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

[lord_wizard]

[Saints and powers, he's going to have to come out and say it]

When you said you were from a Great Tree, you were being quite literal, weren't you?

[innercactus]

[ Was this what he was asking about a moment ago? ]

Yes! Mother is the Pale Tree. She takes a form like us to better talk to us after we wake up, because its harder to talk in the Dream when you're not in it.

[lord_wizard]

[W h a t]

You mean to say it isn't the reverse. That you resemble a plant because you came from such?

[innercactus]

... Yes? I am a plant, because I woke from a pod attached to Mother, who is the Pale Tree.

[ .... He's confused now too. ]

[lord_wizard]

You said she takes a form like you, which implies the relationship is...[He cuts off and sighs, waving it away]

Never mind that. What was that about a Dream?

[innercactus]

.... [ ... Yes he's confused to, but okay-

This is a subject he understands much more easily. ]

The Dream is how Sylvari learn before we wake up. All the Sylvari start there, and Mother teaches us how to read and write, and do things like feed ourselves [ Basic taking care of yourself knowledge that humans usually get in those children years, basically- ]

And we learn things that other, awake Sylvari have learned, or seen, or done! Like the Ascalon ghosts have ghost canons, because their king was a sore loser! [ ... that isn't exactly related to each other but well- ]

[lord_wizard]

[Yeah he's mostly going to ignore that last bit.]

How intriguing. Can you...go back to sleep if you wanted in order to learn more?

[innercactus]

Wrong kind of dreams.

[ Let him figure this out a little bit more- ]

The Dream is a little more of a place? Mother can open a way to it, but it isn't easy, so going back is very hard. We can go back to Mother and ask her questions, though! ... When she's awake..

[lord_wizard]

[This does sound a lot like oneiromancy to him. The same way the Khloidanikos was a very real place.

He squints, thinking.]

I don't suppose...other people can visit this dream?

[innercactus]

If Mother opens the way, I think so? [ he has to think for a bit - names, names... ]

Yes! Trahearne, one of our Firstborn, went there with a friend because... uh... Fang Island got attacked by a dragon champion.

[lord_wizard]

[This guy is just full of information he doesn't care that much about, but still]

Would you be able to tell if this way was open?

[innercactus]

... There is a big blue portal?

[ He makes a circle with his arms. ]

[lord_wizard]

[He blinks, a little slowly] Far more obvious than I imagined, then.

Ah, well, it would have been interesting.

[innercactus]

... Did you want to go and see?

[ That's sort of what he's getting out of this. ]

[lord_wizard]

That is why I asked.

[I mean, come on, a place where he can go to learn all kinds of thing? Why wouldn't he?]

[innercactus]

We are really far away, though... It would take a while to find Mother and ask her.

[lord_wizard]

It might be worthwhile to try, under the circumstances.

[He has no idea if that's true, actually, but he doesn't feel badly encouraging the idea. His tone comes out a bit condescending too, because his patience is wearing a bit thin]

[innercactus]

I will keep looking. [ Asteffiel doesn't notice the tone. He's a bit oblivious like that. ]

... You still don't want to trade plants? [ And back to his original topic. ]

[lord_wizard]

No that's, quite all right...[He pauses, as a thought occurs to him, and he quickly adds-] Although if you find another one later on, I might be interested. Leave it outside the Starstruck, if you're so inclined.

[Hey, a plant in there might be nice.]

[innercactus]

Okay!

[ Redhead on the Starstruck, soon to receive many little plant friends- ]

.... Over here? [ This is more or less muttered to himself. Good bye new friend, he is looking for more plants. ]