text ↪ un: retort

[nagano]

I'm interested in traveling to the Hinterlands to investigate the fallen star and perhaps collect a shard or two. To that effect, I'm looking for one (1) partner to take along with me.

I would prefer that you're combat-capable in case something goes awry, but it is not a necessity. If you're good at sneaking around, that's even better.

Comment below and let's work something out. If you have already been to see the fallen star, I'd greatly appreciate your recollection of the events.

EDIT: I'm good now, thanks. Feel free to comment regardless if you'd like to share your experience with collecting the star shard.

(( ooc: for clarification, i'm happy to take multiple people on separate rounds of this notice board quest! this isn't to game the system and get mulitple rewards, i just want Interactions™ ))

(( ooc 2: i am a terrible planner. LMAO. in the interest of not drowning myself with multi-track questing, i'll be editing this post and cutting off participants. thank you for responding ;_; ))

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Text; un: delicatefuckingflower

[pissoffbook]

Sure, I ain't got nothin' better to do. And I need some coin for some new clothes...

[nagano]

Hi, Kainé. Glad to hear you're expanding your wardrobe. I probably need to look into buying a winter coat myself. Maybe.

Anyway, I'd be glad to take you along. When can you be free?

[pissoffbook]

[Oh if he thinks her wardrobe will be anything other than lingerie, he's wrong. It's how she likes to dress and even if she has to have it custom made, she will.]

Pick a time and place to meet up, and I'm there. Not like I got a job or anything.

[nagano]

[ Damn it lmao. ]

Tomorrow at... 0900? I'll bring some food in case we're in for a long trip.

[pissoffbook]

[Whaaat? He doesn't like her style of dress?]

You got it. And you had my attention at food.

[nagano]

[ He just doesn't know how she's gonna keep warm in lingerie!!! Believe me he ain't complaining about the style— ]

Pfft. Now I'll know to bring extra, just in case. Alright, get some rest. I'll see you in the morning and after my mun's written a starter post in logs.

end here? (also that's an almost exact Kainé line.)

[pissoffbook]

[She has a resistance to cold and heat because of her Shade.]

See ya then. And you better bring a lot 'cuz I'm gonna eat a lot more than my share!

[nagano]

Geez. Alright, but next time you're gonna have to pay.

(( end-o here-o, continued-o over here-o! ))

un: d

[damnpire]

I planned to go.

[nagano]

Does that imply that you still intend to go or that you've changed your mind?

[damnpire]

I intend to go.

[nagano]

Shall we go together, then?

[damnpire]

Alright.

Where do you want to meet?

[nagano]

By the Hinterlands exit in town. When would you like to meet? I can be ready as soon as... in the next hour.

I'm Kaito, by the by.

[damnpire]

D.

I’ll meet you in an hour.

[nagano]

See you then.

(( Continued here! ))

un: traveler

[unalign]

A friend and I went there previously to fetch the same item. I didn't think there was a demand for it, but I guess it makes sense that it does.

I'm happy to join you if you need a companion.

[nagano]

If it's anything like star shards from my world, they're little more than rocks with decent amounts of metal contained inside. Good for smithing, but not much else.

Either way, I'd appreciate it. Your experience will be helpful to make this a smoother experience. When would you like to meet?

[unalign]

Anytime is fine!

Just a warning, though. There are creatures trying to protect the fragments. Might want to bring something fire-resistant.

[nagano]

[ Kaito perks up considerably. ]

Well, that's good luck for me. I'm fire-resistant.

[ Yeah, most water deities water mages tend to be. ]

Tomorrow morning, then? I'll bring some food in case the trek drags on.

[unalign]

Oh!

[ she also perks up at that info! what an advantage. ]

Tomorrow morning. I'll try to pack food as well and we can share.

[nagano]

That would actually be quite nice. I'm usually the one who brings all the food, so it'll be a refreshing change of pace to exchange dishes with someon else.

...Y'know, I don't remember if we introduced ourselves way back when. I'm Kaito. Lookin' forward to fetch questing traveling with you.

[unalign]

While I'm very used to traveling and making sure I have food so my companion doesn't dramatically starve is pretty commonplace now.

Lumine. It's very nice to meet you, Kaito.

[nagano]

'Dramatically?' Oh no, sounds like we have a diva on our hands.

Alright, meet you by the Hinterlands exit tomorrow. Rest well.

(( heeho, continued here! ))

[unalign]

They're thankfully not here, so it's very lucky you don't have to witness it.

See you!

un: fraldarius

[boarwitness]

What star?

[nagano]

A star crashed in the Hinterlands some time ago, and some Restless have reported being able to bring shards of it back to trade for coin or keep for themselves.

[ After a beat, he adds: ]

It's a fallen rock from the space outside this world's atmosphere, in case you're unfamiliar.

[boarwitness]

[he does not say thank you, but the context is much appreciated nonetheless.]

I'm interested. I've been wanting to explore the Hinterlands.

When are you going?

[nagano]

I'd rather not wander the woods at night, so let's see... The earliest I can leave is a few hours after dawn. 0800, maybe?

[ I sure hope someone showed you how to read the time on these phones, Felix. ]

[boarwitness]

[wow this guy talks in such an understandable way, how refreshing]

I'd prefer at dawn. Or as dawn as it's possible to be, here.

