New Dragon Experiences

[twosidedsword]

Who: Shin-Ah and YOU
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Wonderduck and Iskaulit
When: Soon after his arrival

Wonderduck

[Shin-Ah's first experience with confetti has him completely startled. So the first thing he does when there's strange noise and suddenly things flying at him is duck and cover. Which means someone might find him just crouched holding his head while he wonders what is attacking him. He doesn't have his sword so he's not entirely sure how to fight it.

Seriously. He's never seen this stuff before. Please send help. He needs it SO BADLY.]


Iskaulit

[After the scare on the Wonderduck, Shin-Ah can be found wandering the Iskaulit. Really he's familiar with the layout so he's not actually lost. (He can see through walls, guys. He knows where he's going.) However, it probably looks like he's lost. Because Shin-Ah will be walking one way then stop and look around before randomly picking another direction.

Should he go here? What about here?

In truth, he's on his way to the forge that he saw. He's just exploring on his way there so he can know the layout of this place well to know where everything is. It just seems like a good idea right now.]

Comments

[necromanswers]

[He's not asking, and she's not telling him, as she hasn't told anyone here- nevermind a stranger. The one who matters, who she wants to know, can't hear the words, anyway.

Instead she crouches down and lifts a chunk of metal off the floor, giving it an experimental push on either side to see if it bends.]

You interested in making weapons, or were you looking for a smith?

[twosidedsword]

I...don't have a sword.

[He is so used to having one that now that he doesn't he's almost not sure what to do with the fact. Looking back to the forge, he touches a piece of metal there.]

I wanted to see if there was one.

[Because he's never made one before so he'd have no idea how to begin.]

[necromanswers]

Sorry, no dice, as far as I can tell. You might want to try and find out who runs this place, see if they take commissions.

[She can teeeechnically make equipment herself, but unless the user wants magical enhancements, she can't vouch for its quality. Plus she only just arrived herself. Best to not start making promises to randos in somebody else's forge.]

[twosidedsword]

[So there's not one. Well that's alright. He'll have to find one elsewhere or find the owner of this place.]

What were you looking for?

[necromanswers]

Some materials, maybe, but mostly the equipment. It's been a while since I've done anything like this so I wanted to see if it's up to snuff.

[It's not, at all- nothing like the Arcaneum, kind of scrappy and rudimentary. But it does seem plenty functional, so it's not a worthless visit either.]

[twosidedsword]

Materials?

[Already now he's crouching so he can start looking. Maybe he can be helpful with that since he can often find things others might miss. At least that's his hope.

He just wants to be useful to people here because he doesn't know what else to do when the others aren't here.]

[necromanswers]

Yep. I don't have a list or anything- haven't decided what to make yet, I'm just putting out feelers to get something better than what I have now.

[Which, as he might notice while she's crouched next to the supply pile, is just a plain wooden spoon tucked into her belt.]

I'm Lup, by the way.

[twosidedsword]

I can...look for things.

[Which probably means he'll go find things randomly and then just bring them to her. She may end up needing to tell him often that what he finds doesn't work. But he'll do his best!]

Shin-Ah.

[That's his name.]

[necromanswers]

Cool, cool.

[To both things, really.]

Have you been down to the planet yet? There's a ton of junk just lying around, begging to be scrapped. Chances are I'll find a lot of stuff that can be smelted into usable mats. You might find whatever you're looking for, too.

[Maybe not a sword, though stranger things have happened. There's bound to be shops with tools and weapons, right?]

[twosidedsword]

There's...so much. Down there.

[Including a machine that had spit steam at him. What a terrifying thing.]

Someone said that there are machines to help people.

[Of course he's only just learned what machines are so he's not even sure what all they're used for or if Lup wants any of them.]

[necromanswers]

Mm, that would make the most sense, wouldn't it- there's way too much trash down there for there not to be some extra help.

[Robots aren't a new concept to her or anything, but they still come up rarely enough for them to be kind of novel. The only ones she's seen around the planet were too big to consider taking, though.]

[twosidedsword]

[Lup is definitely going to end up just receiving so much random stuff now. All in the effort to help her.]

...It...makes sense...

[It's easy for even a blind person to see he has no idea what he's agreeing with here. He's honestly just agreeing because she clearly seems to know what she's talking about? Maybe?]

[necromanswers]

[Depending on quality she may or may not complain. He sounds a bit confused, though? Hmm.]

Is this sort of thing new to you? You don't seem too down with it.

[twosidedsword]

I saw my first machine...yesterday.

[So basically...he has no idea what the hell to do with them or what they are in all honesty. Aside from confusing. So confusing. And one blew steam at him.]

[necromanswers]

[w e l p]

Maybe you should stick to what you know until you've learned a bit more about this sort of stuff, bud.

[Her tone is gentle, but mildly teasing; he seems real eager to please, which is great and all, but it also means he might just step in something he ought not just yet.]

[twosidedsword]

[Oh. He looks down, his chin dipping to indicate that's the case. He supposes that's...true. It's not like he knows machines.

But he also doesn't know... a lot.

But...]

I know...plants.

[necromanswers]

[Okay.

Okay, she knows normal people also like plants, but she's also been around Merle for over a hundred years, so she can't not make sure-]

You're not, like. Weird about them, are you?

[twosidedsword]

[..............Okay he lifts his head to stare at her.

What? Weird about plants? What does that mean?]

.....no?

[necromanswers]

[Oh thank gods.]

Perfect! The planet we're on doesn't have much in the way of greenery, but if you've got an eye for this stuff, maybe you can help me get spell components.

[twosidedsword]

[He perks up so fast. Hm? Be useful? You bet that he's definitely going to do everything he can to get those spell components.]

What...do you need?

[necromanswers]

Ooh, good question. Just a sec, I'll make you a shopping list.

[She tugs her spellbook free from her belt, flipping through the pages to tear free a blank one, onto which she begins jotting down plant-based spell components she thinks might be found down below.]

[twosidedsword]

Ah...

[He lifts a hand when she pulls out the book. But she's already started writing. And now he doesn't know what to do. Because...the list won't help him. Not even a little bit.]

I...

[necromanswers]

[His voice catches her attention; she doesn't look up from writing, but hey, she can multitask.]

What's up, little dude?

[twosidedsword]

I...can't...

[He falls quiet a moment then.]

I don't know how. To read.

[necromanswers]

[She stops writing, tapping her pencil against the paper a few times. Ah. Well, that's a whole lot of useless, then.

Tucking the page back into her spellbook, she straightens up, putting both away.]

Okaaaay, how's your memory, then?