(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

Huh, pronoun confusion here. I suppose he's talking to other people about Julian.

correct, He is being talked about in front of his face in a language he doesn't speak.

I approach the visitor when I notice him talking about me and say hello.

He says hello. In Riask.

Let's say inside the shack.

I see I am foiled again!

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

He says hello. In Riask.

I am surprised, but there's Vasic here, so I guess there might be other Riask speakers too. "You speak Riask? What's happening with that ship with the big Vasic? We were attacked for water. I don't think they're used to the desert."

Originally Posted by ericthered

I see I am foiled again!

Funnily enough I picked that so he could have checked it without Julian knowing about it.

[ericthered]

"Yes, I speak Riask." Not terribly well, but Julian isn't an expert either.



"Where did you learn it?"


He ignores your questions.



"What are you doing in this place?"


"Who are you spying for?"

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Yes, I speak Riask." Not terribly well, but Julian isn't an expert either.

"Where did you learn it?"

"Bumundo."

Originally Posted by ericthered

"What are you doing in this place?"

I explain about waking up in the underground house, getting chased out by a golem and wandering over here.

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Who are you spying for?"

"What? Nobody. Why would you think that?"

[ericthered]

"Bumundo?" He seems unsure of where that is. "Which world?"


"You were looking at the sleepers? no, you made it inside. Once. Why were you there?"


"You speak Riask. surely your spying for someone. You're not just out here to ... you might just be out here to look at the sleepers."

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Bumundo?" He seems unsure of where that is. "Which world?"

I think for a moment. "Riask, at the top."

Originally Posted by ericthered

"You were looking at the sleepers? no, you made it inside. Once. Why were you there?"

"I woke up down there."

Originally Posted by ericthered

"You speak Riask. surely your spying for someone. You're not just out here to ... you might just be out here to look at the sleepers."

I scoff. "If I was, I would have known that the statue would respond to movement and mapped the whole place out. I'm not here for any particular reason, it just happens."

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

I think for a moment. "Riask, at the top."

"You learned on Riask itself? And you expect me to think you're not spying?"

"I woke up down there."

"And before that?"

I scoff. "If I was, I would have known that the statue would respond to movement and mapped the whole place out. I'm not here for any particular reason, it just happens."

"You expect me to believe you just wake up in different places around the worlds?"

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

"You learned on Riask itself? And you expect me to think you're not spying?"

"Loads of people from all over the place are on Riask." Well, I assume. "Are they all ready to spy at a drop of a hat?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

"And before that?"

"Starting from the beginning, I was born on Earth, I woke up in Bumundo on Riask, then I was around Panogos, then I took a ship to Koru, and then I woke up here. Where is here anyway?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

"You expect me to believe you just wake up in different places around the worlds?"

Worlds? Well, I guess you could use a Vasic to get to different planets. "Well, when you phrase it like that, I wouldn't believe it either. It just happens to be true."

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by TGLS

"Loads of people from all over the place are on Riask." Well, I assume. "Are they all ready to spy at a drop of a hat?"

"I can't speak for Riask itself: you tell me. I can tell you everyone who speaks Riask out here is into politics and spying."

"Starting from the beginning, I was born on Earth, I woke up in Bumundo on Riask, then I was around Panogos, then I took a ship to Koru, and then I woke up here. Where is here anyway?"

After Julian asks a second time
"This nation is Tamara. I suppose the world is called Fulmod."

Worlds? Well, I guess you could use a Vasic to get to different planets. "Well, when you phrase it like that, I wouldn't believe it either. It just happens to be true."

"You're right, I don't believe it."


He seems to consider for a moment.



"Did you overhear them say anything?"

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by ericthered

"I can't speak for Riask itself: you tell me. I can tell you everyone who speaks Riask out here is into politics and spying."

I mutter. "Sounds like there's Tar Breaths everywhere."
"Well, I guess your experience is accurate. It's not easy to use a Vasic to teleport. I don't imagine just anyone gets to travel. But most people are the same all over, just trying to get by."

Originally Posted by ericthered

After Julian asks a second time
"This nation is Tamara. I suppose the world is called Fulmod."

"You're right, I don't believe it."

"Well, unless you want to hurt me until I make up something else, you're going to have to go with not believing that part."

Originally Posted by ericthered

He seems to consider for a moment.

"Did you overhear them say anything?"

I roll my eyes at being asked to repeat myself as I think of the exact phrasing: "'Get the men grabbing water. That's what we need most.' So like I said, they want water. Maybe they meant the people who lead the rain ritual. Riask is so wet I can't imagine them being used to a desert."