[ Gorgug sees this before he's ready to exit his cabin (he's not sure that he wants to be using the earpiece while walking around the train), so he tries to quickly send out: ]
it's not bad i think it's about etraya
[ But hopefully that will help while Gorgug steps out, and makes the journey between their cabins. He's got his tool case to help him look the part, keeping his head down and announcing to the guards at the stop between carriages that Rosie has requested him. She might get a knock from a guard to confirm before he can be let through to the Elite side, but otherwise, the next knock will be a familiar tempo from Gorgug.
And also: ] It's Gorgug.
[ The way he announces himself to a door even sounds suspiciously nervous... he can't help it! ]
[ Okay, well- She wants to trust Gorgug that it isn't anything bad. Still! How many times has she heard that before and it did, in fact, end up being... kind of bad? Ugh. No, keep it together girl.
She doesn't respond via text but does listen carefully for the boy's approach. Her ears aren't out, but her heightened senses still exist regardless. Although trying not to appear too distracted or out of focus, she does perk up noticeably once she hears that knock. ] Coming!
[ There's the tell-tale skitter of her jumping up and going to open the door. As before, like always, she smiles bright at the sight of her friend. ] Hey! Come on in. The thing I need help with is-
[ ... she starts to say, to the guard still eyeing her company suspiciously, but then closes the door and sighs. ] -nowhere, but. Appearances and all that.
[ Gorgug does smile when he sees Rosie, not dispelling the awkward expression he wears, but--what does? He follows her inside to her lead, almost believing himself in her tale -- except she drops it, and oh. ]
Your appearances are great. [ He's still holding onto the metal toolbox, standing in the middle of the room, looking at her; not making any move to do anything, and it's only two or three seconds after he speaks, that: ] --I sent a robot outside Etraya's barrier.
Pft! I'm just... used to it, really. [ Despite being away from home for nearly nine months now, it was almost habit to fall back into keeping up appearances. It did give her an advantage on this mission, at least, so she'd use it.
There's more that she thinks to say, but he really just gets right into it. ] Oh. [ While not what she expected, she isn't sure what she did. Just not that, apparently. ]
[ That's what it had said, right? She wasn't sure what to make of it, actually, but... ] I guess it makes sense we wouldn't be, but I wonder why we weren't given communication with them?
[ Again, Gorgug nods, but this time his lips press together tight in a frown, his expression uncomfortable. ]
I don't, they weren't in a city... they were on the outside. I don't know if they, if they got out? But they were pretty far away from the city, watching it. They didn't get close-- we didn't see them get close. And they were in some really bad-looking clothes. Rags and that.
They were just... living out there? [ Of course, she immediately wonders why. ] I mean, some yokai live off the land like that but- We're part animal so, y'know, that's more natural for us.
Did this person seem like that, or just a person? [ It could make a difference, but it still leaves her wondering: Did they leave Etraya or did the city and its barrier come later? ]
[ His gaze narrow as he thinks, but- ] They seemed like-- just a guy. I didn't hear them talk or didn't see a lot, but they had binoculars, and... Moorecroft's on this planet too, right? Maybe they got out-- you know, another habitat. That's what the messaged made me think. That they're from another bubble place.
[ Possibly? They got the binoculars somewhere, but also, the message was, Did you think you were the only ones--it's probably safe to say they meant in terms of mission cities. ]
[ Just... a guy. Huh. Okay. Just a guy, like she was just a person. Well, she was a wolf demon. Gorgug was a half-orc. So just a guy like they're just here too, maybe. ]
But why wouldn't we have communication with them, in that case? Why would Echo keep us separated? Like, Moorecraft- I just thought that was, like, kind of prepared for us. There were other people there, yeah, but it didn't feel like we weren't supposed to be there either.
[ Granted, the mission was to 'not get caught' or seem out of place. She hadn't exactly passed that one, which- She'd never really known how to feel about that. And they didn't have communication with Moorecraft again after, did they? Ugh. ]
Or maybe if not Echo, then why would they be someplace she - it? - maybe can't see them. Some place we aren't supposed to go either, apparently. But we should.
[ Like they weren't supposed to be there... it reminds Gorgug of something Fabian said, like all of this is just--stage actors. He wonders if that's what Rosie thinks, but Gorgug needs to focus on one thought at a time. Or he'll hurt himself in his confusion. ]
We'd need to prepare if we did. The air's--the gravity's heavy. Heavier than in Etraya. And I don't know what else we'd need, but, I think, we'd need a really good plan. I don't know what's out there, and, there's a lot of different people with us?
