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8th Dusting

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[You know she almost, almost signed on for that one mission. A guard, surviving, she knew she could handle it. But then when she saw that "desert" thing. she has no idea what a desert is, so today she is at the library researching that, mostly because she really doesn't have much better to do today. She is clearly in a better mood though- all her earrings are in place (one of them she even thinks might be gold) and she she has a shiny nose stud in place. But... as she learns more and looks into these things more-

..Jesu.

She's gotten over being afraid of the sun (somewhat) in Luceti, mostly because of how dreary winter is, but that desert that... she flips open her journal]

Hey, Luceti. Talk to me 'bout the sun. Some of you got tales for it, right? Gotta.

[Feel free to answer her or see her in the library]

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Only know half of 'em. Tell me about the wolves and talk more 'bout the mummies.

Like I said, it fries organisms, especially if they get too warm or if they're too close to the sun. There's another myth about a boy named Icarus. Icarus was the son of Daedalus, who was a craftsman. Daedalus created two sets of wings made of feathers and wax that allowed a person to fly, unlike our useless appendages. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, but like an absolute idiot, Icarus did anyway. His wings melted and he plummeted to his death.

That's just one example.

My favorite.

Not unless you're a vampire, nope.

Sorry - uh, it's jus' that... I'm real confused by all this stuff in the future, like, the slang an' everythin'.

Not gunna stop talkin' like a girl from the warrens. But you can ask if you wanna 'stand me more.

Lucky you.

Just hokum. Rutting weird place, all things 'sidered. Lotta bad, not a lotta evil, and smat of good.

Jesu, Icarus don't sound smart, all things 'sidered.

But what, the death's in the heat?

Take it it's not the case back home?

Yeah, I bet. Mutations do sound so very endearing.

Jus' hope it don' annoy ya or nothin'. What's 'the warrens', anyway?

Precisely that. Is it really that surprising? Think about the fact that the sun's used to warm the entire planet of Earth and support all of the human life on it. That's billions of people.

Well, we had sandworms. Big, giant worms that could swallow up whole jeeps, if they wanted to. I've had to navigate through an angry hoard of them more times than I'd like to admit.

Sounds familiar.

[ ask a question! ]

Well. What did you want to know, then? The ways to sunbathe? Because you've got to keep it even on all sides.

How so? What's so awkward about just being like...you're a friend, I'm a friend, let's be friends together. In a cohabitational style.

Um, werewolves are like.. people who transform into big huge ferocious wolves during full moon! They're pretty scary! [ probably learned this from some late-night horror movies she regretted watching in retrospect.. ]

And I don't know what else there is to say about the mummies. Oh, I know, they usually start walking because they're part of a trap! They have to be activated! ... Hmm, I'm not sure how that works exactly either..

What do you mean, Melaka? The sun is wonderful, I think. It sustains life.

Nope. Dunno when it started, but the sun's not safe.

So's the murder an' water and the fish. Still home.

Ground floor. Lowest level. Where I live.

[Slum]

Never thought much 'bout it. Know it melted some ice a few cen back, never fig'd you'd burn before you ra[i]d'd.

Really?

[because Buffy made it sound like the 21st century was full of evil. She's actually surprised]

If that's really doing here, maybe. Never done that a day in my life.

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