[Orb] GHB 17, Late Morning

[shadow_sage]

I would like very much to speak with anyone the locals have called 'prince' or 'princess.' I have a proposition for you.

Bakura, do you know anything about what has been happening to the refugees? The people being forced out of villages and homes by the thorns? Where are they going, what are they doing?

Does anyone run any kind of a business, by chance? I seem to recall a bakery, and a smithy, though the latter isn't running, the last I heard.

I know I'm going to regret asking, but is there anyone in the city familiar with complex spells? Magics. Whichever. Specifically, would it be possible to link two locations, separated by a large distance? And is anyone capable of this?

And what does anyone know about a disembodied, female voice?

[A moment of silence, then a heavy sigh.]

Also, if there is someone who is familiar with the use of a sword, I'd like to speak with you about the basics. I would rather not make a fool out of myself.

Oh, and Shin, perhaps we could speak later.

Comments

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[well this isn't familiar or anything.]]

So it's entirely possible whatever the heck drags us here brought in some sort of astral creature or something like that that only just figured out how to talk to people or something like that. Which would explain the black box...

[shadow_sage]

[She considers this, then shakes her head.]

No.

'Falling again.' 'Locked in.' 'Tower.' 'Walls fall again.'

Cycles. The date, that it's the 137th year since the walls fell? It said that's wrong, because they've fallen again. This voice at least acted as though it had been involved before, for some time. I don't think it's part of...part of this cycle. Us. The heroes. It doesn't fit.

[yumemi_no_ou]

So maybe a native astral being...?

[shadow_sage]

[She thinks about it again.]

It is possible. But I'd have thought there was cloth over the orb on the other end. Filtered light, not enough to show shapes, really, but that was my impression.

Why would an astral being cover a material orb?

[yumemi_no_ou]

Shin shrugged. "Not wanting people to see it was astral? I don't know, not all of them show up. I know most people can't see me when I'm astral..."

[shadow_sage]

This is just speculation, anyway. I'm just guessing.

[She sighs.]

It does mean I don't think we can really trust these orbs, though. Not completely.

[yumemi_no_ou]

Can't trust anything completely, if you think about it. Just a matter of what you want to trust more. [[points out in a totally reasonable tone]]

[shadow_sage]

[She laughs.]

Very true. But if you hear anyone else who speaks or acts like a local on them, would you let me know?

[yumemi_no_ou]

Yeah, sure.

[shadow_sage]

Thank you.