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Who: adelina
Broadcast: yes
Action: on the golden!
When: backdated to right after this week's shuffle

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[have you ever seen a teenager trying their absolute hardest to look dignified while reeling from being suddenly teleported onto a new ship, covered in confetti, and holding some kind of pudding dessert?

well, now you have. and she's raising a hand to wave at anyone who happens to see her here on the bridge of the ship. say hello to your new transfer, golden!]

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[shortly after becoming more acclimated to the new ship, she's putting out a short video message.]

I wanted to let anyone who may be interested that I've transferred ships from the Huntress to the Golden to be with a friend who recently arrived in the Fleet.

[but that isn't the only reason she made this broadcast. she's curious about something as well.]

I know others have mentioned there is a spot in this planet that will provide one important item to you. I was wondering what others have received. I think it would be interesting to hear about.

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Just Adelina is fine, if it pleases you.

[said after she notices his displeasure at her answer.]

Those who live on this planet are rather willing to trade for game. I've been bartering with the creatures that live in the forest.

[Gendry had been to some rather fantastical places, though not by any willingness of his own. Briefly he wondered if she meant actually bartering with the creatures in the woods, which could be all manner of magical imps and fairies for all he knew. But after some thought and consideration, he concluded that this was probably not the case. Game was game.]

You're a hunter? [Dubious. Why would a highborn lady do that?]

Yes, that's correct. I have some experience from my world that's proven useful here. You wouldn't be the first to be surprised.

[even if she still can't say she understands why. it's not something she faced back home; there was skepticism there, to be certain, but of a different kind.]

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[They weren't quite alike, but he found himself thinking of his old friend Katsa. She'd been highborn, but aside from having a better grasp on language than he did, he never really thought of her as a lady. It was a sobering moment to think he would likely never see her again.

But he gave a shake of his head.]

Does it involve all this? Sailing through the stars and ah... being watched all the time?

No, not experience with these precise circumstances at all.

[everything here, from the design of the ships to the nearly unfathomable way they can move through the very sky, is unfamiliar to her.]

I meant experience with fighting. The creatures I typically face are different than the ones that can be found on this planet, but they aren't too unalike in difficulty.

[but enough about her.]

You mentioned you were skilled in smithing? It must be a useful skill to have.

[Gendry was never the sort of person to talk about himself and small talk was hard. He'd also finished the pudding cup, which was its own tragedy right there. He was running his finger around the corners to get the last bits.]

I can't make you a sword. [He's not even looking up when he says that.] Least, not with the material I have down there. We've plenty of shovels, though. Lots of folk wants shovels down there.

Oh, no, that's not why I was asking. I already found someone who's told me they would be able to do so. I really was simply curious.

[pauses for a moment.]

I have no use for a shovel, but thank you, I suppose.

No one in the fleet does. [A fact he'd caught on to, prompting him to offer more shovels than he could actually give out. What follows is that sort of stilted silence that comes when conversing with a person that doesn't really get behind the concept of conversing. He speaks again as a way of filling that silence, merely out of obligation.]

... it's because there's no dirt up here.

Yes, I imagine that's why.

[she can tell he's Trying, at least, so she'll help him out as best she can.]

How long have you been here?

Nearly one month, I think. [It wasn't something he'd really kept track of, given that he was having to deal with different planets and all.] You've been here longer.

[She had said as much before, though she hadn't pinned a timeframe on it.]

Yes, that's correct. I believe that it's been roughly six months now.

[a pause.]

How do you find this place so far?

[If he liked it, he would say so. But since he didn't, well.]

It's all rubbish. I've given it a lot of thought and I don't care for any of it.

[a small laugh, amused but not mocking by any means.]

A very valid observation, I think. I feel the same for the most part.

Does it help, going from one ship to another?