⟪ she reads the message once, twice. it's odd, this... genuine show of concern? can it be genuine? there's little angela has done in their meeting to make melisandre think anything else, which is strange all by itself. ⟫
I have accepted this change to the habits of my life. ⟪ that's positive! ⟫ At least I am allowed to leave the safehouse now.
Yes, that's correct, but usually with more amenities than only a room to sleep in. Bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, a space to eat or gather in are all typical of an apartment.
I do a few things. I help maintain the greenery in the city and keep it from overgrowing too much. I bet on people in the fighting rings. And I help out with security at one of the bars.
I'm only sharing with one other person and we each have our own room. Cheaper options are shared living spaces not too dissimilar from the safehouse, though usually with a little more privacy. Some kind of divider between the beds. In a larger apartment, I imagine people aren't trying to fit more than six into a place.
If you would like suggestions on who to bet on, I'm happy to share them.
I don't really have any familiarity with knights outside of stories. But I make sure no one under the drinking age sneaks in. Makes sure no one is causing trouble for anyone else. Stop fights before they happen, end them if they do. Make sure the people who drank too much have a safe way to get home.
I don't know if I would say it's necessarily honorable. But people should be able to enjoy things without any problems, and I don't like seeing people get hurt.
There aren't necessarily kings and queens in title where I'm from, though the functionality is similar. I suppose in terms of personal protection, there are personal bodyguards. Then there are various services and agencies.
Let's use this world as an example. It's close enough in some ways. The New Amsterdam Police are the ones responsible for protecting the city. Within the police, you have different levels of rank reporting up to a higher authority. At the top is a police chief who reports to the mayor of the city.
On a global level, the UNA is the military force in charge of protecting everything on a global level. In my world, each country has its own army. Here, it's all unified as one.
No offense taken at all. I can try to be more concise if it would help. But I know what it's like trying to learn a lot all at once so I'm happy to help.
I suppose the changes are fairly significant. How are you handling the technology so far?
Oh, do not shorten your words on my behalf. They are precious, especially so long as you can use them freely. 'tis hardly your fault my world is so... hopelessly different from this place.
The technology is a fair example for it –– all of it is entirely pleasant. That is, I know humanity and I know it well, I have no doubt as its positive uses grew, so did its negative ones. But the ease of everyday life is incomparable to what I once knew. And it affects life in all its aspects, from the making of food to the comforts of one's shelter.
Have you known life without electricity? Running water?
Do I live in a world where electricity and running water are broadly accessible to those with means? Yes.
Have I personally lived in situations where electricity and running water was not readily accessible to me? Yes. I spent some time of my life living on the streets and survived off whatever I could obtain or what kindness people showed me.
[It's a twisting of a truth, one she's given in partial to someone else. But even though life in the compound meant she was sheltered, what little she was given depended on what her trainers and handlers allowed. All things come with a price.
Homelessness came with its own challenges and prices, but she had her own sliver of freedom. That made all the difference.]
Tasks we had to perform, and challenges. I don't think it will have to be done again, unless these gates fail somehow. I had to take a stack of stones of different sizes and part it in two and put the same weight on two sides of a kind of set of balances. I had to pass wolves with golden eyes that seemed to mean us harm.
They told us what to do, at those times and when the blue glow was wanted. Pictures of people holding hands.
The pictures told us what to do, but there were some things only we could see. After the first place we came to, we opened a passage into a valley. The men who guided us couldn't see the valley. And then, there was -- something, at the end. We saw something. People from many places, crossing a great bridge. I don't think that was real.
[He's hesitant to use the word "vision," but there's nothing better to call it.]
[The next response doesn't come as quickly as all the others do. If she guesses that he's taken the time to think something over, she's correct. But maybe it's just that he was busy, for a time.]
If you want to see it, I'll take you. It's a matter of a few hours. If we leave early, we'll be back before it's dark.
But the air there is thin. Be ready for that. And it's much colder there than it is here.
There was sad-faced red-haired man whom I told death by fire is the purest form of death – perhaps it was him? Or one of the people who came involved in one of my prayer songs. ⟪ she has a nice singing voice, all told, but the subject tends to be odd –– plus prayer times happen to be dusk and dawn, both bar-heavy hours. ⟫
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@angela.roberts
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I have accepted this change to the habits of my life. ⟪ that's positive! ⟫ At least I am allowed to leave the safehouse now.
What of you?
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Being able to leave makes a difference. If you want suggestions on areas of interest or where to find something, let me know.
I'm doing well. I've settled into my apartment.
