First Leaf - Fear Not This Night

[innercactus]

Who: Asteffiel
Broadcast: Yep | Video
Action: Marsiva
When: March 4th/5th?


Little Asuran Box, why am I cold?

[ At least, that's what Asteffiel assumes this thing he's holding is. Hope no one watching gets motion sick, because Asteffiel keeps turning it over and over, trying to figure it out. Enjoy plant-hands, the long leaves of his bottoms, the very obviously grown out of his feet leaves of his shoes. ]

It is still winter, yes, but I haven't been cold while dressed before. [ He finally rights the communicator, studying it a little close now.

Yeah he's made of plants molding itself into a human shape. ]

… Except when I walked into the pond. That was cold. But I am not wet now, so it is not that.

[ Silence as he thinks more on why he could be cold while clothed and not soaked. ]

Where is Crocus? This is not his house.

[ Finally something vaguely important to ask – although he still seems distracted. ]

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

You seem a little lost, friend.

[that's said by the pale, fairly good-looking guy who appears on the video feed. he waves a little, despite possibly being turned upside-down at the time.]

This must be your first time up in a spaceship, huh?

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[innercactus]

... The voice box has people in it?

[ ... Sorry he got distracted from words because there's a person in his little asuran box! ]

Upside down looks uncomfortable. [ Let him fix that.

Oh wait there were words said. ]

What is a space-ship?

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Lots of people. I'm not actually in the box, though. I'm just talking to you through it.

[what a fascinating person, now that he's sideways. plants? reminds him of that demon he met, though he seems much more stable...]

Do you know what a boat is? Or a ship that sails on water?

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[innercactus]

... Oh, so you are not trapped.

[ ... so he doesn't need to break the thing. Okay. ]

Yes. But they are usually wood. And Tre... Tree? [ He pauses, thinking.

It takes a little bit before he perks back up. ] Trahearne! Trahearne has cloud-ships.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[there we go. now we're getting somewhere! Robin has nothing but patience and a cute smile for the stranger, it would seem.]

Good, cloud ships. We have those where I am from, as well. Made of metal.

This is like one of those, just... much, much bigger, and much higher up in the sky, as well. We're so high up that we're far away from the sun. That's why it's so dark.

[innercactus]

[ Smiles keep Asteffiel fairly cheerful himself, and patience is needed. Always... ]

And that is why it is cold! [ Mystery solved! Because sunlight is good at warming and keeping him energized and wait.

There's another problem now. ]

... But I need sunlight. I don't want to wilt.

[ He's exaggerating, but he spends perhaps a little too much time growing plants. ]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Ah... You can catch some sunlight on the local moons. We may also pass close enough to a star to keep you well, if that's what you need...

[he shifts a little in the chair he's sitting in, propping up his face in his hand, looking curious and thoughtful.]

How often do you need sunlight...? Will you survive a week without very much of it?

[innercactus]

.... You can get on a moon?

[ Asteffiel thinks.

And thinks some more. He's aware of this being a thing, of getting lethargic when he's up far past the sunset, but he isn't terribly sure about a how long. Even when he was a Courtier, he went out in the sun.

Time for digging in what he can remember of his Dream, and see if he got anything useful from other Sylvari who explored a lot more. ]

I'll feel... really bad, after four days. I've avoided it.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Yeah, you can get on a moon. It's kind of bizarre, I know.

[unfortunately, the Marsiva isn't under this guy's control... so he can't tell him to steer the ship closer to a sun, or anything. on the bright side...]

...Ah, well, I doubt our hosts would let anything too terrible happen to you before you've even been placed into a crew. Perhaps there is synthetic sunlight somewhere on board.

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[alwayscomeback]

Your haiku's need work.

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[innercactus]

[ how are all these people fitting in his box. ]

What is a haikus?

[alwayscomeback]

[They're contortionists!]

It's a poem. It's got a five, seven, five beat to it. For example.

[He clears his throat A-HEM!]

Welcome to the Fleet
You kind of look like a tree
So what's up with that?

[innercactus]

[ And very good at hiding out of view when the other one wants to talk-

What does "beat" have to do with anything, there isn't anything to hit-

Ooooh that's kinda cool. But it ended with a question. Hmmmn. Okay he sits here thinking for a bit. ]

I am a Sylvari [ ... that was five, right? Maybe. He's going to try this thing. ]
We look like trees because Mother
Is the Pale Tree

[ ... He totally got that, right? ]

[alwayscomeback]

Well, none of that was right at-

No wait, I was kidding, are you actually related to a tree?

[innercactus]

Oh. [ Well, he wasn't exactly sure what beats where anyway. ]

Yes? Mother is a big tree! [ He waves his arms in a vague tree shape - trunk, out for massive branches - but he didn't put the communicator down so have fun with all that motion. ]

The... grott... no, Grove, the Grove is under her, and on some of the lower branches, and she looks like one of us to talk to us better. [ He pauses again. ]

... When she isn't sleeping. She got hurt.

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka's processing this, give him a second. ]

Ohhhhhh, so you're like...a tree spirit?

[innercactus]

[ He has to process "spirit". He never went to Ascalon, but plenty of Priory, Vigil, or Whispers Sylvari have... ]

How is spirit different from ghost? I know ghosts, and I am not one of those.

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[catamite]

[maybe elves really are naturally drawn to plantlife, because Nel really hadn't been planning on talking to anyone when he started flipping through the frequencies today. but then he sees this...

soon, he's turning on his video feed, and there is now a pointy-eared face staring out from the rotating screen.]

...Whoa, hang on there. Hey...

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[innercactus]

[ Asteffiel hasn't seen people with pointy ears who aren't Sylvari like him, or Asura. But Asura most definitely look different. Doesn't seem to have pointy teeth. ]

... Hang on to what? Your box?

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[catamite]

[he tilts his head, trying to see the leafy man right-side-up.]

Um... yeah. Sure. Stop spinning it.

And maybe... you know. Hold it the right way up.

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[innercactus]

.... Sorry for spinning you.

[ Right way up might mean so the person in the box isn't standing on their head.

... There we go. ]

... Do you need a bucket? How would I get a bucket in there.

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[catamite]

[oh yes, that's much better.

and then the face on the screen gives him a slow, uncomprehending blink.]

...A bucket?

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[innercactus]

.. I didn't make you feel sick with the spinning?

[ Makes sense, right? He's never actually gotten sick like that, so he's not quite sure how it works. ]

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[catamite]

Oh.

...No, I'm okay. It wasn't that bad.

[because that's way more important than explaining that you can't put buckets into communicators in the first place]

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[innercactus]

Okay good.

[ And now its comfortable yet possibly awkward silence.

Asteffiel doesn't remember how this conversation started. ]