley for one finds that kind of curious.]

[ Jason's looking a little scruffier than usual. Funny how some people he only sees when he's some flavor of unhappy. Still, when he sees who's calling he grins in a way that's at least 50% genuine. ]

I remember. My face helped with that. Also my ribs.

[ He's still grinning -- really, good job kicking his ass, sir. Well done! ]

What's up?

Your home sounds a bit like Orzammar, though you don't look like a dwarf. I didn't realise it was such a strange concept.

Partially underground, fully-enclosed domed Cities are common on the Earth I am familiar with. The majority of the residents of these Cities experience severe trauma on being exposed to an open environment, primarily psychological but also with physiological symptoms. They require time and assistance to adapt to an outdoor environment, or even to large windows. Is this the case for you?

[He's partly interested, partly worried.]

So it's basically a fancy torch?

Sounds useful- I wouldn't be surprised at all if we lose electricity on the ships next.

[Really, video is kinda pointless with Bobbin but he feels like it's the correct thing to respond with! All you can see is a shadowy face inside a hood, though maybe if you're good at reading body language, he is leaned forward, fascinated.]

That's beautiful... Does it stay lit forever?

I wouldn't think underground cities to be such a strange concept. There are not many underground dwellings in my world, but those who remain there wouldn't dream of living on the surface willingly.

Is it common to find technology from your hometown that specifically is derived from fungus from the same place?

Robin, you must stop winning all these friends and influencing people.

[ Try to alienate him, go on. ]

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