[Two, actually, but that's beside the point.]
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⟪ slowly, the language of this place begins to make sense. ⟫
I should seek world, but in mine own world, it was work's habit to find me. To put it kindly. What is it you do, for a living?
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I do a few things. I help maintain the greenery in the city and keep it from overgrowing too much. I bet on people in the fighting rings. And I help out with security at one of the bars.
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⟪ it sounds not dissimilar from a smaller temple. ⟫
I have placed wagers in the fighting ring myself. Trickier without visions, but still rewarding.
Security though - like a knight?
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If you would like suggestions on who to bet on, I'm happy to share them.
I don't really have any familiarity with knights outside of stories. But I make sure no one under the drinking age sneaks in. Makes sure no one is causing trouble for anyone else. Stop fights before they happen, end them if they do. Make sure the people who drank too much have a safe way to get home.
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More of a guard than a knight, then. And still more honourable than most knights and guards I have known in my life.
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Who serves the king or queen then, in your world, if there are no knights?
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Let's use this world as an example. It's close enough in some ways. The New Amsterdam Police are the ones responsible for protecting the city. Within the police, you have different levels of rank reporting up to a higher authority. At the top is a police chief who reports to the mayor of the city.
On a global level, the UNA is the military force in charge of protecting everything on a global level. In my world, each country has its own army. Here, it's all unified as one.
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⟪ the free cities do all manners of things different – she does consider an election process, though she hardly considers it the most likely thing. ⟫
Your world is at war, then, I take it?
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I'm not sure if there are any monarchies in this world. The title may be more symbolic or one of prestige than true power.
Yes. Rather, there is always a state of conflict occurring.
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Your world is similar to this place, yes?
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Yes. A few centuries behind, but there are some similarities.
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And your patience.
Most all my confusion stems from how... different my own world is.
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I suppose the changes are fairly significant. How are you handling the technology so far?
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The technology is a fair example for it –– all of it is entirely pleasant. That is, I know humanity and I know it well, I have no doubt as its positive uses grew, so did its negative ones. But the ease of everyday life is incomparable to what I once knew. And it affects life in all its aspects, from the making of food to the comforts of one's shelter.
Have you known life without electricity? Running water?
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Have I personally lived in situations where electricity and running water was not readily accessible to me? Yes. I spent some time of my life living on the streets and survived off whatever I could obtain or what kindness people showed me.
[It's a twisting of a truth, one she's given in partial to someone else. But even though life in the compound meant she was sheltered, what little she was given depended on what her trainers and handlers allowed. All things come with a price.
Homelessness came with its own challenges and prices, but she had her own sliver of freedom. That made all the difference.]
@jon.snow [post-event]
Something has happened. Anywhere that anyone went, we can all travel there easily now. It's as easy as walking from one chamber to another.
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⟪ and what he says next explains the swiftness. ⟫
This change... is it tied to what they call the 'neural implant' or does it relate to the blue glow we all share?
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We had to glow to get the doors working. The gates.
The place we went to had to do with gods of this world, and there were signs to tell us what to do.
[So it seems like something that might interest her.]
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Instructions of what kind?
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They told us what to do, at those times and when the blue glow was wanted. Pictures of people holding hands.
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[He's hesitant to use the word "vision," but there's nothing better to call it.]
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I wish I had seen the place.
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If you want to see it, I'll take you. It's a matter of a few hours. If we leave early, we'll be back before it's dark.
But the air there is thin. Be ready for that. And it's much colder there than it is here.
@stephen.strange
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There was sad-faced red-haired man whom I told death by fire is the purest form of death – perhaps it was him? Or one of the people who came involved in one of my prayer songs. ⟪ she has a nice singing voice, all told, but the subject tends to be odd –– plus prayer times happen to be dusk and dawn, both bar-heavy hours. ⟫
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Mn. ]
Maybe in the future avoid saying things that might implicate you in a stranger's suicide.
Though he's fine for now.
[ Thanks for the handy description. ]
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What would take the shape of a cheering thought for you?
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[ ... Note to self: there is no such thing as sending "a quick text". ]
Another beer?
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Pleasant in its simplicity.
Are you pleased now that many of your subjects have returned?
⟪ the word you're looking for is 'employees', not 'subjects'. ⟫
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Incredible. ]
I have a bar, not a kingdom. But yes, I'm relieved we're no longer two manning a twenty person job.
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⟪ listen, she also regularly forgets which one is a potato and which one is a tomato, having never encountered either before. give her a break! ⟫
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In the context of people who work for me, "employees".