driftfleet | 04 ❀

Who: Elize Lutus and YOU maybe?
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: FS Starlight, at the parks!
When: February 14-20ish?

[VIDEO]

[ The broadcast opens up to show a young girl with fluffy blonde hair, only about eleven or twelve years of age. She's sitting down, out in the park. She has a notebook, a stash of pens, her mage staff, and her doll next to her. ]

...I'm Elize Lutus. Hello. I've been here for about ten months now? I think. If anyone needs help with anything, let me know. I'll do my best.

[ That's mainly directed towards many of the newcomers to the fleet. Then there's an awkward pause. That's not the reason why she's making a video broadcast in the first place. For someone as shy as Elize, she normally dislikes recording herself for the entire public to see. ]

Um... so, I've been learning a lot about other worlds. And Jove has been teaching me how to write in the common tongue! She taught me some Elvish words too. Like falon. That means friend.

[ The reason she decided to record herself is to show off what she has been learning, her achievements, like a proud child. She opens up her notebook, holding it open to the screen. It's lines of sentences written in the common tongue, recognizable to those who come from Thedas. (It looks a bit like this.) Some lines are written in practiced repetition. They're extremely basic sentences like "my name is...", "how are you?", simple greetings, etc.

Everything is written in sparkly, pink gel pen ink that she bought from the station. It's written neatly too, with no smudging. She made sure the ink dried! ]

When I get better, I'm hoping to write a letter entirely in common tongue.

[ She flips the notebook over to look at her own writing. Her shoulders slump in disappointment and her proud expression begins to falter, like there's a moment of disbelief that the letter she writes might not reach. She then looks back up, putting on a brave smile even though her cheeks are red with embarrassment. She'll get this letter delivered, somehow. ]

If... anyone wants to hang out or something, I'm at the park. Or, we can just chat over the communicator. That's fine too.

[ACTION]

[ And as she mentioned in the broadcast, Elize will be in the park. She's laying down on her stomach, being diligent and practicing writing down sentences repeatedly in her notebook. ]

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No, I haven't told him yet. I'll let him know.

[ Or he'll figure it out himself once she sets foot back on the Pathstone. Because he's Cole... ]

About Cullen, I can tell you how we met and everything. He always made sure I was smiling.

[ Up until the very end, until Atroma sent him away. She smiles some, sad and fond. ]

He must really care about you. [Using past tense might be more correct but it feels far too mean. Not gonna.] Did you meet him right when you showed up, or was it later?

Right when I showed up on the bigger ship. I was really scared back then.

[ She was in tears and at the time she believed her doll wasn't a gadget at the time. Not going to tell him about the crying part though, nope. ]

We talked on these devices and it didn't feel so scary anymore...

Oh right, right when we first show up... Were you by yourself when that happened? That's horrible.

There were a few others, but no one I knew from Rieze Maxia. It's been only me for a long time now.

Elize, I'm so sorry to hear that. Even with the friends you have now, that must be hard on you.

I miss them a lot! But I have to be patient... I know we'll see each other again. When that happens, they're going to see how much stronger I've become.

That's true. You've learned so much while you've been here, right? And met so many people. You'll be their guide to how to get around on the Fleet.

I'll do my best to help them, if they do come here. [ If not here, then she'll see them again in Rieze Maxia. ] There's a lot I want to tell them about.

About how things have changed for you here? How much you've learned? You've been here a while, haven't you?

Everything that I can think of!

[ His last question makes her pause. She hasn't been keeping track of how many months it has been, but she can make an estimate. It has been awhile though. ]

Yes, I have. I did go back to Rieze Maxia once, but I wasn't there very long. That was... several months ago.

[There it is, that 'I went back home' thing that he can never seem to get a straight answer about. Not that he's going to harass a little girl over it, but maybe he'll save his question for Allen or Clay.]

And you saw all of your friends while you were there?

Yes. It was like time didn't move at all back in Rieze Maxia.

[ Well, she's aware that it sounds strange. It's not the first time she told others that she managed to return home all of a sudden. ]

While I was away, my body was asleep here and Cullen watched over me until I woke up. I-I know it sounds weird...

Well- Okay, I won't lie to you, it sounds totally weird. But I do believe you. It's just something that'll have to be investigated further.

...You're right. Even I don't really understand it. I know for sure I wasn't just dreaming for a long time.

[ The war on the marsh... and Jiao's death was very real. ]

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