fiddlesticks 25, video from standard coach: open to all

[blitzcheer]

Sooooo, not being able to talk to most of the train that day sucked, huh? I don't know what to think about any of that, but since we can talk to each other now, I was thinking: How about we share where we're from, and see who's from worlds like ours?

And who speaks the same languages too! An actual list be better if that ever happens again, but for now, tell us about the kind of place you're from, what makes home home to you! You got kings or dragons? Machines? Portals to other worlds? Talking sea life? You just trying to get through school?

I'll go first to give you guys an idea, but share whatever you feel like!


( ooc: this is open to all, meaning feel free to put up a post and chat with other characters! )

Comments

[blitzcheer]

I'll tell you about chocobos first! Uh... well, I dunno what to compare them to, but they're feathery, got two legs--and they're fast! So they stick them in wheels and use the power from them running in those to get the boat to move.

The first is a long story, but the basics is, a large fiend got summoned in the world and went around destroying everything. People blamed it on the machines, so they thought if they stopped using them, the problem would go away. But the two weren't connected at all.

[marriedanidiot]

So they are a type of bird then? But large, by the sound of things!

[ She nods ] But once it was discovered that they were not related, could not the machines be restarted?

[blitzcheer]

Hmm, yeah, that's the best way to describe them. Don't know if they can fly though. They have tiny wings, but most they do it jump and flap them when they get excited!

[ They're cute. Even the energy Tidus gives off describing them comes out fondly. ]

And well, that's only happened recent. Or, well... over the last two years. Some people know how to use them, but I think it's going to take some time for people to get used to them around, you know? People really blamed them for what was going on.

But things'll change. And there's a group of people who know a lot about machina. They'll be able to uncover and get them working again!

[marriedanidiot]

Oh, they sound so sweet! [ She claps, delighted ] Are they very large?

[ She nods ]

I hope your world will be able to reclaim what is lost!

[blitzcheer]

Large enough to ride! They're [ hmmm ] as tall as two of me!

[ And he's hovering a hand above his head, as if that might help. ]

Thanks, yours too! Trees that mimic the day and night...that'd be sad to see gone forever. But I hope the rest of your home's alright.

[marriedanidiot]

So large!

[ She smiles, charmed ]

But fluffy... I think some of the dinosaurs might have been similar. But I never ventured to the Wilds where they lived.

[blitzcheer]

What kind of animals did you have? I only know a few -- I spent most of my life surrounded by the sea, and I was never much of an animal guy anyway.

[marriedanidiot]

Oh, all sorts, truly. Both domesticated and wild. But for the wild things I fear I know very little. I did journey around in my younger years, but bears and wolves were about as dangerous an animal as I had to deal with. My son Tyelkormo journeyed far with Lord Orome, and out there where the stars are fierce, are many of The Earth Queen's Great Beasts, who come not where we dwell.

[blitzcheer]

[ Hmmm. ]

You know if there's anything called dragons around?

[marriedanidiot]

[ Her countenance darkens at the memory ]

Oh yes. The Enemy made them, but out of what we do no know. They are cunning and cruel and love destruction.

[blitzcheer]

Oh... geez, that's a different story from the last I heard.

[ Waay different. ]

They're not too difficult to take down, are they?

[marriedanidiot]

[ She shakes her head ]

I do not know how it is in other worlds, but so it is in ours. For details you would have to ask my son Curufin, who lost lands and people in the flight as Glaurung the Golden, Father of Dragons, issued forth in flames and consumed the lands they had held for so long. Few of the elves could stand against them, and to my knowledge, none have killed one. It is Men who are the Dragonslayers.

[blitzcheer]

Oh, sorry... [ Realising where his question has landed, his head dips. ] I didn't mean to bring up anything bad if I did. That's terrible...

[marriedanidiot]

It was a long time ago, even as we count time. [ She smiles sadly and then shakes her head, putting the past behind her ]

Do not apologise! I was not there to see these things, so all I have for you is the tales the bards have brought back.

[blitzcheer]

Well.. so life's better for you? Or, [ er, ] would be if you were home? You've been here a while, right? I remember seeing you at the council meeting.

[marriedanidiot]

For me? Aye, that is so. Tirion remains inviolate, for we live under the care of the Valar.

[ She nods ]

Mm, yes, I've been here some months now, I think. Tis not a bad vacation, as it goes.

[blitzcheer]

Yeah? Got any plans when you get back home?

[marriedanidiot]

Mm, there was a rather large comission I had outstanding when I was brought there. That would probably be my first step! After that... well, I've a few ideas from the train that might be interesting to pursue, I think.

[blitzcheer]

What's the commission? Don't think I remember you saying what you do!

[ Then again, he did get stuck on the trees. ]

[marriedanidiot]

Oh, a new sculpture for the central square... he wanted one with all the family, which is rather large!

[blitzcheer]

Oh! Wow, what a job to have... You're gonna need some practice to chip off the rust before you get dug in, huh? Can't be a lot of ways to train onboard.

[marriedanidiot]

Ah, but there are! [ She smiles ]

Nothing large, of course - but the garden car has plenty of small rocks that suffice.

[blitzcheer]

Wha, really? With rocks? [ Tidus never thought of this? ]

Do you have any on display anywhere?

[ Now he really wants to see...! ]

[marriedanidiot]

Mmhmm.

[ She smiles and shifts, bringing a small little sculpture into view. It's about the size of a hand, but Maedhros looks up from the stone, so accurate that he seems almost about to move and speak ]

This is my eldest son. [ She touches it gently ] I am planning on doing one for all of them.

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus leans in towards the screen, as if that might give him a better look. Regardless, in short time he lets out a small whistle. ]

You're no joke. That's pretty good-looking from my end! Hey, good luck getting them all done!