002 | voice (backdated to 07/19)

[district7]

[Long time no speak, Exsilium.

Johanna's clicking on the voice feed to ask an important question. For those of you who have spoken to her before, you can tell her tone is lacking its usual bite, colored by exhaustion.]

We got any useful people with powers out there? Ones that aren't all talk and whine.

[There's a scratching sound and an lengthy yawn.]

This rain has gone on long enough.

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[district7]

A weatherman.

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[deadelfwalking]

[ah. right. he hardly notices weather either way!] You should be grateful for rain.

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[district7]

[She didn't always, besides when it was just a casual inconvenience.] Should I. [Not a question, there.]

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[deadelfwalking]

I presume rain feeds this world just as well as any other. A downpour is preferable to a drought.

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[district7]

I'll take half rations and heat, thanks.

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[deadelfwalking]

[he laughs a little at this.] You're unusual among your kind, then.

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[district7]

[That gets a small smile out of her, even as she's giving him an assessing look.] You're pretty special yourself. Elf?

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[deadelfwalking]

[he nods. that's definitely part of it ...] I am a type of elf, yes. My name is Koltira. And you, lady?

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[district7]

You come in types now? Johanna.

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[deadelfwalking]

There are three races of elf in my world alone, Johanna. But I am both something more and something less than that.

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[district7]

I don't do well with cryptic. What makes you so special?

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[deadelfwalking]

[he gestures to his eyes, to his bloodless face.] I am not bothered by the weather because I no longer have much capacity to feel it.

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[district7]

Here I was hoping you had a good makeup artist. [She's sadly not joking. Capitol people can do wonders with enough time.]

How are you alive? [Quirking her head to the side.] You don't look like a mutt.

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[deadelfwalking]

I can assure you that I have never worn makeup in any life. And that I am not, in fact, alive.

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[district7]

So you are a mutt.

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[deadelfwalking]

[he doesn't much like the sound of that.] Pardon?

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[district7]

Muttation. Something that exists but shouldn't. [Not quite right, but close enough. He's obviously not the kind she's familiar with or she wouldn't still be having this conversation.]