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Week 3, Thursday

[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[On Thursday morning, Zelgadis can be found on college island, looking idly in the direction of the shopping mall. He's dressed differently, for once!

Seeing Rynlan, he glances over briefly, but says nothing.]
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He glances back in surprise.]

Huh?

[He blinks a few times, as if there was something strange about that question.]

... Oh, well... My other clothes are getting washed.
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Just some mud. No big deal. An acquaintance insisted I have something new to wear in the meantime.

[He looks unsure of how to take the compliment. After a pause, he settles on:] Thanks.
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head.]

Not exactly... Just looking around.

Do you know this area well?
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I'm not from around here.
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head. Yes, start with that.]
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[


uhhh]


I just sailed in from one of the other islands.

[he just points at the ferry dock.]
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't know what being on a boat is like?
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. It's--

[!?

suddenly, a hole opens up and dumps them into the memory theatre!]
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zel sits up, looking around.]

Again? What...

[oh, would you look at that. a memory starts playing.]

MEMORY: A PEACEFUL DAY

You wake up in your familiar, comfortable bed. The room is a simple one, with just a few simple items. A table and a chair. A desk, with a photograph of a smiling cat.

You step outside. It's a beautiful day.

You walk up to a tree, and you shake it. A branch falls out.

You shake a tree. A small bag of money falls out.
You shake a tree. Nothing happens.
You shake a tree. Nothing happens.
You shake a tree. A branch falls out.
You shake a tree. A small bag of money falls out.
You shake a tree. Nothing happens.
You shake a tree. Nothing happens.
You shake a tree. A wasp nest falls out.

The wasps attack you!!!
... You're made of stone, so it's fine. You keep shaking trees.

Nothing. Nothing. Branch. Nothing. Branch.
At last, another small bag of money falls out.

You walk to the store and buy a fishing rod. Then you find a nice spot along the river to fish.

You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.
You cast your line. You wait. A fish bites. You reel it in.

What a peaceful day...



[The memory keeps going. He's just sitting there fishing. You're fucking stuck in the void watching a man fish for god-knows-how-long.]
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
... Why is this happening.
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess I should have expected the other islands to have their own quirks...

[On screen, Zelgadis catches a sturgeon. It's really big!!]

Oh. That was a good one.
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[personal profile] hardrocklife 2023-03-02 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sturgeon. Pretty rare. They didn't even have one in the museum yet.

[he's really happy with himself.]