10th Dusting

[makeitquick]

[Video]

Hoo, Luceti. You one and only [...sorry Azusa. This actually hurts way less than she thought it would, which makes her smile even broader.] warrens gal here.

[She's sitting atop a building in the setting sun. The journal is aimed at her side as he's sitting here on the ledge. In her hand she is spinning a tooth - the one she's holding is somewhat smaller than her forearm, so about the size of a typical dagger.]

In a bit've a broil. Got this tooth, and fig I oughta do something with it. Got some who told me to give it to meds, but don't wanna nuke it. Got any other thinks? Poss I won't get a thing, but might as well put 'em on the Grid.

[...Hah]

...Glad I got to go home. [A little contented sigh. She didn't get to stay, but even a day now that she can remember it makes all the difference in the world.]

Comments

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Kinda what I'm asking. ...What's a Sarlacc?

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Sorry, still remembering bits from the recent Shift. It's a gigantic alien monster that devours people alive and digests them over a thousand years. They have scary looking teeth, like that--only bigger.

...since ammo is short here, and this place can get dangerous, have you thought of using it as some kind of weapon?

1/2

[makeitquick]

[...Oddly similar.

Dismissing]

[voice]

[makeitquick]

I'd answer that by showing my ax, if I had it on me.

[As it is, she only has her blaster. Whoops]

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

...But you don't have it on you, right? If you want a practical idea, I'd probably make it into a tool or weapon or something if I didn't mount it.

Mounting is more likely. I like to collect things.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Didn't have a lot to collect back in Haddyn.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

I was never much of a collector back home either. For lack of action, I needed something.

...if you're the artistic sort, you could probably carve it into something too. It'd be one helluva piece, no doubt.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

[She spins it in her hand and then taps it against the roof ledge. Carve it... huh]

This thing's pretty hard. Might be hard to carve.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Hm...I understand, it was just a thought in case you were looking for something to fill the void around here. You sound like someone used to more action, so I was assuming you were having problems keeping busy.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

...Do I.

[She is. But still. She wonders where this is coming from in spite of it all. ...Well aside from the ax]

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Tone of voice. I'm used to more action too.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Hard to be dull when you're a grabber and a Slayer.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'slayer', but if 'grabber' is what I think it is, we might be in close to the same profession.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Grabber. Grab things, bring 'em to Gunther.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Acquisitions, then. I do the same, except I do it for no one but myself.

...is that how you got that tooth?

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Nope. This one's straight slaying - ripped it out of a wall.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Really now? [It really did sound like a Sarlacc.]

[voice]

[makeitquick]

A-yup. Fighting some zombies too.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

[This earns a chuckle.]

...

That's awesome.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Retro'd, kinda is.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

I don't have any stories quite that crazy, but I've seen some pretty unbelievable things even at home. Immortal priestesses, aliens...

None of it was like fighting a horde of zombies though. The only hordes I know are Interpol.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

Zombie robots here, actually. What's an Interpol?

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

...the robots do act like zombies, don't they?

Interpol is an international police organization. They're internal systems aren't always up to snuff, but they do have a few shining officers.

[voice]

[makeitquick]

International... So, they're the Laws that the govvers uses. [...] Err, mean, they're in use all over the conti...nents. Continents.

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Yup. They're active worldwide where I'm from. It's a little annoying.