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Who: Anders + Open
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Tourist, if desired. In the Cargo bay
When: Now

[Anders wasn't the type to post to the network all that often, but he's also not usually in a position to need to ask for help, so, network it is.

There's a touch of uncertainty and hesitation to his baring when he starts the feed and, instead of being in the Tourist's clinic or one of the gardens as he usually is, he's in the ship's cargo bay. Open space seemed like the best thing for what he was trying to practice.]

The gifts Atroma delivered to us seem thoughtful enough, considering, but I find myself in need of some help with mine. I thought I could perhaps figure it out myself, but it hasn't worked out so far.

I know the terms are familiar to those from Thedas, but just in case they're familiar to anyone else: I'd like to speak to anyone who knows about 'Arcane Warriors' and 'Knight Enchanters.' I need help applying my knowledge of one to the other.

[A brief pause.]

To anyone else, I'm in need of a sparring partner. Anyone skilled with a blade willing to help out would be welcome. Thank you.

[And now he waits. He hasn't breathed a word about the Spirit Hilt sent to him...and knows there's some who didn't even know he could wield a sword, much less had in the past. Really, there were only two that would.

But desperate times and all that.]

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[ After seeing the broadcast, Kara heads over to the cargo bay on the Tourist. She still hasn't really talked to too many people since their last discussion but she's been trying to increase her presence back at the ship. When she gets to the bay, she's holding two mugs of hot chocolate and lightly knocks on the doorway ]

Hi! I was making up some hot chocolate and I saw your broadcast and while I definitely don't have any relevant experience to what you're asking about, I thought I'd make you a mug and bring it over.

And I'm not skilled in wielding any blades but I am pretty indestructible, so if that could be helpful...

[He's a little surprised by her arrival, he still hadn't seen a whole lot of her since their whole sit-down, so he figured she needed time to come back around. Since they weren't close, he hadn't been expecting her, but she was hardly unwelcome. He was starting to get the feeling she was sort of like Merrill: sweet to everyone as long as her ideals weren't challenged.

He smiled at her and motioned for her to join him where he'd made up a bench out of whatever he could find.]

I haven't had anything similar to hot chocolate in a long while, but I do love chocolate as a rule, so thank you.

How indestructible are we talking here? I'm not sure how comfortable I'd feel practicing with you if you're unarmed.

[Not that he couldn't heal it, he was the ship's doctor after all, but he'd rather fix what other people had done, not what he himself had caused.]

[ she goes to sit with him and hands him a mug ]

Do you have bullets where you're from? Because more indestructible than that.

Though, you're right. I'm not sure I wouldn't break your weapons.

[He takes it with a grateful smile and blows on it lightly. A careful sip later and his eyes close for just a moment in pure enjoyment.]

No bullets, no, but I understand what you mean. Luckily, you can't break my weapons either.

[He takes another careful sip, then sets the mug aside and pulls out the hilt. It looked no different than a regular sword hilt, but held no blade.]

The blade is made of my own energy, my mana. It can't be broken so long as I haven't drained myself of all of it.]

To demonstrate, the blade forms out of what looks like pure blue light and holds it's form. A slight hum reverberates in the hair and it radiates cold, but as he taps the end to the floor of the ship, it makes a light tink sound like glass.]

So, perhaps, it wouldn't be so bad.

Ooh, well I'm not sure how I'd do against mana. Magic is slightly different.

How do you do that?

[The blade vanishes and Anders sets the hilt aside again. His handnow empty, he holds his hand out palm-up. In it, an orb of energy, the same color the blade had been, swirled into life.]

My mana's always present, but there's a special stone in the core of the hilt that focuses it into something perciselike a blade. Normal spells don't need so much precision, typically, or they can be focused another way.

What about you? 'Invincible' isn't an easy feat, and I imagine you aren't speaking figuratively.

Well, nearly invincible. And actually an effect from the yellow sun. I'm not from the Earth that I live on, I'm from a different planet with a different sun. So the Earth's sun imbues me with these powers.

....There are different kinds of suns?

[They were mapping stars and what could be seen with a telescope. Beyond that, everything else seemed like ludicrous fiction.]

More like... suns can look different at different parts in their life cycle. Red ones, like on the planet we crashed on, are red because they're dying.

Oh....I hadn't realized...sun's had life cycles.

<[Which he almost feels silly for saying, this sounded like something that was a simple fact to her, but it was definitely a new concept for him.]

But I suppose, conceptually, that would make sense. The plants on plant that other planet were alsk red, it would stand to reason it was due to the light from the sun.

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