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Asteffiel ([personal profile] innercactus) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-03-04 08:57 pm

First Leaf - Fear Not This Night

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. ]
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ our lord and savior)

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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
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?
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ you know what's more fun? danger.)

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[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-05 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[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.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♦ in case his username wasn't clear)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-05 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
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?
birdsbirdsbirds: (♦ legit how he sits 80% of the time)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-06 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ your eyes look like space crystals)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-07 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, you got it. "Synthetic" is another word for something man-made. Not occurring in nature.

[this guy's not bad. again, he's very patient, smiling again.]

I heard a little while ago that someone here is trying to make lamps that produce synthetic sunlight, or something very close to it.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ pain loves everyone)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That's exactly what they're made for. One of the other captains wanted them to grow some plants... I think it's much nicer, out here, with something growing.

[he makes a mental note to follow through on that.]

Do you have a name, friend?
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ sometimes he's not awful)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[aw, his smile gets a little less polite and a little more genuinely delighted.]

Asteffiel, what a good name. My name is Robin, like the bird.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ our lord and savior)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
On its chest, yes.

[almost. hopefully this guy isn't secretly calling him a cardinal or something.]
birdsbirdsbirds: (♣ no seriously guys what happened)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'm not sure I know what a moa is.

[he hopes that's the singular. he hopes they're still talking about birds.]
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ hey buddy! we're buddies!)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-09 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, like Tallbirds.

[he means ostriches. but they don't have ostriches on his world. and they had ostriches on a previous set of waystations, but the locals all called them "Tallbirds". so that's what they are.]
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ hello ladies)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-10 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... How strange. [...] I am most definitely not like one of those kinds of birds, then.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ bet you say that to all the ladies)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-03-10 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[no you know what he can roll with this.]

It's a common belief where I'm from that robins bring springtime with them.

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