voice;

[finisaeternam]

[There is a shuffling sound, like someone restlessly pacing back and forth in a patch of grass. Then a cold, demanding voice speaks.]

We have been here for weeks now.

What have you lot learned about this world?

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voice

[baldrshand]

What do you mean, 'world?'

voice

[finisaeternam]

This world.

[He answers with a frustrated snarl. One might get the impression he does a lot of frustrated snarling.]

Or did you think you had simply woken up in a new city when you found that parchment accusing you of a crime?

voice

[baldrshand]

[what do you mean, all geography comes in units of continents??]

No, I understand that I have been taken from my own lands, but why would I think that there was teleportation magic powerful enough to bring me off of the world?

voice

[finisaeternam]

Because such power exists, this is not the first time I've been pulled from the world where I was born.

And this is neither my birth world nor the one I was later taken to. I cannot see either planet in the sky.

voice

[baldrshand]

[there is a lengthy pause as ethlyn digests this information.

is he joking?

he doesn't sound like a man who has much of a sense of humor.]

Oh. [...] I see.

That is a disquieting amount of power.

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[starguy]

The technology's old, the people are nice, and nobody's said a single thing or treated us any different because of our weird rap sheets.

[ Says the guy in the full glass visor covering his face. ]

Unless you mean like, general knowledge. You can go to the library or get hooked up to their net for that! Basically, there's other towns and maybe a dragon out there.

voice;

[finisaeternam]

[The dragon is news to him and he will get to that in a moment, but first....]

What is that on your face?

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[starguy]

Oh, whoops! Yeah.

[ He retracts his visor, the mask disappearing from his face almost like magic. ]

That's my visor. Sorry, dude. Didn't mean to scare you or anything.

[ Presumptuous much, Peter? ]

[finisaeternam]

[A small grunt of annoyance.]

You did not.

But do you typically wear that contraption every time you go outside?

[starguy]

[ Peter grins. Oh, he does love being an antagonistic little guy sometimes. ]

Not always. I keep it on when I'm out looking for stuff, or exploring, that kind of thing.

voice

[grappler]

Sounds kind of lazy to me. Have you even done anything?

voice

[finisaeternam]

Yes.

Now, answer the question.

[He's done a lot of lurking and spying but he hasn't quite gotten around to actually asking the locals about anything. He still doesn't trust them.]

[grappler]

I don't think I will.

[Vi no.]

I don't really like answering questions when assholes ask them.

[finisaeternam]

Really?

Why do I doubt you know anything at all?

voice

[counterattack]

[ YOU AGAIN ]

Nnnnope. It's your turn. What have you learned?

voice

[finisaeternam]

I asked you first.

[If playground law isn't in effect, this will be chaos!]

[counterattack]

[ playground WHAT ]

Yeah, last time. And I answered. You don't get somethin' for nothin', so it's your turn to cough up the intel.

[finisaeternam]

There is a dragon.

[Someone else just told him this but he's counting it.]

voice;

[sincleavers]

[Wow]

You really think you can just waltz in and demand things from people? No one here owes you anything.

voice;

[finisaeternam]

Demanding answers from you fools is my right as a ruler.

[sincleavers]

That's a bit rich. You don't rule over anyone or anything here. You don't have a right to anything more than the rest of us.

[finisaeternam]

As the true Sovereign everything is mine to rule.

It won't be long until this entire city is kneeling before me.

[He has no idea how he will make that happen.]

[incessantness]

... Nothing.

[finisaeternam]

[Coldly]

Then you are useless to me.

[incessantness]

SO ARE YOU TO ME!!!