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

[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!