I feel like, we're gonna be blind unless the people out there actually talk to us instead of leaving creepy banner messages.
[ That would be a good way to put it, she'd say. A lot of her interactions with the natives of Moorecraft had felt... hollow. Performative, almost, like they were simply filling roles assigned to them and not actual people living there. But who knows? Why go to the trouble of staging something like that? ]
Well, lucky for you- I've traveled to another world with less knowledge than just this and ended up fine. I'm willing to go out there and find whatever we need to. I want to know what's going on, same as you and everyone else.
So just let me know how I can help us prepare! I've got good senses and, uh. Well, that's. Kind of it, honestly, but still!
Okay... [ Okay, he says slowly, trying to think. ] The way we took out's closed now, so-- if we really wanted to go out there again, we'll need to find another hole. Or a place we can make one.
[ Hmm- actually, now that he remembers: ] The companion bots get out there somewhere. Maybe a way out through the hospital?
-Oh! I'm there a lot. I help out, sometimes, as like a nurse. Kind of. A healer, really, but 'nurse' is easier to explain in a hospital. [ Although, some people did understand 'healer' easier depending on the time they came from. Still! ]
I could watch them and look for something. Or ask Vincent to look out, too, since he helped set up the cameras there.
[ Ehh, it's not like that isn't efficient, but also? He's not going to hand anything to Vincent. Especially since Gorgug is going to be making a face. ]
He's involved with a death cult that he left and then went back to. I don't know, there was a lot of stuff I got told I can't get into. He didn't do anything, but he didn't stop anything, you know?
...
And he tried to get me to take his fridge to his super secret new place.
A death cult, [ she repeats, making sure she heard that right. All things considered, well- Is she really surprised? Not actually, but- Ugh. Why can't guys just be regular, nice dudes. All this stuff with death cults and wanting to take over the world, jeez! ]
Well, I'll. Look out, I guess? He was nice to me though still, even considering all... that! Didn't seem like a bad guy, but- I know my judge of character isn't always the best.
[ And just so Rosie understands she heard that correctly, Gorgug knows when she repeats death cult. Hey, people did die for it! Therefore: death cult in Gorgug's eyes. ]
Just be careful if he starts talking about his religion, that's what someone said. I don't know a lot about him in person, but -- I don't know. He looks like a dork to me. I could take him on.
[ It might be a broad definition of it, but it still is a definition so... Okay! Sure! Death cult. ]
Ah, well, that shouldn't be a problem then. I believe in my own thing and let people believe in theirs, so religion doesn't usually come up.
He is a little dorky though. In a cute way, at least! [ She might enjoy bullying the priest man in her own ways, actually, but Gorgug will understand that when older. ] Death cult notwithstanding.
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i can tell you now if that's okay
it might be better now than when we get back
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I mean I'd rather not wait just because
I overthink, you know, and
am trying to be better about like not avoiding talking about stuff
[ At least with Gorgug, so- She's! Trying! ]
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it's not bad
i think
it's about etraya
[ But hopefully that will help while Gorgug steps out, and makes the journey between their cabins. He's got his tool case to help him look the part, keeping his head down and announcing to the guards at the stop between carriages that Rosie has requested him. She might get a knock from a guard to confirm before he can be let through to the Elite side, but otherwise, the next knock will be a familiar tempo from Gorgug.
And also: ] It's Gorgug.
[ The way he announces himself to a door even sounds suspiciously nervous... he can't help it! ]
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She doesn't respond via text but does listen carefully for the boy's approach. Her ears aren't out, but her heightened senses still exist regardless. Although trying not to appear too distracted or out of focus, she does perk up noticeably once she hears that knock. ] Coming!
[ There's the tell-tale skitter of her jumping up and going to open the door. As before, like always, she smiles bright at the sight of her friend. ] Hey! Come on in. The thing I need help with is-
[ ... she starts to say, to the guard still eyeing her company suspiciously, but then closes the door and sighs. ] -nowhere, but. Appearances and all that.
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Your appearances are great. [ He's still holding onto the metal toolbox, standing in the middle of the room, looking at her; not making any move to do anything, and it's only two or three seconds after he speaks, that: ] --I sent a robot outside Etraya's barrier.
