Iskaulit Mingle

[passingthrough]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Nah!
Action: Iskaulit
When: April!

[So many spaces to explore. So little time.]

Comments

[spacebro]

Cartography? Really? Do you map the stars we go through? [He's more familiar with stellar cartography in general, but it applies in the fleet too.]

[namisan]

I do, actually! Though it doesn't really serve much function other than helping to improve my ability to chart them. The ship computers already have the charts for these areas-- I do what I can and then see if they match.

[spacebro]

How's your accuracy?

[namisan]

Getting better all the time. My last couple of attempts have been pretty much spot on.

[spacebro]

Sounds like you were destined for the stars. [Smiling at her.]

[namisan]

[Grin.] No offence, but I'd rather not be. I'm just smart and I love cartography and I saw it as a challenge. But give me the choice, I'll go straight back to the ocean.

[spacebro]

So you're a big fan of the water world?

[namisan]

Not so much-- well, I like it. But a place with no coastlines, that's nothing but water, wears thin after a while.

[spacebro]

You need the contrast? The challenge maybe?

[namisan]

The goalpost. Cartography and navigation is all about using your skillset to journey to a whole new place. If it's all ocean, there's nowhere to go. Though if we had coating technology, I guess I could sail a ship to all the places underneath the water instead.

[spacebro]

You don't have any submergable vehicles on a world with that much water?

[namisan]

I just said we have coating technology. Which by reports seems to be unique to us.

But yeah, other than that, we do. One of our allies uses a submarine, not a pirate ship. And we have a mini one attached to our own. I don't think they're common, but they're definitely not unheard of.

[spacebro]

You said if you had coating technology, but I won't hold that against you. [He smiles.]

It is nice being up where you can breathe the air.

[namisan]

[Ah, he misunderstood her.]

I meant if I had coating technology here. We've got it at home. But yeah, I much prefer being above the surface.

[spacebro]

[He sure did.]

Oh. That makes more sense. Well, you're way above the surface now.

[namisan]

Yeah. Though I definitely don't mind exploring down here. It kind of reminds me of Fishman Island.

[Because One Piece has some really obvious place names. Guess who lives there.]

[spacebro]

Fishman Island?

[Carmen Sandiago?]

[namisan]

[Probably.]

Underwater home of the fishmen and mermaids. You have to travel through there to get to the other half of the Grand Line, which is a journey most pirates want to make.

[spacebro]

You mean the people with fish tails like in that musical cartoon? [He had an extremely eclectic human media diet.] They're real?

[namisan]

IIII wouldn't know about musical cartoons, but given people often think of them as mythical creatures in our world too, I get the idea. And yes. They're real. Some of them are really huge.

[spacebro]

[He looks intrigued.] How huge?

[namisan]

[Grin.] More than fifty feet tall.

[spacebro]

[He nods his head appreciatively.] I hope they're friendly.

[namisan]

They're good people. Friendly to those who treat them right. If she ever comes here, I'll introduce you.

...though now I'm trying to imagine a fifty foot mermaid squished into the Marsiva.

[spacebro]

That would probably be unpleasant for her and for anyone she was on a ship with. But if it happens I'd be honored to meet any friend of yours.