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Holly / Crystal ([personal profile] inourhead) wrote2014-10-17 11:05 pm

what in the longdark spitting-pit is that

This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.

Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.

And the demon's gaining on her.

She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.

And Holly's not fast enough.

The mouth catches her.





But it doesn't hurt.

Where are we?

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with Minus (kappa)

with Mark (kappa)

with Max (Benedict)

in Terraria (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)


with Erin (Rockeye)
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
The civil servant applies a stamp to the papers, shuffles some of them into four different folders, and hands a fifth pile back to Erin, along with a sheaf of paper money, which may or may not seem familiar. "Residency will have their apartment keys ready in about an hour."

"Shall we have lunch in the meantime, Crystal, Lightning?"
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I know a very nice bakery on seventh street. On the other hand the cafeteria in this building is pretty good too, and it's closer. Holly, Crystal, what do you think?"
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Cafeteria it is."

They follow crowds of suited office workers heading in the same direction. "This paper is money, by the way. I'm not sure if you use paper money in your world." She names the denominations.

The cafeteria itself is a large open space taking up most of the basement. It's very crowded, this being lunch hours. There might be as many as a thousand people here.

Past the check-in area, there are tall piles of plates and cups, and lines of counters serving all sorts of things. "The way it works is you pay to get in and then can eat as much as you like. You're not supposed to bring any food with you when you leave, though."

She pays in and hands them the remainder of their food budget. "You can't eat here for every meal on that budget, but just once is fine."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Erin gets average-sized portions, leaning towards liquidy things like soup.

"You can get bread, fruit, vegetables, some spices, medium amounts of meat and cheese. It's not a tiny budget, it just won't sustain restaurants and cafeterias for every meal."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, everyone has kitchens. There's pre-packaged food, too, it's just not as nice as cooked things. I suspect packaged things are still better than troported things, given how you've been describing them, though."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could probably get enough money to eat whatever you want by troporting things. Like gold."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-29 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Troporting is unheard-of, here. If you're the only person who can do a thing, that thing becomes valuable. Econ 101."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, but you only get so many wishes, remember? So it's still rare-ish."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a Gift will do that. Gifts are good at permanent versions of one-time Favors. They seem to fail less often if you explicitly wish for your new ability to have a recharge time. I've heard of someone who used a Gift to gain the ability to teleport anywhere in the world once every 54 hours. Teleporting between worlds burned two Favors, so I think it might just work out as 'has an extra long recharge time' and fit into the Gift."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know about ridiculously rich. Once people realize troportation is a thing, more people will wish for it. Though most of them probably won't stay very good at it."

Erin's done eating. She won't mind if the others go back for seconds or thirds, though.
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"True enough. Let me know when you're ready to leave?" She pulls out a book.
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
The residency office turns out to have their apartment keys ready, as promised. After visiting a pet shop and acquiring a cage of mice, Erin guides everyone onto another bus. Where they get off is... Not run-down, exactly, but definitely less fancy than downtown.

"Here we are. Your keys open the gate, and then they have your apartment's number printed on them. You're qualified for three months of welfare until you need to re-apply or find another apartment, by the way. Unless you still need me to translate some things, for food shopping or something, I think I'll go back to the temple. I've written out a map back to the temple if you want to talk to me again."
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[personal profile] characterquarry 2015-10-30 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, of course. I'll put down a couple hundred common things, if there's any phrase in particular you want just say it."

She pulls a little notebook and a pen from a pocket on her jacket and starts writing.
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