[SEMI-OPEN]

[acreage]

WHO: Amos Burton, James Holden, Wysteria, Ellis, and YOU
WHAT: Two spacemen fall out of a rift, later explore scenic Kirkwall
WHEN: Nnnnowish? Waves hands
WHERE: The Wounded Coast, then Kirkwall
NOTES: A closed arrival thread, plus open individual threads for meeting Amos and/or Jim after their quarantine period.

Comments

[innerharbor]

"Okay." Expression blank, he finishes his drink in one swallow, and turns the cup upside down. "Imagine you had an explosion you could control. Sustained energy, constant burst, and you can put it in one place and keep it from breaking anything."

He points to the cup again, tipping it to the side, as though stuffing the metaphorical explosion in there. Then he holds the cup up, up, up. Get it, kid?

[justashotaway]

This, she understands--and though she doesn't smile, her expression changes slightly, from doubt to something clearer-eyed and curious. "A mage with fire could."

Matthias could visit a moon, if he wished. She likes that idea.

[innerharbor]

"Yeah, sure, magic." It's basically the same thing, when you don't know shit. When he was her age, nuclear fission was a dream. "You just gotta know how to build it."

[justashotaway]

"How do we build it?"

[innerharbor]

"Uh, discover nuclear physics." He starts in on his soup. "I work on the things, I didn't create 'em."