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Khu Ioduan Mods ([personal profile] khuimods) wrote in [community profile] archishellago2018-01-23 07:09 pm
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Test Drive Meme #002

KHU IODUAN; TEST DRIVE MEME #002



I. THE OPARA CORE - May I Borrow That?
The engineers of the Opara Core facility are always on the lookout for new technology they can adapt into the ever-growing web that provides communications across the archipelago and beyond. Their staff are assembled represent a wide swath of the native races in Konryu whose skills are mechanically-inclined, and of Dreamfolk who've arrived and want to pitch in. Part of their standard operating procedure is to take an interest in tech coming in with the newly arrived Dreamfolk. An excitable female Muin, her bright shock of electrically pink hair and matching, jewel-like eyes alight with a madcap glee, is wheedling for whatever gadget you have on your person. "Please?" she asks for the third time, blinking at you hopefully. "I'll put it back exactly how it was when I'm done. I promise..."


II. DREAMING BRIDGE - Grab Your Apron!
The Aifaran government fully supports the Dreaming Bridge with both coin and supplies to take care of newcomer Dreamfolk, but the actually day-to-day operations are left to the site staff themselves. While they have a full complement of volunteers to manage the various aspects -- from cleaning and setting up rooms for new Dreamfolk, to helping new arrivals get used to the city by answering questions and organizing guided tours. "Hey you," an Arybar calls out, motioning with a soup ladle. He's about seven feet tall, with tiger-like striping on his skin. "Come back into the kitchen and help out, would you? We're short-staffed today, and since you're getting three meals a day for free, you can share the load."


III. HEY MAN ARE YOU LOST - Herding Big Dumb Cats
Odd jobs are always available for people who want to make some extra rhinn, and today's option for making some quick cash is to help some farmers clear a stubborn herd of curamija who are grazing on the new sprouts. While taller than most people, about the size of a draft horse, and possessing a massive rack of antlers, they look quite majestic... but they're prone to standing and staring dumbly at those who try to shoo them back off the cultivated land. Several of them have bunched up into a befuddled group, looking perplexed when none of them seem to know what direction to move in. Try to scare them? Coax them with treats? Declare them a lost cause?


IV. KNOWLEDGE IS PRECIOUS - Accosted By Monks
The Tariken monks are out in full force today, their orange and green robes making them easy to spot in a crowd, and there's a high chance you might be approached by one. Their sect values knowledge above everything else, so recording information from Dreamfolk, who are transient to Konryu, is something they see as imperative. Some of the questions are standard ("what's the name of your world? is it anything like Konryu? do have have any special position there?") but sometimes they move into stranger territory, like what's your favourite bath soap scent and how many times you wear your socks before washing them -- all of which are asked with the most studious attentiveness, just in case your answer holds the secret to the multiverse.


V. FETCH A PRETTY PRICE - To Skim Or Not To Skim
The salvage mission -- this time to a small island that looked initially like farmland, but was revealed to be entirely mechanical, has been a marked success! As the transports are being organized to return to the archipelago and the safety of the protective magical barrier, you've been left in charge of a sizable cache of recovered parts that are bound for the Opara Core technicians back in Aifaran. However, you're fairly certain that most, if not all of what's in this crate would fetch a high price at the Kel'ghau black market. Some of them are definitely pocket sized, and with the volume there, no one would notice a few pieces missing... right?


VI. WILDCARD - Because You're Not The Boss Of Me
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powertotearer: (As young as we are now)

[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-01-28 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
A bit, just because I travel a lot. So I had to get used to the local spices and foods, along with how they were prepared. And that helped a lot when I got a part-time job at an international restaurant.
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[personal profile] ursulamajor 2018-01-28 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that sounds fascinating! I'd never worked in a restaurant at all before today. I did travel quite a bit, though...
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-01-28 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Where to?
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[personal profile] ursulamajor 2018-01-29 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, let's see...

[Ursula has to think about it. As Shiny Chariot, she went all over the world. Sometimes, she loses track of the shows. Her brow furrows, as she considers; considers how much to say, too. But... no one here has ever heard of Shiny Chariot.

Which, come to think, is kind of depressing.]


I came from France, but I went to school in England. I've been all over the British Isles. I've also traveled to Japan, to America, to China, and over a lot of Europe. I was... well, a teacher.
powertotearer: (As young as we are now)

[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-01-29 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Really? I have a friend who wanted to go to France!

[Maybe Eiji never heard of Shiny Chariot, but he's heard of all of these countries.]

I've been to China and a couple of countries in Europe, but not Britain yet. And I only went to America when I was really little. It's great that you've traveled that much to teach!
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[personal profile] ursulamajor 2018-01-30 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Ahahaha... ha... ha...

Awkward.

Ursula hesitates just a moment. She feels that spike of guilt, familiar but frustrating, at lying about who she is. About her identity. About misleading someone, into thinking she was a teacher all this time. Though... she traveled, some, as a teacher too.]


Most of it was on field trips. [She smiles.] And some of it was for pleasure. Vacations!

But it sounds like you've gotten around, too.
powertotearer: (A promise in vain)

[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-01-31 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[And now it's Eiji's turn to be awkward. Mentioning his travels does that to him, lately.

Still, he nods, trying to keep his smile even.]

Yeah. I started, with my grandfather, then on my own. I kind of had to stop for a little while, but maybe I'll do it again.
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[personal profile] ursulamajor 2018-02-01 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...

[She notices the awkwardness. There's a moment's hesitation, while she debates how to proceed. Mercifully, she's a teacher. She's muddled through a lot of awkward situations.]

I think, given where we are now, we'll have many chances to travel and explore new places.
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[personal profile] powertotearer 2018-02-02 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods. While he doesn't come off as super-enthusiastic, he is smiling.]

That might be nice, I think.