mingle a little Mor tonight

[catamite]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Sure!
Action: The wonderful world of Mor, nearby way-stations, and ships!
When: The first week or so of arrival

[this is it-- Atroma's surprise vacation stay for you all! it's time to explore, speculate, relax, and totally behave yourselves. right?

how are you all dealing with the ever-so-educational volcano? have you played around with the visual toggle on those collars yet? aren't they cool? aren't these peasant clothes rad? if you haven't had a decent meal since Abeo, maybe you could afford some of that authentic farm-raised meat they have here. historical!

I bet you're all excited and completely thrilled to be here! who wouldn't be? ...so, make some discoveries, make some friends, and have fun!]

Comments

[innercactus]

Does no one mix it up because you are always in a city, and so you go by that? But what if something goes across more than one country?

[forsometimenow]

That doesn't happen an awful lot- there are some landmarks and mountain ranges and such that do cross borders, but they all have their own names, too. Basically, you say where you are by wherever it is you're standing. The planet as a whole is called Earth.

[innercactus]

.... It still sounds complicated.

[forsometimenow]

[She smiles.]

Yeah. I think it helps that we're taught geography in school... and not a lot of people tend to travel much further than the place they were born, anyway. I know I didn't go much further beyond my hometown until I went to med school.

[innercactus]

School is how you learn? It's something you do when you're.. fleshlings? [ Baby is the wrong word here, he thinks, but he doesn't remember the other. ]

[forsometimenow]

Yeah- all humans attend some form of it. After you go through 12 or so years of learning many different subjects, you can go to a more specialized school. In my case, it was medical school so I could become a doctor. Though I was younger than most people when I entered- I am what some might call a genius. Not to sound egotistical...

[innercactus]

Ooooh. We wake up knowing some things! [ Like how to function. ]

But we have to learn everything else. There are some mentors, older Sylvari, but then we just go and learn by doing.

[forsometimenow]

That sounds useful, though- there's only so much you can learn by reading it in a book. A big part of my education in med school was practicing the skills I read about so I could be ready to do them on other humans.

[innercactus]

[ Asteffiel nods. This makes sense to him! ]

Like reading what moa drumsticks taste like, but still having to go out and eat one to know!

[ Only sometimes Sylvari get the "know" already. ]

[forsometimenow]

So, tell me, what DO moa drumsticks taste like? Good or bad?

[innercactus]

Good! But it does depend on how they're cooked. [ A very serious nod here. ] If they're undercooked, and not crunchy on the outside, not as good. But if they're black crunchy, they're also not good.

[forsometimenow]

In my case, I'd probably leave the cooking to someone else- I've never been very good at that.

[innercactus]

We should find someone else if we find a moa. I do not cook well either.

[ But on his end, that's partially because fire is really scary. ]

[forsometimenow]

That makes me wonder- have you seen anything from your world here yet? Any creatures or familiar species? I wonder if anything familiar from the worlds we come from will show up from time to time when we visit places... it might be nice to see.

[innercactus]

There are humans! I haven't gone looking at food. The things that come out of the machine taste sort of familiar.

[forsometimenow]

The protein cubes, you mean? I'd imagine so- protein is one of the things living beings are composed of. I'm still getting used to getting my food in cube form... it's strange.

[innercactus]

Cubes or goo! [ .. he means gel. ]

But the uh. Teriyaki? isn't bad. It's new, but not bad.

[forsometimenow]

Yeah... even so, they were clearly designed for sustenance over flavor. I suppose they keep better in space than fresh food would, but hey, maybe the audience will tire of our suffering and send us real food every once in a while?

[innercactus]

Maybe! If we make extra sad faces while we eat it?

[forsometimenow]

And be sure to mention how we wish we had something real to eat. [She giggles.]

[innercactus]

Yes! That could work!