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[kissingchamp]

[ A scruffy woman appears on the screen. Her hair is a wild mess and her eyes are darkly blotted with eyeshadow. She rather looks like a girl that got trashed and passed out with her make-up on. Hold onto your pants - it doesn't get much better. ]

Hello! Hello? Pleasure to meet you, I'm Sexy.

No, no, that's not right. That's his name, not for you.

TARDIS! I'm Time-And-Relative-Dimension-In-Space.

No. Wait. Yes, but no. What was she called?

[ The woman ducks her head, thoughtfully, one translucent nail furiously tapping at her lower lip. Nevermind liquor, she's chattering away way too quickly. ]

Ah! Idris! You may call me Idris.

Where's my thief? Thief! Yoohoo! I know you're only ten. I know we've not met yet, but you know me, surely you do. Will. Have. Tenses! Thief? Has anyone seen my thief?

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[kissingchamp]

[ Look at you, persistent thing! ]

It was what I was called. It wasn't really a name.

My name is Idris.

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[shelkethetransparent]

[Information gathering is kind of her thing.]

Well why were you called that? It's like saying you were 'map location.'

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[kissingchamp]

[ Alright. Let's just be honest now. ]

I'm not sure if I should say.

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[shelkethetransparent]

[Ah, something she can work with...and she can't stop being nosey.]

I doubt secrets from your world particularly matter here.

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[kissingchamp]

[ And now she's curious. ]

Why not?

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[shelkethetransparent]

Although there are some that could impact this world, most things are separate. The rules aren't the same here. Science doesn't even work the same way here.

[She is very unsettled by that.]

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[kissingchamp]

Would you mind extending a further explanation on that?

[ She's not too concerned. Just because it doesn't make sense to her doesn't mean it isn't science! ]

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[shelkethetransparent]

According to everyone I have spoken to, this planet does not have a lifestream. No one seems to have any idea where the energy for life comes from.

It is...frustrating.

[Her science doesn't work here!]

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[kissingchamp]

Your world has a literal stream for life energy?

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[shelkethetransparent]

...It is not a stream, precisely. It's a...[How to describe it? She had seen video footage of when the lifestream had burst free from the planet.]

More of an...indistinct mass.

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[kissingchamp]

Interesting! How does it work?

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[shelkethetransparent]

[Having to explain basic science is so strange.]

The lifestream is the fuel source for life on Gaia. Everything is made up of it, people, trees, animals, everything alive. And when things die, the energy is returned and is reused to create new life.

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[kissingchamp]

[ There's a soft pause where she tilts her head and considers it. ]

That sounds rather beautiful. Gaia, did you say?

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[shelkethetransparent]

I...suppose. [Shelke didn't really give a lot of thought to beauty anymore.] Or it was before Shrina figured out how to use it for power.

Yes. That's the name of the planet. Though most people just call it The Planet.

[kissingchamp]

Hm! But how do you know they don't have a lifestream, just invisible? I'm sorry it doesn't make much sense to you in this place, though. How've you been getting on otherwise?

[[ OOC: If you wouldn't mind terribly, I've just put up a planetary 4th walling permission post here! ]]

[shelkethetransparent]

The lifestream on my world was green. You could see it and interact directly with it, though...you really shouldn't.

[She hesitates at that section question, not really certain how to answer it. She has no idea how she is, her life has been such a mess the last few days, and then the few days here were...strange. And she was worrying about her mako of course, and the fact that she had about a week and a half left before she ran out and died, or talked to the Initiative about finding a replacement.]

I am...adjusting.

[kissingchamp]

Did you only just arrive as well?

[shelkethetransparent]

A few days ago.