[ happy week zero. anders can be found wandering around the new area, outside mostly - but he's wandered into the arcade and is ... getting very annoyed at the games as he presses random buttons and can’t quite figure out what it’s supposed to do. maybe he’s just mad he’s losing. ]
It's good to come home sometimes and have the noise while you are eating. My sister always said I should watch the news more so I know what's happening in the world.
[ he ... has been around enough people who've experienced trauma and loss to know when someone's hesitating on a topic, so it feels cruel to push when he doesn't know what kind of wound that is.
frowning for a second, and then: ]
She's right. You should be informed. Being ignorant of the world is what leads people to complacency and inaction, and if they bothered to learn or read or hear what's happening around them they would see what we have to fix.
[ sure okay just fuss at him instead that will work. ]
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WEEKEND 0 - SATURDAY
I think this thing is cursed ...
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Marcoh looks somewhat like a bull in a China shop trying to make his way through the place. ]
Oh, you are here.
[ Hey Anders. Good to see you're managing to walk into places on your own. ]
What is cursed?
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[ he can make fun of himself. hello very large man in a tight space. ]
This-- magic game. I think it's a game? It's enchanted at any rate.
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[ He looks very awkward here. ]
Enchanted? How?
[ Peering at it. What are you playing. Is it Balatro. ]
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Things don't exactly glow without magic.
[ looking up at him for a second. ]
... You want to go outside?
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Do you not have things like television where you are from?
[ Or light bulbs? ]
...It is feeling very cramped in here.
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Never heard of it.
[ its affection week so. just coming over, shoving an arm around marcohs elbow all congenial like and pulling him towards the exit. ]
You kind of are a Qunari in a ceramics shop right now.
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[ He doesn't pull away from the congenial tug towards the exit. He doesn't know what a Qunari is but he can get a vibe. ]
I feel like one too.
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[ but to really answer the question. ]
I know what electricity is - I can shoot it out of my hands. Light is a different enchantment. Mostly only the rich afford that kind of thing, but …
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[ That's wild. ]
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[ he doesn't understand the confusion, exactly. ]
What's television?
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More and more houses have one lately.
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[ that sounds horrible. ]
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You have a sister?
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[ He does seem visibly quieter about this topic. He does not offer more information without further prompting. ]
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frowning for a second, and then: ]
She's right. You should be informed. Being ignorant of the world is what leads people to complacency and inaction, and if they bothered to learn or read or hear what's happening around them they would see what we have to fix.
[ sure okay just fuss at him instead that will work. ]
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Not that I know what I can do about things like wars, but she says it's always good to know just in case.
[ Just in case of what? It doesn't matter. ]
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[ wars ]
She’s alive?
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Yeah.
[ There's a flicker of something, subtle and yet a lot for him -- hesitance, relief, anxiety. ]
I was on my way to meet with her when I came here instead.
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Ah.
[ if only resurrection magic were real! ]
I hope for your sake what they're promising is true, then. To have a family at all is luckier than most.
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Shes all I have. Everything I did, I did for her.
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You don't have to be anymore. People here seem nice.
[ And again there is the vibe of. If they're not I'll sock them. ]