(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

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Originally Posted by ericthered

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

I shrug. At least there's no foot traffic.

Originally Posted by ericthered

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.

I ask if one of their "tall responsible" ones would feed me for a large coin. It'd save me a long walk in the dark at least.

Originally Posted by ericthered

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

Hm. "How often? Do vendors usually sell at even prices?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

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

I put my hands on my head briefly. "But, how? Where is the... [english]energy[/english]? Light for nothing?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

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.

"Oh. Ok."

Then I pause to think a little. The obvious answer is that can't be true. The sun would just swallow up everything that came too close to it. And then there'd be no cliff side to have the conversation on.

Maybe the clouds and the cliffs are orbiting the sun, but close enough to the sun that it still pulls objects downward... No, that would mean I'd be weightless or this wouldn't last long. Maybe the clouds pull everything down.

Maybe the sun is really small. If it were much closer, then you wouldn't need something as massive to provide the right amount of heat and light. But a "sun" that small would need maintenance, and building is completely beyond modern science...

I'm not on Earth any more, am I?

I absentmindedly ask, "How far is the sun? How big?"

Shortly after, I realize they probably don't know.

Originally Posted by ericthered

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

Yep. No Bumundo on Earth. Or at least no Bumundo full of white people. And bird people, little people and grey people.

Originally Posted by ericthered

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

I draw out a clock and say, "Only near upper fountain?", I point up when saying upper and try to make splashy motions with my hands when saying fountain.

Originally Posted by ericthered

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

I use the picture of the clock I drew. I circle around it twice and make a tally. I do that a couple of times. Then I say: "How many?"