MM: taking Cal on the Baba Yaga

[aimedforthemoon]

Outside, it is raining. Hard. Not impossible to walk through, but the kind of weather where you'd get drenched within a couple of minutes unless you had the right clothes. They are obviously in a city, and a major one at that; although Cormond is built on the salt-flats, overpopulation has meant that people build up, and given one side of the

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[isaysimplewords]

The rain is making it a little pointless to stare. The visibility isn't much to speak of.

"Nice planet." It's cheerful sarcasm. Cal's enthusiasm is - um. Undampened. (Sorry.)

[aimedforthemoon]

(it happens to the best)

"It's been raining the entire time I've been here," she says, rolling her eyes before walking out into the rain.

Walking quickly - she does have a baby, after all, and no desire for him to get sick.

[isaysimplewords]

Cal hunches his shoulders up and ducks his head a little, putting one hand up to shield his eyes from some of the rain, and follows.

[aimedforthemoon]

She leads him to a honeycombed complex at the end of the street, somewhat similar to the port seen in A New Hope. A bit busier, though. Some of the sliding doors are open, showing various kinds of spacecraft, and some are shut. The door Esfir stops at is shut, and she rapidly keys in a code to open it.

Beyond the door is an open area, and her (rather wet and dripping) ship.