(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

So there are smaller denominations of money. I worry some more about being ripped off by the food vendors.

Maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps these are their parents and they're just put to work young. How awful.

They're all probably judging me. "The weird kid who has no clothes and no language. Maybe dropped as a baby."

I try to shake off my negativity.

Is the ball tucked together, or stapled, or what?

Its tucked/tied together. No metal.

I'll try to pick up more words while tossing the ball or coins, question words (who, when, where, how, why), names of things (clouds, water, food, clothes, home, coins, light), other verbs (do, can, work, get, have, make), and perhaps some pronouns (here, he, she, they, it). Then I'll ask a few questions depending on how my vocabulary:

Julian makes some fair progress. Rolling linguistics (sometimes with modifiers) for each question...

"I have no home, what do I do?"

11 vs 12: They have no idea. Maybe sleep in here somewhere?

"Where can I get water/food/clothes?"

12 vs 12+ 2: The market places for clothes, the market place for food, though they're not sure how to cook it, and for water they show him the local "spring", a waterfall flowing through the caverns here.

"How do you get small coins?"

10 vs 12: By spending large coins. Its a 16 to 1 ratio.

"How does Vasic make light?"

11 vs 12 -2: Huh? what are you trying to say? someone sketches out the pattern again on the ground.

"Why do clouds make light?"

6 vs 12 -2: because there is a sun underneath the clouds. They seem aware that this is unusual and that the sun is supposed to be in the sky, especially Yip and one kid with dark skin and hair named Tig.

"Where is here?"

12 vs 12: This place is called "Bumundo".

"When is here?"

12 vs 12-2: huh? what do you mean?

"How do you get when it is?" (or perhaps "How do you tell the time?" if I can manage it.)

13 vs 12: They're not sure what Julian is trying to ask.

Am I wrong in thinking that the food and clothes vendors and other specific and undescribed people are regular humans?

Most of them, yes.