[constant twilight.......]

[nagano]

[ Right at dawn, huh. That actually works out better for Kaito. He had simply offered the later time window as a consideration. ]

0500, then. That works for me. I'm usually awake around that hour. It's a bit strange to live in constant dusk, and I imagine it's screwing with many peoples' internal clocks, but we will acclimate to it eventually. We don't really have a choice.

I'm Kaito, by the way.

[boarwitness]

Felix.

I'll see you at the gates then.

[straight and to the point.]

[nagano]

Until then, Felix.

[ Also to the point. Probably not straight, though. ]

(( Continued here! ))

un: jonas.

[coherer]

Hey, looks like you got your ppl. I was a definite no anyway bc it's probably dangerous or contaminated, but I just wanted to ask for smth if it's not too much trouble.

pls can you take pics the cowards can look at? Like a ton of pics. It sounds so cool I'm so jealous.😭😭

[nagano]

How much will you be paying for my premium photography services?

Just kidding. These phones take surprisingly decent photos for how old they look. I'll collect what I can. It'll be good for compiling information anyway.

[coherer]

I read that and started to look around like I actually owned anything worthwhile. One noteworthy high-five INCOMING

wdym about the phones? Smartphones look old to you??

[nagano]

A high five is acceptable, I suppose.

Mine's actually not a smartphone. It's a flip phone. I always preferred them, so I wonder if that's why I wound up with one when I arrived here.

[coherer]

Dude, no offence, but that's so sad.

ik they're like bricks like you could drop one off a skyscraper and it'd be fine, they're just sooo ancient.

(THE GEN Z HAS INVADED)

[nagano]

No one who says "no offense" ever means it. What are you, a zoomer?

[ He, a millennial, will not stand for this slander! ]

I don't need my phone to do much beyond essential functions. I had a smartphone before I died, but it's actually kind of nice to have the nostalgia.

[coherer]

(kaito and jonas kicking off the millennial vs. gen z trend in stygia. the undying war, both losing sides.......RIP BRO)

omg you are 100% from Earth LMFAO. Born in '98, baby.

(another earthling. jonas' thumb swipes quickly at his screen to text back as soon as he can, relieved.)

tbh they were starting to come back in a big way. They even made like touchscreen flip phones, ones where the literal screen actually folded?? idek if they flopped or were just popular for a few countries or what.

..... Wait, did old flip phones have an internet browser?

[nagano]

[ There's a clear winner here, and it's me laughing my head off as I open a new tab and ask Google for millennial vs zoomer jokes.

Kaito splits a smile when the other confirms his origin. ]

Doesn't that put you on the cusp? '91 over here.

Oh, I know about those. Weird shit. A popular Korean brand made a flip phone with a touch-friendly screen, which I think is a bit less jarring than the whole foldable smartphone thing.

They did, by the way. A very, very limited browser. All it could really load was text. This one's got a better interface for websites.

I'm Kaito, by the way.

[coherer]

omg I don't think so, but I actually have no idea. That'd be super embarrassing after all this time, though. tbh we're all way too tired for generational feuds, let's just hate the top 1% and call it a day.

ia w/ you on the Korean brand, I think I'd legit buy one of those if I had the money. They seem super cool, like as long as they had Bluetooth or whatever.

I'm Jonas.🙋🏻‍♂️ Good to meet you, man. Is your name Japanese?

[nagano]

(( ngl still wanna see one of the hp kids apply so we can run the zoomer millennial bit on them too LMAO ))

Eat the rich. I was behind it when I was alive, and I'm still very much behind it now. [ Nevermind that he technically counts as one of the rich in life. Guy pinched holes into the pennies he gave himself as an allowance. He's still doing it now. ]

Pleasure's mine, and yes it is. I'm mostly Japanese with some Korean from my grandmother. What about you? 'Jonas' could fit anywhere from western Europe to North America.

[coherer]

(fr though, let's see a draco malfoy up in here, stat)

I'm detecting a wee bit of Hierarchy disdain up in here Kaito hahahhaa

I'm from Oregon in the US. West coast best coast. I'm like intensely jealous considering you guys have like the best food of all time. We just act like we invented burgers.

[nagano]

Big Brother is always watching, but I will admit that I am legitimately not at 'fuck the police' levels of intolerance.

[ Yeah, let's see how that opinion holds when Hibiki gets branded and thrown in the Gallows. ]

Ugh, you Americans and your portion sizes. I'm so jealous. Don't get me wrong, I can make myself a jumbo bowl of ramen if I want, but our McDonalds burgers look like coins compared to what you guys have.

...I'm gonna see if I have enough ingredients at home to make burgers. The bread's gonna suck, but I can compromise.

[coherer]

tbh same like that Amun guy was a dick, absolutely, but I kinda feel for him. Like imagine having to coordinate anything in this place for however long he's worked here. He's already in his own personal hell lmfao, if we wanted to get back at him he'd probably be all Clint Eastwood "MAKE MY DAY" about it yk?

(these thumbs never slow down, the text message gets steadily girthier)

Don't be though man fr, love yourself. The portion sizes are wild like good luck dieting ever, but ig tbh we're not going to McDs to get salads so.

I would do literally anything in my power to make burgers happen for us, so if that means read a book to learn how to bake bread, I'll do it. Whatever you need. ik a guy with an oven.