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[rebuildyourruins]

Who: Thor + you
Broadcast: no
Action: around Baruut
When: mid-to-late october

a. scrap markets

[Thor hates this planet, honestly. It's like a worse version of Sakaar, somehow, and he wasn't fond of that place to start with. The only upside Thor can see to Baruut so far is that he wasn't immediately captured and enslaved in a fighting arena.

Kind of a back-handed compliment.

But after his stint on the Marsiva and then spending a week looking after a shockingly young Loki, Thor's ready to put that baggage in the backseat and go look around anyway. He has a couple of items he's on the lookout for. It becomes quickly apparent though that finding a decent item is the harder task. The low quality of most wares annoys him and it's not uncommon to find him standing in front of a stall keeper, shaking an item at them and being loudly indignant.]

Yes, I know that it has clear sight, but if it only sees in green then what's the point of it as an eye?

[Is that an eyeball in his hand? .........yep. Unfortunate.]

b. watch for falling debris

[You're out in the junkyards proper, minding your own business. Doing whatever it is you decided to venture into canyons of rubbish to do. A distant yelp and a thud rings out somewhere above you - and you barely have time to look up before a body comes smashing down into the junk a few metres away, sending scrap metal and plastic spraying everywhere.

The 'body' turns out to be a very alarmed, very dazed junkyard thief. They scramble to their feet and run away shrieking, not looking back at you or in the direction they fell from. Should you decide to look up though, you'll see Thor pop up over the top of a hill-sized pile of rubbish a fair distance away. He waves to you and calls out:]

You should be mindful where you step! There are thieves about.

c. wildcard

[Thor can also be found bartering for equipment at shops specialising in spaceship parts, lugging supplies back to the Blue Fish, or throwing his hammer around near the Knorst Cliffs. If you have any other ideas, drop a comment or hit me up on dudemeister.]

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[ultima_mortis]

IS THERE? HOW CURIOUS. [Poppy's head perks up at the sound and she moves forward to the limit of her leash.] THERE IS A MAN I KNOW OF, HARRY KING, WHO TAKES THE WASTES PRODUCED BY OTHERS AND SELLS THEM FOR PROFIT TO THOSE WHO CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOMETHING OF THEM.

[rebuildyourruins]

Yes - it's called Sakaar. Where lost and abandoned things end up.

[It's less deliberate than Baruut, where people actively bring their refuse to offload. Sakaar instead is the final stop at the end of universal wormholes.]

So, a kind of middle-man? At least it goes to people who can make use of it.

[ultima_mortis]

[Death watches Poppy sniff around promising piles of scrap before she tugs fully on the leash. He walks forward and watches her find her own path.]

ALL TOLD, HE MAKES A STRONG AND TIDY PROFIT OF THE MATTER. I NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SUCH THINGS, BUT I DO LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME ON OCCASION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PEOPLE WERE LIKE BEFORE I MET THEM.

[rebuildyourruins]

Oh... right. Yeah. [Before the dying part.] Do you do that in your own world as well, or just here?

[ultima_mortis]

ONLY ON MY WORLD. THESE PLANETS ARE NOT MINE AND THAT MEANS I AM UNABLE TO REAP ANYTHING. [He follows Poppy up the side of a scrap heap.] I LIKE BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT OTHER DEATHS HAVE DOMINION OVER. IT IS VERY RARE FOR ME TO BE AWAY FROM THE PLANE OF EXISTENCE MY PLANET EXISTS ON.

[rebuildyourruins]

[That's strangely comforting to know, though Thor realises at the same time he wasn't particularly concerned with Death reaping anyone here. If the being wanders around with a cat on a leash, he can't be that morbid. After a pause Thor steps after Death, following him up the trash heap.]

You aren't alone in that. Although your view on it might be different from most of us. There aren't many who can see between the planes, or see them for what they are.

[Thor, while he knows of different realms and powers that can change reality, has little experience in that area. But he's still old enough and learned enough to know more is out there.]

[ultima_mortis]

[His true morbidity is tempered with a variety of earthly interests. It makes for an interesting impression.]

THAT IS QUITE TRUE. EVERYONE I MEET HERE WHO CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PLANES HAS SOME HIGHLY UNUSUAL ELEMENT TO THE NATURE OF THEIR EXISTENCE. THERE IS ALWAYS A FEW STEPS ONE NEEDS TO TAKE AWAY FROM TRUE NORMALCY TO SEE THINGS AS YOU OR I MIGHT.

[rebuildyourruins]

[He has to grin a bit.]

I would not know what true normalcy is anyway. I know what was normal for me until a few years ago, but that is much different to the normalcy of my human friends.

[ultima_mortis]

PRECISELY. YOU ARE INCLINED BY THE NATURE OF YOUR GENETIC LINEAGE TO SEE THINGS MOST WOULD SPEND A LIFETIME BUILDING A MACHINE MERELY TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF. I MYSELF AM ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE.