005 - You Don't Need To See My I.D.

[dwn_infinite]

If you want to head down to the wilderness, make sure you're well-prepared. The place is literally a giant desert, with not much other than rocks, sand, and two suns. It's just as hot as you'd think, too; at least, during the daytime. I think I might have seen some settlement off in the distance but I didn't have time to explore it

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[desig_survivor]

Two suns over a desert.

[Several minutes pass; he goes into the elevator, goes to that floor, looks out, sticks his head out... and opens the journal again.]

I might have to go out. A little before the sun sets, maybe.

[dwn_infinite]

I won't stop you. Be careful. Write if you need our help.

[A pause once the formalities are over.]

You seem pretty intent. Does it mean something to you?

[desig_survivor]

Thanks. My right arm's not entirely better yet, but I can use it. Still, I might wait another day and hope that it doesn't change by the time I'm ready.

It's possible. That - just the smell in the wind, the way the sand whips up and gets abrasive, how the suns press down on everything. Of course, I might have just visited deserts in binary systems before. I'm going to have to see.

Where's the settlement? North, south? Are these hooded things from it?

[dwn_infinite]

No, the hooded things were just wandering the desert.

But the settlement will depend on where you get off the lift. It's pretty hard to miss, though. I think I even saw aircraft coming in and out of it.

[live_ringer]

The Scavengers keep a few crowbars around for digging things out. I doubt the boss would have a problem lending it out to the Adventurers. What do you need it for?

[dwn_infinite]

We've got some sort of magnetic problem. Locket, Light and I keep getting stuck together.

[live_ringer]

[A bit of a pause, as he has to take a moment to laugh about that.]

Sounds like quite the sticky situation. Bad enough for crowbars, though?

Oh HAH HAH :|

[dwn_infinite]

We're just sick of waiting out the magnetism each time. It's hard to get our work done when we're stuck like this... especially since Light works in a different job entirely.

[burntorangesky]

Two suns? How very intriguing.

[Pause, pen taps.]

A desert, though. That seems [A few more thoughtful pen taps.]

[dwn_infinite]

Not the sort of thing you see every day, that's for sure.

Does it seem familiar?

[burntorangesky]

[Pen taps] Yes, although the desert does not.

[dwn_infinite]

Don't suppose there's anything you can tell me about this place, then?

[suffercircuit]

Thanks for the warning but... hooded things? Are they dangerous?

[dwn_infinite]

Not really. They crowded me, babbled a lot, and kept pushing junk my way. I think they were trying to sell it to me, but I couldn't catch a word of what they were saying. They were a little too personal, though, especially when they figured out I had a metal frame.

[suffercircuit]

I see. [pause] What a strange place.

[dwn_infinite]

I don't know. It seems kind of boring compared to the others so far.