[ She didn't want to wait, right. ]
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It did give her an advantage on this mission, at least, so she'd use it.
There's more that she thinks to say, but he really just gets right into it. ] Oh. [ While not what she expected, she isn't sure what she did. Just not that, apparently. ]
Did it... find something?
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There was a person out there. We left them a note-- [ He waves a hand. ] I was brought in to help move the panelling. I didn't find the way out.
[ So, to explain the we. It was a group--a small group. ]
Did you see the message-- outside the city? Before we left?
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[ That's what it had said, right? She wasn't sure what to make of it, actually, but... ] I guess it makes sense we wouldn't be, but I wonder why we weren't given communication with them?
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I don't, they weren't in a city... they were on the outside. I don't know if they, if they got out? But they were pretty far away from the city, watching it. They didn't get close-- we didn't see them get close. And they were in some really bad-looking clothes. Rags and that.
They looked like a wild guy.
[ A caveman, but for the outdoors. ]
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Did this person seem like that, or just a person? [ It could make a difference, but it still leaves her wondering: Did they leave Etraya or did the city and its barrier come later? ]
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[ Possibly? They got the binoculars somewhere, but also, the message was, Did you think you were the only ones--it's probably safe to say they meant in terms of mission cities. ]
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But why wouldn't we have communication with them, in that case? Why would Echo keep us separated? Like, Moorecraft- I just thought that was, like, kind of prepared for us. There were other people there, yeah, but it didn't feel like we weren't supposed to be there either.
[ Granted, the mission was to 'not get caught' or seem out of place. She hadn't exactly passed that one, which- She'd never really known how to feel about that. And they didn't have communication with Moorecraft again after, did they? Ugh. ]
Or maybe if not Echo, then why would they be someplace she - it? - maybe can't see them. Some place we aren't supposed to go either, apparently. But we should.
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We'd need to prepare if we did. The air's--the gravity's heavy. Heavier than in Etraya. And I don't know what else we'd need, but, I think, we'd need a really good plan. I don't know what's out there, and, there's a lot of different people with us?
I feel like, we're gonna be blind unless the people out there actually talk to us instead of leaving creepy banner messages.
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Why go to the trouble of staging something like that? ]
Well, lucky for you- I've traveled to another world with less knowledge than just this and ended up fine. I'm willing to go out there and find whatever we need to. I want to know what's going on, same as you and everyone else.
So just let me know how I can help us prepare! I've got good senses and, uh. Well, that's. Kind of it, honestly, but still!
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[ Hmm- actually, now that he remembers: ] The companion bots get out there somewhere. Maybe a way out through the hospital?
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I could watch them and look for something. Or ask Vincent to look out, too, since he helped set up the cameras there.
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Vincent-- the guy with the glasses?
[ From a cult? he would ask, but, would Rosie even know? ]
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Yeah, that one! He was setting up security or something at the hospital when I met him. Seemed nice enough.
[ She does not, in fact, know. ]
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[ Yes, he will call a guy weird and how intricate his surveillance is. So what. ]
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[ Bestie, what does she not know here!!! ]
It was on the outside, mostly, when I saw him doing it though. But he did mention also putting it in for new arrivals...
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He's involved with a death cult that he left and then went back to. I don't know, there was a lot of stuff I got told I can't get into. He didn't do anything, but he didn't stop anything, you know?
...
And he tried to get me to take his fridge to his super secret new place.
[ That too!! ]
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A death cult, [ she repeats, making sure she heard that right. All things considered, well- Is she really surprised? Not actually, but- Ugh. Why can't guys just be regular, nice dudes. All this stuff with death cults and wanting to take over the world, jeez! ]
Well, I'll. Look out, I guess? He was nice to me though still, even considering all... that! Didn't seem like a bad guy, but- I know my judge of character isn't always the best.
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Just be careful if he starts talking about his religion, that's what someone said. I don't know a lot about him in person, but -- I don't know. He looks like a dork to me. I could take him on.
[ BULLYING THE PRIEST MAN!!! ]
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Ah, well, that shouldn't be a problem then. I believe in my own thing and let people believe in theirs, so religion doesn't usually come up.
He is a little dorky though. In a cute way, at least! [ She might enjoy bullying the priest man in her own ways, actually, but Gorgug will understand that when older. ] Death cult notwithstanding.