Why'd You Kill the Merchant?!

[sansseraph]

Who: ALL O' Y'ALL
Broadcast: If you want
Action: FRICK YEAH PARTY AT THE JUNKYARD...I mean, Waystation. Junkstation.
When: 10/07 - Event End

It looks more like a junk heap than a waystation, but luckily there aren't any math fetishists to add you to the pile (hopefully). Talk to the scavengers and heed their warnings...if you want. Or perhaps you'll approach a shady individual for purchasing or selling stuff.

"Welcome, stranger!"

Comments

[foxpas]

Very well. ... And, thank you for accommodating my lack of knowledge of this.

[She gives a big, grateful grin, before taking the swimsuits and disappearing into the changing room.]

[willynilly]

I'm happy to help!

[Yaaaay, small crisis averted. She vanishes into her own dressing room, testing each suit on one by one until she's finally satisfied with what she sees in the mirror.

It's a few minutes after they begin that she knocks lightly on the wall, calling out.]

Okay, I'm ready whenever you are!

[foxpas]

Ah, yes, I'm coming!

[She exits herself. Surprising literally no one, she's gone for one of the more athletic swimsuits, a one-piece with an open back (so her tail can make it through the hole.

That said, she's looking over Ochako and smiling.]

Yours is quite cute as well.

[willynilly]

[Ochako also has a one-piece, a little grey and pink thing with a frill around the waist. She beams right back at Aria, nodding enthusiastically.]

Ohh, that's perfect! We look great- so ready for swimming lessons! Let's get dressed and buy them, then. We'll be in the water in no time!

[foxpas]

[... small, pink, and frilly. You're definitely reminding her of someone, Ochako.]

... I almost forgot that was the purpose behind these... Ah, let us hurry and do that, then.

[willynilly]

You're going to love it, promise!

[Ochako beams and scampers back into the change room to get herself sorted again. Hopefully that'll be a promise she can keep. It can't be that hard to teach someone to swim, right? Right...]

[foxpas]

[Can't be hard to make a mass of solid muscle float, right?

She changes... well, reasonably quickly for someone who has to do up a corset, honestly, and makes it out again as soon as possible.]

And now, we must purchase them... Why do we not have physical coin for this?

[willynilly]

Do you not like using credits?

[It sort of feels like a debit card to her, but she can understand why someone from a medieval world might think differently.]

[foxpas]

It is difficult... I understand the basic workings of it, but after all, I still prefer to have the coin in my hand to be counted.

[willynilly]

It works a little bit differently than I'm used to, but I can imagine it would be hard to get used to... oh! I have heard that you can take it out as hard cash, though. Once we've paid for the suits, I'll take you to a machine for that. Would that help?

[Aria wouldn't be the only one who'd prefer to have it like that, and she's pretty sure she saw credit ATMs somewhere.]

[foxpas]

I would like that very much.

[She pulls a small pouch from her tunic's waist.]

At least I was allowed to keep my coinpurse, though the contents were left at home.

[willynilly]

[Wow that's... super retro.]

Ahaha... yeah, my wallet was pretty useless, too.

[She waves at the shopkeep as they approach, just going ahead and paying for both suits.]

This is my treat, okay?

[foxpas]

[hey my purse is great :(]

Ah- Are you certain? You need not trouble yourself for my sake.

[willynilly]

No trouble! I don't buy much other than food, anyway. And this is fun! I'm glad we got to go together.

[foxpas]

As am I... You are quite kind.

[ochako is so good and pure, send help

also she is still hanging back to try to study how exactly paying without physical currency even works.]

[willynilly]

[we'll just handwave that bit bc hell if i know how that works

Now that they have their suits in hand, Ochako leads them out, slinging her bag over her shoulder.]

Okay! Next step is to go to one of our ships to give them a quick wash and get changed- with the suits under your clothes instead of underwear. There's probably nowhere to change on the planet, so it's easier this way.

[foxpas]

I understand... Shall we return to my ship for now, then?

[or just scene change directly to the planet]

[willynilly]

[DOO DOO DOO TWO SHUTTLE TREKS LATER-

Ochako stands on the edge of a sparkling lake in the middle of a sea of trees, kicking her shoes off and spreading her towel out on a stretch of grass beside the water. It's not as fun as sand, but it's better than dirt.]

Okay! Are you ready to swim?

[foxpas]

I am ready to try, anyway.

[She is ready! ... She has also brought like three extra towels.]

Though I am not certain how to even begin...

[willynilly]

Best place to start is to get right into the water! It's shallow near the shore, so until you get a feel for it, we'll stay there. It's pretty hard to drown when your feet can still touch the bottom!

[Well, harder than the alternative, anyway. Once her clothes are off and she's left only in her swimsuit, she heads for the water, splashing her feet into the water.]

...Ah!! It's chilly!

[foxpas]

[She immediately just walks into the water, though she seems fine with the chill. In fact, she's just getting in all at once, lowering herself to submerge as much as possible.]

If you wish to become used to the temperature, it is easiest to do it all at once.

[willynilly]

[Okay. Okay!! She's here to help, she can't chicken out now. Water's always cold when you first get in. And this isn't as chilly as the ocean she's used to.]

...Right. 1, 2, 3... go!

[With a running jump she lunges right into a deeper part of the water, disappearing beneath the surface for a moment. Within seconds she bursts back to the surface, eyes wide.]

So... refreshing...!

[Might take a minute to, uh, acclimate.]

[foxpas]

... If you will pardon my saying so, you do not look terribly refreshed...

[She's shivering a bit, but otherwise fine.]

[willynilly]

No, no, it's not bad! I just need to get used to it.

[She keeps herself submerged up to her neck, treading water as she adjusts.]

It helps if you move around, so try sitting down and kicking your feet in the water! It's good practice for real swimming.

[foxpas]

[She mimics Ochako, sitting down and kicking.]

Is this part of swimming?