[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

[muckspout]

Edgard raises his eyebrows and then sighs.

"It stings. It hurts you if you touch it. Alive or dead, I think."

He leans down grabs a seashell and places it in the jar.

"Showed him, I guess." He deadpans.

[innerharbor]

Amos' cheerful expression stays firmly in place, friendly and vacant, nothing really reaching his eyes. "Kinda a strange way to look at it."

Like it was Edgard's idea, not his. The idea of 'showing anyone' hasn't honestly occurred to Amos, but that's not exactly obvious, especially from his actions.

[muckspout]

Edgard stops what he's doing and turns to the man.

"How is it strange?"

Edgard isn't sure if he means his joke, the creature, or something else.

[innerharbor]

Amos shrugs, and wades a little deeper into the water. Lightly, "tryin' to play big man to sea snot."

[muckspout]

Edgard makes an incredulous gesture and laughs. He uses a blue shell to point towards the man.

"Is that not what just happened?"

Edgard is not used to being the normal one in the conversation.

[innerharbor]

Good fucking news, Edgard. Amos scans the water, looking for fish. His voice remains cheerily distant, a vague memory of anything genuine. "You said it, man."

And then, as if suddenly realizing it- Amos turns to his beachside companion to ask: "Hey, you from around here?"

[muckspout]

Edgard's face scrunches up, but he shrugs and lets it go.

"No, I'm from Orlais. You?"

[innerharbor]

Amos realizes belatedly that 'from around here' meaning 'this planet' to a civilization that apparently hasn't managed air travel yet is just layers upon layers of wrong. Some part of his mind needs to go back to Baltimore to survive this place, and he keeps rejecting it, unsure why.

That's to fuck around with later. For now, he plays along... or does his best approximation of it. "They fish in Orlais?"

[muckspout]

Edgard makes a face. This man isn't from around here.

"Yes. They fish everywhere there's water, I think."

He shakes his head.

"Edgard, by the way."

[innerharbor]

"Huh? Oh. Amos." A cheerful grin that doesn't reach his eyes. "Shit. I gotta figure out how to fish. You know how?"

[muckspout]

Edgard shrugs and wavers his hand.

"Mostly watched others do it. Rivers and ponds though, not the ocean. Pretty alright with a net or a knife though. Why? You hungry?"

[innerharbor]

"Nah." Amos looks out at the water, his back turned to Edgard. He hasn't really gotten the whole 'hide your shard' thing yet, and pulls up his sleeves to reach into the water. The green glow in his elbow is easily seen. "Thinkin' about shit I ought'a know."

[muckspout]

Edgard notices the shard in his elbow. That explains a lot.

"Ah, you aren't from around here." He says motioning to it. "Edgard. Also, Riftwatch. But, not a rifter."

He waves his hands and arms a little as if to prove it.